Posts Tagged ‘bbc records and tapes’
April 1, 2009
Another instalment in the bizarrely increasingly hopeless plea for MP3s or similar of some of the more bizarre and intriguing singles released by that there BBC Records And Tapes…
Roger Chapman – Speak For Yourself
Barrow Poets – Pheasant Plucker’s Song
Daryl Runswick Group – Theme From Maybury
Marti Caine – I’ll Never See You Again
Harry South – Theme [...]
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Tags: 'music from the red arrows' is a contradiction in terms, 'politically correct brigade :(' sez "HURRAH FOR PEARLY WHITE MINSTRELS", alan price, bbc records and tapes, blerp the holiday rock, hi-de-hi, marti caine, neil's heavy concept album, no don't stop de carnival, paul shane, presumably that's the roger chapman out of family then, resl, the yellowcoats, they've changed the theme from five to eleven/into a load of rubbish/and themes ain't what they used to be!, whither "it's a right royal wedding 'di'"?
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March 19, 2009
The latest instalment in the increasingly futile quest which is hopefully shortly to become slightly less futile to obtain some form of copy of every interesting-sounding single ever released by BBC Records And Tapes. Anyone able to provide an MP3 or similar of any of the following?:
The Two Ronnies – But First The News
The Two [...]
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Tags: "breakaway is not a cereal", "watch paint dry/watch paint dry/watch paint dry/i'd rather watch paint dry", 'cancellation crisis', bbc records and tapes, GRR GRR I INSIST ON NOT LIKING STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE BECAUSE TWO NINNIES SOMETHING SOMETHING, hopefully not 'mackenzie' off the zx spectrum, juliet bravo suffered a curtailed season; pop quiz and crackerjack were cancelled and never returned, resl, ronnie hazlehurst, scary rotating police badge, stitch that 'EIIR'!, the late late breakfast show has been cancelled... BY THATCHER, the trial of a time lord, the two ronnies
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March 16, 2009
While we’re waiting for the BBC to announce a new broadcast date of March 1874 for the new series, exciting news has reached us of some forthcoming Torchwood sound-only spinoffs. So, make space on your CD shelves next to John Barrowman Reads Torchwood: Another Life (Logo), Eve Myles Reads Torchwood: Bloody Fucking Border Bloody Princes, [...]
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Tags: "there" said the mayor "that all seems to be that", "which is why we got a new one", albert grunge, aren't some of them not in it any more?, bbc records and tapes, bob seger, burn gorman, cece peniston, doctor who, eve myles, eve myles sings the hits of house, eve myles tits, gareth david-lloyd, is it time to admit to liking kym sims and the bassheads and oceanic and k-klass and xpansions now too?, john barrowman, naoko mori, naoko mori wanking a cock, simm something simple, that one with the tiger on the front, the great jelly of london, torchwood, trumpton, uncle reni's boots have a hole/cause he only gets money from the dole, we got a love thang, we got tonite, where's the drill'n'bass version of the theme from meerkat manor?, who news usa!
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March 6, 2009
Join us this evening on Radio Out On Blue Six for a special charity all-star tribute to Through A Glass Darkly! Yes, the seminal 1978 ‘lyrical adventure’ by Peter Howell & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop will be performed in full, in its original twenty six movements, by a cast of celebrity friends of Out On [...]
Posted in Dragged From The Archives, Music To Watch 'Fingerbobs' By |
Tags: "...and that's saturday - on BBC1!", 'dinners', 1997 tc raymond award (biggest leaf), alain carazze sez: "ou est le, alan driscoll lead singer of techno band thewomb, andrea corr, andrew collins, bawrence, bbc records and tapes, bbc schools diamond, bbc video 'star' music, clannad, david mitchell, dc follies, denim, denim take over, dick mills, doctor who, eastenders (when it was good), enya, eve myles tits, fr david, from the collection of matthew gulliver, gene hunt, girls aloud reading the news about jem roberts, glam goose, graham linehan, greg grunberg, GRR GRR WHERE IS SOME BLOODY ALBUM NOBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD GIVES A FLYING FUCK ABOUT INCLUDING THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT?, harpo corr, hugh laurie, IDEANTS!, jaymi bantok, jem roberts, jerry, jim steinman, john barrowman, jonathan ross, kate thornton, kryten, matt parkman, meatloaf, michael parkinson, mike lindup, nathan petrelli, neil hannon stealing snakes, nele morrissey, pac man, parky, parky's magic piano, peter egan, peter howell, phil cool drinking citrus spring, por favor?", porkpie, radiophonic workshop, richard clayderman, ricky hervaid, roger limb, roland rat being hit with a cricket bat, RTD must go!, rusty egan, ryan paris, sendhil, sharon corr, simon may, stephen o'brien, tc raymond, that cat that looks like graham linehan, the boy from space, the corrs, the grimleys, the man corr, the tripods, the woofits, through a glass darkly, tom, vanilla, vetoed stylophone, whither david monrow and the early music consort of london play the radiophonic music of david cain?, who is 'the peppipam'?, zx spectrum
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March 5, 2009
The third instalment in the much-read, little-responded to quest to obtain digital MP3-ified copies of everything of note ever released on a single by BBC Records And Tapes… anyone got any of the following?
