John Peel tapes on Ebay - SECURED!!!

[Stuart Mchugh]

>
> Let's hope the high price paid may flush out a few more people  
> sitting on
> boxes of old tapes too!
>
well done all on securing the tapes. I was wondering - with copyright  
law and the like as well as bandwidth costs etc - if the idea of a  
streaming radio station playing Peel shows might be a possibility? (I  
am going to make a few enquiries in case anyone is up for hosting  
such a thing, but I suspect that legalities might get in the way even  
before costs do!)

While I'm making a rare de-lurk, I also wondered if among the group  
there were any of the original 15 or so who were part of the Peel  
tape chain in the late 90s? I actually found out that there was more  
than one of these operating independently, but this was the one where  
the tapes originated from, er, me, and found their way to Seattle by  
nefarious means before working their way around the US. A few of the  
guys on that chain did make copies of everything, I know, but the  
originals I always suspected were usually lost, the chances of a  
package surviving 15 such hops being pretty slim. Anyway, it was when  
Adobe wound up its UK operation that the tape supply from myself  
dried up and I lost touch with most of the recipients. Though the  
Butthole Surfers are in Glasgow tomorrow night and if I see their  
drummer King I'll be sure and find out if he has any copies left in  
his collection!

Stuart