[78-L] Unexpected US Releases was Calling all Goonatics

[David Lennick]

And then there was the stereo copy of "Bridge On The River Wye" I scooped up 
for about $3 in NYC in February '68 on my first visit. We'd had that in Canada 
but as a Capitol mono LP with not even the original cover art. But Canada had 
long been receptive to British comedy, even getting it via shortwave on the CBC 
in the 40s.

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Michael Biel wrote:
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> 
> I know you are talking about Canada, but it was different in the U.S. 
> from what indicate here.  The two Parlophone imports with the Odeon 
> stickers did not arrive here until late 1962 or early 1963. These were 
> strictly mono.  I think the first Public Radio package was also starting 
> by then, so there was some knowledge in the U.S. by then.  The ONLY 
> store I ever saw these in was The Record Hunter on 5th Ave at 42nd St.  
> I bought them in Dec 63 when by British pen pals said I might like them, 
> and on the same day at a store across the street I got the two Sellers 
> Angels as cut outs for a buck along with Delirium In Hi-Fi by Elsa 
> Popping and Her Pixieland Band -- perhaps the greatest album ever 
> issued.    The Goon series on Pye and then BBC did not come out until 
> 1965, and we saw them mainly as U.S. pressings.  The two Angel Sellers 
> and Sellers-Loren LPs were 1961.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com