400 Box and other observations

[Stuart]

Yes it was myself who was desperate for the 1983 stuff!



Stuart

(mantoid2 here and weatherman22 at the Wikia)


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Roger Carruthers <unity.gain@...> wrote:
>
> I¹ve yet to put any of my 400 box rips up as mp3¹s ­ and
I¹m on my 5th
> batch. I¹d just got started with the .mp3 conversions when I lost a
hard
> drive containing my first two batches; I¹m hoping to recover the
drive, but
> if not, I¹ve asked Rocker to return the DVD¹s (or copies
thereof) so I can
> do them.
> In the meantime, I¹ve started encoding to both mp3 and .flac with
the
> latest batch (which I received last week), though obviously this slows
> things down a bit.
> The reason I delayed the mp3 conversion, was that I was looking to do
a bit
> of batch sweetening, but it doesn¹t look like a very practical
option, so
> I¹ll probably just get on with straightforward batch conversion,
which will
> be a lot quicker.
> You can see from the XL sheet on the Wiki which were my batches, so if
> anyone has any particular preferences (wasn¹t someone asking for
May Œ83, or
> something?), give me a shout,
> Cheers
> Roger
>
>
> On 08/10/2009 03:44, "steve" saipanda@... wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rocker knows the full story and I'm sure will update us, but think
several
> > batches of the tapes have been ripped and returned to him but not
yet shared
> > online in mp3 form yet, as mentioned in one or two recent messages
here.
> >
> > But yeah, it's been really brilliant - with the promise of more to
come (plus
> > the next box of 90s stuff). Many thanks indeed to Rocker for most
excellent
> > organization and all the rippers!
> >
> > Incidentally, if people can't contribute directly in the form of
ripping shows
> > or financially, please feel free to help flesh out the 400 box show
pages on
> > the wiki in terms of extra information on the tracks, corrections,
comments by
> > Peel, etc. Similarly for non-400 Box pages if the urge strikes. Just
click on
> > the "Edit" section on the relevant part of the page, add your info
in the
> > editing box, preview, and save the page. Should be quite
straightforward,
> > hopefully.
> >
> > For me, getting involved in the wiki has been an unforeseen side
effect of the
> > 400 Box project that has expanded in all kinds of unexpected
directions. Many
> > thanks indeed to all those who have helped out so far. In some ways,
think
> > we're only scratching the surface so far - so please feel free to
dive in.
> > Contact me or Steve TK offlist if you'd like to contribute but are
not sure
> > where to start.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Steve W
> >
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "so_it_goes_2512" so_it_goes_2512@ wrote:
> >> >
> >> > The end of the 400 Box? Don't worry just yet. There were 427
tapes in the
> >> box, and some 200 of them do not appear to have ben ripped yet. So
in fact
> >> we're less than halfway through: lots to look forward to!
> >> >
> >> > Best wishes
> >> > Steve [TK]
> >> >
> >> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> >> "egdirdle2001" <penarth2002@> wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Looks like we are arriving at the end of the 400 box... no ?
To which
> >>> I've contributed nothing but enjoyed wonderfully.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Seems strange that comparitively few 1981 shows are around and
that we
> >>> currently have only one 1983 show. I must say by the time I got
round to the
> >>> 1984 shows the music just didn't seem as interesting.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > An amazing project though and I'm pretty sure there are many
more
> >>> complete shows out there in various attics and cellars all over
Britain....
> >>> but maybe not eh
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Thanks for giving me a wonderful experience by making these
shows
> >>> listenable fellas.
> >>> > >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>