The Sahara Desert Statue - Revision history

Kurt at 14:05, 3 March 2023

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	\| producer = [[John Browell]]		\| producer = [[John Browell]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[~~Don't Take Your Love From Me~~]]''		*Geldray: ''[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]''
	*Ellington: ''~~[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]~~''		*Ellington: ''Razzle Dazzle''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1958\|11\|02\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1958\|11\|02\|df=y}}

Kurt: /* Music */

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Music

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	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[~~Don't Take Your Love From Me~~]]'' {{small\|([[Henry Nemo]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]'' {{small\|([[Henry Nemo]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''~~[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]~~'' {{small\|([[Sigmund Romberg]] (music) / [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Razzle Dazzle'' {{small\|([[Sigmund Romberg]] (music) / [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] (lyrics))}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==

Kurt at 14:01, 3 March 2023

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	\| producer = [[John Browell]]		\| producer = [[John Browell]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[~~w:Don't Take Your Love From Me\|~~Don't Take Your Love From Me]]''		*Geldray: ''[[Don't Take Your Love From Me]]''
	*Ellington: ''[[~~w:When I Grow Too Old to Dream\|~~When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]''		*Ellington: ''[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1958\|11\|02\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1958\|11\|02\|df=y}}
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	\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|10]]		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|10]]
	}}		}}
	''The Sahara Desert Statue'' (in which the title isn't coherently announced) is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the first show in the ninth series. There was a pre-recording rehearsal show recorded ([[The Goon Show recording numbers#DLO\|DLO]] 68888) at 4.15pm Wednesday {{date\|29 ~~October March 1958~~}} at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian Hall Studio 2]], London. And then at 4pm on Sunday {{date\|~~2 November~~ 1958}} [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]] (DLO 68887/A).		''The Sahara Desert Statue'' (in which the title isn't coherently announced) is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the first show in the ninth series. There was a pre-recording rehearsal show recorded ([[The Goon Show recording numbers#DLO\|DLO]] 68888) at 4.15pm Wednesday {{date\|1958-10-29}} at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian Hall Studio 2]], London. And then at 4pm on Sunday {{date\|1958-11-02}} [[KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]] (DLO 68887/A).

	The broadcast show itself was recorded at 8pm at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]] on Sunday {{date\|~~2 November~~ 1958}} ([[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887.		The broadcast show itself was recorded at 8pm at [[KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]] on Sunday {{date\|1958-11-02}} ([[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|~~3 November~~ 1958}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m. The show's first repeat on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] at 9.31pm Wednesday {{date\|~~5 November~~ 1958}} had a peak listenership of 2.3m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|1958-11-03}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m. The show's first repeat on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] at 9.31pm Wednesday {{date\|1958-11-05}} had a peak listenership of 2.3m.

	== Story ==		== Story ==
	The Steam Count has been commissioned to do a statue of the [[~~w:Sahara Desert\|~~Sahara Desert]] holding a [[~~w:rice pudding\|~~rice pudding]] and Neddie has been chosen to pose as the desert. Overcoming his scruples on posing in the nude (the fat fee of [[~~w:Bank of England\|~~Bank of England]] [[w:Cigarette Card~~\|Cigarette Cards~~]] in the series of Criminal Footballers helped). Neddie agrees. Unknown to him, of course, the promoters of the scheme, [[Major Bloodnok]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]], have a wicked plan in mind — to see what effect an [[~~w:atomic bomb\|~~atomic bomb]] would have on a naked [[w:Welsh people\|Welshman]] holding a ~~[[w:~~rice pudding~~\|rice pudding]]~~.		The Steam Count has been commissioned to do a statue of the [[Sahara Desert]] holding a [[rice pudding]] and Neddie has been chosen to pose as the desert. Overcoming his scruples on posing in the nude (the fat fee of [[Bank of England]] [[Cigarette Card]]s in the series of Criminal Footballers helped). Neddie agrees. Unknown to him, of course, the promoters of the scheme, [[Major Bloodnok]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]], have a wicked plan in mind — to see what effect an [[atomic bomb]] would have on a naked [[Welsh people\|Welshman]] holding a rice pudding.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[~~w:Don't Take Your Love From Me\|~~Don't Take Your Love From Me]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Henry Nemo\|~~Henry Nemo]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Don't Take Your Love From Me]]'' {{small\|([[Henry Nemo]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[~~w:When I Grow Too Old to Dream\|~~When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Sigmund Romberg\|~~Sigmund Romberg]] (music) / [[~~w:Oscar Hammerstein II\|~~Oscar Hammerstein II]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]'' {{small\|([[Sigmund Romberg]] (music) / [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] (lyrics))}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). The tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services\|TS]] but was cut about in the making of the [[Pick of the Goons\|PotG]] issue, but the cuts were kept and later restored. TS recorded the show at the time and kept the tape, although the show did not appear in the [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TGS\|TGS]] issues. The issue used on the [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|Compendium Vol 10]] was sourced from an unedited tape in the [[Bernie Andrews]] collection. It was also the source of the warm-up and unused material that appeared on CD7 of the Compendium Vol 10.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2015 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=9781785290312}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). The tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services\|TS]] but was cut about in the making of the [[Pick of the Goons\|PotG]] issue, but the cuts were kept and later restored. TS recorded the show at the time and kept the tape, although the show did not appear in the [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TGS\|TGS]] issues. The issue used on the [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|Compendium Vol 10]] was sourced from an unedited tape in the [[Bernie Andrews]] collection. It was also the source of the warm-up and unused material that appeared on CD7 of the Compendium Vol 10.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2015 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=9781785290312}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

