HISTORY OF OFFSHORE RADIO.1970 LIMITED FAN CLUB ONLY-SUPERB CONDITION
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ATTENTION 1960s PIRATE RADIO FANS AND DJs!
HERE IS A 1970 A MEGA-RARE LP MADE IN A VERY LIMITED QUANTITY NOT FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BUT AS PRINTED ON THE COVER"NOT FOR RETAIL SALE-MADE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS SOCIETY".
"THE HISTORY OF OFFSHORE RADIO": RECORDINGS FROM OFFSHORE COMMERCIAL RADIO STATIONS 1958-1970. THE LP CONTAINS A SELECTION OF UNIQUE AND HISTORIC RECORDINGS(SOME OF WHICH MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE) PRESENTED BY PAUL HARRIS,THE AUTHOR OF"WHEN PIRATES RULED THE WAVES". UNLIKE OTHER LPs OR CDs THAT EXIST,THIS LP INCLUDES SOME OF THE LESS OFTEN HEARD MATERIAL GOING WAY BACK TO THE EARLIEST STATIONS SUCH AS RADIO MERCUR,RADIO NORD AND RADIO SYD,THREE SCANDINAVIAN STATIONS 1958-1962 BEFORE THE BRITISH PIRATE STATIONS BEGAN. NATURALLY THERE IS A LOT OF TIME DEVOTED TO THE MAIN 1964-1967 ERA WITH RADIO LONDON,CAROLINE AND THE FORT BASED STATIONS INCLUDING THE FAMOUS CLOSING DOWN MOMENTS,REPORTS OF THE SHOOTING OF REG CALVERT(OF RADIO CITY) BUT THE MOST AMAZING AND SPINE CHILLING SEQUENCE IS THE RECORDING OF RADIO HAURAKI IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1968 RUNNING AGROUND WITH THE DJ HAVING TO ABANDON SHIP(THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS)AND THE MICROPHONE LEFT ON TO HEAR THE SHIP BREAKING UP AFTER HIS EMOTIONAL LAST FEW WORDS.THE DISC ENDS WITH THE RNI SHIP IN 1970 BEING ATTACKED BY BOARDERS.
THE NARRATION IS BY AN EXPERT ON THE SUBJECT,AUTHOR PAUL HARRIS AND AS SUCH IS 100% ACURATE MAKING FOR COMPULSIVE LISTENING. ANYONE WITH THE SLIGHTEST INTEREST IN THIS ERA OF BROADCASTING WHICH CHANGED THE WHOLE RADIO PRESENTATION STYLE FOREVER WILL FIND THIS LP A "MUST HAVE" AND BEARING IN MIND IT'S SCARCITY WILL BE BOUND TO ATTRACT KEEN BIDDING SO BE PREPARED FOR ACTION!
AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE COVER THERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE RADIO SHIPS AND FORTS AND THE DISC HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED,PRESSED IN MONO ON THICK VINYL.
THERE IS NO CATALOGUE NUMBER-JUST AN IBS LOGO.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST KEENLY SOUGHT AFTER ALBUMS OF PIRATE RADIO MATERIAL-I HAVE NEVER FOUND A COPY BEFORE-INFACT I ONLY HAD A CASSETTE MADE OF IT BACK IN THE MID 1970s BY A FELLOW COLLECTOR AND THIS LP MUST SURELY BE AT THE TOP OF THE WANTS LISTS FOR MANY,RARELY TURNING UP ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN 2012!
HERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY!
THIS LP HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED-GLEAMING SURFACES,NO SURFACE MARKS AND I STRUGGLED TO HEAR ANY SURFACE NOISE-UPGRADER STANDARD!NEAR MINT CONDITION!
THE LAMINATED FRONT COVER HAS A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES AND SOME SLIGHT LAMINATION PEELING BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS.IT HAS BEEN KEPT AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT FOR OVER 40 YEARS! FANTASTIC CONDITION!
LOOK AT THE AMAZING COVER DESIGN!
PRESSED IN A TINY QUANTITY OF PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000 COPIES,MAYBE AS FEW AS 500!
HOW MANY SURVIVE 42 YEARS LATER?
ONLY ONE COPY IS ON POPSIKE AND THAT WAS 7 YEARS AGO! MOST COLLECTORS WON'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN OF THIS SHORT LIVED ISSUE AND DON'T FORGET YOU COULD NOT BUY IT IN RECORD SHOPS-IT WAS ONLY FOR MEMBERS OF A RADIO SOCIETY-THE PROOF IN PHOTO #3!!!
THE MAJORITY ENDED UP IN THE LIBRARIES OF RADIO AND TV STUDIOS AND FILM COMPANIES!
IN MORE RECENT TIMES,HARDLY ANY COPIES HAVE BEEN RETAINED BY SUCH SOURCES,WHAT WITH THE SWITCH TO CD AND DOWNLOADING.
MOST COPIES ARE NOW IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND THEY VERY RARELY TURN UP ESPECIALLY AS GOOD AS THIS ONE!
A REALISTIC LOW £20 STARTING PRICE!
MORE PIRATE RADIO RECORDINGS LPs ENDING AT AUCTION FROM ME ON EBAY WITHIN THE SAME HOUR AS THIS ONE ENDS!
GOOD COMBINED POSTAGE DEALS AVAILABLE!
SUPERB SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!
The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.
I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!
Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.Feedback always left. Checkout my feedback of OVER 14,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BID with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week! Thanks for looking and good luck.
SOME MEGA RARE STUFF ALONGSIDE CHEAPO BARGAINS!!
BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE FROM A DEALER THAT OTHER DEALERS LOOK TOWARDS FOR INSPIRATION!
THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO OWN A VERY RARE INDUSTRY ONLY ISSUED LP!
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