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POWER THEMES NINETY:
12 TOP TV CULT CLASSIC REMIXES

 CD

Image: Telstar Records plc
Released: November 1990
(source: 45worlds)
Publisher: Telstar Records plc
Music by: F.A.B
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 43:43
Catalogue No.: TCD 2430
EAN: 5014469524309
Design: Intro

Tracklisting

1. Thunderbirds - Thunderbirds Are Go
(The Pressure Mix) featuring M.C. Parker
 Produced by 3 to the Power / Rod Anderson / Jason Mayo

2. Joe 90 (Main Man Mix)
 Produced by 3 to the Power for the Brothers Organisation

3. UFO - The Arrival
 Produced by Justin Sherry for Fine Balance

4. Captain Scarlet - The Mysterons Rap
 Produced by Rod Anderson and Jason Mayo

5. Space: 1999 (The Alpha Mix)
 Produced by Justin Sherry for Fine Balance

6. The Stingray Megamix
featuring Aqua Marina
 Produced by Rod Anderson and Jason Mayo

7. The Prisoner (Free Man Mix)
featuring M.C. Number 6
 Produced by 3 to the Power for the Brothers Organisation

8. The Saint (Heroes and Villains Mix)
Produced by Bruno Tilley

9. The Avengers - Peel the Reel
Produced by Rod Anderson and Jason Mayo

10. Danger Man (Drake Mix)
 Produced by 3 to the Power for the Brothers Organisation

11. Department S - Dept. S/Jason King (Royal Mix)
Produced by Rod Anderson and Jason Mayo

12. The Persuaders (The Farewell Mix)
Produced by Justin Sherry for Fine Balance

Notes

  • Compact disc comprising dance remixes of classic ITC and ABPC series themes with overlaid dialogue excerpts.

  • This album was also available on audio cassette (STAC 2430) and vinyl (STAR 2430).

  • Promotional videos for Thunderbirds, The Prisoner, Stingray, UFO and Captain Scarlet were issued on VHS (TVE 1022).

  • 3 to the Power were Nick Titchener, Colin Peter and Carl Ward.

  • This CD was reissued on Ronco Silver on 10 September 1993, with the title omitting the '90'.
 

INSTRUMENTAL GREATS OF THE 60's

 CD

Image: EMI Records Ltd / Compacts for Pleasure
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 1990
(source: Discogs)
Publisher: EMI Records Ltd /
Compacts for Pleasure
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 67:20
Catalogue No.: CC 260
EAN: 0077779422623
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting

1. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
2. The Breeze and I - The Fentones
3. The Cruel Sea - The Dakotas
4. Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
5. Bush Fire - The Cannons
6. Saturday Night at the Duckpond - The Cougars
7. Theme from A Summer Place - Norrie Paramor
8. Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures
9. Gypsy Beat - The Packabeats
10. McDonald's Cave - The Piltdown Men
11. Nut Rocker - B. Bumble and the Stingers
12. Hall of Mirrors - The Nu-Notes
13. Man of Mystery - The Shadows
14. Hit and Miss - The John Barry Seven
15. Perfidia - The Ventures
16. Oyeh - The Dakotas

 17. African Waltz - John Dankworth
18. Boot Hill - The Federals
19. Scorpio - The Scorpions
20. Fury - The Nu-Notes
21. Danger Man - The Red Price Combo
22. Mad Goose - The Beachcombers
23. Bleakhouse - The Gladiators
24. The James Bond Theme - The John Barry Seven
25. Swingin' Low - The Outlaws
26. Topaz - The Staccatos
27. Ambush - The Outlaws
28. Scotch on the Socks - The Shadows
29. Magic Carpet - The Dakotas
30. The Mexican - The Fentones
31. Big Man - The Packabeats
32. Tomorrow's Cancelled - The Shadows
Notes

  • The Danger Man theme included is the first of the two Edwin Astley compositions for the series, heard on the half-hour episodes.

  • Track 7, Norrie Paramor's Theme from A Summer Place was featured as the B-side to the 7" vinyl single release of Edwin Astley's Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) theme, where it was mistakenly noted as "Summer Palace". The tune was written by Paramor for the 1959 feature film A Summer Place.

  • The audio cassette version of this release omitted the last four tracks included here, namely Magic Carpet by The Dakotas, The Mexican by The Fentones, Big Man by The Packabeats and Tomorrow's Cancelled by The Shadows. Presumably this was to keep it down to an hour's running time, since the cassette was titled An Hour of Instrumental Greats of the 60's.
 

 

THEMES FROM THE 60s
VOL. 1

 CD

Image: Future Legend Records
Released: 1993
(source: Discogs)
Publisher: Future Legend Records
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 38:15
Catalogue No.: F.LEG 1 CD
EAN: 5025273625731
Design: Nicola Hacillo, Helen Lattimore, Sally Mincher and Anne Bygrave

Tracklisting

1. The Avengers - The Grave
2. To Sir with Love - Studio 68
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - The Editors
4. The Prisoner - Kitch/Box Office Poison
5. Man in a Suitcase - Ministry of Defiance
6. Up the Junction - Eleanor Rigby
7. You Only Live Twice - Eleanor Rigby
8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Grave
9. Mission Impossible - Box Office Poison /Ministry of Defiance
10. Captain Zeppo - A Beatboy
11. Stingray - C.B.U.
12. The Addams Family - Perestroika
13. Batman - Waterloo Sunset Allstars

Notes

  • All tracks produced by Russell Writer.

