Single LP on Lilac Vinyl

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Limited Edition of 1000

 

In 1958 the BBC Radiophonic Workshop opened with the aim to enhance the main drama output on the Third Programme (now Radio 3) following the development of new electronic music techniques emanating from Europe. Their work expanded across the BBC to take in TV drama (especially sci-fi), schools programmes and themes. The latter being their most celebrated and well known work: Delia Derbyshire's treatment of Ron Grainer's theme for Doctor Who.

 

This collection was originally released on vinyl by BBC Records in 1979 to celebrate 21 years of the workshop’s creative output.  From The Goons (Bloodnock’s Stomach), to the Interval Signal, to Doctor Who and Great Zoos of the World, this is a fascinating chronicle of some of the most innovative music ever made. These ground-breaking compositions have provided a major influence on music from The Beatles and Pink Floyd and onwards into the contemporary world of Aphex Twin, Orbital and The Chemical Brothers.

 

 

 

TRACKLISTING

 

A Side                                                                     

1.   Quatermass & the Pit (Effects)                              Desmond Briscoe

2.  Bloodnok's Stomach                                                    Dick Mills / Jimmy Burnett

3.  Outside                                                                             Desmond Briscoe & Maddalena Fagandini

4.  Science and Industry                                                   Phil Young

5.  The Artist Speaks                                                          Phil Young

6.  The Splendour That Was Rome                               Phil Young

7.  Interval Signal                                                                 Maddalena Fagandini

8.  Phra the Phoenician                                                    Desmond Briscoe

9.  Full Circle - The Stick Up                                             Desmond Briscoe

10. Time Beat                                                                       Maddalena Fagandini

11. Ideal Home Exhibition                                               Maddalena Fagandini

12. Time On Our Hands                                                    Delia Derbyshire

13. Arabic Science and Industry                                    Delia Derbyshire

14. The Chem Lab Mystery                                             Maddalena Fagandini

15. Know Your Car (Get Out and Get Under)          Delia Derbyshire

16. Dr. Who                                                                           Delia Derbyshire

17. TARDIS                                                                             Brian Hodgson

18. Choice                                                                              John Baker

19. Hard Luck Hall                                                                John Baker

20. Talk Out                                                                           Delia Derbyshire

21. Science and Health                                                     Delia Derbyshire

22. Secrets of the Chasm                                                 Tony Askew

23. Westminster at Work                                                                Keith Salmon

24. A New View of Politics                                              Delia Derbyshire

25. Environmental Studies                                              Delia Derbyshire

26. Chronicle                                                                         Delia Derbyshire

27. Great Zoos of the World                                           Delia Derbyshire

28. Minds of Evil                                                                  Dudley Simpson

 

B Side                                                                     

1.  Fanfare                                                                             Dick Mills

2.  Broken Biscuit Club                                                      Paddy Kingsland

3.  The Plunderers                                                              Roger Limb

4.  Mysterioso ("Blake's Seven")                                  Richard Yeoman-Clark

5.  Greenwich Chorus                                                       Peter Howell

6.  Hurdy Gurdy                                                                   Malcolm Clarke

7.  Martian March Past                                                     Dick Mills

8.  A Whisper from Space                                                                Paddy Kingsland

9.  Swirley                                                                              Roger Limb

10. Merry-Go-Round                                                        Peter Howell

11. BBC2 Serial                                                                     Malcolm Clarke

12. Quirky                                                                              Roger Limb

13. Newton                                                                           Paddy Kingsland

14. The Secret War                                                             Peter Howell

15. Thomas the Rhymer                                                   Dick Mills

16. Contact                                                                            Malcolm Clarke

17. For Love or Money                                                     Roger Limb