[peel] Re: any interest in an early nineties cassette collection?

[Phil Edwards]

I'd certainly be interested.
My DB had similar fields.



Phil


  -----Original Message-----
  From: peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of colin
bray
  Sent: 08 May 2009 00:07
  To: peel@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [peel] Re: any interest in an early nineties cassette
collection?





  Blimey, Phil, I thought I had a large track database! Why wouldn't this
database be of interest to the group? Isn't it a goldmine?

  During the 90s I put together a database of about 7,000-8,000 tracks and
that took forever...mind you I was adding things such as the source of each
track and country of origin if Peel gave those details on air. Plus a rather
eccentric categorisation by genre.

  I'm moving house soon and am hoping to find the database disc
somewhere...it was previously mislaid during the last house move.

  If I find it I'll make it available if it's useful to somebody.

  Colin.




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  To: peel@yahoogroups.com
  From: festive50@...
  Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 21:01:38 +0100
  Subject: RE: [peel] Re: any interest in an early nineties cassette
collection?





  Just catching up after a while out of the loop.
  Buggered P.C. and in process of doing a temporary fix, I accidentally
formatted my 1Tb external drive.
  I've now recovered most of the data and I'm now building a brand new P.C.,
I will then be in a position to recommence digitising my tape collection (c
500).
  As a start I've just finished cataloguing the part of my collection which
came from my nephew Matt. (see p. 136 of Ken's Book).
  Below is a list of these tapes. I have hand written track listings for all
219 of these tapes. (any volunteers for typing them up?).
  They are from 01/05/1990 - 06/06/1992. They're all stereo and 99% are TDK
SA 90
  I hope this proves of more interest than my Peel database of 32,000+
tracks.


  Phil

  Date       No of  Day
               Tapes

  01/05/1990 1 Tuesday
  13/08/1990 1 Monday
  20/08/1990 1 Monday
  21/08/1990 1 Tuesday
  23/08/1990 1 Thursday
  28/08/1990 1 Tuesday
  30/08/1990 1 Thursday
  05/09/1990 1 Wednesday
  06/09/1990 2 Thursday
  17/09/1990 1 Monday
  25/09/1990 1 Tuesday
  29/12/1990 1 Saturday
  05/01/1991 1 Saturday
  06/01/1991 1 Sunday
  12/01/1991 2 Saturday
  13/01/1991 2 Sunday
  20/01/1991 2 Sunday
  26/01/1991 2 Saturday
  27/01/1991 2 Sunday
  02/02/1991 1 Saturday
  03/02/1991 1 Sunday
  09/02/1991 1 Saturday
  10/02/1991 2 Sunday
