[peel] Re: Derby Box begins..

[Stuart Brooks]

Wow I wonder how that happened! Wonder if Chris tried to fix the tape previously... I think the tape would have been more muffled as well as being backwards if it was playing the inside of the tape.... Touch wood I'm well past the bad batch of Fuji's but on the down side I'm also more than three quarters through the tapes. The finishing line has been delayed by forgetting to take any with me on this weeks journey to Ripping Central, so I shall have to content myself with listening to these wonderful 1979 shows!
Stuart

On 2 May 2015 20:53:22 BST, "RobF robfleay@... [peel]" <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>More Derby Box today, including my first complete tape shell
>disassembly.
>One the tapes had somehow twisted over completely in the case so the
>whole
>thing was playing backwards. I toyed with the idea of recording it like
>that and reversing it in SoundForge but that felt like cheating, so I
>dug
>out my tools and experience learned on my "tape maintenance training
>programme" (AKA the 400 Box)
>
>DB084 & DB085 contain the complete show from 5 June 1979
><http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/05_June_1979> which was also present in the
>400
>Box, albeit 10 minutes shorter and lower quality. Session from Magazine
>Mooo
><http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/RobF/John%20Peel%201979%20Tapes/1979-06-05/>
>
>DB085 then contained one track from 6 June 1979
><http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/06_June_1979> - which is from the Yachts
>and
>contains John's back announce but that's it. The only method of dating
>this
>one track is that Chris wrote it on the original track sheet and
>highlighted it was from that date. There is currently no other
>recording or
>tracklist from that date to confirm it though.
>Mooo
><http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/RobF/John%20Peel%201979%20Tapes/1979-06-06/>
>
>The rest of DB085 and DB086 contain the full show from 11 June 1979
><http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/11_June_1979> which was also partially
>present
>in the 400 Box and the Hinton Box, but here we have the full show in
>decent
>quality. The Undertones in session.
>Mooo
><http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/RobF/John%20Peel%201979%20Tapes/1979-06-11/>
>
>Also on DB086 is a brief 13 minutes of the show from 14 June 1979
><http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/14_June_1979> which has never been shared
>before
>Only 4 tracks including one track from The Ruts session
>Mooo
><http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/RobF/John%20Peel%201979%20Tapes/1979-06-14/>
>
>And finally the remainder of DB086 and DB087 comprise another full
>show,
>this time from 18 June 1979 <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/18_June_1979>
>although sadly another show that was already in the 400 Box and the
>Hinton
>Box, but a sound upgrade nonetheless.
>Sessions from Wayne County and The Specials
>Mooo
><http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/RobF/John%20Peel%201979%20Tapes/1979-06-18/>
>
>
>
>
>
>On 30 March 2015 at 16:32, stuartb@... [peel] <
>peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Cheers again Rob.
>>
>> For info the 4th June show is named 29th May on the Mooo.
>>
>> Re the Fuji muffle, your symptoms confirm to me that the Fuji
>pressure
>> pads and/or springs have deteriorated. Most decks can't maintain
>enough
>> tension to keep the tape tight against the head to compensate for a
>faulty
>> pressure pad unless it is a Nakamichi which actually lifts them out
>of the
>> way.
>>
>> There might be better tension just at the point you press play as
>quite
>> often when you put a tape in at first the deck will tighten the
>tension by
>> rotating the capstan(s), just to reduce the chance of loose tape
>feeding
>> into the deck. But you will only get the benefit of this extra
>tension just
>> as you press play.
>>
>> If you keep a note of the worst tapes then I don't mind having a go
>at
>> them after we've completed our halves of the box.
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>> 
>>