Love These Goon Shows!

Goon Show Classics - Vintage Beeb / AudioGO

The Beatles, Monty Python's Flying Circus and even HRH Prince Charles have all confessed to been fans of the 1950s radio series The Goon Show.

Over the years many episodes have been made available from AudioGO, now as part of their Vintage Beeb releases AudioGO have turned the clock back to 1975 and reissued the first BBC records album with two episodes The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-On-Sea and The Histories of Pliny the Elder on Compact Disc and audio download.

The release comes with vinyl looking CD and original artwork by David Machell.

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Ronnie Barker Serves Time On Vintage Beeb

Porridge - Vintage Beeb

Fans of those old BBC albums from the 1970s will no doubt welcome digitally remastered versions of these albums now available from AudioGO's Vintage Beeb label.

Two classic episodes of the comedy classic Porridge featuring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay and Brian Wilde that were originally released on BBC Records in 1977 have been reissued as an audio soundtrack on AudioGO's Vintage Beeb label.

The collection comprises of An Evening In (A Night In) and Heartbreak Hotel.

Read on: Review: Porridge Featuring Ronnie Barker

It's The Lad Himself... On Vintage Beeb!

Hancock's Half Hour - Vintage Beeb

My introduction to Tony Hancock was a series of television repeats of classic Hancock's Half Hour shows on BBC1 during the mid 1980s.

I have to admit, after a couple of weeks of watching programmes like The Blood Donor and The Missing Page I was hooked and quickly set about checking out further classic Hancock moments from radio and television.

At the time, the BBC were releasing a collection of radio Hancock's Half Hours on record, and one of these releases has just been reissued on AudioGO's Vintage Beeb label with its original 1980 artwork by Michael Lye.

Read my review of Hancock's Half Hour: Sid's Mystery Tours / The Poetry Society

Travel Back To A Time Before Audiobooks In The TARDIS

Doctor Who Sound Effects - Vintage Beeb

Doctor Who fans are rather spoilt these days with multitudes of DVD and audiobook releases every month representing all eras of the classic sci-fi series.

Back in the 1970s fans weren't as well served...

Apart from the Doctor Who theme tune on a 7 inch single and an album release of an all original full cast Doctor Who story entitled Doctor Who And The Pescatons there was very little for Doctor Who fans to play on the turntable between series unless of course they recorded the soundtracks of the TV episodes.

In 1978 a new audio release from BBC Records was the unusual Doctor Who Sound Effects. Neither soundtrack or music this wonderfully weird album still succeeded in taking Doctor Who fans to other worlds courtesy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Fans can once again hear this album as its re-released on AudioGO's Vintage Beeb label tomorrow (complete with original sleeve artwork and misleading liner notes about story titles) on compact disc and audio download.

Read on: Audio Review: Doctor Who Sound Effects