Rare BBC Transcription Disc 111 TotPs 1967 HERMANS HERMITS Alan Bown etc ex+

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FOR AUCTION:  BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISC FOR TOP OF THE POPS 1967 RADIO BROADCAST

BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISC 118501 NUMBER 111, EXPIRY DATE 15.07.1967

 TRACK LISTING:

SIDE ONE*: INTRO FROM BRIAN MATTHEW; THE ALAN BOWN SET - DO THE BOOMERANG; B.M. INTERVIEW WITH THE FORTUNES; THE FORTUNES JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING; WAYNE FONTANA - FROM A BOY TO A MAN; B.M. INTERVIEW WITH CLODA ROGERS; CLODA ROGERS - STORMY WEATHER; HERMANS HERMITS - ALL THE THINGS I DO FOR YOU BABY; B.M. INTERVIEW WITH ALAN BOWN; THE ALAN BOWN SET - GONNA FIX YOU GOOD

SIDE TWO: THE FORTUNES - I KNOW JUST HOW YOU FEEL; B.M. INTERVIEW WITH WAYNE FONTANA; WAYNE FONTANA - PAMELA PAMELA; CLODA ROGERS - EVERYDAY IS JUST THE SAME; B.M. INTERVIEW WITH PETER NOONE (HERMAN FROM HERMANS HERMITS); HERMANS HERMITS - EAST-WEST; THE ALAN BOWN SET - HEADLINE NEWS; THE FORTUNES - TRY A LITTLE HARDER; WAYNE FONTANA - CAN YOU BLAME ME; CLODA ROGERS - TELL HIM; HERMANS HERMITS - DIAL MY NUMBER

*AT THE END OF SIDE ONE THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THE LAST TRACK AND THE RUN OFF.  THIS CONTAINS A BREAK AND A TRAILER FOR DIAL MY NUMBER FROM HERMANS HERMITS.  PLEASE NOTE THAT IT SOUNDS AS IF THE RECORD IS STUCK BEFORE THIS TRACK, BUT THIS IS DELIBERATE, AND NEEDS TO CAREFULLY SKIPPED OVER

CONDITION:

EXCELLENT+ - SOME VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, AND SOME CRACKLE AND STATIC WHEN PLAYED (POSSIBLY DUE TO NATURE OF ORIGINAL RECORDING) BUT NO NOTICABLE JUMPS OR STICKS ETC.

CUE SHEET VERY GOOD - ONE SLIGHT TEAR, BUT OTHERWISE SOUND

NB: THIS DISC COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL CUE SHEET THAT WAS SENT OUT WITH THE DISC.  THIS SHEET WOULD HAVE BEEN USED BY THE LOCAL RADIO STATION TO LINE UP THE PROGRAMME IN THE CORRECT ORDER.

  ALL DISCS WILL BE SENT IN PROFESSIONAL 12" MAILERS WITH STIFFENERS. 

THIS DISC IS PART OF WHAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE FINEST COLLECTION OF RARE BBC TOP OF THE POPS AND PICK OF THE POPS TRANSCRIPTION DISCS EVER TO HAVE APPEARED ON EBAY... OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER!  THEY ALL DATE FROM THE GOLDEN PERIOD OF 1966-1971, AND ARE BEING SOLD ON BEHALF OF A LADY WHOSE FATHER HAD THE FORESIGHT TO RESCUE THEM FROM A SKIP OVER THIRTY YEARS AGO.

THESE ARE GENUINE BBC TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS WHICH ARE MAINLY IN EXCELLENT, NEAR MINT OR MINT CONDITION, AND I WILL BE LISTING THEM DISC BY DISC OVER THE COMING MONTHS.

(A NOTE ON WHAT EXACTLY BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISCS ARE)

BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISCS ARE AMONG THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER RARITIES AMONGST COLLECTORS OF 1960's/EARLY 1970's MUSIC AND ARTISTS.  THE TOP OF THE POPS DISCS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TELEVISION PROGRAMME OF THE SAME NAME, AND WERE IN FACT MADE UP OF TRACKS FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEKS LIVE BBC SESSION, WHICH WERE THEN PRESSED AS A FULL LENGTH PROGRAMME COMPLETE WITH BRIAN MATTHEW'S DJ LINKS AND INTERVIEWS WITH THE FAMOUS (AND NOT SO FAMOUS!) STARS OF THE DAY.  THESE WERE THEN SENT TO OVERSEAS TERRITORIES WITH THE EXPRESS INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE TO BE DESTROYED BY THE "EXPIRY DATE", WHICH WAS SIX MONTHS LATER.  IT IS THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ONLY EVER 50 OR SO WERE PRESSED OF EACH PROGRAMME, AND THE VAST MAJORITY WERE INDEED DESTROYED.  IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES IN THIS SUPERB COLLECTION ARE CLOSE TO BEING UNIQUE - MAYBE THE ONLY SURVIVING COPIES ANYWHERE.  PICK OF THE POPS  DISCS (WHICH ARE EVEN RARER!) WERE PRESSED FOR THE SAME USE, BUT WITHOUT THE USE OF DJ LINKS AND INTERVIEWS.

THESE DISCS ARE QUITE SIMPLY AS RARE AS IT GETS!!!

VERY IMPORTANT!

I WILL NOT ACCEPT RETURNS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES AS BOOTLEGGING IS RIFE WITH THESE DISCS.  YOU CAN TRUST MY DESCRIPTIONS AND GRADING'S 100%, AS MY FEEDBACK SHOWS.

IMPORTANT:

I HAVE QUOTED BASIC UK 2nd CLASS POSTAGE - OR BASIC AIRMAIL POSTAGE TO EUROPE/REST OF THE WORLD - BUT DUE TO THE POSSIBLE VALUE OF SOME OF THESE DISCS YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE INCREASED POSTAL PROTECTION - IE RECORDED DELIVERY, EXTRA INSURANCE ETC - PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE I SEND THE INVOICE TO YOU AND I WILL QUOTE YOU A PRICE FOR YOUR EXTRA REQUIREMENTS, ADJUSTING THE INVOICE AS NECESSARY

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THANK YOU, AND HAPPY BIDDING!