[78-L] This Record is Not to be Broadcast

[agp]

I just took delivery of a 3 cd set called 'This Record is Not to be 
Broadcast'. It is a collection of 75 records banned by the BBC. Its 
on the Fantastic Voyage label (FVTD018). While not comprehensive, for 
example it is missing When I'm Cleaning Windows by George Formby. And 
no doubt due to rights restrictions, it only cover through 1957 (from 
1931 forward). I note there is a volume 2 available.

The quality varies greatly from track to track, with Josh White's 
House of the Rising Sun sound horrible as does Cab Calloway's Minnie 
the Moocher, but Norman Long's We Can't Let You Broadcast That sounds 
quite good.

I'm am puzzled by the logic behind the banning of the tracks -- Light 
a Candle in the Chapel by Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey was banned, 
according to the notes, for being, as the head of Head of Religious 
Broadcasting claimed, 'so nauseatingly sentimental that it debases 
the Christian religion'.

Volume 1 is here:

http://www.amazon.com/Record-Broadcast-Records-Banned-1931-57/

Volume 2 is here:

http://www.amazon.com/This-Record-Not-Broadcast-V-2/dp/B002YDBINE/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_3

I found the collection fascinating. Don't know if anyone else has 
come across it, so I wonder what anyone else  thought of it

T