Rare BBC Transcription LP Hancocks Half Hour 44 & 45 Double 10" records
£
35
$
46
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
BBC Transcription LP Hancock's Half Hour 44 & 45
Very Rare set of two 10" records containing a 'missing episode' which was subsequently found in 2003/4. These are a pair early Transcription records and most likely the first time the episodes had been released on LP.
Programme 44 28' 00" "13th of The Series" broadcast 6th January 1957
Programme 45 29' 25" "The New Secretary" broadcast 11th November 1956 was a 'missing episode'
The sound quality is not good but listenable over the background crackle ("bacon frying") but if it was quality sound that is required the episodes are available as a CD "Hancock - The Lost Episodes" BBC Radio Collection ISBN 9 781846071614 and in the Hancock Series Four 9 CD pack ISBN 9 780563528074 which has the "13th In The Series" episode.
This is an opportunity to have a rare example of BBC Transcription Service history. Considering the records have what was a missing Hancock episode and was not returned to the BBC after over 60 years indicates that probably these are the ONLY copies of this BBC Transcription issue..
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.
THE small print: Please read - -
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.
If you buy the record 'by mistake' or simply to record the tracks and no longer want it then sell it on eBay yourself, give it to a charity shop but don't ask to return it. You will be listed as a 'time waster'.
If the item is not as described you will, of course get a full refund.
If the item arrives damaged I refund the cost AFTER a photograph is emailed, via eBay messaging, showing the damage (there are instances when a buyer says an item is damaged when, in reality, it arrived safely, to fraudulently obtain a refund)
Should you have any questions about the item please ask. I don't mind providing additional pictures or information if required.
Thanks for looking
price rating
