400 Box

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I think both sides have good points. Personally, I'm in favor of keeping things relatively 
under wraps until the 400 Box is done, then releasing the whole lot as torrents. 

As I mentioned the other day, the former incarnation of the Clash list came under heavy 
pressure once the fact that there were unofficial recordings hosted there was written 
about in one music magazine -- in a letter from a fan saying how great it was.

Once Peel shows are released on torrents -- as the 17 set has shown -- they can stay out 
there, with no big attribution regarding who was responsible originally and therefore no 
comeback on anyone. That way, the good work can continue. 

If we can sort out a private group server for people here, all the better. Then release 
occasional torrents by year, collection, theme, whatever.

Just my opinion.


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "thebarguest" <thebarguest@...> wrote:
>
> Works t'other way as well - the more peeps that "discover", then
> the more chance of a "holy grail" transmuting from a tape in a loft
> to www for all ! For example, I told Billfromnorthwales about this
> group and he kindly shared the hyper-welcome 1978 full FF .....
> 
> 
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, RobF <robfleay@> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone else caught any download stats on the 400 box shows?
> > 
> > I've hosted my mp3 versions on Mediafire, which gives me some basic 
> stats - so I can see that most of the tapes I've shared have had 
> around 70-100 downloads each!
> > 
> > I'm assuming that our work isn't being publicised much outside of 
> the mailing list, so that's not bad going.
> > 
> > Did we decide to keep it low key on purpose? My own thoughts were 
> that the further the word spread amongst music fans then the less 
> chance that someone would profit by trying to sell the shows on ebay?
> > 
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