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SHOW7/17:Shi􀅇ingSands (CD 2, Track 11)
With Jack Train


{{goons}}
Pre-Recording:
Sunday 20 January 1957, 5pm, Camden. DLO 21509/A.
 
Recording:
Sunday 20 January 1957, 9pm, Camden.TLC 21509.
 
First Home Service Broadcast:
Thursday 24 January 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.5 million.
 
Repeats:
Monday 28 January 1957, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme];
Saturday 5 September 1970, 8pm, 0.6 million [Radio 4 in Vintage Goons]
 
Transcription Service Synopsis:
One of Britain's far-flung outposts is in danger. Only one man can restore the situation - Lieutenant Harry Seagoon, who leaves post-haste for the besieged Fort Thud (close to the frontier of Waziristan) with the plans of a Union Jack in his pocket. But the Fort has been built on shifting sands and is travelling north at the rate of twenty miles a day. What happens when it crosses the frontier into Waziristan is revealed in this gripping episode of turmoil in one of the outposts of the British Empire.
 
'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifteenth show in the seventh series.
 
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
*Wednesday {{Date|1959-01-28}}, 4.15pm/5.15pm. [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian Hall]] Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
*Saturday {{Date|1959-02-01}}, 5.45pm, [[Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]] (DLO 76513/A)
 
The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date|1958-12-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).
 
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-01-03}}, its ratings were 2.6 million.
 
The show was repeated:
*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1964-03-06}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.5 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1965-08-20}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Let's Laugh Again'', to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).
 
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
One of [[w:Great Britain|Britain]]'s far-flung outposts is in danger. Only one man can restore the situation - Lieutenant Harry Seagoon, who leaves post-haste for the besieged Fort Thud (close to the frontier of [[w:Waziristan|Waziristan]]) with the plans of a [[w:Union Jack|Union Jack]] in his pocket. But the Fort has been built on shifting sands and is travelling north at the rate of twenty miles a day. What happens when it crosses the frontier into Waziristan is revealed in this gripping episode of turmoil in one of the outposts of the [[w:British Empire|British Empire]].
 
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Isn't This a Lovely Day?|Isn't This a Lovely Day?]]'' {{Small|([[w:Irving Berlin|Irving Berlin]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:The Late, Late Show (album)|The Late Late Show]]'' {{small|([[w:Cole Porter|Cole Porter]])}} / ''[[w:All of Me (jazz standard)|All of Me]]'' {{Small|([[w:Seymour Simons|Seymour Simons]] / [[w:Gerald Marks|Gerald Marks]])}}
 
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 21509]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
 
The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>
7/ I 7 - Shifting Sands. Originally recorded on TLO 21509. The programme was preserved in Sound
Archives on T 32818 and this issue has been mastered from a DAT copy of the shelf tape made in 1990.
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
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Revision as of 22:53, 3 December 2022

"Shifting Sands"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 17
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 21509
First broadcast2 April 1957 (1957-04-02)
Running time31:19
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SHOW7/17:Shi􀅇ingSands (CD 2, Track 11) With Jack Train

Pre-Recording: Sunday 20 January 1957, 5pm, Camden. DLO 21509/A.

Recording: Sunday 20 January 1957, 9pm, Camden.TLC 21509.

First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 24 January 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.5 million.

Repeats: Monday 28 January 1957, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Saturday 5 September 1970, 8pm, 0.6 million [Radio 4 in Vintage Goons]

Transcription Service Synopsis: One of Britain's far-flung outposts is in danger. Only one man can restore the situation - Lieutenant Harry Seagoon, who leaves post-haste for the besieged Fort Thud (close to the frontier of Waziristan) with the plans of a Union Jack in his pocket. But the Fort has been built on shifting sands and is travelling north at the rate of twenty miles a day. What happens when it crosses the frontier into Waziristan is revealed in this gripping episode of turmoil in one of the outposts of the British Empire.

The Seagoon Memoirs is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fifteenth show in the seventh series.

Two pre-recording sessions took place:

  • Wednesday 28 January 1959, 4.15pm/5.15pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
  • Saturday 1 February 1959, 5.45pm, The Paris Cinema (DLO 76513/A)

The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday 14 December 1958, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 3 January 1957, its ratings were 2.6 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Wednesday 9.31pm, 17 December 1958, on the Light Programme to 2.3 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 6 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.5 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 20 August 1965 on the Home Service in Let's Laugh Again, to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).

Transcription Service Synopsis

One of Britain's far-flung outposts is in danger. Only one man can restore the situation - Lieutenant Harry Seagoon, who leaves post-haste for the besieged Fort Thud (close to the frontier of Waziristan) with the plans of a Union Jack in his pocket. But the Fort has been built on shifting sands and is travelling north at the rate of twenty miles a day. What happens when it crosses the frontier into Waziristan is revealed in this gripping episode of turmoil in one of the outposts of the British Empire.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 21509 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1] 7/ I 7 - Shifting Sands. Originally recorded on TLO 21509. The programme was preserved in Sound Archives on T 32818 and this issue has been mastered from a DAT copy of the shelf tape made in 1990.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-468548.
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