The Goons - The Goon Show Compendium Volume Three (Series 6 - Part 1) (2009 BBC Audiobooks Ltd UK) - Spike Milligan & Eric Sykes Audiobook

Written by Spike Milligan & Eric Sykes
Read by Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe & Peter Sellers
Format: FLAC
Dramatization

The Goons - The Goon Show Compendium Volume Three (Series 6 - Part 1) (2009 BBC Audiobooks Ltd UK)

This title presents thirteen episodes of the legendary series, including one previously unreleased show. Immensely popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking 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 as they were scheduled to be broadcast.

Also featured in this title are some rare archive bonus items, including “Peter Sellers in The Listening Room” playing Spike Milligan’s classic nonsense song “I’m Walking Backwards for Christmas”.

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”.

TRACKS:

01 - Show 126 (S06 - E01) - The Man Who Won The War (a.k.a Seagoon MCC - The Man Who Won The War)
(Recorded: September 18, 1955)
(Broadcast: September 20, 1955)
02 - Show 127 (S06 - E02) - The Secret Escritoire
(Recorded: September 25, 1955)
(Broadcast: September 27, 1955)
03 - Show 128 (S06 - E03) - The Lost Emperor
(Recorded: October 2, 1955)
(Broadcast: October 4, 1955)
04 - Show 129 (S06 - E04) - Napoleon’s Piano
(Recorded: October 9, 1955)
(Broadcast: October 11, 1955)
05 - Show 130 (S06 - E05) - The Case Of The Missing CD Plates
(Recorded: October 16, 1955)
(Broadcast: October 18, 1955)
06 - Show 131 (S06 - E06) - Rommel’s Treasure
(Recorded: October 23, 1955)
(Broadcast: October 25, 1955)
07 - Show 133 (S06 - E08) - Shangri La Again!
(Recorded: November 6, 1955)
(Broadcast: November 8, 1955)
08 - Show 134 (S06 - E09) - The International Christmas Pudding
(Recorded: November 13, 1955)
(Broadcast: November 15, 1955)
09 - Show 135 (S06 - E10) - The Pevensey Day Disaster
(Recorded: November 20, 1955)
(Broadcast: April 3, 1956)
10 - Show 136 (S06 - E11) - The Sale Of Manhattan (a.k.a The Lost Colony)
(Recorded: November 27, 1955)
(Broadcast: November 29, 1955)
11 - Show 137 (S06 - E12) - The Terrible Revenge Of Fred Fu Manchu
(Recorded: December 4, 1955)
(Broadcast: December 6, 1955)
12 - Show 138 (S06 - E13) - The Last Year
(Recorded: December 11, 1955)
(Broadcast: December 13, 1955)
13 - Show 139 (S06 - E14) - The Greenslade Story
(Recorded: December 18, 1955)
(Broadcast: December 20, 1955)

BONUS TRACKS

14 - What Goes On
(Recorded: 16 November 1955)
15 - The Case Of The Missing CD Plates (Out-take)
(Recorded: 16 October 1955)
16 - The International Christmas Pudding (Out-take)
(Recorded: 13 Novembver 1955)
17 - The Listening Room
(Pre-Recording Inserts: 28 December 1955)
18 - The Listening Room - I’m Walking Backwards For Christmas
(Pre-Recording Inserts: 28 December 1955)
19 - Home Service Continuity
(Broadcast: 22 November 1955)

CAST: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and Wallace Greenslade as announcer

NOTE: Show 132 (S06 - E07) ‘Foiled By The President’ was not included in this boxset due to the rights being owned by EMI at the time. However, it has recently been included on ‘The Goons Show Compendium Volume Twelve’ boxset.

New Rips from the original CD’s using EAC (Secure mode) and converted to FLAC8 using dBpoweramp.