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

[RobF]

I'm always willing to rip more tapes if we have a backlog anywhere. Just
say the word

On 3 June 2016 at 13:53, Rocker rockerq@... [peel] <peel@yahoogroups.com
> wrote:

>
>
> Yes - still around £100 here, which should cover sending the 80-odd World
> Service show cassettes from the USA.
>
> I know the remaining Lowman tapes will keep Stuart busy for while, so
> would any of our other rippers like to volunteer to do this new batch?
>
> Rocker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocker <rockerq@...>
> To: peel <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 3, 2016 11:53 am
> Subject: Re: [peel] Tom In Atlanta No More - but still has 300 tapes.
>
> Yes I think there's still some money in the ripping kitty. Am at work now
> but will check when I go home later.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Rocker
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 'Stuart Brooks' stuartb@... [peel] <
> peel@yahoogroups.com>
> To: peel <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 3, 2016 11:32 am
> Subject: Re: [peel] Tom In Atlanta No More - but still has 300 tapes.
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Glad you are enjoying your new home, having avidly watched Treme I’m
> slightly envious!
>
> The digitisation continues, there are a couple of ongoing projects, a few
> which burst into activity every so often, and others which have paused for
> the time being, as the tapers ripping their own collections do so as and
> when they have the time.
>
> Many thanks for the offer of your tapes. The Wiki does cover the World
> Service shows here <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/BBC_World_Service> but as
> you can see the coverage before 2002 is very patchy.
>
> There is a handy list <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/List_Of_Shows> of Radio
> 1 shows too, detailing how much of each show has been discovered so far
>
> Rocker may still have some funds collected from the group which could go
> to the postage costs, if not can put out a call for a top-up.
>
> Personally I have quite a few tapes left over from an earlier collection
> that I’m working on at the moment so it’s only fair to give someone else on
> the group a shot, but should no-one else volunteer, I’m very happy to take
> on digitisation duties.
>
> Also thanks for the tip about WWOZ-FM, I had been rooting about on Tune-In
> Radio to try and sample the Treme atmosphere for real
>
> atb
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
> *From:* mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 3, 2016 3:27 AM
> *To:* PeelLIST <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> *Subject:* [peel] Tom In Atlanta No More - but still has 300 tapes.
>
>
> Hello longtime PeelList friends,
>
> It has been some time since I posted. Last year I began closing up 30
> years in Atlanta and moved to New Orleans - which of course has the most
> music-rich history of any city in the US. Having a grand time; all the
> effort to get here (and whew it was a damn chore) was worth it.
>
> As stated previously, I had UK friends in the 80s and 90s recording and
> shipping Peel BBC Radio One shows on cassette for me. Meanwhile I was
> recording his BBC World Service Shows both over the air (SW low-fi) and via
> a cleaner - but still mono - satellite link. My plan was to log all the
> dates of the shows I have - and post to this list - before making the big
> ATL to NOLA move, but life got complicated .... and I moved the all the
> tapes here in November still un-catalogued.
>
> (Somewhere I even have my own recording of the funeral service in Bury St
> Edmonds. I believe the only Yanks to drop everything and fly over were Jack
> White, Laura Cantrell and me.)
>
> I want to inquire how your digitization of tapes is going. Are you ready
> for another large batch? Obviously I need to post a logging of all the FM
> shows I have... so that shows you have already archived are not shipped
> over.
>
> But what I have done this week is separated out all the BBCWS shows I
> have... it is between 75 and 80, and the parcel weighs 12-13 pounds. All
> the shows begin with an often-clueless continuity announcer intro-ing the
> show (the best intro is the BBCWS promising music from "Prince Far The
> First.") Then comes Grinderswitch and then an ever-changing clever greeting
> from JP, then basically a 30 minute condensation of the week's 6 hours of
> domestic shows, sans sessions. He would get maybe 4 letters a month and
> he'd read those out, sometimes even a letter from me. Then Grinderswitch
> again as the outro, later changed to any extendable techno track he liked.
>
> For a time he was limited to playing UK tracks only, some BBCWS silly
> rule, then about 1990 that changed. My satellite dish friend probably
> recorded every show over 10 years, but we only saved the best ones and
> rolled over the rest, alas. So the surviving shows are good ones.
>
> Anyway, shall we extend the Peel Wiki to the World Service shows? Who
> would like all these cassettes? And do we want to do a little funding-site
> thing to pay for the overseas shipping? I can contribute but can shoulder
> all of it.
>
> Then I'll move on to logging the (plus or minus) 300 R1 tapes, yes?
>
> Hello Martin Wheatley - still around? Hello Phil Edwards and the missus.
> Hello Ken Garner?  Is David Cavanagh on the list? Love love love the Good
> Riddance book.
>
> If anyone on the list is passing through New Orleans and wants to
> re-define the term "pub crawl" please please get in touch. I buy the first
> 4 rounds. I am still doing film video editing.... here is a little taste of
> my new world.
>
> https://vimeo.com/155266481
>
> I urge you to check out our startlingly good R&B/jazz/heritage station
> here WWOZ-FM. Truly exceptional 24/7.
>
> Let the good times roll ... and my best to all ya'll as we say 'round here.
>
> Tom Roche
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