[peel] Re: Derby Box begins..

[RobF]

I've no idea. but the tape was ominously part way through - unlike all the
other 80 odd tapes so far, which have all been ready and waiting at the
start of Side A

So you can imagine my trepidation when I picked up DB089 and found it in a
similar state. However, this one was worse, not twisted but the reels were
so stiff it would neither play nor rewind/ffwd. An attempt to manually wind
it snapped the tape. So another disassembly job..
This tape is a Pyral Superferrite C90
http://www.c-90.org/catalogue/tapes/Pyral/Pyral%20Superferrite/0
which I've never seen before and I think is one of only two in the Derby
Box (the first one DB088 played fine)

I've been grappling with it all afternoon, and was quite close to chucking
it in the bin at one point, until I realised that it contains the first
hour of one of the few completely unshared shows in this section of the
Derby Box. So I'm sticking with it and the results won't be perfect, but
the sound quality is not too badly affected, just some mid song edits where
the tape snapped or kept stopping whilst ripping.

Watch this space

On 2 May 2015 at 23:00, Stuart Brooks stuartb@... [peel] <
peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
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