Rare BBC Transcription Disc TotPs '67 HERMAN HERMITS Maxine Brown etc Pop/Freak

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FOR AUCTION:  BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISC FOR TOP OF THE POPS 1967 RADIO BROADCAST, EXPIRY DATE 07.10.67

(NB: DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY - AND TIME - IN PHOTOGRAPHING THE DISC AND CUE SHEET IN GREAT DETAIL THE PHOTOGRAPH USED WILL BE A STANDARD ONE UNLESS THERE IS ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES - IE WRITING ON THE LABEL, MAJOR TEARS ETC)

BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISC: NUMBER 123 - 119132

TRACK LISTING:

SIDE ONE*: INTRO FROM BRIAN MATTHEW; JIMMY JAMES AND THE VAGABONDS - RUN GRANNY RUN; BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH THE SETTLERS; THE SETTLERS - ALWAYS ON MY MIND; THE IVY LEAGUE - WILLOW TREE; BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH MAXINE BROWN; MAXINE BROWN - (I'VE GOT) A LOT OF LOVE LEFT; HERMAN'S HERMITS - MY RESERVATIONS BEEN CONFIRMED; HERMAN'S HERMITS - IF I WERE A CARPENTER; BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY JONES; JIMMY JAMES AND THE VAGABONDS - I CAN'T GET MY BACK HOME TO MY BABY

SIDE TWO: THE SETTLERS - WITHOUT YOU;  BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH THE IVY LEAGUE; THE IVY LEAGUE - FOUR AND TWENTY HOURS; BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH PETER NOONE (HERMAN OF HERMAN'S HERMITS); HERMAN'S HERMITS - THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH; MAXINE BROWN - OH NO NOT MY BABY; JIMMY JAMES AND THE VAGABONDS - LORD HAVE MERCY; THE SETTLERS - I AIN'T DONE NOTHING TO YOU; THE IVY LEAGUE - I'M IN LOVE AGAIN; HERMAN'S HERMITS - TELL HER

*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 .  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:

SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, SOME CRACKLE AND STATIC - POSSIBLY DUE TO ORIGINAL RECORDING.  THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SKIPS ON THE FIRST JIMMY JAMES TRACK, AND A VERY MINOR SKIP ON THE FIRST HERMAN'S HERMITS TRACK, OTHERWISE THE DISC IS SOUND

CUE SHEET VERY GOOD+ - NO MAJOR RIPS OR TEARS ETC

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.  THIS SHEET HAS BEEN KEPT IN A CLEAR PLASTIC COVER, AWAY FROM THE RECORD TO MAKE SURE THE STAPLES DO NOT DAMAGE THE VINYL.  IT WILL BE SENT TO THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER IN THIS COVER.

  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:

PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY

THE POSTAGE AND PACKING PRICES QUOTED INCLUDE RECORDED DELIVERY WITHIN THE UK, AND, FOR ALL OVERSEAS BIDDERS, AIRSURE OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR.  THIS IS TO GIVE ALL CONCERNED THE BEST POSSIBLE PROTECTION!  PLEASE NOTE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THESE PRICES!

PLEASE MAKE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL WITHIN 4 DAYS OF THE END OF THE AUCTION.  I WILL ACCEPT PAYMENT VIA BANKERS/BUILDING SOCIETY DRAFT FROM UK BIDDERS ONLY - BUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP FOLLOWING THE END OF THE AUCTION IF YOU ARE INTENDING TO PAY BY EITHER OF THESE METHODS.  DUE TO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS I NO LONGER ACCEPT PAYMENT VIA PERSONAL CHEQUE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

THANK YOU, AND HAPPY BIDDING!