Double album providing significant recordings broadcast on radion during the period 1932 - 1982
The Big Broadcast - History of Australian Broadcasting
ABC Records
Cat# 2ABCL8206
1982
Fantastic, collectable double album detailing Australian Broadcasting (ABC-BBC not commercial) with great sound tracks from such events as:
ABC announcement on first transmission 1932
Speech from the first flight Australia to England 1934
Death of King George V 1936
Chamberlain giving assurances of peace with Germany 1938
Chamberlain announcing we are at war with Germany 1939
Many many historic moments in Australian radio history, captured on sound right through the War years (1939-45) then onto 1960s through to 1982
Such moments as the announcement of Whitlams dismissal 1975
Jingle for decimal currency
Lots of music, speech grabs and announcements relevant to the periods in time, see my complete tracking listing below.
An absolute gem for the serious Australian radio history collector
Double LP
Gatefold cover is excellent
New inner plastic sleeves
Both vinyl are excellent
New outer protective sleeve
| A1 | –Con Charlton | ABC Announcer Con Charlton On First Day Of Transmission 1.7.1932 | |
| A2 | –ABC Military Band | ABC Military Band Conducted By Stephen Yorke | |
| A3 | –P.P. Eckersley | Writtle Calling By BBC Announcer P.P. Eckersley | |
| A4 | –Art Leonard | Art Leonard - Banish The Budget Blues | |
| A5 | –The Rt. Hon. J.A. Lyons* | The Rt. Hon. J.A. Lyons New Year's Message 12.12.1934 | |
| A6 | –Art Leonard | Art Leonard - Lone Girl Flyer | |
| A7 | –Prince Henry, Duke Of Gloucester | Prince Henry, Duke Of Gloucester, Inauguration Speech Of First Flight Airmail Plane From Australia To England 10.12.1934 | |
| A8 | –Jean Batten | Mascot Airport After Record Breaking Solo Flight From England 13.10.1936 | |
| A9 | –Clem Williams | Let's Take A Trip To Melbourne | |
| A10 | –Prince Henry, Duke Of Gloucester | Prince Henry, Duke Of Gloucester - Message From King George V For Melbourne Centenary, 1934 | |
| A11 | –No Artist | Big Ben Chimes | |
| A12 | –H.M. King George V* | H.M. King George V, Silver Jubilee Message To Empire, London, 6.5.1935 | |
| A13 | –Gladys Moncrieff | Love Will Find A Way | |
| A14 | –Sir John Reith | Death Of H.M. King George V, Announcement By Sir John Reith, London, 21.1.1936 | |
| A15 | –Band Of The Scots Guard* | The Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended | |
| A16 | –The Rt. Hon. J.A. Lyons* | The Rt. Hon. J.A. Lyons: Message To The People Of Australia On The Death Of King George V | |
| A17 | –Howard Marshall | Announcer Howard Marshall Describes Scenes In London At Time Of Funeral Of King George V, 28.1.1936 | |
| A18 | –Freddy Grisewood | News Bulletin: Germany Re-occupies The Rhineland. Announcer Freddy Grisewood, Hitler 7.3.1936 | |
| A19 | –H.M. King Edward VIII* | Abdication Speech By H.M. King Edward VIII, 11.12.1936 | |
| A20 | –Dame Clara Butt* | Land Of Hope And Glory | |
| A21 | –Adolf Hitler, Richard Strauss | Hitler Announces Opening Of Berlin Olympic Games: Speech Followed By Singing Of Olympic Hymn, Conducted By Richard Strauss, 1.8.1936 | |
| A22 | –The Rt. Hon. William Morris Hughes* | The Rt. Hon. William Morris Hughes Promoting Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations, Sydney, 29.10.1937 | |
| A23 | –Donald Bradman* | Cricketer Donald Bradman (Now Sir Donald) After Final Match With Britain For The Ashes, Melbourne, 7.3.1937 | |
| A24 | –Sir Charles Moses | Sir Charles Moses Talks To Dame Lotte Lehmann About Her Visit To Australia To Sing Opera, Perth 24.6.1937 | |
| A25 | –Dame Lotte Lehmann* | Dame Lotte Lehmann - Air De Leonore From Fidelio | |
| A26 | –Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain* | News Bulletin: Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain's Visit To Berchtesgaden, Germany To See Hitler, 14.9.1938 | |
| A27 | –Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain* | News Bulletin: Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain At German Airport After His Meeting With Hitler, Munich, 16.9.1938 | |
