Title:
This record is not to be broadcast. Vol. 2 : 50 more records banned by the BBC.
Author:
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Publication Information:
[London] : Fantastic Voyage : Future Noise Music, p & c2010.
Call Number:
MA BRIT TRN V38
Abstract:
It has often been reported that a record has been banned by the BBC but it was not until the release of the groundbreaking set, This Record Is Not To Be Broadcast, in 2008 that actual proof was given. The BBC never wanted to publicise its decisions, but using the BBC's files, broadcaster Spencer Leigh compiled a 3CD set which showed not only what had been banned but also why the BBC found the tracks objectionable. This Record Is Not To Be Broadcast was the subject of many media features and received excellent reviews, both from within the BBC and outside it! Now comes the second volume, another 50 more tracks, all banned by the BBC. George Formby's mild innuendo was often objectionable, but Louis Prima's 'Please No Squeeza De Banana' and Tom Lehrer's 'Be Prepared' stood no chance. The collection includes songs about drugs (Fats Waller's 'Reefer Man'), political incorrectness (Lonnie Donegan's 'Nobody Loves Like An Irishman'), advertising (Cliff Richard's 'High Class Baby' and The Playmates' 'Beep Beep'), and "mutilation of the classics" (such as Perry Como's 'Moonlight Love'). The shock horror-rock of John Zacherle's 'Dinner With Drac' was considered despicable, but even Billy Fury's plaintive 'My Christmas Prayer' fell foul of the censors. Part of the fun is listening without reading the booklet and trying to guess why the tracks were banned. In 1959, the Kingston Trio's 'Worried Man' was banned because the BBC didn't like the word "closet" being used for "cupboard". They'd got to stop these Americanisms coming into our language! Many of the tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. As Spencer says, "I hope no broadcaster will get into trouble for playing them as it is by no means clear that the various bans have been lifted."
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Physical Description:
2 audio discs (CDs) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Contents:
CD 1 : Durium Dance Band -- She Was Only a Postmasters Daughter -- Bessie Smith -- Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer -- Ernest Butcher -- Peaceful Street -- George Formby -- When I M Cleaning Windows -- Lale Andersen -- Lili Marleen -- Bing Crosby -- Miss You -- Fats Waller -- The Reefer Song (If You Re a Viper) -- Louis Prima & His Orchestra -- Please No Squeeza de Banana --Jimmy Wakely -- One Has My Name, the Other Has My Heart -- The Crew Cuts -- Angels in the Sky -- Sons of the Pioneers -- Old Man Atom -- Wynonie Harris -- Lovin Machine -- Frankie Laine -- In the Beginning -- Al Hibbler -- He -- Johnny Burnette Trio -- Honey Hush -- Perry Como -- Moonlight Love -- Ella Fitzgerald -- To Keep My Love Alive -- Guy Mitchell -- Ninety Nine Years (Dead or Alive) -- Frank Sinatra -- You LL Get Yours -- Perry Como -- Somebody Up There Likes Me -- The Goons -- A Russian Love Song -- Connie Francis -- I Leaned On a Man -- Morris and Mitch -- The Tommy Rot Story -- Elvis Presley -- Hard Headed Woman -- Eartha Kitt -- I Want to Be Evil.
CD 2 : The Four Lads -- The Mocking Bird -- Lonnie Donegan -- Nobody Loves Like an Irishman -- The Kirby Stone Four -- Baubles, Bangles and Beads -- John Zacherle -- Dinner with Drac (Parts 1 and 2) -- Cliff Richard -- High Class Baby -- Lou Monte -- Lazy Mary -- The Playmates -- Beep Beep -- Tom Lehrer -- Be Prepared -- The Elegants -- Little Star -- Alma Cogan -- Love Is -- Johnny Cash -- Guess Things Happen That Way -- Ken Platt -- Ting Tong Tang -- Bobby Darin -- Mighty Mighty Man -- Lonnie Donegan -- Whoa Buck (Whoa Back, Buck) -- The Coasters -- Charlie Brown -- Tom Lehrer -- We Will All Go Together When We Go -- Billy Storm -- I Ve Come of Age -- The Kingston Trio -- A Worried Man --Conway Twitty -- Danny Boy -- Robert Earl -- The Test of Time -- Johnny Horton -- The Battle of New Orleans -- Eydie Gorme -- The Voice in My Heart -- Billy Graves -- The Shag (Is Totally Cool) --Ruby Wright -- Three Stars -- Billy Fury -- A Christmas Prayer.