Hello (.. and can someone summarise the status of the FF archive)

[Father Christmas]

Hi Alan and Alan

By 'rundown' I mean, as Mr Ford correctly surmises, the Festive Fifty portions alone and not the whole show. My apologies if this was unclear.
If you want to see a whole table just of the charts, that would make rather an unwieldy and diffcult to navigate list (the Wiki discourages extremely long pages, as some computers would have trouble loading them). For this reason, when you go to the main page, the sidebar part on the left labelled 'Festive Fifty' is subdivided by years, and you can just click on each one to bring up a main page where (in the ones I have done myself) I have listed the show dates, an overview (in need of expansion in places), the chart placings and a general statement of the availability of each show. The reader is encouraged to check the show dates themselves to find out how much and where they are.
However, some time ago I wrote an introduction to the whole chart which was expanded by another user to include chart years and to which I added (helpfully, I hope) an indication of which are complete in every respect, and in fact this would be a good starting point.
(http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Festive_Fifty:_An_Introduction)
Finally, to find the download links, look at the bottom of the date page under 'Availability. One should remember that more than a few of these links refer to torrents, so you need to have appropriate software installed to use them.
Let me know if I can help in any other way.

Best wishes
Steve [TK]

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "alanforduk" <ford.alan@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Alan, 
> As a member of the group for 8 years, I too wondered what 'rundown alone' meant. 
> Presumably it means where someone just recorded the F50 part of the show rather than the whole show. Unfortunately this is exactly what I used to do.
> Regards
> Alan
> 
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "brockleyal" <brockleyal@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the response. I have found my way to Wiki. Not immediately obvious where the downloads are buried. Perhaps deliberate. As I'm new, I'm learning the list's terminology. eg. Does 'rundown alone' mean just the tracks, just Peelie's vocals or just a single vocal reading of the chart ? I've also come across loads of instances (elsewhere) where people have just recorded the 50 tracks themselves from CD's and called them a festive fifty. What do you call this !?
> > 
> > I suppose on my wish list would be a single reference table of the festive fifties stating what has been collected, quality, completeness, etc.. Most importantly, this would highlight what's missing.
> > 
> > I intend to download a few things and compare them with my equivalents anyway - to see if I have anything to add.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Alan ..
> > 
> > 
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Father Christmas" <so_it_goes_2512@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alan
> > > 
> > > Welcome to the group! As it happens, we have a Wiki dedicated to referencing not just the FF but everything Peel-related (administrators: Steve W in Japan and myself in Korea). If you go to http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, there is a sidebar where the charts are all listed. Currently, I am working to complete the entire tracklistings and availability of recordings: at the moment, 1976-1998 and 2002-2004 are done (some in a slightly skeletal format, but that will also change).
> > > Yes, the 1978 and 1980 charts are available. 1978 is available in its entirety, but 1980 is restricted to the rundowns alone. If you would consider uploading your version, I can give you any assistance required. Duplicating recordings is not a problem, as it is also possible to make composite versions if necessary.
> > > Can I also take this opportunity to thank Steve for the recent Top Gears, neither of which I had, Ken for his 1979 tapes, and once again B for giving us a complete run of shows from the last three years of Peel's career!
> > > 
> > > Bst wishes
> > > Steve [TK]
> > > 
> > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "brockleyal" <brockleyal@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello everyone. I'm pleased to have discovered this group and am very interested in what's going on here.
> > > > 
> > > > I have to admit I've always been quite possessive with my own John Peel archive. I think this comes down to seeing so many toe-rags selling them on at silly prices. I'd rather not pass anything on that's just going to end up in Camden market.
> > > > 
> > > > Anyway, I've just dipped into the recent thread about the 1979 FF. I do have my own recording of the top 10 which is better quality than the one just made available for download, for example.
> > > > 
> > > > Can someone summarise for me what archives are missing in this combined effort. I can't remember myself whether only the 1979 top ten was broadcast for example. It's all I have. I know at the time I (stupidly !) recorded over things where I didn't like the tracks or had them elsewhere. Luckily I have 1-10 intact. Is there a 50-11 to look for ?
> > > > 
> > > > Have 1978 and 1980 been made available ?
> > > > 
> > > > Regards to all,
> > > > Alan ..
> > > >
> > >
> >
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