[peel] Re: Out On Blue Six

[RobF]

he only other popular culture reference I can think of is that "blue six"
was the call-sign one of the pilots in the first Star Wars film.

But that doesn't explain why someone would be "out on blue six".

Maybe reading the book might give some clues as to the origin of the phrase?


On 20 September 2013 11:25, MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...>wrote:

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> so that could explain the title of the radio show that went out from 1991
> but not the band name - unless Ian McDonald was a fan of them ... I'll ask
> him if I can find an email address!
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>  *From:* "rockerq@..." <rockerq@...>
> *To:* peel@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Friday, 20 September 2013, 11:17
> *Subject:* Re: [peel] Re: Out On Blue Six
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> Well it's the title of a sci-fi book from 1989 by Manchester author Ian
> McDonald.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McDonald_%28British_author%29
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> But I suspect that in itself may be a quote from something older...
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> From: MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...>
> To: peel <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, Sep 20, 2013 10:21 am
> Subject: Re: [peel] Re: Mixtape of unshared shows from 1984
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>   And I will not rest til I know why they chose to call it out on blue
> six - unless it was in honour of the early 80s popular beat combo which I
> somehow doubt!
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>  *From:* Dr Mango <dr_mango2004@...>
> *To:* "peel@yahoogroups.com" <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 14:57
> *Subject:* Re: [peel] Re: Mixtape of unshared shows from 1984
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> Brilliant! Great to have more episodes from "Out On Blue Six" trickling
> into circulation. The ones from the Lowman tapes have been an unexpected
> bonus.
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> DM
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>  *From:* haze_harrison <haze.harrison@...>
> *To:* peel@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Monday, 16 September 2013, 22:48
> *Subject:* [peel] Re: Mixtape of unshared shows from 1984
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> We have distributed the tapes (actually nearer 1500) between us. The taper
> has helpfully provided a spreadsheet for most of the tapes so we are cherry
> picking at the moment. There are lots of Friday Rock Shows (but no Tommy
> Vance remains) so we are just ripping the sessions from these.
> There are about 30 Out On Blue Six tapes, I ripped one at random (before I
> realized I had some Peel shows) and although they are also edited many
> links remain. 53 minutes out of 60 for this one
> http://www.mediafire.com/download/fjjm67w94j8p2gp/Out_On_Blue_Six_1991-11-11.mp3
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