Rare BBC Transcription Disc TotPs 68 THE IDLE RACE Grapefruit Psych/Freak/Pop vg
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FOR AUCTION: BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISC FOR TOP OF THE POPS RADIO BROADCAST 1968
BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISC: 121837 - NUMBER 177, EXPIRY DATE 19.10.68
(NB: AS THE LABELS OF THESES DISCS ARE VERY SIMILAR I HAVE USED A STANDARD PHOTOGRAPH UNLESS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE - IE WRITING ON THE LABEL, MARKS ETC)
TRACK LISTING:
SIDE ONE*: INTRODUCTION BY BRIAN MATTHEW; THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - MOONSHINE; BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH FREDDIE GARRITY (FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS); FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS - LITTLE RED DONKEY; GRAPEFRUIT - BREAKING UP A DREAM; DONOVAN - AS I RECALL IT; THE IDLE RACE - THE SKELETON AND THE ROUNDABOUT; BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH SPENCER DAVIS; THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - AFTER TEA
SIDE TWO: GRAPEFRUIT - DEAR DELILAH; DONOVAN - YOUNG GIRL BLUES; THE IDLE RACE - THE LADY WHO SAID SHE COULD FLY; THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - FEEL YOUR WAY; GRAPEFRUIT - TRYING TO MAKE IT TO MONDAY; FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS - I LOVE YOU BABY; DONOVAN - JENNIFER JUNIPER
*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 JENNIFER JUNIPER BY DONOVAN. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT SOUNDS AS IF THE RECORD IS STUCK BEFORE THIS TRACK, BUT THIS IS DELIBERATE, AND NEEDS TO CAREFULLY SKIPPED OVER
NB: THIS DISC COMES WITHOUT THE CUE SHEET THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED BY THE LOCAL RADIO STATION TO ENSURE CORRECT PROGRAMMING AND TIMINGS. IN PLACE OF THIS I WILL INCLUDE A HANDWRITTEN SHEET LISTING THE ARTISTS AND SONG TITLES ETC.
CONDITION:
VINYL IS VERY GOOD+/EXCELLENT - SOME MINOR SURFACE MARKS BUT NO MAJOR SCRATCHES ETC. PLAY THROUGH IS VERY GOOD, ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME STATIC AND CRACKLE, BUT THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE RECORDINGS
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 1960s/EARLY 1970s 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 - 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 GRADINGS 100%, AS MY FEEDBACK SHOWS.
IMPORTANT
PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY
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THANK YOU, AND HAPPY BIDDING!