  16/02/1991 1 Saturday
  17/02/1991 2 Sunday
  23/02/1991 2 Saturday
  24/02/1991 1 Sunday
  02/03/1991 1 Saturday
  03/03/1991 1 Sunday
  09/03/1991 1 Saturday
  10/03/1991 2 Sunday
  16/03/1991 2 Saturday
  23/03/1991 2 Saturday
  31/03/1991 2 Sunday
  06/04/1991 1 Saturday
  13/04/1991 2 Saturday
  14/04/1991 2 Sunday
  20/04/1991 1 Saturday
  21/04/1991 2 Sunday
  27/04/1991 2 Saturday
  28/04/1991 1 Sunday
  04/05/1991 1 Saturday
  05/05/1991 1 Sunday
  11/05/1991 2 Saturday
  18/05/1991 2 Saturday
  19/05/1991 1 Sunday
  25/05/1991 2 Saturday
  26/05/1991 2 Sunday
  01/06/1991 2 Saturday
  02/06/1991 1 Sunday
  08/06/1991 2 Saturday
  09/06/1991 2 Sunday
  15/06/1991 2 Saturday
  16/06/1991 2 Sunday
  22/06/1991 2 Saturday
  23/06/1991 2 Sunday
  29/06/1991 1 Saturday
  27/07/1991 2 Saturday
  28/07/1991 2 Sunday
  03/08/1991 2 Saturday
  04/08/1991 2 Sunday
  10/08/1991 2 Saturday
  11/08/1991 2 Sunday
  17/08/1991 1 Saturday
  18/08/1991 2 Sunday
  24/08/1991 2 Saturday
  31/08/1991 2 Saturday
  01/09/1991 2 Sunday
  07/09/1991 1 Saturday
  08/09/1991 2 Sunday
  15/09/1991 1 Sunday
  22/09/1991 1 Sunday
  28/09/1991 2 Saturday
  29/09/1991 1 Sunday
  05/10/1991 2 Saturday
  06/10/1991 2 Sunday
  12/10/1991 2 Saturday
  13/10/1991 1 Sunday
  19/10/1991 2 Saturday
  20/10/1991 1 Sunday
  26/10/1991 2 Saturday
  27/10/1991 1 Sunday
  02/11/1991 2 Saturday
  03/11/1991 1 Sunday
  09/11/1991 1 Saturday
  10/11/1991 2 Sunday
  16/11/1991 2 Saturday
  17/11/1991 1 Sunday
  08/12/1991 1 Sunday
  14/12/1991 2 Saturday
  15/12/1991 1 Sunday
  21/12/1991 1 Saturday
  22/12/1991 2 Sunday
  28/12/1991 2 Saturday
  29/12/1991 2 Sunday
  04/01/1992 2 Saturday
  05/01/1992 2 Sunday
  11/01/1992 2 Saturday
  12/01/1992 2 Sunday
  18/01/1992 2 Saturday
  19/01/1992 2 Sunday
  25/01/1992 2 Saturday
  01/02/1992 2 Saturday
  02/02/1992 2 Sunday
  08/02/1992 2 Saturday
  09/02/1992 2 Sunday
  15/02/1992 2 Saturday
  16/02/1992 2 Sunday
  22/02/1992 2 Saturday
  23/02/1992 1 Sunday
  29/02/1992 1 Saturday
  01/03/1992 2 Sunday
  07/03/1992 1 Saturday
  08/03/1992 1 Sunday
  13/03/1992 2 Friday
  14/03/1992 1 Saturday
  20/03/1992 2 Friday
  21/03/1992 2 Saturday
  28/03/1992 2 Saturday
  03/04/1992 2 Friday
  04/04/1992 2 Saturday
  11/04/1992 2 Saturday
  17/04/1992 2 Friday
  18/04/1992 2 Saturday
  24/04/1992 1 Friday
  25/04/1992 1 Saturday
  01/05/1992 2 Friday
  02/05/1992 1 Saturday
  08/05/1992 2 Friday
  09/05/1992 2 Saturday
  15/05/1992 2 Friday
  16/05/1992 1 Saturday
  22/05/1992 1 Friday
  29/05/1992 1 Friday
  30/05/1992 2 Saturday
  05/06/1992 2 Friday
  06/06/1992 1 Saturday


