[peel] This week's shares

Alan Ford ford.alan@...
Sun Mar 12 18:48:10 CET 2017


Thanks for these Stuart. Unfortunately I can't find 'Lee Tape 8'.
Alan


On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 1:23 PM, stuartb@... [peel] <
peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Starting off with the Gumtree tapes
> <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Gumtree_Tapes_(tapes)>, and some new content
> for one of the latest incomplete shows, 4th September 2001. Not having
> listened to a more recent show for some time, it's again very noticeable
> the difference in production style, both as a DJ (fading himself in at the
> start and end of records without fading them out, in a Zane Low fashion)
> and the slightly harsher, more compressed studio sound compared to the
> natural sounds of the late 70s/early 80s shows.
>
>
> On to the Lee Tapes <http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Lee_Tapes> and tapes 5 to
> 8 take us from February to April 1988, concentrating on hiphop and house
> with the odd splash of reggae and experimental. Goes well with watching the
> Get Down on Netflix! Again John's un-erring ear for the cream of every
> genre comes to the fore, with some early plays for De La Soul, Coco Steel &
> Lovebomb, and Kaos, one of whose very limited edition 7" that John played
> was the highest-priced record sale in Discogs in December 1986. Thanks to
> JP3904 for filling in a few of the unknowns, there are a few left for the
> keen sleuth! And JP3904's efforts at the British Library have helped date
> some of these tracks.
>
>
> Thanks also  to Lee and the unknown Gumtree taper!
>
>
> Stuart
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> 
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