| A28 | –The Rt. Hon. Sir Earl Page* | The Rt. Hon. Sir Earl Page Conveys News Of Death Of The Rt. Hon. J.A. Lyons To The Nation, 1939 | |
| A29 | –The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies* | The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies After Becoming Prime Minister, 1939 | |
| A30 | –No Artist | Patriotic German Song | |
| A31 | –The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain* | The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain Brings An Assurance Of Peace With Germany At Heston Airport, England, 30.9.1938 | |
| A32 | –Lionel Marson | BBC News Bulletin: Lionel Marson Announces Invasion Of Poland, 1.9.1939 | |
| A33 | –The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain* | BBC News Bulletin: The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain Announces That Britain Is At War With Germany, 3.9.1939 | |
| A34 | –The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies* | The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies Announces That Australia Is At War With Germany, 3.9.1939 | |
| A35 | –Hitler* | Hitler: Soldiers Marching And Singing | |
| B1 | –No Artist | On To Victory, War Time Propaganda Music 1940 | |
| B2 | –Colonel Britton | Colonel Britton (Douglas Ritchie) On The V For Victory Call Sign, 31.7.1941 | |
| B3 | –London Philharmonic Orchestra* | London Philharmonic Orchestra - Allegro Con Brio - Beethoven's 5th Symphony In C Minor Op. 67 | |
| B4 | –Charles Gardner | BBC Commentator Charles Gardner On Cliffs Of Dover Describes A 'Dogfight' Between British And German Planes, 14.7.1940 | |
| B5 | –The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain* | The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain: Resignation Speech, 10.5.1940 | |
| B6 | –No Artist | Air Raid Siren | |
| B7 | –The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill* | The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill: 'This Was Their Finest Hour' Speech, 18.6.1940 | |
| B8 | –Vera Lynn | Vera Lynn - The White Cliffs Of Dover | |
| B9 | –H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth* And The Princess Margaret* | H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth And The Princess Margaret Speak To Children Abroad: Official Broadcast To Empire, 1940 | |
| B10 | –The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill* | The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill: Speech In Support Of Australia's War Loan Campaign, 16.4.1941 | |
| B11 | –Lt. Jim Davidson* Conductor ABC Dance Band With Vocal Chorus, AIF Entertainment Unit | Fall In Brother (Lt. Jim Davidson, Conductor ABC Dance Band With Vocal Chorus, AIF Entertainment Unit) | |
| B12 | –Franklin D. Roosevelt | President Franklin D. Roosevelt Asks The US Congress To Declare War On Japan After Pearl Harbour, 1941 | |
| B13 | –The Rt. Hon. John Curtin* | The Rt. Hon. John Curtin Declares War On Japan, 8.12.1941 | |
| B14 | –Lt. Jim Davidson* , Conductor ABC Dance Band With Vocal Chorus AIF Entertainment Unit | Who'll Put The 'I' In The AIF (Lt. Jim Davidson, Conductor ABC Dance Band With Vocal Chorus, AIF Entertainment Unit) | |
| B15 | –The Rt. Hon. John Curtin* | The Rt. Hon. John Curtin Warns The Nation Of Sterner Times Ahead, 8.12.1941 | |
| B16 | –The Rt. Hon. John Curtin* | The Rt. Hon. John Curtin Announces The Fall Of Singapore, 15.2.1942 | |
| B17 | –The Rt. Hon. John Curtin* | The Rt. Hon. John Curtin Speaks To Nation After Japanese Attack On Darwin, 17.2.1942 | |
| B18 | –No Artist | Excerpt From Munition Broadcast 'They Also Serve', 20.11.1942 | |
| B19 | –No Artist | Excerpt From 'They Also Serve', Featuring Female Munitions Worker. Recorded Adelaide, 20.11.1942 | |
| B20 | –Gert And Daisie* | Gert And Daisie (Elise And Doris Waters) - Song Promoting War-time Rationing | |
| B21 | –Heath Burdock | ABC News Bulletin Read By Heath Burdock, Mass Slaughter Of Jews In Europe, 25.11.1942 | |
| B22 | –No Artist | Air Raid Siren | |
| B23 | –No Artist | ABC News Bulletin On Progress Of War In The Middle East, 5.12.1942 | |
