The Case of the Vanishing Room - Revision history

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	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[~~Somebody Stole My Gal\|~~Somebody Stole My Gal]]''		*Geldray: ''[[Somebody Stole My Gal]]''
	*Ellington: ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' / ''I Wish I Were Twins''		*Ellington: ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' / ''I Wish I Were Twins''
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	'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|14 ~~February 1954~~}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|1954-02-14}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|15 ~~February 1954~~}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|1954-02-15}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, {{date\|20 ~~February 1954~~}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, {{date\|1954-02-20}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

	== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
	In the charming [[Hamlet (place)\|hamlet]] of Brodley-on-Cleet lives Lord Cretinby in his country seat, secure, so he thinks, of reaching a ripe old age. But he is shot, poisoned and stabbed by an unknown assailant who, to hide his tracks, removes not only the body, but also the scene of the crime to an unfashionable hotel in [[~~Paris\|~~Paris]]. Inspector Neddie Seagoon is once again responsible for solving the mystery.		In the charming [[Hamlet (place)\|hamlet]] of Brodley-on-Cleet lives Lord Cretinby in his country seat, secure, so he thinks, of reaching a ripe old age. But he is shot, poisoned and stabbed by an unknown assailant who, to hide his tracks, removes not only the body, but also the scene of the crime to an unfashionable hotel in [[Paris]]. Inspector Neddie Seagoon is once again responsible for solving the mystery.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[~~Somebody Stole My Gal\|~~Somebody Stole My Gal]]'' {{small\|([[~~Leo Wood\|~~Leo Wood]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Somebody Stole My Gal]]'' {{small\|([[Leo Wood]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' {{small\|([[~~Eddie Leonard\|~~Eddie Leonard]] / Eddie Munson)}} / ''I Wish I Were Twins'' {{small\|([[Eddie ~~DeLange\|Edgar~~ DeLange]] / [[Frank Loesser\|Frank Loesser]] / [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)\|Joseph Meyer]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' {{small\|([[Eddie Leonard]] / Eddie Munson)}} / ''I Wish I Were Twins'' {{small\|([[Eddie DeLange]] / [[Frank Loesser\|Frank Loesser]] / [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)\|Joseph Meyer]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 49191]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]).		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 49191]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).

	==Ted Kendall's Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	Unlike the other acetates used in his restorations the disc containing this show were problematic. The first minut or so had a groove so shallow that it could not be consistently tracked, and noises of poor [[~~Swarf\|~~swarf]] control or a blunt cutter plagued the rest of the show. The opening minute was reconstructed using original material where possible, otherwise using material from the [[Vintage Goons]] remake, and the extraneous noises were tackled by using the quieter groove wall and removing the remaining disturbances by hand — several thousand of them. The closing sig, being truncated, was restored from another show in the series.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		Unlike the other acetates used in his restorations the disc containing this show were problematic. The first minut or so had a groove so shallow that it could not be consistently tracked, and noises of poor [[swarf]] control or a blunt cutter plagued the rest of the show. The opening minute was reconstructed using original material where possible, otherwise using material from the [[Vintage Goons]] remake, and the extraneous noises were tackled by using the quieter groove wall and removing the remaining disturbances by hand — several thousand of them. The closing sig, being truncated, was restored from another show in the series.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal\|Somebody Stole My Gal]]''		*Geldray: ''[[Somebody Stole My Gal\|Somebody Stole My Gal]]''
	*Ellington: ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' / ''I Wish I Were Twins''		*Ellington: ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' / ''I Wish I Were Twins''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 49191		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 49191
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	'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|14 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|14 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|15 February 1954}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|15 February 1954}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.
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	== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
	In the charming [[w:Hamlet (place)\|hamlet]] of Brodley-on-Cleet lives Lord Cretinby in his country seat, secure, so he thinks, of reaching a ripe old age. But he is shot, poisoned and stabbed by an unknown assailant who, to hide his tracks, removes not only the body, but also the scene of the crime to an unfashionable hotel in [[w:Paris\|Paris]]. Inspector Neddie Seagoon is once again responsible for solving the mystery.		In the charming [[Hamlet (place)\|hamlet]] of Brodley-on-Cleet lives Lord Cretinby in his country seat, secure, so he thinks, of reaching a ripe old age. But he is shot, poisoned and stabbed by an unknown assailant who, to hide his tracks, removes not only the body, but also the scene of the crime to an unfashionable hotel in [[Paris\|Paris]]. Inspector Neddie Seagoon is once again responsible for solving the mystery.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal\|Somebody Stole My Gal]]'' {{small\|([[w:Leo Wood\|Leo Wood]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Somebody Stole My Gal\|Somebody Stole My Gal]]'' {{small\|([[Leo Wood\|Leo Wood]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' {{small\|([[w:Eddie Leonard\|Eddie Leonard]] / Eddie Munson)}} / ''I Wish I Were Twins'' {{small\|([[w:Eddie DeLange\|Edgar DeLange]] / [[w:Frank Loesser\|Frank Loesser]] / [[w:Joseph Meyer (songwriter)\|Joseph Meyer]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' {{small\|([[Eddie Leonard\|Eddie Leonard]] / Eddie Munson)}} / ''I Wish I Were Twins'' {{small\|([[Eddie DeLange\|Edgar DeLange]] / [[Frank Loesser\|Frank Loesser]] / [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)\|Joseph Meyer]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 49191]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 49191]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).

