Inventions For Radio: BBC Radiophonic Workshop / Various

Six vinyl LP boxset + book. First Ever Official Release. Original Broadcasts by Barry Bermange, Delia Derbyshire, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Boxset containing 6 LPs. 20 Page Booklet. The BBC's Third Programme aired four radio broadcasts between January 1964 and September 1965, collectively known as Inventions for Radio. They were ground-breaking in both form and content, conceived by playwright Barry Bermange and consisting of the voices of the general public answering questions on four themes, one for each programme: dreams, the existence of God, life after death and ageing. At a time when it was unheard of to give a media platform to anyone perceived as being of low socio-economic status, the broadcasts generated many complaints for the "rough" voices of it's participants. Delia Derbyshire was assigned by the Radiophonic Workshop to edit and add electronic music/ effects. The collaborative result is dreamlike and mesmerizing, an audial window to another era. For many years Der