WE HAVE THE TAPES!

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I don't think we should panic too much yet as Rocker's only listened to a couple out of 
400-odd tapes.

Seems slightly odd if the guy went to the trouble of making such a big archive over a five 
year period but didn't bother to start taping them from FM somewhere along the way, 
especially if he was a record company guy and also did reel to reel stuff.

Anyway, I'm still really looking forward to hearing them. Like DeeDee said, much better 
than nothing.

Cheers,

Steve W




--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Riving Ton <deedeeramain@...> wrote:
>
> What do you expect for one pound thirty per tape?! Ho Ho!!
> Personally, I spent a long time listening to recorded Peel shows on crappy car radios and 
straining to tune into SW so this will be acceptable in the interim. (I'm hoping that 
eventually these shows will turn up in a better quality format!).
> Better than nothing and still cheap considering the volume!
> Cheers,
> DeeDee
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: thebarguest <thebarguest@...>
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 5:34:21 PM
> Subject: [peel] Re: WE HAVE THE TAPES!
> 
> 
> "AM" - Oh SHIT - yes, it does happen.
> 
> Why couldn't this chap answer the quality question properly ?
> 
> AM - makes a joke of all the FLAC vs mp3 debating, ha ha....
> 
> Hey, Rocker, well done, thanks, you've done your best......
> 
> I'm not sure I'd have donated 20 quid for AM recordings.. ...
> Still, its gone to a good cause.
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups. com, rockerq@ wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to shout! Yes - I made the pickup last night - in a 
> supermarket carpark 
> > near Cheltenham - and got to meet Bryan, the seller - he's a very 
> interesting 
> > chap, he actually knew Peel in the late 60s / early 70s - when I 
> have time I 
> > will recount to you a couple of his stories. I suggested that he 
> should join 
> > this group himself, not sure how much he uses email, though.
> > 
> > He tells me he emailed Ken a reply last week offering to stop the 
> auction and 
> > sell to us direct - I guess Ken was away and didn't read it in time 
> (or it's 
> > in his spam box!). He certainly was keen that the tapes should go 
> to 
> > enthusiasts / archivists - so a bunch of obsessives like us 
> certainly fits the bill! He 
> > also said that as he is clearing some of his old stuff out he may 
> be able to 
> > find some more tapes - and if he does he will be happy to let us 
> have them (he 
> > did mention a Top Gear he used to have on reel-to-reel with a 
> session by The 
> > Nice - he's not sure if he still has it though).
> > 
> > Anyway - the tapes are in good condition, in a large cardboard box -
> I have 
> > been so busy I so far have only had time to stick a couple in my 
> cassette deck 
> > - and am leaving in an hour for Indietracks in Derbyshire, so next 
> chance I 
> > get to go through the box will be Monday daytime.
> > 
> > The ones I listened to are (and thus probably all of them) are mono 
> > recordings from am - both seemed to be complete shows - the 
> cassettes are fairly 
> > low-quality - Bryan told me he was working at the time for a major 
> record company & 
> > quite a few of the tapes are demos and pre-recorded tapes which he 
> liberated 
> > from work and recorded over. (The only thing which stopped me 
> keeping my own 
> > peel show tapes in those days was the cost of buying so many tapes -
> so like a 
> > lot of us I used to copy just the tracks I liked, and edit out 
> Peelie's 
> > links). I think with a bit of eq-ing they should sound OK - they 
> are certainly 
> > likely to be our only copies of most of these shows so I do think 
> we should be 
> > very happy with our purchase!
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > Rocker
> >
>