[peel] Re: Karls Tape 24th & 25th Feb 1981 uploaded to Moo

[MARK LUETCHFORD]

Agree.  I think the thing I most admired about Peel was his constant exploration of new - whilst having an appreciation of the history/process of change that got music to where we are today - Pigs 78, the blues, country, folk, Louis Jordan, early Rock and Roll, skiffle etc.. Obviously not all NEW music is good - there are some culdesacs largely caused by the search for the lowest common denominator to make profit out of commercialisation rather than talent/creativity. I remember him comparing it to cinema - eg no one who likes film would only watch stuff from before an arbitrary date. I didn't like everything he played but I think that was part of the point - he liked it and challenged us to open our ears, minds and hearts. That doesn't mean to say I don't have a soft spot for certain periods of music that are linked to certain periods of my life and a bit of nostalgia doesn't harm unless you don't wallow!
 
Mark L


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From: mr_maudlin <markc63@...>
To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, 5 December 2013, 14:01
Subject: [peel] Re: Karls Tape 24th & 25th Feb 1981 uploaded to Moo

  
There is some great work going on here in saving important parts of the nations' broadcasting heritage. But I have also always been uneasy about becoming too nostalgic (my definition of being old is when I stop buying new albums). But having said that, it is wonderful when we get a conversation going about TV21, and the bass player chips in with some snippets of info on an obscure session-only cover version :)

Mark C

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Stuart Brooks" <stuartb@...> wrote:
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> Yep if everything was easily available then we wouldn’t be having as much fun digging up the past. The fact that we might have unearthed the only recording (outside the BBC archives which may never be opened up in full) of the Farenji Warriors for example (whether that is one’s thing or not being beside the point) is certainly quite exciting and probably more so than say datamining 20 year old Youtube archives in the future. 
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> The past present (future) balance is important, though with a gradual slide to the former as we get more experienced (euphemism alert!)
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> Then again the best of the past could, rather than just feeding our own nostalgia, be revolutionary to those of the now and the future...
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> Sorry, I think my brain needs a wee rest
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> Stuart
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 9:38 PM
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> It is great to have a lot of this stuff, although personally it's the sessions which interest me the most, as records are just records.. but wouldn't it be awful if EVERYTHING still existed and was easily obtainable? When would there be time to enjoy the present?
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: stuartb@... 
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 7:49 PM
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> I thought I was quite organised at the time but no, I didn't date shows, or do whole logbooks of shows a la Tishbiz / John Peel Papers. If I had my time again and more money I would have bought loads of VHS 240 tapes and a dedicated recorder and kept the lot....
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