  • This title was previously released on vinyl only by Waterloo Sunset Records in 1988, with a subtly different tracklisting. Stingray and The Addams Family were added and Four by Four by The Reactions removed for this edition.

  • The first of a series of TV themes releases, this compilation and its sequels were bolder than many other such collections in that all tracks were cover versions performed by up-and-coming British indie bands.

  • Kitch/Box Office Poison's The Prisoner featured dialogue excerpts from the series title sequence.

  • This collection was also released on vinyl record (F.LEG 1 LP) and audio cassette (F.LEG 1T).
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THEMES FROM THE 60's
VOL. 2

 CD

Image: Future Legend Records
Released: 1994
(source: Discogs)
Publisher: Future Legend Records
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 37:19
Catalogue No.: FLEGCD 2
EAN: 5025273625748
Design: Dieter Marsoner

Tracklisting

1. The Saint - Ministry of Ska
2. (I've Been a) Bad Bad Girl (Boy) (from  Privilege) - Moonchild
3. Casino Royale - Adventures of Parsley
4. Joe 90 - Summer
5. Dr. Who - Future Legend Allstars
6. The Ipcress File - Box Office Poison
7. The Munsters - Summer
8. Dangerman - Ministry of Ska
9. Captain Scarlet - Adventures of Parsley
10. Barbarella - Earthling Scum
11. Thunderball - Jo Sharp
12. All Too Much (from Yellow Submarine) - Box Office Poison

Notes

  • The follow-up release to Future Legend's 1993 Themes from the 60's, Vol. 1 again showcased the talents of up-and-coming British indie bands.

  • All tracks produced by Russell Writer.

  • This collection was also released on audio cassette (FLEG C2).

  • The spelling of Danger Man in the tracklisting is as per the release.
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THEMES FROM THE 60's
VOL. 3

 CD

Image: Future Legend Records
Released: 1995
(source: Discogs)
Publisher: Future Legend Records
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 43:03
Catalogue No.: FLEG.5CD
EAN: 5025273627773
Design: Anne Bygrave and Russell Writer

Tracklisting

1. Department S - Box Office Poison
2. From Russia With Love - Mouse
3. The Pink Panther - Ron Rage
4. The Happening - Chelsea Monday
5. For a Few Dollars More - Box Office Poison
6. Georgy Girl - Megiddo
7. Thunderbirds - Surfin Dead
8. Star Trek - The Federation
9. Windmills of Your Mind (from The Thomas Crown Affair) - Jo Sharp
10. Randal and Hopkirk - Future Legend Allstars
11. The Beverly Hillbillies - Surfin Dead
12. Self-Preservation Society (from The Italian Job) - Earthling Scum
13. Rawhide - Ministry of Ska

Notes

  • As with previous releases in this range, Themes from the 60's Volume Three showcased the talents of up-and-coming British indie bands.

  • All tracks produced by Russell Writer.

  • This collection was also released on vinyl (FLEG.5).

  • The spelling of Randall and Hopkirk in the tracklisting is as per the CD inlay.
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THIS IS EASY

 CD

Image: Virgin Records Ltd
Released: 7 March 1996
(source: World of Books)
Publisher: Virgin Records Ltd
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 2
Total Playing Time: 140:27
Catalogue No.: VTCD 80
EAN: 724384153427
Design: Zip Design

Tracklisting

Disc 1 - Wingding Party:
A1. Bond Street (from Casino Royale) - Burt Bacharach
A2. Theme from The Champions - The Tony Hatch Orchestra
A3. Superstars
A4. Spanish Flea - The Mexicans
A5. Sentimental Journey - Juan Garcia Esquivel
A6. A Swinging Safari - Bert Kaempfert
A7. Animal Magic
A8. The Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini
A9. Young Scene (Theme from The Big Match) - Keith Mansfield
A10. Up, Up and Away - Fifth Dimension
A11. Strange Report - Geoff Love and his Orchestra
A12. The 'In' Crowd - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
A13. A Taste of Honey - The Mexicans
A14. The New Avengers - Laurie Johnson
A15. The Riviera Affair - Neil Richardson
A16. Asteroid (Pearl and Dean Theme) - Pete Moore
A17. Avenues & Alleyways (Theme from The Protectors) - Tony Christie
A18. Theme from Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer
A19. Do You Know the Way to San José - Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra
A20. Music to Watch Girls By - Andy Williams
A21. 1-2-3 - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
A22. Misirlou - Martin Denny
A23. Classical Gas - Mason Williams
A24. The New Adventures of Black Beauty - The South Bank Orchestra
A25. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
A26. Crossroads - The Tony Hatch Orchestra
A27. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus
A28. Girl in a Sportscar - Alan Hawkshaw