Kay Hedley – Here In The Forest
Alexander Faris & Gemma Jones – The Duchess Of Duke Street
Russ Conway – A Welsh Melody
Roy [...]
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Tags: and roy hudd can bloody well stay there, bbc records and tapes, godiego, max harris and his novelty trio, resl, the water margin, tiny tycoon, who pays the ferryman?, why do i have to try and find a recording of land of hope and bloody glory?
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March 2, 2009
Continuing the insane quest to track down every single single ever released by BBC Records And Tapes (as originally outlined here), can anyone help out with MP3 or otherwise copies of any of the following (or any from the earlier appeal)?:
Bryan Chalker – The Janes The Jeans And The Might Have Beens
Walt Rockman – Z [...]
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Tags: "i am a police-maaaaaan", "press this button and you'll get/a witty topical epithet!", "we're having a credit crunch christmas", 'alan' and 'banjo' are not words that should go together, anyone actually got any of these then?, bbc records and tapes, grompetory, here come the zanies! (del boy theme), noel edmonds, not going for gold sadly, resl, richard stilgoe, ronnie hazlehurst, start damon off the champions?, stilgoe's on, the wombles, you have recieved a new email from richardherring.com
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February 23, 2009
Though the recent campaign of BBC Radiophonic Workshop reissues is quite possibly the best thing to happen to music in quite some time, you can bet it’ll be a while before they get around to giving a digital lick of paint to 1978’s Through A Glass Darkly. For those who are fortunate enough never to have [...]
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Tags: also sprach zarathurstra, bbc records and tapes, bbc space themes, bbc video 'star' music, blake's 7, brass eye, doctor who, enya, jean michel-jarre, jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worlds, jim steinman, jonathan miller presents the body in question, journey into space, kassia's wedding music, no there won't be any attempt at playing it all the way through on a stylophone, radiophonic workshop, richard clayderman, the grimleys, the keeper of traken, the tripods, through a glass darkly, tom & jerry, ultravox, vangelis, whither david monrow and the early music consort of london play the radiophonic music of david cain?
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February 19, 2009
In response to recent musings on here, more than one reader has mooted the possibility of collectively compiling an ‘anthology’ of the very best of the long unavailable and usually decidedly odd singles released by BBC Records And Tapes. So, here goes… working from a shortlist of the most interesting-sounding a-sides (that’s ‘interesting sounding’ as in [...]
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Tags: 'cromarty', 'dogger', 'them other ones', bbc records and tapes, colin baker from tv's the brothers, de-di-cation's what you nee-eed... if you wanna be a puppet-rat-with-cricket-bat-hitting citation-needing citrus-spring-drinking bbc-records-and-tapes-collecting record breaker mmmmmm!, englebert and the young generation, if you wanna be the best and you wanna beat the rest wuh-huh-ho dedication's what you need, lulu and the young generation, rolf harris and the young generation, spike milligan, waggoners walk, yes we are completely mad
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December 19, 2008
So how can a celebration of the art of the Christmas single, which has defended the use of simplistic seasonal iconography, struck a blow for purveyors of production-line pop and overlooked the presence of a sidesplittingly tacky saxophone, become so suddenly enamoured of a barbed and acidic assault on the very concept it endorses? Well, [...]
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Tags: "a thousand pardons sir i am obliged to be going out to see the world", "hello word watchers!" [THWACK], bagpuss, bbc records and tapes, bbc schools diamond, bbc1, BEATLES, bill oddie, car lorry bus lorry bus lorry car NNEAOW!, Christmas!, clap your hands and be cheery (CLAPYOURHANDS), joe and the sheep rustlers, kate thornton, look and read, louise hall-taylor, peter egan, peter kay, play school, ragtime, stock aitken waterman, that mike smith bloke, the saturday night armistice party bucket, the waitresses, there must be room!, tv cream, watch, watch with mother
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