Which are John Peel's 140 fave albums?

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― TRG (TRG), Saturday, 7 January 2006 04:57 (twenty years ago)

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.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Saturday, 7 January 2006 05:41 (twenty years ago)

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

― kevin furr (kevfurr), Sunday, 8 January 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

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.

― biscuit, Sunday, 8 January 2006 22:55 (twenty years ago)

I haven't been able to get any of the torrents to work either. The tracker seems to be down.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 8 January 2006 23:11 (twenty years ago)

biscuit - you're right that meow and maow are the same band, but that single was released as meow whereas the album was released as maow.

scroll down to the nov 9th post:
http://www.peekaboorecords.com/news/

― TRG (TRG), Sunday, 8 January 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Thanks, TRG. Maybe there’s something else the collected knowledge on this thread can help with: The Legion of Superheroes. The only hint I found is this link, to a playlist on the site of the “joke” classical guy, Peter Schickele/PDQ Bach!
http://www.schickele.com/cgi-bin/playlist.pl?program=11

He lists two tracks, no date: CERF/FRITH/WINTER: “The Great Name Dropper (Part 1)”, The Legion of Super Heroes, AMY 971 (45 rpm) and CERF/FRITH/WINTER: “The Great Name Dropper (Part 2)”, The Legion of Super Heroes, AMY 971 (45 rpm)

Looks like The Legion of Superheroes may not be a band name, but the name of an album. Maybe the person who posted the one track we have has more hints? I’m stumped.

― biscuit, Sunday, 8 January 2006 23:51 (twenty years ago)

That's listed by 'composer', not Artist.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 9 January 2006 09:20 (twenty years ago)

didn't someone read out Frith's name during the documentary? i remember hearing names i didn't know from the list.

(ah, yes, michael palin about 3:15 minutes in, "Mike Frith and Chris Cerf")

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 9 January 2006 10:59 (twenty years ago)

another couple of hits for "the great name dropper"

for sale here: http://worldofgramophones.com/45rpm27.html ($10.50)

track of same name by 'Harvard Lampoon'?:
http://www.usenet.com/newsgroups/rec.music.dementia/msg00496.html

http://www.avistic.demon.co.uk/playlists/2001/05.txt - look at Feb 1st show at the bottom - chock full of things from the box.

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 9 January 2006 11:18 (twenty years ago)

christopher cerf did music for the muppets and sesame street. michael frith was also part of the jim henson creative team. don't know about winter. "great name dropper" was probably some one-off single as legion of superheroes.
and, by the way, he did say "clarence frogman henry" twice.

― morris, Monday, 9 January 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

OK, I've completed adding dates for all the tracks into the spreadsheet (the one from upthread- thanks to the original author!). I found it a really cool experience to listen to the box in a semblance of chron order.
http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1MCI1RUT8YOBV3UWC97GYMNSPC

(Caveat: It's not authoritative -- some of the added dates are estimates, all depend on possibly erroneous info from the web, and a couple resist dating entirely -- but it's something.)

― biscuit, Monday, 9 January 2006 16:29 (twenty years ago)

I have now got about 50 of the vinyl singles from the box. Would anyone like to post the latest want's list A & B sides. I have a feeling that the Roshell Anderson B side is wanted but most of the singles I have, we have.

― Bob Robinson (rob1nson), Friday, 13 January 2006 18:38 (twenty years ago)

excellent news bob!
as far as i can see:

a sides

008 arthur k adams
027dreamland express
028 easy teeth
034 firemen
052 ken colyer
086 sasha caro
090 sipho bhengu
094 spit out

b sides
008 arthur k adams
022 clefs of lavender hill
027 dreamland express
034 firemen
037 gl crockett wma only!*
042 greenhornes
052 ken colyers
083 roshell anderson
086 sasha caro
090 sipho bhengu
094 spit out
095 stanley winston
099 big three
105 mighty avengers wma only!*
141 yami bolo

* any joy on converting these bob?

― keefus (keefus), Friday, 13 January 2006 18:51 (twenty years ago)

keefus - you need those as mp3s? converting is pretty easy - there are dozens of free downloads that will do it in a second. but if for some reason you're not able to do that i'll repost them as mp3s after the weekend.

― TRG (TRG), Friday, 13 January 2006 18:58 (twenty years ago)

hey trg
i'd love those as mp3s but what would you recommend as a converter?

― keefus (keefus), Friday, 13 January 2006 21:49 (twenty years ago)

Is anyone sharing these on Slsk? The torrent files don't work for me...

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 13 January 2006 23:51 (twenty years ago)

Is it safe to write off the alleged Yami Bolo b-side? The single really doesn't seem to have one...

― C. O'Leary (jparker), Saturday, 14 January 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

OK -

I have done all new torrents on a reliable tracker... I'm pretty sure these should work this time...

Everything so far:
http://tracker.denness.net/stats.php?hash=b7068ca65b28e3759eff1dbe7239a16e7917fe2d

Part 3, if you already d/l'ed parts I & II.
http://tracker.denness.net/stats.php?hash=6a5a9bd5d51045e55079aa21e3d4bab061f5c075

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Saturday, 14 January 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

Ok,

It seems my next jobs are:
To convert Mighty Avengers & G L Crockett to MP3.
Upload Roshell Anderson.

Clefs of Lavender hill is on it's way from the US.

Bob

― Bob Robinson (rob1nson), Saturday, 14 January 2006 20:01 (twenty years ago)

Rock. That torrent works! I'm downloading! Thanks much.

Bob, if it's a problem for you to convert wma to mp3, I will happily do it and YSI the files once the torrent's downloaded.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 15 January 2006 01:50 (twenty years ago)

Hi Colonel,

That would be appreciated.