    -----Original Message-----
    From: peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of ken
garner
    Sent: 24 April 2009 22:49
    To: peel@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [peel] Re: any interest in an early nineties cassette
collection?



    Seeing as you want to keep the original tapes, which we can all
understand, it's clear you're not after the money. If you want help with the
ripping I would recommend taking up rocker or others from the west country's
offer(s) - loan them for ripping, then you get them back, seems a good plan
to me. In dating your tapes, you will have to listen to up to 15-18 minutes
of each side - in the 3 hour shows of that year, that amount of time should
normally include at least one session track, and then using my book's index
you should be able to connect the sections together (if recent discoveries
in my own collection are any model, I am imagining you have perhaps 2 x a
C90 or 4 x 45 minute sides per show). It will be a long job, though, with
that many. Let the team help!

    ken

    --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "thinkingthinkingthinking" <slo.coche@...>
wrote:
    >
    > It looks like there are somewhere about 270 cassettes (mostly
Phillips), possibly more. They seem to start somewhere around May 1992 and
go possibly to October 1993. I definitely had a project to record a complete
year, and I remember that I did succeed in that, so I hope they are all
there. I'll try to sort them out a bit more and get more detail. I hope I
may still find a few more good ones.
    >
    > S
    >
    > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <so_it_goes_2512@> wrote:
    > >
    > > Hi Steve (from another Steve)
    > >
    > > I read your message with great interest, and I would like to comment
on several points you make.
    > > Firstly, your collection sounds extremely exciting. I am currently
in the middle of a similar project in conjunction with the most excellent
Colin called the 500 Box (because there are around 500 tapes in it-no prizes
for my original name). Like you, he recorded many of the shows in mono due
to reception difficulties (I assume), but nobody seems to have a problem
with that (well, no-one's complained yet). These shows are not otherwise
available, and as one person commented, it's better to have good mono than
poor stereo.
    > > Secondly, I share your point about poverty, since I was made
redundant this year in a foreign country (Korea) due to a big-headed
'employer' with no business sense (but let's not go there). On the other
hand, the 400 Box was advertised as a non-profit enterprise: the money made
from the tapes was donated to charity. If profit is your motive on this (and
I don't think anybody can blame you for that), I'm sure there are others on
this mailing list far more well-qualified than me to point you in the right
direction.
    > > Thirdly, the searchable index you envisage is in fact already under
way: if you go to the main page of the Peel Wiki
(http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page), you'll see something along the lines
of what you mean. Another Steve (from Japan!) and I are the admin team for
this, and we'll be more than happy to deal with any enquiries you have about
it, and delighted to receive any contributions you wish to make (everybody
is welcome).
    > > Finally, I'm sure we are all eager to help with your project, and
the issue with the tape sides and identifying programmes is not problematic.
After ripping, any anomalies can be sorted out during track listing. I
sincerely hope that this can be pursued, and look forward to hearing from
you again!
    > >
    > > All the best
    > > Steve [TK]
    > >
    > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "thinkingthinkingthinking" <slo.coche@>
wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Progress report:
    > > >
    > > > I listened to bits of a few of the tapes, and I am amazed and I
have to admit a bit tearful and excited to find them in pretty much perfect
condition. They are recorded in mono. Without extremely strong reception,
the sound on FM in stereo was always marred by a pronounced "stereo hiss",
so I avoided this by making almost all my recordings in mono. Each cassette
has a complete track list, plus month and year. Dance tracks are marked with
a little cross, and very fast dance tracks have two little crosses; I was
into making dance compilations for parties! And I made a compilation of the
very fastest dance tracks from the whole of 1992, or was it 1993? I think
I've lost that compilation, sadly. Some cassettes have both Peel and Kershaw
shows; cassettes are identified as in "JP Sept 92" OR "JP AK Aug Sept 92".
Despite these helpful identifying notes, it is quite difficult to work out
the sequence of sides. I used to record a side, and then put in another
cassette. This avoided the problem of having to rewind to the beginning of
the second side of a cassette. It means the shows are all almost complete,
but creates something of a task to work out the sequence of sides. I hope it
is mostly clear in the recordings when a show begins and ends, but I need to
check this out more.
    > > >
    > > > I note that you guys paid some bloke several hundred pounds for a
collection of cassettes a while ago. Well, I'm not greedy but I am very
poor! I am impressed that some of you are prepared to put so much time and
effort into digitising the shows. Does it mean you are as crazy as I was
when I made all those recordings? ;)
    > > >
    > > > I hope that one day it will be possible to create a searchable
index of all the shows, so that listeners can listen to shows from a
particular date, find particular sessions or tracks, and even perhaps find
quotes from Peel talking about particular subjects, etc. All this would
obviously take a lot of work and expertise, and of course the main priority
is to get the source material down in a durable, high-quality format before
it turns into goo or dust.
    > > >
    > > > Being occupied with poverty, career planning, education, etc., I
may not have a lot of time to give on this project right now, but if it
could involve the possibility to learn or help develop databases, etc. then
I may be interested to help and perhaps also do some of the donkey work.
    > > >
    > > > I guess I should say that I probably want to retain ownership of
my cassettes (unless you want to make me an offer I can't refuse!), but I'm
very happy to let one or two of you guys have them for the purposes of
digitising, etc., and if you can store them in better conditions than me,
then I'd be grateful for you to keep them until I get rich enough to afford
a big house with a nice archive room! Or maybe they should go to a museum or
other archive if they are worth keeping good.
    > > >
    > > > I still haven't assessed the exact range of dates of my tapes.
I'll do that very soon and let you know exactly what is there.
    > > >
    > > > All the best
    > > >
    > > > Steve
    > > >
    > > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, rockerq@ wrote:
    > > > >
    > > > > > <<As you may have gathered I am organizing the ripping of the
"400 Box"
    > > > > > of late 70s / early 80s which we clubbed together & bought on
Myspace>>
    > > > > >
    > > > > Of course I meant eBay!
    > > > >
    > > > > Cheers!
    > > > >
    > > > > Rocker
    > > > > >
    > > > >
    > > >
    > >
    >








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