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John Peel’s record collection, consisting of around 25,000 vinyl LPs, is to be put online in virtual form for an Arts Council project entitled The Space, reports BBC News. Visitors to the site will be able to browse through some of his record collection. The Space’s website is currently blank, but the project, which is Arts Council funded, is set to commence in May.

Though his collection also contains around 40,000 vinyl singles and CDs, the project’s focus is to get the vinyl albums online in the first instance, which will be accompanied by personal notes, video interviews with his family and musicians, and more extra material. The aim is to put 100 albums online per week, giving access to a total of 2500 once this part of the project has reached completion in October. Listening may be limited depending on copyright issues but there will also be access to audio of the Peel session archive.

(Source: rustillin2it)