| B24 | –No Artist | General Montgomery, Private Speech To 8th Army Officers Before El Alamein, 13.8.1942 | |
| B25 | –No Artist | Gunfire, Lilli Marlene Sung In German | |
| B26 | –Chester Wilmot | ABC War-time Correspondent Chester Wilmot Talks In The Field To 'Popeye', An Australian Soldier At Tobruk | |
| B27 | –Wilfrid Thomas With Jim Davidson (3) And His ABC Dance Band* | Out Of The Bag, ABC Entertainment Show Featuring Wilfrid Thomas, Jim Davidson And His ABC Dance Band | |
| B28 | –John Snagge | News Bulletin, BBC Announcer John Snagge Announces D-Day Landings On Normandy Coast, 6.6.1944 | |
| B29 | –Air Commodore Hellmore* | Air Commodore Hellmore Describes Scene From A Mitchell Bomber Over The Normandy Coast, D-Day 6.6.1944 | |
| B30 | –General Dwight D. Eisenhower* | General Dwight D. Eisenhower Reports On D-Day Landings, 6.6.1944 | |
| B31 | –Dick Bentley With George Trevare And His Dance Orchestra* | Dick Bentley With George Trevare And His Dance Orchestra - Der Fuehrer's Face | |
| B32 | –Chester Wilmot | ABC War-time Correspondent Chester Wilmot Describes Crossing Of The Rhine At Riesa By 51st Highland Division, 1945 | |
| B33 | –Unknown Artist | BBC World Service Announcement, Hitler Is Dead, 1.5.1945 | |
| B34 | –Sir Charles Moses | ABC War-time Correspondent, Sir Charles Moses, Account Of the Bombing Of Wessel, Germany 25.3.1945 | |
| B35 | –Gracie Fields | Sing As We Go | |
| B36 | –Stuart Hibberd | BBC News Bulletin, Stuart Hibberd Announces Berlin Has Fallen, 2.5.1945 | |
| B37 | –Stuart Hibberd | BBC News Bulletin, Stuart Hibberd Announces Cessation Of Hostilities In Europe, 8.5.1945 | |
| B38 | –The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill* | The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill Announces The Signing Of Unconditional Surrender To The Allied Expeditionary Force, 8.5.1945 | |
| B39 | –Unknown Artist | Comedy Item From AIF Concert In Tobruk 1941 Referring To the Relief Of The 9th Division | |
| B40 | –Unknown Artist | ABC News Bulletin: A Complaint About The 'Kid Glove' Treatment Of Nazi Official, Herman Goering, 16.5.1945 | |
| B41 | –Bebe Scott | I'm Very Very Australian | |
| B42 | –The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill* | The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill: Speech To The Nation Concerning War With Japan, 8.5.1945 | |
| B43 | –President Harry S. Truman* | President Harry S. Truman Announces The Dropping Of Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima, 6.8.1945 | |
| B44 | –Chaplain William Downing | Chaplain William Downing Delivers A Prayer For The Safety Of US Pilots Before Dropping Atom Bomb On Hiroshima, 6.8.1945 | |
| B45 | –No Artist | Atom Bomb Explosion | |
| B46 | –Dame Vera Lynn* | Dame Vera Lynn - When The Lights Go On Again | |
| C1 | –Reg Neal | Prisoners Of War Return To Adelaide From Singapore. Description By Reg Neal, 21.9.1945 | |
| C2 | –No Artist | Excerpts From Trials Of Nazi War Criminals At Nuremburg, November 1945 | |
| C3 | –Jim Gussey And The ABC Dance Band* | ABC Hit Parade - ABC Entertainment Show With Jim Gussey And The ABC Dance Band | |
| C4 | –Unknown Artist | ABC's First Broadcast From The House Of Representatives, Parliament House, Canberra, 10.7.1946 | |
| C5 | –The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill* | The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill: Excerpt From Lecture 'Russia - The Iron Curtain', 5.3.1946 | |
| C6 | –Stafford Dyson | 'Radio Rodeo' ABC Rural Dramatic Series Recorded In South Australia By Stafford Dyson, 28.7.1947 | |
| C7 | –Reg Neal | 'Bee In A Bonnet' ABC Program. Reg Neal Interviews Mrs Catherine King, Presenter Of The Women's Session In WA, 3.6.1947 | |
| C8 | –Mama Reid | Concerto In Jazz - Melbourne 1948 | |
| C9 | –Dr H.V. Evatt | Dr H.V. Evatt, President Of The General Assembly, Announces The Voting On The United Nations Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, 10.12.1948 | |
| C10 | –The Rt. Hon. William Morris Hughes* | The Rt. Hon. William Morris Hughes Talks About The White Australia Policy, 22.4.1949 | |
