top ten albums of 1974 / twitter / thanks

[steve]

In case anyone was wondering, here's Peel's 1975 choices:

http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/1975_Records_Of_The_Year

On Stuart's points about the Record Collection - yeah, having only the first 100 LPs of each letter might give a false impression of what he "liked" and leave out all kinds of artists that were real favorites, but the current 100 per week is only seen as the first step in getting the whole lot up and at least it's a start. 

And someone pointed out before, 100 a week gives you 2,600 LPs, around 10 percent of the total, after six months.

Think what's really interesting are the unexpected things:
-"Guilty pleasures" (six Sheena Easton LPs perhaps excessive);  -Crazy covers and checking out things you've never heard of before (unfortunately, no Spotify where I am);
-Reminders about stuff you had forgotten about; 
-The star ratings for individual tracks;
-Letters and other stuff kept inside the sleeves. These are posted by johnpeelarchive on Flickr and Google+: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnpeelarchive/sets/). 

As well as just seeing how many, if any, you have yourself, on a regular weekly basis.

Outside the records themselves, the weekly films on a featured artist are pretty cool as well. Also, nice Hidden Gems blogs on one record a week at JPCCA:
http://www.johnpeelcentreforcreativearts.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=3&Itemid=76

Seems a fun thing to me anyway and a good tribute. Hope they get new funding after the six months are up.

Not sure why Barclay James Harvest is under H, though. 

SW


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Humphrey" <thebarguest@...> wrote:
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> Peely was the main champion of BJH right at the start (now where have I heard a phrase like that before), playing their first single in 1968. That 1974 BJH album is very good / one of their best, with a great title "Everyone Is Everybody Else" - how true ! And it wasn't just typical prog, John Lees' songwriting often concerned social injustices ... Thanks for the Olivetti tip - I've got the tome, will check ...
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "steve" <saipanda@> wrote:
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> > Yeah, the BJH thing a bit of a mystery to me too.
> > 
> > Pretty sure there's a few albums of the year for 1975 in one of the columns reprinted in Olvetti Chronicles. Will check it out later (supposed to be catching up with work right now).
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> > SW
> > 
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Humphrey" <thebarguest@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Velly inter-lesting. Always knew he liked BJH but not that much. Three of my fave bands in there : BJH, Be Bop Deluxe and Sparks (pity the latter never did a sesh). Of course, Eno, Be Bop and Sparks were big influences on the 77-82 new-wave scene. Would like to see these lists for other years ...
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> > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "steve" <saipanda@> wrote:
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> > > > Hi folks,
> > > > 
> > > > Came across a list of Peel's top ten albums of 1974:
> > > > 
> > > > http://peterreavy.com/2012/06/23/john-peels-albums-of-the-year-1974/
> > > > 
> > > > Incidentally, alerted to this by a post on Twitter. Two points:
> > > > 
> > > > 1. The guy asked if anyone else had similar Peel lists (not Festive Fifties) from other years. Anyone here got any? Would be good to get them up on the wiki.
> > > > 
> > > > 2. I know people have mixed feelings about Twitter. I'm not on it myself, but find it quite useful as a news source on Peel. There's a Twitter feed on the wiki front page that compiles results for assorted Peel-related people and sites. Some interesting stuff among the chit-chat. The full URL (if anyone wants to bookmark it):
> > > > 
> > > > http://peterreavy.com/2012/06/23/john-peels-albums-of-the-year-1974/
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> > > > Finally, would like to thank everyone for all the recent shares and contributions here--you know who you are. In particular, many thanks to Paul Webster for also posting the lists of LPs from Peel's collection on the wiki.
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > 
> > > > SW
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