[peel] Re: WE HAVE THE TAPES!

[RobF]

Let's not despair just yet I was talking to Rocker about this at Indietracks and he has only listened to 2 tapes out of 400, so that doesn't mean that they were all AM only recordings.

When did Radio 1 actually start broadcasting in FM anyway? I remember from my childhood the fanfare when they started broadcasting the charts in FM, so I'm guessing it was the early 80's?


> I admire your brave face, Dee Dee, but I'm sure that I'm not the only
> one who's deeply disappointed .....
> 
> Personally, I'd rather have 10 good quality, FM shows than
> 4 thousand medium-wave (ie low audio quality) shows. I enjoy the
> music as much as Peel's talking.
> 
> 
> 
> --- 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
> > >
> >
> 
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