| C11 | –Dr J.J. Stolz | Arunta Aboriginal Religious Service At Hermannsburg Mission, SA Recorded By Lucien May, 8.8.1951. Interview With Dr J.J. Stolz, President Of The Evangelical Lutheran Church | |
| C12 | –President Harry S. Truman* | President Harry S. Truman Announces Invasion Of South Korea, June 1950 | |
| C13 | –Dick Bentley And Jim Gussey | Dick Bentley And Jim Gussey - 'Gently Bently' - ABC Comedy Program With The ABC Show Band, 14.9.1951 | |
| C14 | –The Rt. Hon. J.B. Chifley* | The Rt. Hon. J.B. Chifley: Election Speech About The Labour Party's Attitude To Communism, 24.4.1951 | |
| C15 | –US Senator J. McCarthy* | US Senator J. McCarthy Talks About Communism, 1952 | |
| C16 | –Governor Adlai Stevenson* And President Harry S. Truman* | Governor Adlai Stevenson And President Harry S. Truman Comment On Communism | |
| C17 | –Big Ben* | Big Ben Chimes | |
| C18 | –The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies* | The Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies Announces The Death Of King George VI, 6.2.1952 | |
| C19 | –Central Band Of The Royal Australian Air Force* | Recognition Fanfare, Conducted By Wing Commander J.L. Wallace | |
| C20 | –No Artist | Coronation Of H.M. Elizabeth II, By The Archbishop Of Canterbury In Westminster Abbey, 2.6.1953 | |
| C21 | –Sir Edmund Hilary* | Sir Edmund Hilary Talks About His Successful Climb Of Mt Everest With His Guide Tensing, 1953 | |
| C22 | –Bruce Webber (3) | ABC Announcer Bruce Webber: H.M. Queen Elizabeth II Arrives In Australia, 3.2.1954 | |
| C23 | –No Artist | Response By Woman Spectator Amongst Australian Crowds Welcoming H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 1954 | |
| C24 | –H.M. Queen Elizabeth II* | H.M. Queen Elizabeth II Talks To the Nation On Arrival In Australia, 1954 | |
| C25 | –Unknown Artist | Operation 'Wombat', Announcement Of First Trial Of Atomic Weapon In Australia, 1955 | |
| C26 | –Fred Hartley And His Players | Fred'The Fred Hartley Show', Announced By Arthur Wyndham, 10.1.1955 | |
| C27 | –H.R.H. The Duke Of Edinburgh | H.R.H. The Duke Of Edinburgh Opens The Olympic Games In Melbourne, 22.11.1956 | |
| C28 | –Betty Cuthbert | Betty Cuthbert Wins Women's 100 Metres At The Melbourne Olympics , 1956 | |
| C29 | –Michael Carlton (2) | ABC Announcer Michael Carlton Announces The Opening Night Of ABC Television In Australia, 2.11.1956 | |
| C30 | –Mac (62), Barbara* And Jimmy (103) | 'The Argonauts': ABC Children's Program With Mac, Barbara And Jimmy | |
| C31 | –Sir Robert Helpmann* | Andrea Talks To Sir Robert Helpmann | |
| C32 | –J.J. Cahill | Premier Of NSW, J.J. Cahill, Talks About The Opening Of the Opera House, 7.8.1957 | |
| C33 | –Sir Ian Clunies Ross | Excerpt From A Speech By Sir Ian Clunies Ross On The Problem Of Rabbits In Australia, 23.12.1958 | |
| C34 | –Spike Milligan, Richard Eisdell | Idiot Weekly: An ABC Comedy Program Featuring Spike Milligan And Michael Eisdell, 30.6.1959 | |
| C35 | –No Artist | Russian Premier Krushchev's Visit To The USA To Meet President Eisenhower, Summer 1959 | |
| C36 | –Buddy Holly And The Crickets (2) | That'll Be The Day | |
| D1 | –The Tornados | Telstar | |
| D2 | –President J.F. Kennedy* | President J.F. Kennedy Talks About Landing A Man On The Moon, 25.5.1961 | |
| D3 | –No Artist | Announcement That Major Yuri Gagarin, A Russian Cosmonaut, Is The First Man In Space, 12.4.1961 | |
| D4 | –Dr Martin Luther King* | Dr Martin Luther King, Black Civil Rights Leader, 28.8.1963 | |
| D5 | –No Artist | An American Reporter Describes The Scene Of The Assassination Of President J.F. Kennedy, 22.11.1963 | |
| D6 | –No Artist | Funeral Ceremony For President J.F. Kennedy, 25.11.1963 | |
| D7 | –The Beatles | Love Me Do | |
| D8 | –The Rt. Hon. Sir R.G. Menzies* | The Rt. Hon. Sir R.G. Menzies's Speech Of Welcome To H.M. Queen Elizabeth II At Parliament House Reception, Canberra, 19.2.1963 | |
| D9 | –Barry Humphries As The Character Debbie Thwaite | , 23.8.1962 | |
