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“I was the last inspector!”

Sean says he was the last record player tester at the BSR.

“Hello Sean and team. When I worked in the BSR in 1964,” says Patrick in Malaysia. “I Wanna Hold Your Hand was the test record used on the record players.”
“Yes,” Sean says, “the BSR was a factory in Derry – I worked there for a while as an inspector, sending out the record players. I don’t remember a test record. Are you sure about that? I was the last inspector. I thought they went straight from me to the lorry!”
With music from The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, and more.

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Music Played

  • The Beatles

    I Saw Her Standing There

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Buddy Holly

    Heartbeat

    • B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
    • MCA.

  • Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

    A Song I'd Like To Sing

    • Full Moon (Expanded Edition).
    • A&M.
    • 12.

  • Patsy Cline

    Just out of Reach

    • Patsy Cline.
    • Archive of Folk & Jazz Music.
    • 5.

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Lodi

    • Chronicles.
    • Fantasy.
    • 2.

  • John Prine

    I Just Want To Dance With You

    • German Afternoons.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Percy Sledge

    Warm And Tender Love

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Matchbox

    When You Ask About Love

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Rhino.
    • 4.

  • Little Richard

    Baby Face

    • The Little Richard Collection 1951-62.
    • Acrobat.
    • 37.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Am I That Easy To Forget

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Merle Haggard

    I'm The One Who Loves You

    • The Way I Am.
    • Merle Haggard PS.
    • 4.

  • Steve Earle

    The Galway Girl

    • Transcendental Blues.
    • Warner Records.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Last Thursday15:04
    BBC Radio Foyle