WE HAVE THE TAPES!

[electrophotic]

BBC Radio 1 started in 1967, transmitting on AM only (1214 kHz).
>From October 1971, in addition to AM transmissions, Radio 1 shared 
Radio 2's FM frequencies (88.1-90.1 MHz) - this included the 10pm-
midnight weekday slot.  Radio 1 was eventually allocated its own FM 
frequency (97.6-99.6 MHz) - this was phased in across the country 
between November 1987 and March 1990.  Radio 1 AM transmissions 
ceased in 1994.

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Davie Ramsay <ramsay.dj@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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