[peel] Pink Industry

[Martin Wheatley]

At 13:28 18/12/2010, you wrote:
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>There are several digitisation projects on the go organised by 
>members of this group. It would be good to know what you have, as 
>some may already be available, yet others could contain long lost 
>nuggets! In terms of sessions, then Martin Wheatley is the guru, he 
>has a large number, and would be best placed to know whether any of 
>yours are rarities and worth getting someone on the group to rip.
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>Stuart

Ken Garner is the guru not me!

The definition of rarities is reasonably easy
1979 is the watershed.   Most sessions after that are in someones possession

1979 for 2 reasons.  Firstly technologically    It was around then 
that hifi systems
with tuners and tape decks became cheap enough for students.   A  lot 
of sessions
you hear before than are mono because they come from a transistor radio

Secondly style  1979 was when punk sessions became common and this led to
a major turnover in Peel's listenership.   Only diehards like me 
could survive the
switch from Yes to the Desperate Bicycles easily!

Which doesn't  mean that everything pre-1979 is rare.  A lot of 
sessions - especially by
wellknown artists have come out on record  (in many cases in better 
quality than
we could record them in) or have been rebroadcast since.  But a quick 
glance through
Ken's book highlights many 60s and 70s sessions noone has and because 
the artsts are
not in fashion noone ever will

martinw