What should become of John Peel's record collection now?

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Everett True tries his hand at what David Stubbs started a couple of weeks ago by doing the 'C's:

http://thequietus.com/articles/08799-john-peel-record-collection-everett-true

Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link

this mike absalom album is so lovely!

Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Monday, 4 June 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link

Don't think anyone's mentioned this, they are scanning a bunch of letters and other ephemera from Peel's collection as well:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnpeelarchive/

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 12:12 (eleven years ago) link

this is lovely from terry

http://thespace.org/items/e000080q

Crackle Box, Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link

This guy had way more Sammy Hagar records than I ever would have guessed.

Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:02 (eleven years ago) link

only four Half Man Half Biscuit albums?! im surprised

Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:55 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah, he's got more Hall & Oates than that, must've all been on CD

Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:10 (eleven years ago) link

three months pass...

'X' shelf was a bit sparse after all:

http://thespace.org/content/s000004u/albums/recordbox.html?jpID=X

Wouldn't mind that Xhol record, could take or leave most of the rest of it.

Superphysical Resurrection (NickB), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 10:26 (eleven years ago) link

This also now leaves a strange and unpleasant taste in the mouth.

hmmm yeah, i hear you

Superphysical Resurrection (NickB), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link

for anyone still following this, i've been making playlists of the spotifyable stuff.

here's the big a-x one.

http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/7e2UT382pTSwuFcgQSLJAj

here's a "best of" with 130 tracks (there will be more when y and z are posted):

http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/3c6GRo8jtVwikKMfhoYByc

sriracha bishop (get bent), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link

awesome work, much appreciated.

Spectrum, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link

shocked he didn't have Los Angeles by X!

rap game klaus nomi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link


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