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Tom Barker, Director, John Peel Centre for Creative Arts, said: "It is the first step in creating an interactive online museum with access to the entire collection, one of the most important archives in modern music history."

Quiff Boy wrote: there will be access to the BBC radio archive of Peel Sessions.
should be very cool

Hom_Corleone wrote:Where do I apply to do the job of scanning and sifting through his collection?

Yes, it is! The contents of one of the most important and eclectic modern music collections in the world - John Peel’s personal record collection, is starting to be made public for the first time through an online archive.

John Peel’s family, The John Peel Centre for the Creative Arts, Eye Film and TV, and website company Klik, are working together to create an online archive of John Peel’s record collection, including specially created videos of key artists, John Peel’s home movies, John’s hand-typed note cards, and other content.

John Peel’s personal record collection consists of over 26,000 LPs, 40,000 singles and many thousands of CDs.

ribbons69 wrote:

Hom_Corleone wrote:Where do I apply to do the job of scanning and sifting through his collection?

In the queue.
Just behind me!

Getting Involved

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