[78-L] BBC Radio Goon Shows

[Michael Biel]

My experience with the CURRENT series of BBC restorations vs. the old
EMI versions BUTCHERED by George Martin are just as Alan Bunting
reports.  The BBC has worked with compiling and combining everything it
has of the episodes from the versions held by the Home Service and the
Transcription Service.  Some of the older BBC issues on LP and single
CDs did not benefit from this combining, and therefore might be missing
something that one of the services might have edited out. Beyond the
music, I understand that there were some domestic issues and/or
international comments that might have been edited from the dialog by
the Transcription Service that they thought was not appropriate for an
international audience, but these have been restored to the programs in
THIS release if the Home Service versions still existed.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com


-------- Original Message --------
From: Alan Bunting <alanbuntinguk at yahoo.com>

All of the BBC Goon Show re-issues contain the Geldray and Ellington
musical items although, most frustratingly, they are not identified on
the last dozen or so collections.  I have looked in vain for a listing
of them on the various Goon Show WEB sites with no success.
 
However, the few shows that were licensed and re-issued by EMI
(originally on LP and still available on CD) had not only the Geldray
and Ellington items edited but also most of the incidental music
(performed by Wally Stott and his Orchestra - the BBC Big Band had
nothing whatsoever to do with the Goon Show - it didn't even exist when
they were recorded.)
 
Alan Bunting


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>
>On 24/06/12 09:49, RUSSELL BARNES wrote:
>> Hellow,
>>  
>> Re The BBC issue on CD of the Goon Shows : Is it true the very good musical interludes with Max Geldray and the BBC Big Band have been edited out.
>>  
>> RB
>> _______________________________________________
>They aren't edited out when they are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra. I 
>don't rate Geldray very much--a lot of his solos consisted of quotes. 
>Ray Ellington Quartet is fine. Are his contribution left in?
>
>    Julian Vein