I've decided to treat myself to this, and have just ordered it... Should be ace. What a cool cover, too!
http://www.systemrecords.co.uk/vario...p-1018690.html
Does anyone already have it?
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Kats Karavan - The History of John Peel on the Radio
I've decided to treat myself to this, and have just ordered it... Should be ace. What a cool cover, too!
http://www.systemrecords.co.uk/vario...p-1018690.html
Does anyone already have it?
Marco.
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Talking about Peel (and a bit OOT) I was tracking this one for me : http://www.chrisspedding.com/session/rh/rh3.htm
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It appears to have no HMHB on it!Originally Posted by Marco
I've decided to treat myself to this, and have just ordered it... Should be ace. What a cool cover, too!
http://www.systemrecords.co.uk/vario...p-1018690.html
Does anyone already have it?
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Hi Joe,
Sorry, excuse my ignorance, but what is HMHB?
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Shit, yeah!
Yes that is a shock... Despite that, I'm sure it'll still be a great listen
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I felt sure I had already posted this, but can't find anything, so please indulge me if I already have!
Some of you may well be aware that John Peel lived in Suffolk - I hired a guy who used to go out with his daughter, and although I never knew him, I was a big fan, regular listener, and gutted when he passed on, especially as he was a similar age to my dad, and that is too close for contemplation...
Anyway, this goes back to my bachelor days of the early "noughties" (hate that, but it explains it well), when I spent a lot of time listening to radio, and rarely missed the JP show. It reinforces my music philospohy of "if it's good, I like it." JP was playing (live on air) Sugababes, Round Round (yes, really!) and said (words to the effect) - "that's a white label 12", I have no idea who or what it is, but I rather like it" - this of course, was not long after said track, had been number 1, without him having any idea of it! I wish I could go back and find the show in the archives because I remember it as clear as anything, and there is something of an irony, if not a purity, that John Peel could like a Sugababes track without any knowledge of who or what they were. Bless him, and God rest his soul.
Last edited by Alex_UK; 04-11-2009 at 00:37. Reason: Added the last sentence.
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The track listing on those CD's encapsulates why he was so great - despite Alex's tale above(!), he was often able to spot a kernal of greatness in so many acts way ahead of anyone else. That's not to say that he didn't play stuff I didn't like - far from it. But his shows were always interesting.
I was one of those in the 70's who used to go to bed with a mono ear-piece stuck in one ear under the covers. I have John Peel to thank for my love of Julian Cope & the Teardrop Explodes, if nothing else.
It was always interesting to discover stuff that he'd championed in the past too, long after it was current. How many people who listened to his shows during the height of punk would have believed he was the same man who had loved Wishbone Ash when they were emerging?
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To clarify, what I mean is this:
..........despite Alex's tale above(!), he was often able to spot a kernal of greatness in so many acts way ahead of anyone else.
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