[peel] More SL: The Kershaw Tapes

[RobF]

Still playing it seems - at least a couple of videos on Youtube of him at
overseas festivals this summer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwzhMAqNKKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57qyM9FlHVY




On 4 October 2013 10:47, MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...>wrote:

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> wikipedia gives no real clues
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diblo_Dibala
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> Ours is better although obviously better at crediting the source of some
> of wikipedia material -
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> http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Diblo_Dibala
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> still  gives no clues about his current activity. maybe he's back washing
> dishes in Brussels?
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>  *From:* MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...>
> *To:* "peel@yahoogroups.com" <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, 4 October 2013, 9:47
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> *Subject:* Re: [peel] More SL: The Kershaw Tapes
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> PS Thank you to the good Dr.
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> PPS I went to see Kanda Bongo Man a couple of weeks ago in a small town
> called Rye in Sussex - as part of the Rye Festival. It was great to see him
> again and although his band wasn't as tight as it used to be. It was quite
> strange - his car broke down on teh way and he was 2 hours late so we had
> the Rye Ukulele band as a support act. He arrived on a AA van with a
> citroen people carrier on the back - with 4 members of band and instruments
> with not a hint of rancour that's waht I call dedication. I was 50 this
> year but was one of the youngest in the audience, it was in a church hall,
> but he got almost every body dancing (not me I am of the John Peel
> persuasion when it comes to not shaking my body!) and it must have been
> like the equivalent of when he first started out in Zaire - eg playing
> small community venues who did not know his music but were grabbed by the
> infectious sounds. The only difference being taht the majority of this
> audience would not have been familiar with Soukous. I presume he now lives
> in UK. It seems that he has survived a bit better than the Bhundu boys but
> the days of playing stadia are behind him although he did play Womad a
> couple of years ago. Does anyone know what happened to Diblo? I don't think
> he was in the band - the guitarist wasn't of his age or skill! It is very
> sad that the enthusiasm with which we greeted this music in the 80s and 90s
> has not treated all of the stars well ... but my fedora off to Kanda and
> really pleased that he is still touring so people can still discover and
> fall in love with his music all again.
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> Mark
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>  *From:* MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...>
> *To:* "peel@yahoogroups.com" <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, 4 October 2013, 9:06
> *Subject:* Re: [peel] More SL: The Kershaw Tapes
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> Looks like we may be getting whole Kershaw shows from the SL tapes. In
> some senses this is more valuable (heresy - wash my mouth out!) than the
> Peel shows as the records he played were often even more obscure and may
> only exist in folk/world museum collections and those of people like Andy -
> although did he not have to sell it when he was down on his luck so maybe
> he doesn't even have them anymore? Wonder if he knows this is happening (or
> cares?!) and may want to have a digital version of some of his collection
> ...
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> mark
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>  *From:* Dr Mango <dr_mango2004@...>
> *To:* Peel <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 3 October 2013, 19:54
> *Subject:* [peel] More SL: The Kershaw Tapes
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> Rounding off my rips from the last batch of SL tapes that I processed,
> here's the Andy Kershaw bits that were part of them. One complete show was
> contained on the tapes in that batch, but as a treat for Kershaw fans I've
> been able to get my hands on the relevant rips made by other people and
> thus put together complete shows:
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> 5 January 1992 <http://drmango.net/kershaw/05_January_1992.htm>
> Session: two live act s recorded live in Equitorial Guinea by Kershaw on
> his visit in December 1991.
> Complete show found on tapes L202 and L203 that were ripped by me.
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> 12 January 1992 <http://drmango.net/kershaw/12_January_1992.htm>
> Session: Chris Wood and Andy Cutting.
> The start and end of the show were previously ripped and shared by ML from
> tape L067. The mid section turned up on tape L214 which I ripped, so I put
> all the sections together. The show contains more details of how Dave Lee
> Travis bizarrely came to play a soukous track on his Sunday morning
> programme.
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> 23 February 1992 <http://drmango.net/kershaw/23_February_1992.htm>
> Session: Johnnie Johns on.
> The mid section of the show turned up on tape L198 so I was able to paste
> it in between the start and end of the show previously ripped and shared by
> Weatherman Stuart from tape L159.
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> 2 May 1992 <http://drmango.net/kershaw/02_May_1992.htm>
> Session: Remmy Ongala.
> A section from the second hour of the show had been previously ripped and
> shared by Stuart from tape L147. The remaining segments were ripped by me
> from L204 and L212 and assembed into a whole.
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> All track listings can be found on my personal webspace:
> http://drmango.net/kershaw.htm
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> Coming next should be the complete Kershaw show from 21 November 1992<http://drmango.net/kershaw/21_Nov_1992.htm>as I have all the sections of that waiting for assembly too.
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> Dr Mango
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