So here’s the dilemma. Do I hand over to the BBC thousands of my recordings as part of their “recorded media amnesty”? It’s all part of the corporation’s 90th anniversary celebrations announced today.
If I did hand them over (mind you that’s a trip back to the UK) I’d quite like them back please. I’m also wondering just how will they sort through the hundreds of carrier bags stuffed full of cassettes and tape reels that come flooding in. And how much of the material will eventually make it to broadcast? Very little one suspects.
Anyway I’ll think it over. Maybe there’s the odd gem I can pass on. In the meantime I’ll keep on posting and sharing on the blog.
Readers in the UK can drop off their tapes from Amnesty Day (October 11) onwards at their local BBC centre. But please feel free to pass any digital copies onto me. Thank you.
Readers in the UK can drop off their tapes from Amnesty Day (October 11) onwards at their local BBC centre. But please feel free to pass any digital copies onto me. Thank you.
Oh, and watch out for a special BBC90 audio blog post in November too.
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I had no idea about this, but I sincerely, truly and rather desperately hope that someone, somewhere (could it be you?) has copies of those excellent little Radio Three fillers read by Robin Holmes and called 'Rural Rhymes'. I've got a couple myself and had a friend trawl the BBC archives a few years ago for the rest, only to discover they'd been wiped. As to the question of whether to hand in or not, I think I might be tempted... but only after safely making a digital copy of anything and everything I might consider parting with!
I regret I don't have this programme. Trevor Dann (editor of the project) has posted more about the kind of thing they're after, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio/posts/BBC-Radio-at-90-The-Listeners-Archive
If you do make digital copies but sure to save them as .wav files.
I don't think it'll be *any* nearby BBC outpost - my understanding is it will only be the regional HQs, but I'm sure more details will follow.
I'm looking after the Norwich donation on the 11th, anyway. People of East Anglia, bring me your reels...
Thank you Paul. I've been speaking to Will Jackson about the project and more info will be forthcoming including the top programmes on their wish list. I'll post about this when I get the details.
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