TOTP 1968

Humphrey thebarguest@...
Sun Jun 26 21:19:17 CEST 2011


And I've just thought ... I've got a bootleg Tull cd (factory silver cd,good artwork etc) with the brill 77 BBC concert on it, and there's a song with a good 3 or 4 secs of FM interference/farting on it ! If only they'd obtained Bill or Haze's copies ....

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Humphrey" <thebarguest@...> wrote:
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> Yeah, I used to record some stuff with a little mono tape recorder mike carefully laid on top something, a few inches from the tv speaker : "So It Goes" (second series), a new-wave showcase presented by the late, great Tony Wilson, and some "In Concert" shows. When I used to record BBC radio concerts, the biggest hazard was someone in the house turning on a light or other electrical device, which at best could produce a click, at worst a 2 or 3-second burst of interference, obviously during the best song and quietest passage !
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> So I'd ask my parents, please don't do it, otherwise I'll f*cking kill yas ...
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Alan Ford <ford.alan@> wrote:
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> > I used to record OGWT through a mic, initially on a reel-to-reel (but I only
> > had one tape) and then on a portable using 10p cassettes from Boots. Most
> > weeks I'd get my Mum on there asking me to turn it down, and
> > shouldn't-I-be-in-bed-anyway! I found a box of the tapes when we moved house
> > a few years ago, but think I probably binned 'em.
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> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:51 PM, haze_harrison <haze.harrison@
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> > > Recorded with a Elizabethan 4 track and a tiny microphone pointed at the
> > > tele...
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> > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, stephen phythian <theallnewadventuresofspp@>
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> > > > Thanks for this. The sound quality's really good  as well. Old TOTP
> > > audio is always really appreciated as so little visual footage from this era
> > > exists (complete shows anyway).
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> > > > --- On Sun, 26/6/11, haze_harrison <haze.harrison@> wrote:
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> > > > From: haze_harrison <haze.harrison@>
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> > > > Subject: [peel] TOTP 1968
> > > > To: peel@...m
> > > > Date: Sunday, 26 June, 2011, 2:12
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> > > > The mention of reel to reel, reminded me of this audio recording of TOTP
> > > from June 1968 that I pulled off an old r2r tape. Presented by Jimmy Saville
> > > aided by Mickey Dolenz...
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