Early Rare BBC Transcription LP Beyond Our Ken 20 & 21

£ 22

$ 29

£ 22 Sold For

Nov 27, 2023 Sold Date

Nov 20, 2023 Start Date

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BBC Transcription LP Beyond Our Ken 20 & 21

20 duration 29' 05" broadcast 1959-05-28
21 duration 29' 12" broadcast 1959-06-04
Issued shortly after the move from 10" records of which a pair was needed for each programme to 12". These early records were not edited down to the standard 27' 00"
There is groove noise mostly on the right track, not loud but noticeable. Not really surprising as the LP is over 60 years old. (As the LP is mono I mute the noisy track and copy the cleaner track into its place when I have recorded the LP onto the computer.)

There is no continuity sheet

These LP's were sent to radio stations all over the world. For a fee they would be able to broadcast the programmes on the LP a number of times over a period of about 3 years denoted by the expiry date. The LP was then supposed to be destroyed or returned to the BBC in London. A number of studio / station managers or DJ's must have decided the LP's were too good to throw away! The BBC Transcription Service boast that they supply upwards of 200 Radio stations so the print run of these LP's is probably in that order. As many Radio Stations dutifully did as the BBC asked few of these LP's survived.

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If you buy more than one LP and the combined value is less than £50 then wait for an invoice as it costs the same to post two as one . However if the value is £50 or greater the cost is nearly twice that which I have shown so there is little room for a saving. This is because the Post Office compensation is only up to £50 on 'signed for' and for compensation above £50 parcels have to be sent by special 'next day' delivery.

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