Regards

Bob

― Bob Robinson (rob1nson), Sunday, 15 January 2006 23:34 (twenty years ago)

> To convert Mighty Avengers & G L Crockett to MP3.

i'd promised to do this way upthread and then forgot. think i have the files on me. gimme 5 minutes...

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 16 January 2006 10:25 (twenty years ago)

Reposted as MP3s

037_Did_You_Ever_Love_Somebody.mp3
105_Something_They_Say.mp3

http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2XEUYFLAFOC8H1UQPQXK0I1QKG

about 4M.

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 16 January 2006 10:34 (twenty years ago)

cheers koogs

― keefus (keefus), Monday, 16 January 2006 11:02 (twenty years ago)

hey matt hodge
any joy with the sasha caro?
we wait with baited breath!

― keefus (keefus), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

oh wow people ,just found this thread and am downloading the everything so far torrent, wow again, how excellent ya'll managed t get this together we are truly not worthy thanks and thanks again.!!!!

― st2bdoo, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

Pssh. You know how we suffered, us non torrent people? Downloading tracks before the yousendit expired? Pah to you easy torrentials.

(just kidding)

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 09:55 (twenty years ago)

ha ha yes torrents are easy, thank the gods, so i will keep seeding this sucka for while to give my little bit back.but could someone seed "part three" been on it for 30 hours now with nary a glimmer,would be loved ,by the way whats the lowdown on sharing could i put this file on Demonoid without anybody feeling thier work was ripped off i'm sure there is plenty of people would love t hear this???

― s2bdoo (s2bdoo), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

Is part 3 not going right now either? Fuckin' hell.. I've been having some trouble with the firewall, but it *should* be working.. Everything says it's working....

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:17 (twenty years ago)

well im connected inso far as the red lights on but no peers no seeders try restarting the torrent that sometimes works if its just "stuck"

― s2bdoo (s2bdoo), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

oh bugger i am dim didnt check the file somehow without it registering i seem to have all three files yeee fuckin haaar.so i dont know whats going on will continue to seed the big un any way.

― s2bdoo (s2bdoo), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 18:19 (twenty years ago)

yeah sasha caro is definitely coming. it shouldn't be too long but don't hold your breath. here are a few more of the missing tunes - clefs of lavender hill, the big three and ken colyer's jazzmen - the correct ep this time. thought i had better do those to keep you sweet, just in case keefus and patita decide to pay me a visit armed with baseball bats demanding the sasha caro record.

http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3JUKEQKK9ZTH21JRNEZ3U0X2YL

― matt hodge, Thursday, 19 January 2006 05:17 (twenty years ago)

many thanks, matt, for the latest missing tunes!!

― whatever (boglogger), Thursday, 19 January 2006 08:36 (twenty years ago)

we're pussycats really matt!
many many thanks for your contributions

― keefus (keefus), Thursday, 19 January 2006 09:11 (twenty years ago)

which was the a-side of the ken colyer ep?

― whatever (boglogger), Thursday, 19 January 2006 09:49 (twenty years ago)

yeah, matt--we prefer gentle nudging to assault!
Besides, we're inclined to think that you rock for bringing us some of the hardest to locate songs!

The Ken Colyer A side is If I Cease to Love/Bucket Got A Hole In It. Wildcat Blues / Wabash Blues is the B side.

― patita (patita), Thursday, 19 January 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

First off, thanks to R. Knewit for assembling this whole thread into a convenient torrent. And on that note, there's three of us johnny-come-lately's cooling our heels in a swarm, our faces longingly pressed up to the window looking in -- speaking on behalf of my fellow leechers, we'd love a seeder to return to the torrent. If anyone's still got it sitting on their hard drive... Thanks!

― B. Moon, Tuesday, 24 January 2006 01:41 (twenty years ago)

i am told that the new Napster service has a John Peel's Record Box playlist thing containing White Stripes, Nillson, Big Three, er, more things. nothing we don't have though.

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 11:08 (twenty years ago)

I'll reseed... I just shut down yesterday because it looked like no one had been on for awhile... Later today, it should start back up. ..

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 12:59 (twenty years ago)

For the new guys, I dont have the torrent but have all the files on Soulseek P2P program if you are familiar with that. Username is michstoecker

― Stoecker, Friday, 27 January 2006 01:40 (twenty years ago)

i've restarted the peeltorrent - the 1,2 & 3 one.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Friday, 27 January 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

hi, i just wanted to ask if i could take advantage of this great resource without the use of a torrent? i am on Mac OS 9 and have so far found no way to download them with any application for this OS. thanks in advance for any help anyone can give!

― maranth, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 07:50 (twenty years ago)

maranth, can you use yousendit.com?

― Stoecker, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 03:31 (twenty years ago)

The Yami Bolo B side appears to be a track called "Version", as listed here: http://infoman16.tripod.com/music/jprecbox.htm

Also saw another list (maybe it was the Record Collector list) that had Version listed as well.

― patita (patita), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:06 (twenty years ago)

somehow i have lost "bloody" by the golinski bros! i would be super-happy if somebody could post it up here.

xpost: patita, i wd imagine "version" to be a dub of the A-side; i.e. "[a-side] (version)"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Tracer, that makes a lot more sense than a song called "Version". YSI is giving me errors right now, but I can definitely send Bloody to you.

― patita (patita), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

REPOST for Tracer Hand:
Bloody
http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2VYF9F9K01X4M3E9EK6S500N0X

― patita (patita), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:39 (twenty years ago)

U RULE

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 February 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

What we need now to reach Peel heaven is for someone to re-torrent those complete Festive Fifty tracks ...

― Jon Dennis, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

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