Weird Tapes project update

[Its got to be PUMPING!!!!!]

If you can pull this off and I really appreciate the effort you are
proposing to go to to do this then I'm sure that I could find the money to
pay for it. This I suppose is a one off that seems really attractive to an
avid Hawkwind fan who wants to complete a much loved collection.

Thanks

Colm
-----Original Message-----
From: M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: 14 April 1999 15:43
Subject: Weird Tapes project update


>So far I've been unable to speak to anyone at Wolden Studios since the
>phone is never answered. Perhaps I have an out of date number. Does
>anyone have a modern one?
>
>It does look like there are around a dozen people interested in
>obtaining the tapes and a CD-R backup of these so if I can get in touch
>with Wolden, I'll ask for a quote for a dozen sets of the 8 tapes and
>see if we can agree on a price lower than the original 5 Pounds per tape
>plus postage.
>
>I've been investigating making CD-R backups of 'em. Using a product
>called Feurio to investigate lengths of supplied CD-R's, it looks like
>overburning some CDR74's should do the job if I'm careful to choose the
>ones which are long enough (they vary by around 30 seconds even within a
>batch and we're close to the limits to get it all on 5 CDRs).
>
>I've also investigated how to package 'em and have found a source for CD
>boxes which will hold 6 CDs. These amount to the usual wide double CD
>case (such as was used for a release of Space Ritual). The middle
>section is adjusted to hold two CDs and the two outer trays, instead of
>being the usual CD trays, are replaced by the hinged double sided trays
>used for thin double CD's (as used for The 1999 Party).
>
>Unfortunately it will cost me 2 Pounds per unit plus postage to order
>these. However, I believe it would be worth this to have a means to keep
>the whole collection together. It will also save on postage costs of
>sending out 5 normal CD cases. Another saving will be that instead of
>printing 5 front and 5 back covers for the CD's I'll need to print only
>what amounts to 2 back covers. If I print using the photo colour
>cartridge along with the colour cartridge for best effect, that will
>actually be quite a saving (printing an A4 sheet this way costs around
>40p-50p in ink costs as far as I can figure). I may also be able to order
>CD-R's cheaper on a spindle without the boxes. The savings should
>hopefully about balance out the costs of the boxes.
>
>Kevin had some ideas about cover artwork which looked good. There is the
>question of tracklists which are going to be quite long (and there'll be
>five of them). The total printing will be the two CD back covers plus
>the five roundel stickers to go on the CD's themselves. That doesn't
>seem to give a lot since presumably we won't want tracklists on the
>front cover and there may not easily be room on a roundel. I'm skeptical
>that an inkjet printer will be able to put 5 long tracklists on one back
>cover at a size which will be readable.
>
>It would be possible to print each back insert as double sided, though I
>haven't tried this for alignment in my small deskjet printer yet. And
>again that ups costs. The other question is what quality of paper to
>use. Photo paper works very well with that cartridge system but costs
>more (50p-60p per sheet).
>
>Finally we need to give some thought as to which CD-Rs to use for the
>actual backups. It's known that some CD-Rs won't play in older CD
>players. This varies from brand to brand as I understand it and also
>with the age of the CD player. I'm pretty new to this CD-R game and so
>would appreciate comments as regards brand selection. Again this will
>also have implications for costs.
>
>Over to you guys for comments...
>
>FoFP
>