Which are John Peel's 140 fave albums?

Hey Bob - Those sound great, thanks for getting them up!!

Mark - there is a torrent (not sure it's working right now), scroll up or use 'find on page.' Also, a lot of people have them all at Slsk. But yeah, you have options in terms of getting them all at once.

Bob -

The entire thing, except for the last ten or so, is available as two torrents here:
http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/peelbox

The remaining tracks will be torrented soon - I was waiting for more to trickle in...

(and if the torrent doesn't work, email me - If my PC is off, there may not be other seeders right now...) right.knewitATgmail.

Bob,
I highly recommend taking a look at this page:
http://www.br0wn.co.uk/vinyltocd.htm

It talks about plugging the turntable directly into the PC, but you can do that with the TASCAM, or even rip WAV files off the CDs and pull those into Audacity. (I would use DBPowerAmp - www.dbpoweramp.com - to do the ripping, it's fast and easy. Just make sure you rip to WAV format at 44.1khz in full stereo.)

That page also has some recommendations of software for the removal of vinyl noise.

Once you've got the WAV in a decent state, Audacity can export MP3 - just make sure you download the lame_enc.dll file and tell Audacity it's there. Then save the MP3s as 192 Kbit/s or higher.

This tutorial is pretty good for getting started with Audacity:
http://www.edhsonline.org/other/audacity/

Hi

i have managed to purchase software called Magix. this allows me to import from CD clean up crackle & clicks etc & export as MP3 I will reload the tracks in a cleaned up state shortly.

Bob

Hi

I have managed to purchase software called Magix. this allows me to import from CD clean up crackle & clicks etc & export as MP3 I will reload the tracks in a cleaned up state shortly.

Bob

sounds great bob
your efforts are much appreciated!

k

yes, excellent work Bob!

would it be impolitic to contact the winner of the Sasha Caro? I haven't been able to come to a decision on it myself.

i would say: go for it!
i'm sure whoever they are, they would be interested in this project and could be persuaded(!!)

k

damn, apparently you can only send a message if you're the seller, or if that person has any active auctions (he doesn't). ah well.

anyone else have ideas?

I thought that's how they worked things, damn! I used to contact winners when I was really poor and before they changed things. But no, Patita, I've no ideas.

yeah, I guess I remembered the old rules. ah well, maybe another copy will surface. Bob is on the hunt, and who knows what will turn up.

long-winded, but…
could you contact the seller and ask him to
a) pass on a message, or
b) give you the winner's email

or
c) wait for another to turn up…

k

.....or

(d) stop worrying 'cos i won it and i'm gonna post it up anyway!

there's always that option matt!
excellent stuff…

k

dude! thanks matt! and a happy winter holiday of your choice to you!

Anemic Boyfriends B side: Bad Girls in Love

http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0M1THKUEV144V269DI8DLFDPF9

it's not a great rip, but it will suffice for now. I can repost it later if the holidays prevent anyone from getting it.

Thanks patita and for your recent get well message :)

Sorry to be dim, but I can't seem to get any of the MP3s from the torrent to play. Is it something to do with firewalls?

not enough info to tell.

can you normally download torrents?
what torrent client are you using?
importantly, have the files downloaded fully?

I've never done it before. I downloaded Bit Torrent from the BT homepage (http://www.bittorrent.com/)
Aha. I think it's possible the files haven't downloaded fully. How long does it take?

In fact, two hours later and they haven't downloaded at all. Zero percent.

maybe no one is 'seeding' the torrent. i tried to grab the torrent last month and no one was sharing (seeding) it.

download speed depends on how many ppl are seeding & how fast their and your internet connection is.

in the bittorrent client it should tell you what % of the file has downloaded (if any).

possible solution - try and use the azureus torrent client (google: azureus) - i think the torrent was set up in such a way that only this client works.

but again, if no one is seeding the client, then you wont be able to get anything

Before the holiday I'd attempted to get the festive fifty torrent with no luck... but I wasn't using Azureus. I'll try again with it (though it confounds me with its l33tness).

i use azureus and tried to get the 6 gig 'festive 50' torrent. no one was seeding it, so i deleted it.

:(

here's wishing that the remaining tracks come to us early in the new year! cheers everyone!

Repost, *but* this is a higher quality vinyl rip than previous:

Anemic Boyfriends B: Bad Girls in Love
http://s64.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0NYF6MLB7YUEK0ON7VBEDGBUQG

Hi all,

first time this awesome page came to my attention and I must say it's a real treat: thanks so much for all the effort and work involved - this is really neatly done!!

Are you still interested in K. Coyne's/Siren's 'I Wonder Where'? If this is the case, please provide me with an e-mail adress where I can send it to (will be an mp3 - file).

Q.: is there any updated list of songs available for free download, but one where the link is NOT expired?

Cheers,

Dirk, Germany.

Hi Dirk, We have Siren's "I Wonder Where." There might be people missing it though so you can go to yousendit.com, upload the song, and then post the link here. As for your second question, I'm not sure anybody is seeding a torrent right now. Second place to check is slsk, a number of people have the complete set there.

