NEW 2009 CD RELEASE. Second compliation CD with 13 shows and many bonus features

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Product Description

This work contains twelve episodes of the groundbreaking series, plus one bonus unbroadcast show. Immensely popular and hugely influential, legendary series "The Goon Show" changed the face of British comedy. Now, for the first time, this box set collection presents the episodes in chronological order of original broadcast date. This second volume includes: "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest", "Nineteen Eighty-Five", "The Case of the Missing Heir", "Under Two Floorboards", "The Missing Scroll", "Nineteen Eighty-Five" (remake), "The Sinking of Westminster Pier", "The Fireball of Milton Street", "The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street", "Yehti", "The White Box of Great Bardfield" and "The End". Also featured are some rare archive bonus items, including the unbroadcast and previously unreleased version of "The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler" (of "Bexhill-on-Sea"). Two illustrated booklets tell the story of the show's development with reference to original archive paperwork, plus the history of the recordings themselves. In addition, this box set contains four limited edition postcards featuring characters from "The Goon Show" as Spike Milligan imagined them. Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of "The Goon Show".

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13332 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-09
• Released on: 2009-04-09
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews

Missing show
Much as these shows are appreciated, particularly in the order they were broadcast. It is strange that there are two versions of 1985 but no "China Story" from the fifth series.

The Goon Show Compendium Volume 2 - Ying Tong Tiddle I Po!
Finally. The BBC has decided to take its crown jewels and give them the treatment they deserve. Following from the excellent series of collectors editions of `Round The Horne' and `Navy Lark', the show we have all been waiting for is, at last, being restored, given some interesting extras and released in a definitive, comprehensive edition. Ladies and Gentlemen, it's the highly esteemed Goon Show!

The BBC only holds recordings from the beginning of series 5 onwards. Some series 4 episodes exist, but due to licensing problems I don't hold out any hope for these episodes appearing anytime soon. Series 1-3 are, sadly, totally lost to us. Hence, this definitive collection begins with series five, and aims to release all extant recordings the BBC still hold from all subsequent series.

If you're looking here you don't need to e told how good the humour is, so I will just review the release itself. Volume 2 collects the last 12 episodes from series 5, an unbroadcast recording of the `dreaded batter pudding hurler' in which Peter Sellers plays all Spike Milligan's parts as well as his own, an introduction to `the sinking of Westminster Pier' by co-author Eric Sykes, a contemporary look at the recording of the Goon show and a contemporary critical review. China Story is still sadly missing, and present only as a script in PDF form. The remastering is worthy of especial praise. In the main these episodes sound much better than they have in any other release. Much material has been restored, unfortunately this often comes from poor quality sources, so these restored sections sound quite bad. The restored snippets add much to the shows though. I'm very impressed with the overall quality. This really will be the definitive collection when finished.

This release contains 7 CDs, with two episodes per disc. These are collected into two 4 CD jewel cases, encased in a flimsy cardboard outer. There are two booklets, one in each case, with essays, details for each episode and original Radio Times listings. There are also 4 postcards with Spike Milligan cartoons of some of the main characters.

Episodes are:-

Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Nineteen Eighty-five
The Case of the Missinf Heir
Under Two Floorboards
The Missing Scroll
Nineteen Eighty-five (remake)
The Sinking Of Westminster Pier
The Fire Ball Of Milton Street

Eric Sykes Introduction to `The Sinking Of Westminster Pier'

The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street
Yehti
The White Box of Great Bardfield
The End

The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill On Sea
The Lid Off The BBC
The Critics

This really is as good as it gets. 5 stars for the episodes, and 5 for the quality of the release. Well done BBC, keep them coming!

Could do better.
You get eight episodes of the Goon Show but this includes two versions of "1985" which only differ in having John Snagge do some Big Brother announcements in the latter. It does include the version of "The dreaded batter pudding hurler of Bexhill-on-sea" where Spike is absent ill and Peter Sellers manfully takes on his parts and a recording of a programme called "The lid off the BBC" from 1955 which examines the use of sound effects in the Goon Show. Unfortunately, the sound quality is so poor in places it is virtually unlistenable. The sound quality throughout the CDs is variable. Also, I assume due to copyright, there is no "China story" episode, only a pdf of the script which is hardly compensation.

This boxset is really for fanatics and completists like me and those who wish to encourage the BBC to continue to issue as much of the Goon Show in chronological order as possible. I do hope they continue to do so but hope for better quality next time.