[peel] Tom In Atlanta No More - but still has 300 tapes.

[RobF]

Seems to be working OK for me Dave - although a friend of mine was having
trouble last week. He could get on from his work network and his mobile
carrier but not from his home network - which suggested there were some DNS
gremlins afoot

On 22 December 2016 at 14:33, Dave Thompson davethompsonbooks@yahoo.com
[peel] <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Happy holidays to everyone, and thanks to everyone for all the great
> shares we've had this year.
>
> And a question... is the Mooo down at the moment?  I've been getting
> "cannot connect" error messages for the last couple of days
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dave
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> *From:* "'m.Luetchford' M.Luetchford@... [peel]" <
> peel@yahoogroups.com>
> *To:* peel@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 21, 2016 2:38 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [peel] Tom In Atlanta No More - but still has 300 tapes.
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> Thanks for all these and a Happy Christmas to everyone here.
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> Although almost every day seems like Christmas with all the sharing of
> lovely presents that goes on, on here!
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> Thank you
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> mark
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> Sent from my Samsung device
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: "RobF robfleay@...m [peel]" <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 20/12/2016 9:05 pm (GMT+00:00)
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [peel] Tom In Atlanta No More - but still has 300 tapes.
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>
> And to take us up to TR040 - now also uploaded
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> TR038:
> 17 May 1993 (BBC World Service)
> 22 August 1994 (BBC World Service)
> 28 August 1995 (BBC World Service)
> TR039:
> 24 March 1993 (BBC World Service)
> 25 March 1995 (BBC World Service)
> 01 April 1995 (BBC World Service)
> TR040:
> 07 August 1995 (BBC World Service)
> As always - uploaded to Mooo in  this folder
> Tom Roche BBC World Service Tapes Mooo Folder
> <http://www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/RobF/Tom%20Roche%20BBC%20World%20Service%20Tapes/>
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> The master wiki page for the tape box is here
> Tom Roche BBC World Service Tapes Wiki Page
> <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Tom_Roche_BBC_World_Service_Tapes>
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> On 20 December 2016 at 12:36, RobF <robfleay@...> wrote:
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> OK the TEAC is back in service and I've re-ripped all the tapes from TR026
> and re-uploaded to Mooo. Thanks to Stuart for spotting the wobble - it's
> very noticeable on all of that latest batch  once I was listening for it.
> I'd just assumed it was the tape/reception quality that was at fault. The
> new rips are much better (to my dodgy ears at least!).
>
> Onwards for now and two more rips from TR036 and TR037
> 02 July 1994 (BBC World Service)
> <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/02_July_1994_(BBC_World_Service)?redlink=1&action=edit&flow=create-page-article-redlink>
> 24 April 1995 (BBC World Service)
> <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/24_April_1995_(BBC_World_Service)?redlink=1&action=edit&flow=create-page-article-redlink>
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> On 13 December 2016 at 14:16, RobF <robfleay@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Stuart - hopefully I won't have to re-rip too many. I'll have a
> listen through to some of the last batch while I wait to get the deck
> sorted.
>
> I've replaced the belt with a spare I had knocking around that is far too
> tight, so it works again but  it's no good for ripping as the tape speed is
> wobbling all over the place, but at least that hopefully means the broken
> belt was the only issue. I can order a spare off the internet that is the
> right size, but will take a few days to arrive
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> On 13 December 2016 at 11:54, 'Stuart Brooks' stuartb@brooks22.plus.com
> [peel] <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Just starting to wikify the tapes – the first one TR026 is OK, but some of
> the later ones are affected.
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> For example at 1:46 14th June 1993 show -  the Grinderswitch lead guitar
> sounds very fluttery. Also the African lead guitar at around 23m in the
> same tape. There was one where it was more of a slow down plus flutter but
> can’t find that one yet. Maybe I will get round to finding where the
> problem started to save you re-ripping all of them! It might still be the
> tapes, I didn’t hear any flutter in the Derby Box tapes, other than the
> Memorex ones the sound was ace on these. Maybe it was a sudden onset
> failure though!
>
> *From:* RobF robfleay@... [peel]
> *Sent:* Monday, December 12, 2016 8:37 AM
> *To:* peel@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [peel] Tom In Atlanta No More - but still has 300 tapes.
>
>
> Thanks Stuart. 2016 seems to be determined to kill everything good. Even
> tape decks!
>
> Can you point me at a show where you noiticed the speed issues? I wasn't
> aware that was happening, and it could indeed have been the tapes as some
> of them are in worse condition than others (and a few are low quality promo
> cassettes that have been taped over).
>
> The symptoms with my tape deck are that the transport mechanism is stuck
> in the up position, and won't reset. When I switch the unit off and on
> again you can hear it trying to reset with a click, but it fails and then
> gives up after about 5 clicks. It was brand new about 10 years ago, so I
> wasn't expecting this - but then it has seen some action with the Derby
> Box, 400 Box and now the Tom tapes.
>
> On 11 December 2016 at 23:32, Stuart Brooks stuartb@...
> [peel] <peel@...m> wrote:
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> I did notice the speed variations on the Grinderswitch but thought it was
> the tapes! My own Nak is away with Aberdeen's only tape deck technician,
> Karl's tape deck also expired and last I heard even Max is looking for a
> new Dat!
> I'll adjust the wiki when carbon dating the shows.
>
> On 11 December 2016 22:40:40 GMT+00:00, "RobF robfleay@ntlworld.com
> [peel]" <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Ah - I must have forgotten to upload that 19th December show. It's there
> now
>
> I uncovered another anomaly with the MAX-DAT listings this afternoon too,
> as I was ripping the show from 2 July 1994, which is not the same as the
> MAX-DAT 2 July show on the wiki. I think those July shows just need
> shuffling up by a week, as in this one he talks about next week giving his
> Glastonbury review, whereas the MAX-DAT July 2 page is the show where he
> does the review. Glastonbury was the last weekend in June, so I think the
> pre-recorded nature of the WS shows can get confusing.
>
> And then my trusty TEAC tape deck packed up - so no more WS shows until I
> can get it sorted..
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> On 11 December 2016 at 20:45, stuartb@... [peel] <
> peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Rob for these shares!
>
> The BBCWS MaxDat tape dates were always a bit speculative for the World
> Service shows as there were usually 8 to a tape, and it's possible that the
> odd show was missed. The DAT filename wasn't always accurate and this was
> especially the case with the WS shows.
>
> I couldn't find your 19th December show on the Mooo, so don't know if it's
> one of the other MaxDat shows from December, or one that was missed by Max.
> Did he definitely say he would be broadcasting the Fall session on the
> World Service?
>
> As far as sound quality goes, MaxDat wins hands down I'm afraid! So
> there's probably no point in ripping any shows already definitely available
> from MaxDat, though any show date corrections would be welcome.
>
> Stuart
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