To catch us up after the holidays, here's a recap on the status so far. According to what I have in the spreadsheet, we're still without any leads on these:
Arthur K Adams: Wildwood flower/It's a wild, wild, wild, wild wildwood flower
Dreamland Express: Groovy/u.f.o
Firemen: Old smokie/Louie's theme
Sipho Bhengu: Tickey dopies/I saluti
Spit Out: O from I/Tan/Rot'n'roll

Various folks have indicated that they have these (but they haven't been uploaded yet):
Easy Teeth: Car Noise
Ken Colyers Jazzmen: all (If I Cease to Love is the correct A side)
Pocket Fishrmen: Yr Story
Sasha Caro: all (lucky catch)
The Legion of Super Heroes: all (or did I imagine this?)

Missing B sides (don't know if anyone has them):
Clefs of Lavender Hill: First Tell Me Why
Greenhornes: Stayed Up Last Night
Mickey Lee Lane: With Your Love
Ray Martin: Bell of the Ball
Roshell Anderson: Such a Beautiful Thing
Stanley Winston: It's Alright
The Big Three: If You Ever Change Your Mind

Thanks again to everyone who's bought the singles, called in favors, or gone to great lengths to get missing tracks. We're within range of completion I think!

Feel free to amend what I have here if I've got the status of anything wrong.

i lost out on the Big Three thing on ebay over christmas but wasn't too fussed as someone had said they had a copy in the meantime (there are a couple of cds available which contain the track but it appears under a different name, details upthread)

for patita:

http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05PPP5399EXN42A94LBBBP39EA

these are more reposts from patita's list... great name dropper and ray martin and mickey lee lane b-sides:
http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0X8XQGYQNDM3T1DIRDBE9982KH
http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05P7W65CKFLXM0IXS7YAQBDHQY
http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3V3J7MSM5QU7D14Q00AKCTK8WH

did anyone convert bob's wma files to mp3 yet?
(g l crockett 37b & mighty avengers 105b)

k

and pocket fishermen, yr story:
http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0CEJGLJ7HLSRV3KUZ7WUBDIFTH

thanks morris! didn't realize that I'd missed so many.

I downloaded a wma to mp3 converter, but have not tried the actual conversion yet (had to switch machines, hence the missing files etc). I'll give it a shot tonight and post if I get it working (or not).

lots of things will convert wma to mp3 - winamp has a diskwriter plugin, gold wave will read them and can write them out as anything (and also gives you the options of triming the ends, removing the worst of the pops and normalising)

have actually done all this already for those two and the previous wmas but files are at home... maybe tomorrow.

If you're looking for one, I have put up a new torrent of everything so far (and also a torrent of everything since the last two)
http://seedwiki.com/wiki/peelbox/

Woo thanks! I tried searching on Slsk for john peel, john peel record box, record box, etc, and couldn't find anything, even searching within the ILM room. Just got a load of peel sessions.

Let me know if you have any trouble with it... It should be seeding right now though...

ok, can someone explain this to me?

The Times has:
125 The White Stripes:
It takes two, baby
Fell in love with a girl

but we have:
125 Various:
Mr. Airplane Man - Hangin' Round Your Door
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
Rizzo - Cathy
Bantam Rooster - Shitlist + 1

shouldn't it be:
It Takes Two, Baby PROMO 7" (Sympathy For The Record Industry, 2001, SFTRI 663P)
Fell In Love With A Girl (album version)

(http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/index.html?bands/w/whitestripes.htm)

ah, ok:

http://www.whitestripes.net/releases-promo.php

I'm getting "Unable to connect to tracker for scrape" error for the torrent... might just be no seeds online right now or something.

My PC was hibernating. It might be working now?

If you're using Azureus, the magnet for the whole torrent is:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:OTIPAMM3WXFSYYME3LMRLVGSVWF2FHMB

Torrents are such a pain in the ass...

What's the link to the page where everyone's discussing these songs? I heard tell of such a thing a while ago...

Here, although there might be just as much conversation on this thread.

And now that I look there I see you've been there already ... hold on, I'll respond!

Has anyone else been able to connect to the torrent above? The magnet link totally doesn't work, and neither does the .torrent file linked from the peelbox wiki. Boo hoo.

i noticed a few of the singles on ebay..theyre ones weve already got but if anyones collecting the vinyl it would be worth a look
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZkerryjamQQhtZ-1

I've been looking for dates on all the undated singles (wanted to be able to order the box chronologically) It's nearly done -- and when it is, I'll post the spreadsheet with dates (never done a YSI before, but how hard can it be?)

But for now, I've got a few corrections to the list that I stumbled upon in my search:

a. Meow is actually Maow see: http://www.mintrecs.com/bands/speak/maow/maow.html

b. The Henchmen is actually the Hentchmen

c. Travis Wammack: the B side is Scratchy, not Catchy

d. possible correction on the Versatiles: the band name “Jr. Byles & The Versatiles” with the same song (Cutting Razor) is on a 2003 CD Lee Perry compilation titled “Cutting Razor: Rare Cuts From the Black Ark”

Also, a note on Peel’s apparent White Stripes/Jack White fixation:
You can guess from the list that Peel was collecting a bunch of White Stripes/Jack White related singles, but I had no idea how many until I found this amazing website:
http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/index.html?bands/w/whitestripes.htm

Click on “Jack White’s History” to find the connections to Upholsterers, 2 Star Tabernacle, Greenhornes, Dirtbombs, Hentchmen, Soledad Brothers,Surprise Package/Flying Bomb Records. For instance, Jack White co-mixed the Greenhornes single that’s in the box.