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Release details
| Title | Bygone buses |
| Artist(s): | Various |
| Category: | BBC - RE* (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - RE* Albums.) |
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC - REB 81 |
| Format: | Vinyl Albums |
| Country: | UK  |
| Released: | 1970 |
| Genre: | Documentaries View all other tracks listed as Documentaries. |
| Run-off codes: | RE + 81 + 1 BBC
RE + 81 + 2 BBC |
| Item deleted? | Yes |
| Distributed / printed by | BBC |
| Page views: | 2238 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 2491, rank in albums is 1456. |
| My rating: | ***** |
| Guest rating: | ***** |
My copies information
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| Detail | Value |
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| Cover condition | Near mint |
| Record condition | Near mint |
| BBC records label code | B |
| Number have | 1 |
| What type of seller was used | Physical shop |
| Where can I buy this release? | You may be able to purchase this release from the following websites (others are available!) |
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Tracks
| Below is a list of tracks for this release. |
| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length |
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| A1 | Tom Gair | |
| A2 | William Howes | |
| A3 | Charles Elford | |
| A4 | Harry Bamford | |
| A5 | 'Old Bussy' | |
| A6 | George Gwynn | |
| B1 | Bert Anscomb | |
| B2 | A. Gunn | |
| B3 | Charles Elford | |
| B4 | Chris Clarke | |
| B5 | Michael Banfield | |
| Total length of media 0:00. |
All release pictures
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3.
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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts |
Compiled by David Rider from the BBC archives. Interviews with London bus drivers.
Side A focuses on horse driven buses, some drivers recounting stories from careers beginning in 1898. Recordings from 1946 - 1970.
Side B
Musicians concentrates on engine buses and includes interview archive from 1959 to 1970. Stories describe buses used to ferry troops during 1916 in WW1 France, fat ladies becoming stuck and how slippery the wooden roads of Victorian London became in rainy weather. Includes engine recordings from BBC Sound Effects Library. |
Further information |
BBC Radio Enterprises Ltd and BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessors of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1968 and 1979 respectively, they were a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd.
The items shown here are from the "main" BBC Records and Tapes library covering a wide secletion of genres from themes, comedy dramas and others, depending on which format you have selected. |
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