Kurt: /* top */clean up, replaced: Light Programme → Light Programme, Home Service → Home Service

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top: clean up, replaced: Light Programme → Light Programme, Home Service → Home Service

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	The broadcast show itself was recorded at 8pm at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]] on Sunday {{date\|2 November 1958}} ([[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887.		The broadcast show itself was recorded at 8pm at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]] on Sunday {{date\|2 November 1958}} ([[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|3 November 1958}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m. The show's first repeat on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] at 9.31pm Wednesday {{date\|5 November 1958}} had a peak listenership of 2.3m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|3 November 1958}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m. The show's first repeat on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] at 9.31pm Wednesday {{date\|5 November 1958}} had a peak listenership of 2.3m.

	== Story ==		== Story ==

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clean up

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	== Story ==		== Story ==
	The Steam Count has been commissioned to do a statue of the [[w:Sahara Desert\|Sahara Desert]] holding a [[w:rice pudding\|rice pudding]] and Neddie has been chosen to pose as the desert. Overcoming his scruples on posing in the nude (the fat fee of [[w:Bank of England\|Bank of England]] [[w:Cigarette Card\|Cigarette Cards]] in the series of Criminal Footballers helped). Neddie agrees. Unknown to him, of course, the promoters of the scheme, [[Major Bloodnok]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]], have a wicked plan in mind — to see what effect an [[w:atomic bomb\|atomic bomb]] would have on a naked [[w:Welsh people\|Welshman]] holding a rice pudding.		The Steam Count has been commissioned to do a statue of the [[w:Sahara Desert\|Sahara Desert]] holding a [[w:rice pudding\|rice pudding]] and Neddie has been chosen to pose as the desert. Overcoming his scruples on posing in the nude (the fat fee of [[w:Bank of England\|Bank of England]] [[w:Cigarette Card\|Cigarette Cards]] in the series of Criminal Footballers helped). Neddie agrees. Unknown to him, of course, the promoters of the scheme, [[Major Bloodnok]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]], have a wicked plan in mind — to see what effect an [[w:atomic bomb\|atomic bomb]] would have on a naked [[w:Welsh people\|Welshman]] holding a [[w:rice pudding\|rice pudding]].

	==Music==		==Music==

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Story

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	== Story ==		== Story ==
	The Steam Count has been commissioned to do a statue of the [[w:Sahara Desert\|Sahara Desert]] holding a [[w:rice pudding]\|]and Neddie has been chosen to pose as the desert. Overcoming his scruples on posing in the nude (the fat fee of [[w:Bank of England\|Bank of England]] [[w:Cigarette Card\|Cigarette Cards]] in the series of Criminal Footballers helped). Neddie agrees. Unknown to him, of course, the promoters of the scheme, [[Major Bloodnok]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]], have a wicked plan in mind — to see what effect an [[w:atomic bomb\|atomic bomb]] would have on a naked [[w:Welsh people\|Welshman]] holding a rice pudding.		The Steam Count has been commissioned to do a statue of the [[w:Sahara Desert\|Sahara Desert]] holding a [[w:rice pudding\|rice pudding]] and Neddie has been chosen to pose as the desert. Overcoming his scruples on posing in the nude (the fat fee of [[w:Bank of England\|Bank of England]] [[w:Cigarette Card\|Cigarette Cards]] in the series of Criminal Footballers helped). Neddie agrees. Unknown to him, of course, the promoters of the scheme, [[Major Bloodnok]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]], have a wicked plan in mind — to see what effect an [[w:atomic bomb\|atomic bomb]] would have on a naked [[w:Welsh people\|Welshman]] holding a rice pudding.

	==Music==		==Music==

Kurt: /* Music */

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Music

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	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Don't Take Your Love From Me]]'' {{small\|([[w:Henry Nemo\|Henry Nemo]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Don't Take Your Love From Me\|Don't Take Your Love From Me]]'' {{small\|([[w:Henry Nemo\|Henry Nemo]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]'' {{small\|([[w:Sigmund Romberg\|Sigmund Romberg]] (music) / [[w:Oscar Hammerstein II\|Oscar Hammerstein II]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:When I Grow Too Old to Dream\|When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]'' {{small\|([[w:Sigmund Romberg\|Sigmund Romberg]] (music) / [[w:Oscar Hammerstein II\|Oscar Hammerstein II]] (lyrics))}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==

Kurt at 02:55, 27 October 2022

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	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[Don't Take Your Love From Me]]''		*Geldray: ''[[w:Don't Take Your Love From Me\|Don't Take Your Love From Me]]''
	*Ellington: ''[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]''		*Ellington: ''[[w:When I Grow Too Old to Dream\|When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 68887
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