Rare BBC Transcription Disc TotPs 68 CREAM The Fortunes Pysch/Freak/Pop vgc
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FOR AUCTION: BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISC FOR TOP OF THE POPS 1968 RADIO BROADCAST
(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: 119964 - NUMBER 136, EXPIRY DATE 06.01.68
TRACK LISTING:
SIDE ONE*: INTRO FROM BRIAN MATTHEW; DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH - OKAY; ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS - WHEN I WAS YOUNG; THE FORTUNES - WATERLOO SUNSET; BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH PETER AND GORDON: PETER AND GORDON - THE JOKERS; (THE) CREAM - STRANGE BREW; DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH - HERE'S A HEART
SIDE TWO: ERIC BURDON - THE SAME THING; BRIAN MATTHEW INTERVIEW WITH ERIC CLAPTON (CREAM); (THE) CREAM - TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES; PETER AND GORDON - LEGEND IN MY TIME; THE FORTUNES - JUST ANOTHER DREAM; ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS - SEE SEE RIDER; PETER AND GORDON - SUNDAY FOR TEA; (THE) CREAM - WE'RE GOING WRONG; DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH - HE'S A RAVER
*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 HE'S A RAVER BY DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH. 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, ONE VERY MINOR JUMP ON THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE ONE, AND ONE VERY SLIGHT JUMP TOWARDS THE END OF SIDE TWO, OTHERWISE 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!
