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Originally
Released Pye Records, 1961.
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Reissue: Marble Arch,1968
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Budget
Reissue: Pickwick HMA228
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CD
Release: Pulse PLS219
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The cover of the Marble Arch 1968 Reissue of The Blood
Donor and The Radio Ham.
Album
scan provided by David Noades
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Side
One
The Blood Donor
starring Tony Hancock
with June Whitfield, Patrick Cargill, Hugh Lloyd, John Bluthal,
Frank Thornton and Annie Leake.
Side Two
The Radio Ham
starring Tony Hancock with Patrick Cargill, Clive Dunn,
Deryck Guyler, June Whitfield, John Bluthal, Frank Thornton,
Annie Leake, Hugh Lloyd
Recorded
before an invited audience on the 1st October 1961
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Pickwick Records LP Reissue
Pulse CD Release
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In
1961, Comedian Tony Hancock made what was to be his final
BBCTV series with writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Amongst
the guest artistes to appear alongside Hancock in this
series were future Dad's Army stars Clive Dunn
and John Le Mesurier (although not in the same episodes).
Clive
Dunn appeared as a policeman in the episode "The
Radio Ham" who comes to Hancock's aid with a
valve for his radio set, when attempting to respond to
an S.O.S. call.
On
the 1st October 1961, many of the original cast for "The
Radio Ham" (including Clive Dunn) and "The
Blood Donor" reassembled in a recording studio
and recorded, what has become Hancock's most often released
and best selling Long Play.
In
1997, Castle Communications released the album on Compact
Disc in a digitally remastered format. The album remains
an essential purchase for any true fan of British Comedy.
Andy
Howells
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