Viv Stanshall Sessions

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Just wanted to add my thanks - I think I had most of these already in one form or another, but how nice to have them all together and with some of the links to boot. Great stuff!
Cheers
Roger

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "ken" <ken_garner@...> wrote:
>
> thanks bill, that's not just a wonderful service, but also, if as you say, the BBC archive now only has the repeated "edited" versions (how come?), an object lesson in archiving!
> 
> ken
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" <billfromnorthwales@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > I have uploaded 3 files that cover all the sessions Viv did for Peel.
> > 
> > Most of these of course, are Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, but I have
> > gathered files from many sources (including my own 1977 recordings from
> > Alan Freeman's show - who knew they were repeated there?) and have as
> > many Peel links for the intros and outros that are available.
> > 
> > Anyway, I have tried to make them all sound similar in quality, and
> > volume, and they do make a good set.
> > 
> > You will know that individual files have been available on a few
> > dedicated websites, but i believe these are the best quality available.
> > 
> > You wil have heard the BBC 7 repeats, but I knew they had been trimmed
> > to fit into 14 minutes, but can honestly say I was shocked to find they
> > had been butchered to fit.
> > 
> > (Absolutely murdered, and it was bad enough as a book of the week in
> > 1996, but now these seem to be the only versions the BBC has, sadly)
> > 
> > People will study Viv's work in years to come, and he will be held in
> > the reverence of Shakespeare since he is the only one who came close to
> > Viv's wordplay.
> > 
> > "The bloke doth protest too much, methinks." you may say (to paraphrase
> > the elder one), but you just cannot go through life without dropping
> > these lines into conversation:
> > 
> > " If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink. "
> > " That was inedible muck, and there wasn't enough of it."
> > " Generally speaking, if I've eaten something I don't want to see it
> > again. ."
> > " Mercifully, he hit him with the soft end of the pistol."
> > " Do you know what a palmist once said to me? She said: WILL YOU LET
> > GO!"
> > " I don't know what I want, but I want it NOW!"
> > " If a thing is worth doing, it is worth forcing someone else to do it"
> > " I want my meat burned, like St Joan.  Bring me pickles and vicious
> > mustards to pierce the tongue like Cardigan's Lancers"
> > " Like the shock of fondling a raw sausage, blindfold, at a gay party
> > ..."
> > 
> > Anyway I made my own files, as a "complete Peel Sessions" archive, so I
> > thought someone else may like them cause a lot of work went into it
> > 
> > I have done 3 files - ALL AVAILABLE PEEL LINKS ARE INCLUDED
> > 
> > 1972-1975
> > <http://www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/BillfromNorthWales/01Sessions/1972-1\
> > 975%20Viv%20Stanshall.mp3>
> > 
> > John Peel Intro
> > Rawlinson End (Bonzos LP track not a Session but essential introduction)
> > (27 October1975 Session)
> > Trail of the Lonesome Pine
> > The Unbridled Suite
> > In The Final Analysis
> > Aunt Florrie Remembers
> > (22,23,24,26December 1975) Session
> > Christmas At Rawlinson End Part One
> > Christmas At Rawlinson End Part Two
> > Christmas At Rawlinson End Part Three
> > Christmas At Rawlinson End Part Four
> > 
> > 1977-1978
> > <http://www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/BillfromNorthWales/01Sessions/1977-1\
> > 978%20Viv%20Stanshall.mp3>
> > (6 April 1977)
> > An Absence Of Whelks
> > (23/May/1977)
> >   Spades, Balls and Sausage Trees
> > (19 December 1977)
> > The Road To Unreason
> > (5 April 1978)
> > Fall Of Felt Hats
> > (25 July 1978)
> > Cabbage Looking In Mufti
> > 
> > 1979-1991
> > <http://www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/BillfromNorthWales/01Sessions/1979-1\
> > 991%20Viv%20Stanshall.mp3>
> > (24 December 1979
> > Gooseflesh Steps
> > (18 April 1988)
> > The Crackpot At The End Of The Rainbow
> > (23 November 1988)
> > The Eating At Rawlinson End
> > (6 April 1991)
> > Cackling Gas Capers
> > (21 September 1991)
> > The Thing At Rawlinson End
> > 
> > 
> > For me, the two of the greatest Englishmen of the 20th Century - Peel
> > and Stanshall
> > 
> > 
> > Bill fnw
> >
>