[peel] More Derby

[RobF]

Will do - maybe a bad batch? You can see from the patterns of the cassettes
that he was buying them in bulk from Woolies/WHSmith or wherever. DB195-198
are Fujis presumably from the same pack

Hopefully it's not present on every Fuji as you have a run of 40 coming up!
I only have a handful of Fujis left to rip



On 3 February 2015 at 14:49, stuartb@... [peel] <
peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> DB197 was another troublesome Fuji. In an attempt to avoid breakage I
> manually wound the leader past the head. All this did, was allow the tape
> to break while allowing it to play, thus pouring about 20s worth into the
> deck, so a tape break and a majorly concertina'd section. However once
> repaired, the squished up portion (played at the end of side 2) sounded
> surprisingly unaffected.
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> Musicwise, side 1 contained the first 47 minutes of records only show 30th
> September 1980 <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/30_September_1980>, and side 2
> the first 47 minutes of 2nd October 1980
> <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/02_October_1980>, with half of the sessions
> by Skids and Normil Hawaiians on tape. Which then broke again at the end of
> the rip.
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> DB198, another Fuji, so determined to avoid another repair, I manually
> wound the leader right into the shell, before playing. Side 1 contained the
> first 48 minutes of 8th <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/08_October_1980>October
> 1980, A records only show, and a surprise play for Bruce Springsteen.
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> The tape still broke at the end of side 2, which isn't yet shared as the
> show on it extends to another, thankfully non-Fuji tape.
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> Rob, watch out if you have any of these...
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> Stuart
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