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McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
- Date
- 1987-1991, 2017-2021
- By
- McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2019
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00464
- Description
Collection relating to the collecting interest and activities of Donald McLeod in the New Zealand popular music scene.
Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music.
Donald McLeod has been a fan and collector of New Zealand music since the 1980s. He is the owner of Pinenut Records Hub online shop and record label which specialises in selling and publishing and re-issuing albums by New Zealand acts.
Quantity: 5 Electronic document(s). 3 C90 cassette(s). 3 compact disc(s) CDr. 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 digital sound recording(s). 3 folder(s). 1 12" disc(s). 1 10" disc(s).
Physical Description: Audiocassettes, compact discs, letters, and digital files.
Transfers: Published material published by Pinenut Records, Viking Sevenseas Records, and Flying Nun Records, including vinyl, compact disc, and audiocassette recordings, were transferred to the National Library of New Zealand and are available on the NLNZ Catalogue..
- Additional description
To preserve the original recordings, access is made via a surrogate to be made upon request.
- Use/Reproduction
- Please ask the Library for permission to use any item. Copyright: Items in this collection are in copyright. Please check item records for details.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - No permission is required to access items in this collection.
- Format
- 5 Electronic document(s), 3 C90 cassette(s), 3 compact disc(s) CDr, 2 C60 cassette(s), 2 digital sound recording(s), 3 folder(s), 1 12" disc(s), 1 10" disc(s), Manuscripts, Sound recordings, Audiocassettes, compact discs, letters, and digital files.
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Copyright
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Sneaky Feelings / Live at the Gluepot
Date: 2017 - 5 September 1987
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
By: Sneaky Feelings (Musical group)
Reference: MSCD-3285
Description: Unmastered live recording at desk of the Sneaky Feelings' performance at the Gluepot on 5 September 1987. Recorded on CD-R by Pinenut Records in 2017. Inscription on disc also reads "Promo copy not for sale". Track listing: Side One: Husband House Waiting for Touchdown My Old Friend Do it Again It's so Easy Now Wouldn't Cry Discipline I'm Not Going to Let Her Bring Me Down Side 2: Walk to the Square Wasted Time Your Secret's Safe With Me Better Than Before Dark End of the Street Coming True Shape of a Heart Not to Take Sides There's a Chance. This recording was re-issued by Pinenut Records in April 2018 under the title "Living Up To Their Name - Live at the Gluepot 1987" (LP). Bibloigraphy - published items at Library references Phono q8012, Phono q8013, and Phono q8014. Title transcribed from item. Track listing transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 compact disc(s). Transfers: Insert removed from compact disc packaging is at Library reference MS-Papers-12498.. Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.
Sneaky Feelings / Live at the Windsor 1984
Date: 2017 - September 1984
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
By: Sneaky Feelings (Musical group)
Reference: MSCD-3286
Description: Copy on CD-R of master cassette tape of Sneaky Feelings' performance at the Windsor Castle in September 1984, which was used for the first issue tape transfers (issued by Industrial Records in 1984 as IND-017). This copy was made in 2017. Track listing: Side One: Broken Man Sense Of Loss The Strange and Conflicting Feelings of Separation and Betrayal Winston O'Boogie You Can't Stand Alone I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart Side Two: Husband House Better Than Before Be My Friend Caught It Now. Title transcribed from item. Track listing transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 compact disc(s). Transfers: Insert removed from compact disc packaging is at Library reference MS-Papers-12498.. Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.
Papers separated from cassette tape and CD-R cases
Date: 2017-2018
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12498
Description: Comprises three business cards, from Pinenut Records, Hamilton Blues Society, and Stebbing Recording Studios, and three inserts from CD-R packaging. The cards from Pinenut Records and Hamilton Blues Society have been used to note technical details about the tape cassettes of Sneaky Feelings' Live at the Windsor. The CD-R case inserts comprise an insert showing a copy of a Sneaky Feelings album cover at left and a track listing and a copy of a newspaper review on the right; an insert that is a copy of the original Industrial Records artwork for Sneaky Feelings' "Live at the Windsor Castle" release, and an insert with a copy of the poster for The Bats live at the Gluepot on to the left and a track listing to the right. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Cassettes and CD-Rs from which the papers have been separated are at Library references MSC-025905, MSC-025906, MSCD-3285, MSCD-3286, and MSCD-3287..
