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Post by Richard Harrison on Jul 15, 2024 15:50:48 GMT
Thanks Mark! Apologies for such a late response - I didn't get any sort of notification so only saw your message by chance. Both recordings came from the same batch, and yes- both lacked the opening credits. 'A Visit to Swansea' lacked the opening of the show as such, and only cut in when Hancock entered. Although tape was expensive, the reels weren't totally filled - so perhaps they just missed the starts due to (for example) getting back late from work or something. No audio was "unsalvageable" - the recordings as broadcast are basically how they were recorded. For instance, the end credits of 'Swansea' stopped abruptly after the main cast, so Keith (who provided the contextual intro to the episode) had to stitch the very end of the credits on from another episode - but did a marvellous job!
It's ironic in a way that when I was a young lad and dreaming of finding missing Hancock episodes I imagined hearing the familiar signature tune - but neither of these shows had that. If they had been found by someone who didn't recognise Hancock's voice, they could easily have been consigned to landfill - which would have been awful!
Annoyingly, I can't recall exactly where they came from. I don't think there are any more, but I'd have said that after finding 'The Marriage Bureau'!
Thanks for the kind words!
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