Mark Ayres - Revision history

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	When the BBC Radiophonic Workshop closed in 1998~~, with Brian Hodgson, saved~~ the 9000 reels of tape containing most of the Workshop's output and the only existing copies of most of Delia's music, ~~hiring~~ a "pantechnicon" to ~~take~~ them ~~all away. Eventually~~ the BBC gave him shelf space at Maida Vale to preserve and catalogue them.		When the BBC Radiophonic Workshop closed in 1998 he found the Workshop's 9000 reels of tape, containing most of the Workshop's output and the only existing copies of most of Delia's music, in a dumpster ready to be thrown away. With [[Brian Hodgson]], he hired a "pantechnicon" to save them and eventually the BBC gave him shelf space at Maida Vale to preserve and catalogue them.
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	“I spent the next couple of years of my life... locked in Maida Vale... basically putting labels on boxes.		“I spent the next couple of years of my life... locked in Maida Vale... basically putting labels on boxes.

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	When the BBC Radiophonic Workshop closed in 1998, ~~it was he who helped himself to its~~ 9000 reels of tape, containing most of the Workshop's output and the only existing copies of most of Delia's music hiring a "pantechnicon" to take them all away.		When the BBC Radiophonic Workshop closed in 1998, with Brian Hodgson, saved the 9000 reels of tape containing most of the Workshop's output and the only existing copies of most of Delia's music, hiring a "pantechnicon" to take them all away. Eventually the BBC gave him shelf space at Maida Vale to preserve and catalogue them.
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	“I spent the next couple of years of my life... locked in Maida Vale... basically putting labels on boxes.		“I spent the next couple of years of my life... locked in Maida Vale... basically putting labels on boxes.

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	In 2001 he received Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] from Delia's heir, made an [[Initial Catalogue]] of them, returned to the Radiophonic Workshop Archive anything that belonged to it<ref>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref> and, in 2008 gave them on permanent loan to [[David Butler]] at Manchester University.		In 2001 he received Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] from Delia's heir, made an [[Initial Catalogue]] of them, returned to the Radiophonic Workshop Archive anything that belonged to it<ref>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref> and, in 2008 gave them on permanent loan to [[David Butler]] at Manchester University.

	On 5th May 2017, Delia's 80th birthday, [a scathing article appeared accusing him of delaying the publishing of Delia's BBC music.		On 5th May 2017, Delia's 80th birthday, [https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1390243594365486&id=169766083079916 a scathing article] appeared accusing him of delaying the publishing of Delia's BBC music. The day after he appeared live on radio, and is now the executor of her estate and trustee of the Delia Derbyshire Day charity that helps young musicians.

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	In 2001 he received Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] from Delia's heir, made an [[Initial Catalogue]] of them, returned to the Radiophonic Workshop Archive anything that belonged to it<ref>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref> and, in 2008 gave them on permanent loan to [[David Butler]] at Manchester University.		In 2001 he received Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] from Delia's heir, made an [[Initial Catalogue]] of them, returned to the Radiophonic Workshop Archive anything that belonged to it<ref>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref> and, in 2008 gave them on permanent loan to [[David Butler]] at Manchester University.

			On 5th May 2017, Delia's 80th birthday, [a scathing article appeared accusing him of delaying the publishing of Delia's BBC music.

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Martinwguy at 03:54, 19 July 2016

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	“I put together a basic database of what exists. And the deal was that the BBC would give it shelf space, but I would look after it. But it’s not an acquisitioned library and it doesn’t appear on any BBC database or catalogue. I look after it.”<ref name=MAInThesis>Mark Ayres interviewed for [[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref>		“I put together a basic database of what exists. And the deal was that the BBC would give it shelf space, but I would look after it. But it’s not an acquisitioned library and it doesn’t appear on any BBC database or catalogue. I look after it.”<ref name=MAInThesis>Mark Ayres interviewed for [[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref>
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	~~He now considers them to be his own<ref>[[Teresa Winter's thesis]], p.13: "[Although] Mark Ayres has been custodian~~
	~~over it since its closure in 1998, the archive of tapes itself is not openly accessible to~~
	academics for research, standing apart from the general BBC sound archive."</ref> and has even threatened to remove the labels from the boxes if anyone tries to take them away from him.<ref>Personal communication.</ref>

	He met Delia in 1993,<ref name=BrennanThesis>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]]</ref> and from then on kept in touch with her by telephone.		He met Delia in 1993,<ref name=BrennanThesis>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]]</ref> and from then on kept in touch with her by telephone.

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	When the BBC Radiophonic Workshop closed in 1998, he ~~rescued~~ 9000 reels of tape, containing most of the Workshop's output and the only existing copies of most of Delia's music~~, from~~ a ~~rubbish skip at the BBC, where they had been dumped ready to be thrown out, and proceeded~~ to ~~preserve and catalogue~~ them.		When the BBC Radiophonic Workshop closed in 1998, it was he who helped himself to its 9000 reels of tape, containing most of the Workshop's output and the only existing copies of most of Delia's music hiring a "pantechnicon" to take them all away.
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	“I put together a basic database of what exists. And the deal was that the BBC would give it shelf space, but I would look after it. But it’s not an acquisitioned library and it doesn’t appear on any BBC database or catalogue. I look after it.”<ref name=MAInThesis>Mark Ayres interviewed for [[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref>		“I put together a basic database of what exists. And the deal was that the BBC would give it shelf space, but I would look after it. But it’s not an acquisitioned library and it doesn’t appear on any BBC database or catalogue. I look after it.”<ref name=MAInThesis>Mark Ayres interviewed for [[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref>
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			He now considers them to be his own<ref>[[Teresa Winter's thesis]], p.13: "[Although] Mark Ayres has been custodian
			over it since its closure in 1998, the archive of tapes itself is not openly accessible to
			academics for research, standing apart from the general BBC sound archive."</ref> and has even threatened to remove the labels from the boxes if anyone tries to take them away from him.<ref>Personal communication.</ref>

