[peel] Re: WE HAVE THE TAPES!

[Davie Ramsay]

I think it was earlier than that probably mid to late 70s. I am sure the 
Peel show was in AM until Radio2 shut down when it switched to FM.

Cheers

Davie

RobF wrote:
>
> 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 <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.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 <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.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
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email
> Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam
>
>