Lowman Genesis and another great KevH tape

[stuartb@...]

We go back in time to the genesis of the Lowman tapes, a trio of shows recorded from the 21st to the 23rd September 1981. These are edited but generally include runs of consecutive tracks with links.
 

 A further 18 minutes added to the Derby Box share of the 21st almost completing the show, then an hour and 7 minutes of new show 22nd September, featuring the debut of  Altered Images 3rd session, and a couple of tracks from Stimulin’s only session. Then we hit Peak Clare on the 23rd, the day John went to see Gregory’s Girl, and almost an hour of this new show, with 23 Skidoo and Motor Boys Motor in session.
 

 Next up a 15 minute section of new show 14th October 1981, including 1 Passage track, but no Method Actor session tracks (though see a bit later….). Then around  49  minutes of 15th October , which when added to the Derby Box share, means only the last minute of the show is now missing.
 

 Finally a short snippet from the 30th December 1981 adds a few minutes to the F50 share of that date.
 Most of these tapes were rather dodgy looking Yakima tapes, the super lightweight rough-ferric oxide look tapes,  that you just know are going to shed. And one of them did quite badly and had to be re-ripped after cleaning the deck, and these tapes do sound a bit ropey.
 

 After a final cleaning it was on to the next KevH tape just as a reminder how good the medium can sound, with Derby-esque sound. This tape contained sessions from January and February 1982, including the Cure’s 5th session from the 20th January, Altered Images #1 repeat on the 21st, Play Dead’s debut on the 28th, and the Method Actors, as mentioned above, repeat on the 16th February. All of these sessions include Peel’s outros and are all the first shares from these dates. It might well be the best available version of each of these unreleased sessions, the sheer punch of the drums is unmatched by anything that gets broadcast on DAB these days (speaking of which I must listen to the 6music 1989 show while it’s still available).
 Later in the tape a single Theatre Of Hate session track from 18th February (Kev v. Derby SQ showdown?) then John Cooper Clarke’s  session from 15th March, adding an extra track to the Derby Share for the day.
 The end of the tape contained a brace of Birthday Party tracks recorded from BBC2’s Riverside show. I didn’t include that as it didn’t seem to fit, being of low sound quality and already available on Youtube with video.
 

 SL tapes in their usual location and Kev's from the 1982 calendar page.

  
 Thanks to Kev and Steve!