	He met Delia in 1993,<ref name=BrennanThesis>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]]</ref> and from then on kept in touch with her by telephone.		He met Delia in 1993,<ref name=BrennanThesis>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]]</ref> and from then on kept in touch with her by telephone.
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	In 1998 he encouraged her to return to public life by participating as a guest at [[Panopticon '98\|a “Doctor Who” convention]] in Coventry.<ref name=BrennanThesis/>		In 1998 he encouraged her to return to public life by participating as a guest at [[Panopticon '98\|a “Doctor Who” convention]] in Coventry.<ref name=BrennanThesis/>

	In 2001 he received Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] from Delia's heir, made an [[Initial Catalogue]] of them, returned to the Radiophonic Workshop Archive anything that belonged to it<ref>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref> and, in 2008, gave them on permanent loan to [[David Butler]] at Manchester University.		In 2001 he received Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] from Delia's heir, made an [[Initial Catalogue]] of them, returned to the Radiophonic Workshop Archive anything that belonged to it<ref>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref> and, in 2008 gave them on permanent loan to [[David Butler]] at Manchester University.

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Martinwguy at 12:09, 15 July 2016

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	“If Delia was asked ‘It must have been difficult being a woman’, she would reply ‘No, it wasn’t'. [...] It wasn’t a big deal that it now is. Those who knew her said that she didn’t find it an issue, and so maybe it doesn’t need to play an important part of her story.”<ref>[http://www.thefword.org.uk/2013/02/delia_derbyshire_day/ ''Delia ~~get~~ her day''] review of "Delia Derbyshire Day 2013"] at thefword.org</ref>		“If Delia was asked ‘It must have been difficult being a woman’, she would reply ‘No, it wasn’t'. [...] It wasn’t a big deal that it now is. Those who knew her said that she didn’t find it an issue, and so maybe it doesn’t need to play an important part of her story.”<ref>[http://www.thefword.org.uk/2013/02/delia_derbyshire_day/ ''Delia gets her day''], a review of "Delia Derbyshire Day 2013" at thefword.org</ref>
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Martinwguy at 14:21, 28 December 2015

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	“I put together a basic database of what exists. And the deal was that the BBC would give it shelf space, but I would look after it. But it’s not an acquisitioned library and it doesn’t appear on any BBC database or catalogue. I look after it.”<ref name=MAInThesis>[[Mark Ayres]] interviewed for [[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref>		“I put together a basic database of what exists. And the deal was that the BBC would give it shelf space, but I would look after it. But it’s not an acquisitioned library and it doesn’t appear on any BBC database or catalogue. I look after it.”<ref name=MAInThesis>Mark Ayres interviewed for [[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref>
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	[[Mark Ayres]] is a long-time observer of the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] ~~and~~ its current tape archivist.		[[Mark Ayres]] is a long-time observer of the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]], its current tape archivist and is the "musical director" of the current BBC Radiophonic Workshop travelling roadshow.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041y0tl ''Free Thinking: BBC Radiophonic Workshop''], BBC Radio 3, 14th April 2014 at 03:00.</ref>

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	“If you were a child of the sixties in the UK, you couldn't but hear Delia's work. We were surrounded by it but it wasn't often credited. I remember hearing things like [[The Dreams]] on the radio in the background and not knowing what it was, but on a Saturday night you got [[Doctor Who]], which was weird music. [...] If you went to school in the sixties, we had a programme called [[Movement, Mime and Music\|Music and Movement]] and I remember standing in a playground pretending to be a tree to the sound of Delia Derbyshire. You couldn't but hear this stuff; it was the soundtrack to our lives to a very large extent.		“If you were a child of the sixties in the UK, you couldn't but hear Delia's work. We were surrounded by it but it wasn't often credited. I remember hearing things like [[The Dreams]] on the radio in the background and not knowing what it was, but on a Saturday night you got [[Doctor Who]], which was weird music. [...] If you went to school in the sixties, we had a programme called [[Movement, Mime and Music\|Music and Movement]] and I remember standing in a playground pretending to be a tree to the sound of Delia Derbyshire. You couldn't but hear this stuff; it was the soundtrack to our lives to a very large extent.

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	In 2001 he received Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] from Delia's heir, made an [[Initial Catalogue]] of them, returned to the Radiophonic Workshop Archive anything that belonged to it<ref>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref> and, in 2008, gave them on permanent loan to [[David Butler]] at Manchester University.		In 2001 he received Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] from Delia's heir, made an [[Initial Catalogue]] of them, returned to the Radiophonic Workshop Archive anything that belonged to it<ref>[[Breege Brennan's thesis]].</ref> and, in 2008, gave them on permanent loan to [[David Butler]] at Manchester University.

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			“If Delia was asked ‘It must have been difficult being a woman’, she would reply ‘No, it wasn’t'. [...] It wasn’t a big deal that it now is. Those who knew her said that she didn’t find it an issue, and so maybe it doesn’t need to play an important part of her story.”<ref>[http://www.thefword.org.uk/2013/02/delia_derbyshire_day/ ''Delia get her day''] review of "Delia Derbyshire Day 2013"] at thefword.org</ref>
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