[peel] Re: sleevenotes, etc

[Alan Ford]

FYI the Fall sleevenote was the entire thing.

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:30 PM, steve <saipanda@...> wrote:

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>
> Hi John,
>
> Many thanks for your message. Thanks for the info. Sorry if the wiki seems
> difficult. I probably should have done a simpler format for that page.
>
> Anyway, you'll see on the page that I've just done a few lines at most for
> each album (some. maybe most have far longer sleevenotes), so just a taster
> would be fine on a message here (or direct to me).
>
> What's best really is if we can hunt down places where the sleevenotes are
> already posted online (as I've done for a few), then it's a matter of just
> having a taster and a "read more" link to the other page.
>
> Of course, we could go the whole hog and have full pages up on the wiki for
> all (or some) of the sleevenotes from each album (and then link them to the
> main page). But as you say, doing a whole LP's worth could take a lot of
> work.
>
> So maybe just a couple of lines in a message here would be fine and I'll
> sort it out from there.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
>
>
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, John Gray <jt.gray@...> wrote:
> >
> > No, sorry, can't work out the formatting either. What is the best thing
> to do? Type it out here, send you a text file, whatever?
> >
> > John Gray
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: John Gray <jt.gray@...>
>
> > Date: 22 February 2011 19:50:47 GMT
> > To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [peel] sleevenotes, etc
> >
> > What a great idea! I have a copy of a 1967 John Mayall solo LP, 'The
> Blues Alone', which Peel wrote the sleeve notes for. However, he also wrote
> a few lines about each track on the LP, so there is a lot of typing, at
> least for my skill levels anyway. But I will try, maybe piecemeal.
> >
> > John Gray
> >
> >
> > On 22 Feb 2011, at 15:49, steve wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Been putting together a page at the wiki of record/cd sleevenotes written
> by Peel. Have made some progress, but don't have copies of many of the
> releases. If anyone does has a copy of any without quotes on the page (or
> other examples of Peel sleevenotes), please get in touch with sample
> snippets to be added or just go ahead put them to the page (click the red
> Edit button at the top):
> >
> > http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Peel_On_Record_Cover_Sleevenotes
> >
> > Fans of Pentangle, JSD Band and the Fall are among those who may be able
> to help out. I'm positive I have a copy of the Bonzo Dog Band session
> release, but can't lay my hands on it despite hunting high and low.
> >
> > Also over at the wiki, received a message from Charles Pates of
> patestapes.com, who currently has 20 peel shows up online (as we were
> already notified by Ken). Good news is that there's apparently another 138
> left to upload, so might be worth keeping an eye on this site:
> > http://www.patestapes.com/
> >
> > Finally, good to see Bill back - many thanks to him for the shows and
> everyone else who has shared stuff on here lately.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Steve
> >
>
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