1975 extracts

[Eddie Duffy]

Here's another tape of Colin's that I ripped and encoded back in'07: a 
compilation of various Peel extracts from 1975. Again, it's mostly lo-fi 
stuff, and heavily edited, but well worth cocking an ear to, I think.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DKAVEOU3
1hr16mins, 69.8Mb, 128K MP3.

Eddie.

Ed Duffy wrote:
>
>
> All,
>
> Here's three bits of Peel from the late '60s and mid-'70s you might be 
> interested in. Colin Ellis gets the credit for all of these, which 
> I've sat on for a shamefully long time. Thanks to Steve for giving me 
> the nudge to finally put these up.
>
> First of all, please be aware that, apart from the Eye flexidisc, all 
> MP3s herein come with the warning "caveat audiens", i.e. don't bother 
> at all if sound quality is your only god. We're talking pretty lo-fi 
> stuff here. But hopefully very interesting stuff too.
>
> So, first up is a 65-minute compilation of the retrospective shows 
> Peel put out in August 1976. Looking at this file now, I'm amazed to 
> find that it's been two years since I ripped it from Colin's cassette. 
> I was always planning to try and tidy it up a bit as there's speed 
> issues, tape hiss, all sorts. But I think it's time to just upload it 
> now and see what others make of it.
>
> Ken's The Peel Sessions p.216 (halfway down column three) describes 
> these shows, which are basically drawing a line under the Top Gear 
> years and, in hindsight, clearing the way for punk, New Wave and 
> beyond. You'll hear the unseen hand of the person who originally taped 
> the shows, and, as mentioned earlier, a lot of tape hiss and other 
> problems. But here we go:
>
> John Peel - 1976 Retrospectives compilation
> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EU74IVAW 
> <http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EU74IVAW>
>
> The other two offerings are much shorter. First of all, here's Peelie 
> from 1975 or thereabouts absolutely LAYING into current critics' 
> darling Patti Smith (and, while he's at it, Bruce Springsteen). It's 
> probably from Radio 1's Round Table, as Kid Jensen can be heard 
> attempting to moderate. I've corrected the speed on this as best I 
> can, but quality is still ultra-dodgy:
>
> Peel on Patti Smith
> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7KW2VHMB 
> <http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7KW2VHMB>
>
> And finally, one you might have heard before. From Private Eye's 
> flexidisc "The Loneliness of the Long Playing Record", given away with 
> Eye 187 (14th. February 1969), this is a Peter Cook spoof of the 
> Lennon/Ono episode of Night Ride from two months previous. To these 
> ears Cook sounds more like a Brummie than a sort-of-Liverpudian, but 
> never mind, here it is:
>
> Private Eye 187 flexidisc (Peel excerpt)
> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T7IN4PMQ 
> <http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T7IN4PMQ>
>
> Hope these are of some interest, despite the lack of fidelity.
>
> Eddie.
>
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