| D10 | –No Artist | Decimal Currency Jingle: Commercial Publicising The Changeover From Sterling To Decimal Currency, 14.2.1966 | |
| D11 | –President Lyndon Johnson* | President Lyndon Johnson's Speech At Luncheon Given In His Honour At Parliament House, Canberra, 21.10.1966 | |
| D12 | –Barry Sadler | The Ballad Of The Green Berets | |
| D13 | –No Artist | First Public National Service Ballot, 10.3.1965 | |
| D14 | –No Artist | ABC News Bulletin: Disappearance Of The Prime Minister Harold Holt, 18.12.1966 | |
| D15 | –No Artist | 'Bring'Em Home'. Conscientious Objector, Simon Townsend, At A Sydney Anti-Vietnam Demonstration, 1969 | |
| D16 | –Neil Armstrong (2), Edwin Aldrin And Michael Collins (2) | Landing Of The First Men On the Moon (Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin And Michael Collins). American Astronauts Talk To Houston, USA, 21.7.1969 | |
| D17 | –Donovan | Universal Soldier | |
| D18 | –Richard Neville (3) | Richard Neville Talks About 'Playpower' And Youth Culture, 1970 | |
| D19 | –Germaine Greer | Germaine Greer Talks About A Women's Revolution, 19.1.1972 | |
| D20 | –Unknown Artist | 'It's Time': Australian Labor Party Election Campaign Jingle, 1972 | |
| D21 | –The Hon. E.G. Whitlam* | LHoeader Of The Federal Opposition, The Hon. E.G. Whitlam, Delivers Campaign Speech For The ALP, Blacktown Civic Centre, Sydney, 13.11.1972 | |
| D22 | –Richard Combe | 'Pop Scene On A Monday': ABC Pop Music Program With Announcer Richard Combe | |
| D23 | –President R. Nixon* | President R. Nixon Speaks About Involvement Of His Staff In The Watergate Scandal, 1.5.1973 | |
| D24 | –Paul McCartney | The Long And Winding Road | |
| D25 | –President R. Nixon* | President R. Nixon Resigns, 9.8.1974 | |
| D26 | –Kevin Chapman (5) | ABC News Bulletin Read By Kevin Chapman: Surrender Of South Vietnam, 30.4.1975 | |
| D27 | –No Artist | Opening Broadcast Of ABC's First Rock Music Station, 2JJ, 19.1.1975 | |
| D28 | –The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser* | The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser Speaks About The Right Of Government To Govern For Three Years, Unless There Are Extraordinary Circumstances, 21.3.1975 | |
| D29 | –The Hon. E.G. Whitlam* | ABC News Bulletin Read By Peter Young: Dismissal Of The Prime Minister, The Hon. E.G. Whitlam By The Governor-General And The Double Dissolution Of Parliament, 11.11.1975 | |
| D30 | –Whitlam* | The Governor-General's Secretary Reads The Proclamation Dissolving Both Houses Of Parliament: Whitlam Responds, 11.11.1975 | |
| D31 | –The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser* | The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser Speaking As Caretaker Prime Minister, 28.11.1975 | |
| D32 | –Skyhooks | Living In The Seventies | |
| D33 | –Gillian Waite | Opening Broadcast Of the 'Coming Out Show', ABC Women's Program. Announcer Gillian Waite, 8.3.1975 | |
| D34 | –Unknown Artist | Official Announcement From NASA Headquarters In Texas Of Return Of US Spacecraft Skylab To Earth In WA, 1979 | |
| D35 | –Dr Patrick Steptoe | Dr Patrick Steptoe Interview Following Birth Of World's First 'Test-Tube' Baby | |
| D36 | –No Artist | 'Fanfare' - Broadcast Of The Royal Wedding Ceremony Of H.R.H. The Prince Charles And The Lady Diana Spencer, St Paul's Cathedral, 30.7.1981 | |
| D37 | –Jeff McMullen (6) | ABC Report On The Australian Meat Substitution Scandal: Reporter Jeff McMullen, 13.8.1981 | |
| D38 | –No Artist | Nationalistic Fervour Of Argentinians About The Falklands Islands Crisis, 11.4.1982 | |
| D39 | –The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher* | The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher Announces That There Are 'White Flags' Over Port Stanley, House Of Commons, 15.6.1982 | |
| D40 | –Tracey Wickham | Tracey Wickham Takes Oath For All Competing Athletes At Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, 1982 | |
| D41 | –Sir Richard Boyer | Sir Richard Boyer, Former Chairman Of The ABC, 4.7.1957 |
Condition exactly as described
Non-returnable used product
