[peel] Re: My Peel Sessions

[Stuart]

Wow I remember writing to the BBC at the time about the sound quality! This
is confirmation that my ears weren't deceiving me at the time.

 

What I remember complaining about was not only the intrusive dynamic
compression (often when JP was warning us of a track that faded in, actually
didn't fade in much as the gain was turned up during the quiet start, then
when the loud bit came in, the gain was reduced, but not before some audible
distortion was heard.) I also remember some bass distortion continuing
through some tracks. This is why, while I thought PJ Harvey and the Pixies
sounded good on radio, once I got the vinyl LPs the dynamism was
mindblowing.

 

I wonder if the recordings you have bypass the dynamic compression?

 

Stuart

 

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From: peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
dgmccarthy
Sent: 11 April 2011 00:56
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [peel] Re: My Peel Sessions

 

  

Cheers, Rocker. I'm in Sydney but, if it comes to it, sending the tapes back
to their country of origin isn't a problem!

The shows are 20 & 21 November 1992 and I see on the WIKI that they are
available, albeit incomplete. Mine would also be straight out of the desk in
the broadcast studio so may have the edge in quality.

I recall this was during a period (give or take a couple of years) when R1
was messing around with the processing on the end of the broadcast chain and
some of the off-air sound was a bit over-cooked.

Happy days!

David

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com> , rockerq@...
wrote:
>
> > <<I do actually have a couple of complete Peel shows but they are on DAT

> > in long-play mode and I don't have access to a machine that can replay
them 
> > (but I'm working on it).>>
> > 
> I have a machine which will play this format & can transfer direct to CDr.
> 
> If you don't find one let me know - I am Bristol / Cheltenham based, and 
> also often travel to London, if this helps.
> 
> Have you looked on the WIKI to check if these shows are already available?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Rocker
>