There is a persistent click throughout and the record sticks towards the end of Side A. Slightly creased on the front and along the spine. Original internal sleeve.

VINYL: G+

LABEL: Ex

COVER: VG+

Side 1

1. The blood donor

Side 2

1. The radio ham

Who made the decision to record a TV show onto vinyl? Read the back story and it will tell you. But actually back in 1961, it wasn’t a bad shout. After all, TV’s, never mind ‘on demand’ or ‘podcasts’ were not all that evident in homes around the country.

And actually this works very well. Subject matter like refugees, the NHS, the class system, conflicts, society’s values, wages and the Tories still, to this day, occupy way too much of our time. And of course, humour. Whatever is written about music, sometimes it can entice us to listen to allow our own mind to be made up. But with humour, you either like it or you don’t. It must be the wiring.

Hancock was a genius to many. But he suffered from insecurity, a ‘condition’ I suspect, which afflicts quite a number of performers. But what this offers is an insight into a man at the height of his popularity and commercial powers. And a reflection of how things ‘used to be’. Is it funny? You will have to make up your own mind…