NEW RELEASE 2010: Goon Show Compendium 4. Another thirteen remastered episodes for series six.

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Product Description

Features a collection of the episodes of 'The Goon Show' such as: 'The Hastings Flyer - Robbed', 'The Mighty Wurlitzer', 'The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding', 'The Tales of Montmartre', 'The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI', 'The House of Teeth', 'The Choking Horror', 'The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal', 'Scradje', and 'China Story'.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #175655 in Books
• Published on: 2010-03-18
• Released on: 2010-03-29
• Format: Audiobook
• Number of items: 7
• Binding: Audio CD

Features

• New
• Mint Condition
• Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon
• Guaranteed packaging
• No quibbles returns

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Customer Reviews

The Goon Show Compendium Volume 4 - Needle Nardle Noo!
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 began 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 4 collects the last 13 episodes from series 6, a contemporary special called `The Goon Show Hits Wales', a warm up routine, an alternative version of the opening to `The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal', and introduction from Ted Wray for `The Jet Propelled NAAFI' along with a tribute to Peter Sellers from Harry Secombe broadcast before the episodes was repeated in the week Sellers died and finally some bits and pieces from `Scradje' that were of too low a quality toput in the main episode. `Tales of Old Dartmoor' is still held to ransom by EMI and is here as a PDF of the script only. This is a shame, these occasional missing episodes are the only blight on an otherwise excellent series of releases.

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:-

The Hastings Flyer - Robbed!
The Mighty Wurlitzer
The Raid Of The International Christmas Pudding
The Tales Of Montmartre
The Jet Propelled Guided NAAFI
The House Of Teeth
The Choking Horror
The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal
The Treasure In The Lake (AKA The Treasure Of Loch Lomond)

The Goons Hit Wales

The Fear Of Wages
Scradje
The Man Who Never Was
China Story

Bonus material

The Laughter Makers
Warm Up Routine
Alternative opening to The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal
Ted Wray Intro to The Jet Propelled NAAFI
Harry Secombe tribute to Peter Sellers
Outtakes from Scradje
PDF of Tales From Old Dartmoor

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!

Worthwhile purchase
The most fervid lovers of these CDs will be the shrinking number of folks who worshipped the original BBC radio comedies. Everyone and every skit is completely crazy (and extremely funny.)
The casts of Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan were perfect comedians who played a gamut of kooks.
If you have a kooky sense of humour you will love the shows.