[peel] Extensive collection of 'In Concerts'

[Anything Should Happen]

Great collection Paul!

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:39 PM, pauliesarchive <pauliesarchive@...>wrote:

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> Hello, newbie here. Been following this group for some time now and
> figured it's time to get involved :o)
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> The collection I have is not related to John Peel but I do notice that
> some of you have 'In Concerts' in your collections so this might be of
> interest to some.
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> I have around 750+ 'In Concerts' dating from various years and am
> currently in the process of transferring them all to CD. I've already done
> around 200 to CD already.
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> Everything was recorded myself onto TDK 120's - so there are no tape
> flips, no missing bits and sound quality wise (the most important bit), ALL
> are pristine, hiss free and drop-out free. I always was a little over fussy
> about sound quality!
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> I have pretty much every 'In Concert' broadcast from late '88 to around
> '95/'96 - I pretty much lost faith in the Beeb 'In Concert' output after
> that, apart from a few oddments that is. The 200 that I've already
> transferred are various years from 1970 up to 1988 and again, ALL in superb
> sound quality.
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> Here are a couple of piccies for those interested:
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> This is the next batch I'm starting on next week:
> http://www.thehockeyforum.com/paul/batch.JPG
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> This is the (tank of a) machine they were all originally recorded on and
> is being used for the transfer to CD:
> http://www.thehockeyforum.com/paul/hitachi.JPG
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> This is how I documented the tapes - many also have the 'Radio Times'
> snippet included along with the transmission date:
> http://www.thehockeyforum.com/paul/tape.JPG
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> Irony - looking at the above piccie, the double bill on the tape is Blur!
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> Sorry for the length of my first post, I just thought I'd let those
> interested know the mammoth project I'm on with. Also, if I can help anyone
> with transmission dates or anything else relating to the 'In Concert'
> series, fire away! I can't promise to know the answers, but I'll do my best
> to find out.
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> Regards,
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> Paul.
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