The Bats / Live at the Gluepot
Date: 2017 - 1990
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
By: The Bats (Musical group)
Reference: MSCD-3287
Description: CD-R recording from a cassette tape recorded by Donald McLeod in 1990 of the Bats live at the Gluepot during The Law of Things tour. Disc also inscribed "promo copy not for sale". Track listing: Nine Days Other Side of You The Law of Things Boogie Boogey Man Time to Get Ready Mastery Round and Down Made Up in Blue Chicken Bird Run Block of Wood Smoking Her Wings Yawn Vibes The Black and the Blue Cry 'til the Cows Come home Ten to One North by North Never Said Good-bye I Go Wild Treason. Title transcribed from item. Track listing transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 compact disc(s). Transfers: Insert removed from compact disc packaging is at Library reference MS-Papers-12498.. Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.
Correspondence
Date: 11 November 1991, 6 September 2018
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12466
Description: Comprises two inwards letters to Donald McLeod: one from Roger [Shepherd], Flying Nun, which refers to an accompanying "few cassettes"; and one from Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, thanking McLeod for his letter and the CD and record of the Pinenut Records Sneaky Feelings album re-issue. The Flying Nun letter may be related to audiocassettes donated by Donald McLeod at the same times as material in this folder. See Library references MSC-025882, MSC-025883, and MSC-025884. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: A handwritten letter on Flying Nun stationery; a signed typescript letter on official "Prime Minister" stationery.
TrueTone/The Bats, Drill, and Lee Harvey
Date: 8 June [1990]
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
By: The Bats (Musical group); Drill (Musical group); Harvey, Lee, active 1990s
Reference: MSC-025883
Description: An audiocasette copy of a recording made of a gig at The Gluepot, Auckland, on 8 June [1990?] featuring The Bats performing live, supported by Drill, and Lee Harvey. The audiocassette label is annotated "Bats". Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). Physical Description: Audiocassette cover features orange and black coloured graphic artwork, including photographic depictions of The Bats and the TrueTone logo. Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing.
Recording history and discographies for the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, Peter Posa,...
Date: November 2019
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
Reference: MSDL-4260
Description: Comprises four digital files created or accumulated by Donald McLeod: - two discographies compiled by McLeod for two of his "4-D" collections of albums by New Zealand musicians: Peter Posa (dated 18 November 2019), and the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band (dated 17 November 2019). - two documents written by Paul Trenwith: a discography of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band; and the recording history of himself and his wife Colleen Trenwith (excluding recordings made with the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band or Slim Dusty's Travelling Country Band, or as session musicians). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 4 Electronic document(s). Provenance: The digital files created by Paul Trenwith were given by Trenwith to McLeod.
Discography of singer-songwriter Chris Thompson
Date: October 2021
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
Reference: MSDL-5292
Description: Spreadsheet containing a discography of singer-songwriter Chris Thompson. Includes information regarding recording title, artist, label, manufacturer, format, catalogue number, country of issue, recording date, issue date, issue quantity, condition, and additional notes. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Digital file copies of the 'Live at the Gluepot' album by Sneaky Feelings
Date: 25 March 2017
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
By: Sneaky Feelings (Musical group)
Reference: MSDL-4449
Description: Comprises digital sound file copies of sides one and two of the Sneaky Feelings 'Live at the Gluepot' recording originally made in 1987. Files are high-resolution audio transfers created at Stebbing Studios from the 1987 master cassette. This high-definition digital audio version was used for the full album download supplied with the limited edition hand made cover copies published in 2017 as "Living up to their name – Live at the Gluepot 1987”. Title supplied by Library. The 1987 audiocassette had a run of three copies. These were distributed privately. Quantity: 2 digital sound recording(s) 48kHz 24 bit.
The Bats / Full Flight Back to the Gluepot
Date: 2020 - 8 June 1990
From: McLeod, Donald, active 1974-2020: Collection
By: The Bats (Musical group)
Reference: MSD10-1121
Description: Test lathe cut EP made in 2020, of the Bats live at the Gluepot during their Law of Things Tour, recorded through the mixing desk on Friday 8 June 1990. Album cover is inscribed "Test lathe cut by Wilde Records Not for commercial sale #3 of 4". Track listing: Side One: Hold All The Butter Chicken Bird Run Treason Side Two: Time To Get Ready Ten To One I Go Wild Title supplied by Library. The EP was a test lathe cut for a proposed live mini-LP, first as a collecters' edition then for general release, through Pinenut Records. EP was cut at Jesse Wilde Records, Auckland. Release of further copies did not go ahead. Quantity: 1 10" disc(s). Physical Description: Ten inch vinyl disc with printed cover. Transfers: Insert from the album cover is now at Library reference MS-Papers-12529.