At Last...The GODZILLA vs. MEGALON Radio Spot! (1976)

If you've been around here very long, you may have seen me state one of my mantras: "some mysteries will be solved, but others will be created." Well, today it's time to solve one!

This mysterious, hastily-labeled box holds a rare treasure that it's been waiting for decades to give to the world!

And here it is, a five-inch, pristine reel that I firmly believe had never been used.  Look at how neatly it's wound and professionally tabbed in place...and luckily for us, the owner stored it carefully indoors for all these years.  (This is a big deal--sometimes you run across an ultra rarity like this, and it's degraded, which was the unfortunate issue with one of the two ads on my GODZILLA ON MONSTER ISLAND tape, which I restored the best I could.

In my two-part series "GODZILLA VINTAGE RADIO SPOTS: WELL, HOW MANY ARE THERE?" we looked at every existing promotional radio commercial that exists for the vintage Godzilla films [that had them].  When it came to MEGALON, however, all I could do was go by the pressbook:

And, as you can see, it tells us that one 30-second ad existed...this ad was lost to the ages...until today!

I will have to update that post, because, my friends, here it is, converted and restored to excellent quality by me, for the whole world.  

Interestingly, this is one of those ads that couldn't be bothered to take any sound effects or clips from the film itself.  Some military battle sound effects and a very strange roar will have to do.  Oh, and the narrator keeps saying "MAGALON," as you will hear.

I am proud to cross another hitherto-lost Godzilla radio spot off the want list--this is the part where I appeal to you, if you have one of the lost items referred to in the "HOW MANY ARE THERE?" posts, to not simply squirrel them away, but instead make them available and share them with the entire base of fans and collectors, just as we do here in this blog.  After all, somebody has the 10-inch record of GIGANTIS ads in their possession.  

And now, here it is.  Enjoy!

GODZILLA vs. MEGALON Radio Spot (Cinema Shares, 1976)