	==Ted Kendall's Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	Unlike the other acetates used in his restorations the disc containing this show were problematic. The first minut or so had a groove so shallow that it could not be consistently tracked, and noises of poor [[w:Swarf\|swarf]] control or a blunt cutter plagued the rest of the show. The opening minute was reconstructed using original material where possible, otherwise using material from the [[Vintage Goons]] remake, and the extraneous noises were tackled by using the quieter groove wall and removing the remaining disturbances by hand — several thousand of them. The closing sig, being truncated, was restored from another show in the series.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		Unlike the other acetates used in his restorations the disc containing this show were problematic. The first minut or so had a groove so shallow that it could not be consistently tracked, and noises of poor [[Swarf\|swarf]] control or a blunt cutter plagued the rest of the show. The opening minute was reconstructed using original material where possible, otherwise using material from the [[Vintage Goons]] remake, and the extraneous noises were tackled by using the quieter groove wall and removing the remaining disturbances by hand — several thousand of them. The closing sig, being truncated, was restored from another show in the series.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|14 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|14 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|15 February 1954}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|15 February 1954}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, {{date\|20 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, {{date\|20 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

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	\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|10]]		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|10]]
	}}		}}

			'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|14 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

			The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|15 February 1954}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.

			The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, {{date\|20 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

			== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
			In the charming [[w:Hamlet (place)\|hamlet]] of Brodley-on-Cleet lives Lord Cretinby in his country seat, secure, so he thinks, of reaching a ripe old age. But he is shot, poisoned and stabbed by an unknown assailant who, to hide his tracks, removes not only the body, but also the scene of the crime to an unfashionable hotel in [[w:Paris\|Paris]]. Inspector Neddie Seagoon is once again responsible for solving the mystery.

			==Music==
			*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
			*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Somebody Stole My Gal\|Somebody Stole My Gal]]'' {{small\|([[w:Leo Wood\|Leo Wood]])}}
			*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider'' {{small\|([[w:Eddie Leonard\|Eddie Leonard]] / Eddie Munson)}} / ''I Wish I Were Twins'' {{small\|([[w:Eddie DeLange\|Edgar DeLange]] / [[w:Frank Loesser\|Frank Loesser]] / [[w:Joseph Meyer (songwriter)\|Joseph Meyer]])}}

			==Technical==
			Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 49191]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).

			==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
			Unlike the other acetates used in his restorations the disc containing this show were problematic. The first minut or so had a groove so shallow that it could not be consistently tracked, and noises of poor [[w:Swarf\|swarf]] control or a blunt cutter plagued the rest of the show. The opening minute was reconstructed using original material where possible, otherwise using material from the [[Vintage Goons]] remake, and the extraneous noises were tackled by using the quieter groove wall and removing the remaining disturbances by hand — several thousand of them. The closing sig, being truncated, was restored from another show in the series.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

			==References==
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← Older revision		Revision as of 20:02, 21 January 2023
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	'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|14 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Case of the Vanishing Room''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|14 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|15 February 1954}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|15 February 1954}} at 8.30pm (except Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, {{date\|20 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, {{date\|20 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.