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THIS RECORD IS PART OF A RECENTLY ACQUIRED COLLECTION THAT PREVIOUSLY BELONGED TO A PRODUCER ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONG RUNNING AND POPULAR BBC TELEVISION PROGRAMME
"JUKE BOX JURY" (JBJ)
SINCE THE PROGRAMME ENDED IN 1967 THESE RECORDS WERE STORED SAFELY AWAY UNTIL NOW.
MOST OF THEM WERE ONLY PLAYED, OR PARTLY PLAYED, ONCE DURING THE PROGRAMME (IF SELECTED).
MANY ARE ACETATES, ADVANCE PROMO'S OR DEMOS.
MANY OTHERS ARE STANDARD BUT MINT COPIES .
EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THE RECORDS LOOK MINT I WILL BE
DESCRIBING THEM AS NEAR MINT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE LISTINGS
I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THEM FOR AUCTION NOW.
PLEASE READ THE NOTES ON "JUKEBOX JURY" BELOW.
Juke Box Jury was a show which originally ran on the
from 1 June 1959 until 27 December 1967.
The programme was based on the American show , itself an offshoot of a long-running radio series.
Throughout its run the series featured celebrity showbusiness guests on a rotating weekly panel
judging the hit potential of recent releases.
By 1962 the programme attracted 12 million viewers weekly on Saturday nights.
The concept was later revived by the BBC for one series in 1979 and a further two series in 1989/1990.
FormatJuke Box Jury took a format where a guest panel reviewed new record releases in a 25-minute programme,
extended to an hour for some Christmas shows.
The format was drawn from that of the US TV series, .
Host each week asked four celebrities (the 'Jurors')
to judge newly released records on his (a Tempo II) and forecast which would be declared a "hit" or a "miss"
– the decision accompanied by either a bell for a 'hit' or a hooter for a 'miss'.
A panel of three members of the audience voted as a tie-breaker if the guests' decision was deadlocked,
by holding up a large circular disc with 'Hit' on one side and 'Miss' on the other.
Most weeks the performers of one of the records would be hidden behind a screen
and emerge to "surprise" the panel after they had given their verdict.
The series was usually broadcast from the .
Each programme normally consisted of between seven and nine records.
Those editions which were pre-recorded normally followed a live transmission, and broadcast in the regular slot.