Other than This Is Hancock in 1960, this was the first release of complete radio half hours and was the real start of the BBC's archive release programme. Released in 1980, the shows on this release were Sid's Mystery Tours and The Poetry Society and were the most complete versions available in the archive at the time. However, similarly to The Lift from 1976, no incidental music was included. Investigation on the Internet has revealed that there is an alternative cassette release of this item, which appears to have been released in the Far East, although it may have been a bootleg. This was released in 1984 with similar artwork on the Quality 747 Variety label and numbered 5182. This release also featured Fullers Earth on the B side, which was attributed to the Goons on the sleeve, but was actually from a Peter Sellers EP called The Two Peters, which also featured Peter Ustinov on the other side.