Ian Thistlethwaite
I now have a copy courtesy of @crypticinquiry but I sincerely thank all of you great Mastodon peeps for sharing and helping in this. You've all made a sentimental fool very happy x
Jul 15, 2023 at 9:17amWeb
Show threadMaurice MilliganJul 15, 2023
@IanThistlethwaite I've contacted a folk music writer and archivist of my acquaintance - we'll see if he can come up with something.
Or else just go straight to the BBC archives?
Show threadIan ThistlethwaiteJul 15, 2023
@crypticinquiry I'll look and see thanks :)
Show threadMaurice MilliganJul 15, 2023
@IanThistlethwaite Yes. A copy is available - friend (CH) has the whole episode. He has mentioned getting a pro quality transfer from an archive transfer colleague - would be about £20.
However, I don't yet know what original source is, but a cheaper option may be possible. Do you need high quality or just basic? MM
Show threadIan ThistlethwaiteJul 15, 2023
@crypticinquiry basic. It's just to have a listen and re-visit a memory :) You are a super-sleuth!
Show threadMaurice MilliganJul 15, 2023
@IanThistlethwaite OK, I'll see what can be done. I take it MP3 of decent quality would be acceptable?
Show threadIan ThistlethwaiteJul 15, 2023
@crypticinquiry absolutely! that's uterly brilliant!
Show threadAntJBroJul 15, 2023
@IanThistlethwaite can’t help but boosted for you
Show threadIan ThistlethwaiteJul 15, 2023
@antjbro thanks
Show threadMathias SchindlerJul 15, 2023

@IanThistlethwaite

This one here?
https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/374381ebcd1642fdb3af17b0e2ecd420

BBC Programme Index

Show threadIan ThistlethwaiteJul 15, 2023
@mathias Yes that was it! It was a brilliant concert I think...I was ten and I think it was the last time I enjoyed Christmas before I met my wife
Show threadMathias SchindlerJul 15, 2023

@IanThistlethwaite Since you are already asking about "a long shot", I assume that you have tried the obvious sources?

The British Library radio archive has folk on 2 recordings from the week before and two weeks after that Christmas concert. I there a list of things you tried unsuccessfully?

(http://cadensa.bl.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=P5tOdN14Im/WORKS-FILE/198560043/18/X474/XTITLE/Jim+Lloyd+with+folk+on+2)

The British Library Sound & Moving Image catalogue

The sound and moving image catalogue containing almost five million recordings from all genres.

Show threadIan ThistlethwaiteJul 15, 2023
@mathias I suspect it might be a copyright issue, but I've looked a few places and it's not there so I think if somebody has a recording they made at the time and diditised, that'd be perfect but I also think they'd not pop up very easily in a web-search
Show threadMathias SchindlerJul 15, 2023
@IanThistlethwaite Copyright should - if any - only affect the archive's ability to hand out copies. It should not prevent an archive from storing, digitizing and preserving a recording.
Show threadPirateJoieJul 15, 2023
@IanThistlethwaite Have you searched Internet Archive?
Show threadIan ThistlethwaiteJul 15, 2023
@PirateJoie yup. Not there
Show threadstxJul 15, 2023
@IanThistlethwaite Nothing on soulseek (well today anyway), and 1987 is a bit early for news://alt.binaries but maybe best place to look/ask is battlefield band facebook page if you're on there, or other battlefield band forums if you can find them. Sorry can't be more helpful!
Show threadIan ThistlethwaiteJul 15, 2023
@stx no that is helpful. I have a cassette of them live from around that time which I bought at one of their concerts. I think it was called "Home Ground". It was great.
Show threadPadjoJul 15, 2023
@IanThistlethwaite this thread is why I have a box full of obscure cables and adaptors. Some day I will be the hero.