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"25 Years Of Rock"

LuckyLaneLuckyLane 35 Posts
edited June 2007 in Strut Central
So recently my dad suddenly figured out that the crates of LPs in my living room might imply that I enjoy spinning some vinyl from time to time, and he gave to me this box of records he had in the back of a closet for at least 20 years, and he doesn't know where he got it. He certainly never played them.It's a complete set of "25 Years Of Rock", a radio show that was apparently broadcast on the BBC around 1980. An audio timeline, rock songs interspersed with news items of the featured year. It's just an unlabeled cardboard box with all the records in sleeves separated by pieces of cardboard. Mint condition, most of them probably never seen a needle, some I played once or twice.A bit of online research I'd done in the past leads me to believe (possibly incorrectly) that these were for distribution to the BBC studios but were not commercially released. I have seen the occasional eBay auction for individual records, but never an entire set.Anybody know anything about these? Ballpark value?

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  • LuckyLaneLuckyLane 35 Posts
    some more info I found, from a british record shop's website

    In 1981, the BBC, in conjunction with Billboard USA, produced a weekly series for Radio Broadcast that integrated news items with popular songs that had been issued as singles. This concept was later adapted into a television series.

    On offer here are a selection of the Transcription discs that were for Radio Broadcast purposes, titled ' 25 YEARS OF ROCK'.

    There are no cue sheets. Possibly none were issued, as these LP's are not banded, being as the news items blend in with
    the beginning and end of each song, with many being the full version (i.e. not abridged). However the previous owner has
    written down on paper the tracks and news items featured on each record.

    Not the complete set available, hence the selling of individual discs. All are genuine ' BBC TRANSCRIPTI0N SERV1CES' discs.
    All are standard recordings. Duration of each side is at least 50 minutes, therefore each disc is 100+ minutes.
    They appear to have been played two or three times only.

    AS per line set out here: single disc @ ??15 ; matching pair @ ??30

    Disc 148926 / 28 (SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 3 1957 / Part 4 1958 * Disc 148927 / 29 (SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 3 / Part 4 1958
    Disc 148931 / 33 (SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 5 1959 / Part 6 1960
    Disc 149129 / 31 (SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 9 1963 / Part 10 1964
    Disc 149133 / 35 (SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 11 1965 / Part 12 1966 * Disc 149134 / 36 (SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 11 1965 / Part 12 1966
    Disc 149137 / 39 (SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 13 1967 / Part 14 1968 * Disc 149138 / 40(SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 13 1967 / Part 14 1968
    Disc 149141 / 43 (SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 15 1969 / Part 16 1970 * Disc 149142 / 44(SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 15 1969 / Part 16 1970
    Disc 149248 / 50 (SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 17 1971 / Part 18 1972 * Disc 149249 / 51 (SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 17 1971 / Part 18 1972
    Disc 149252 / 54(SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 19 1973 / Part 20 1974 * Disc 149253 / 55 (SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 19 1973 / Part 20 1974
    Disc 149256 / 58 (SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 21 1975 / Part 22 1976
    Disc 149260 / 62 (SIDE 1 of 2 x2) Part 23 1977 / Part 24 1978 * Disc 149261 / 64 (SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 23 1977 / Part 24 1978
    Disc 1149263 / 65 (SIDE 2 of 2 x2) Part 24 1978 / Part 25 1979
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  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts

    seriously.

    YOU ARE IGNORING THIS SHAMELESS ADVERTISER.
  • JustAliceJustAlice 1,308 Posts
    You would have undoubtly had a better responce to this had you initially posted it on Craiglist.

    ........then someone would have seen it and inadvertently posted it here as a Joke.







    Please Take that shit to Craigslist.com first from now on so we have more to work with.
  • LuckyLaneLuckyLane 35 Posts
    Thanks for putting me in my place, y'all. Every once in awhile I get all uppity and ask some record-related question. I forget that this is actually a graemlin-collecting forum and a repository of "good look" judgements.

    As you were.
  • theory9theory9 1,128 Posts
    Thanks for putting me in my place, y'all. Every once in awhile I get all uppity and ask some record-related question. I forget that this is actually a graemlin-collecting forum and a repository of "good look" judgements.

    As you were.

  • JustAliceJustAlice 1,308 Posts
    actually I think that batch of records sounds rather interesting. I was just saying that it would have been quite a craiglist ad.

    whats kind of rock music does it include ?

    Popular?
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