How to Order Shows from the U.S. Archives
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Since the mid-1970s, I have made my extensive collection of Goon
Shows* and other shows by and about the Goons available to my
fellow herns as the U.S. Archives. The only way I can cope with
the demand is to make it as convenient for myself as possible (as
you'll see from ordering instructions below). Also, I hope that
non-herns will understand that I cannot provide shows outside the
United States--unless you can figure out how to send me yankee
cash and a return mailer with yankee stamps. (*Note that 92 of these shows are available on cassette and CD from the BBC Radio Collection. You should get the commercial release of these shows for two good reasons: (a) they'll be of the highest quality and (b) you won't be asking me to be a bootlegger.) I can record shows for you on CD (two shows per CD) or audio cassettes (use C-60s, one show per side) with Dolby B or C noise reduction. To order archive materials, you should send me your blank tapes or CDs, a stamped, self-addressed return mailer for same, and instructions as to what shows you want and how they are to be recorded. Please request no more than eight shows at once on audio cassette or twenty on CD. This being a labor of love, I ask nothing for my time and trouble; however, each show dubbed puts that much wear and tear on a very expensive collection of tape recorders or computer equipment, so please send $1.50 (i.e., one and a half hernbucks) for each show you request--checks should be made out to Dick Baker. Please email me to get the address you should use. Be sure to include your email address with your order so I can contact you if I have any questions. You Can't Tell the Players without a Program Department: Any half-serious collector should obtain a copy of The Goon Show Companion, by Roger Wilmut and Jimmy Grafton (London: Robson Books, Ltd., 1976, and since reprinted in paperback). Contact the Goon Show Preservation Society, or a local bookstore that can handle overseas orders, or order it online at Amazon.co.uk.
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