[peel] Re: My Peel Sessions

[Alan Ford]

Wow I don't understand a word of this .....

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Stuart <stuartb@...> wrote:

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>  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.
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> 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.
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> I wonder if the recordings you have bypass the dynamic compression?
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> 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
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Happy days!
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> David
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, rockerq@... wrote:
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> > > <<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).>>
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> > I have a machine which will play this format & can transfer direct to
> CDr.
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> > If you don't find one let me know - I am Bristol / Cheltenham based, and
> > also often travel to London, if this helps.
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> > Have you looked on the WIKI to check if these shows are already
> available?
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> > Cheers!
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> > Rocker
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