 Disc 2 - Après-Ski:
B1. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
B2. The Windmills of Your Mind (from The Thomas Crown Affair) - Noel Harrison
B3. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) - B.J. Thomas
B4. Anyone Who Had a Heart - Burt Bacharach
B5. Summer Breeze - Ray Conniff and the Singers
B6. Un Homme et Une Femme - Francis Lai
B7. Get Carter - Roy Budd
B8. I Can't Let Maggie Go - Honeybus
B9. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
B10. (They Long to Be) Close to You - Matt Monro
B11. As Tears Go By - Nancy Sinatra
B12.  This is Your Life
B13. Call Me - Chris Montez
B14. Chelsea Morning - Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66
B15. It Never Rains in Southern California - Ray Conniff and the Singers
B16. What the World Needs Now is Love - Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra
B17. Aujourd'hui C'est Toi - Francis Lai
B18. A House is Not a Home - Burt Bacharach
B19. Wives and Lovers - Jack Jones
B20. Theme from The Go-Between - Michel Legrand and the London Symphony Orchestra
B21. Theme from Midnight Cowboy - John Barry and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
B22. I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
B23. My Unknown Love - Count Indigo
B24. The Look of Love - Isaac Hayes
Notes

  • A very enjoyable easy listening collection brought together in a fun, well-designed package - it just needed more ITC!
 

MUSIC FACTORY MASTERMIX -
ISSUE 119

 CD

Image: Music Factory
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: July 1996
(source: RemixServices.com)
Publisher: Music Factory
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 1
Catalogue No.: MFMM CD 119
EAN: None
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting

1. Smooth Groovin' '96:
Give Me a Little More Time - Gabrielle
Ocean Drive - The Lighthouse Family
They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson
California Love - 2Pac Featuring Dr. Dre
I Wish I Was - Skee-Lo
Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison
Search for a Hero - M People
Desire - Nu Colours

2. Klubhopping:
Can't Help It - Happy Clappers
Don't Stop Moving - Livin' Joy
Vicious Circles - Poltergeist
Indica - Movin' Melodies
Groovy Beat - D.O.P.

3. Fun in the Sun:
Holiday - Madonna
Hot Hot Hot - Pat and Mick
Mexican Hat Dance - Arriba Brothers

4. Love This Megamix:
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - Jon Otis
Denis Denis - Serena
Let's Dance - E-Male
Sky High - Newton
Sleeping in My Car - Mobius Loop Featuring J.

5. Mission Impossible (The Lie Mix):
Theme from Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin

6. Teen Dreams Part 2:
 Love Me for a Reason - Boyzone
Change Your Mind - Upside Down
Coming Home Now - Boyzone
Do U Still - East 17

 7. Kickin' the 80's:
Cars - Gary Numan
Blind Vision - Blancmange
Blue Monday - New Order
Quiet Life - Japan
Planet Earth - Duran Duran

8. Nice 'n' Easy (Lovely Songs):
Born Free - Matt Monro
Close to You - Matt Monro
Somethin' Stupid - Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas
Release Me - Mike Flowers Pops
It Never Rains in Southern California - Ray Conniff and the Singers
Wonderwall - Mike Flowers Pops
Spaceman - The Nice 'n' Easy Experience

9. Easy Swinger (Foot Tapping Favourites):
Music to Watch Girls By - Andy Williams
Theme from The Big Match - Keith Mansfield
Spanish Flea! - The Mexicans
A Taste of Honey - The Mexicans
Theme from Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer
Pearl & Dean Theme - Pete Moore

10. DJ Toolkit, Part 71:
Traffic and Travel Update - No Artist
Mr Icicles - No Artist
The Fairy Godmother - No Artist
Specs-R-Us - No Artist
Notes

  • A single CD compilation comprising partially remixed megamixes for DJ use. Somehow the Man in a Suitcase theme snuck in there. This was no doubt as a consequence of Ron Grainer's theme being revived as the theme for the Channel 4 entertainment show TFI Friday that launched to great success in February 1996.
 

 

SUNSET OVER LONDON -
JOOLS HOLLAND & HIS RHYTHM & BLUES ORCHESTRA

 CD

Image: Warner.esp
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 11 January 1999
(source: World of Books)
Publisher: Warner.esp
Music by: Various Artists
Performed by: Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Discs: 1
Catalogue No.: 8573 801 342
EAN: 685738013425
Design: Limehouse Screen Print Ltd

Tracklisting

1. The Seventh Sacrament
2. Let the Good Times Roll
3. Grey to Blue
4. Reconsider Baby
5. Hocus Pocum
6. I Dig Rhythm & Blues
7. Havana Evening
8. As the Sun Sets Over London
9. Dangerman ('High Wire')

 10. Robbie Coltrane Introduces Avenue C
11. Travelling Blues
12. Well You Needn't
13. Lady Madonna
14. Introduction To
15. Love You and Leave You
16. Momentary Loss of Point (from the feature film Milk)
17. Foolish I Know
Notes

  • We have a lot of time and respect for Jools Holland here at Randall and Hopkirk (Declassified). Were it just for his television presenting and music journalism on The Tube, The Happening and Later... he'd have our respect, but Jools is also an accomplished musician in his own right, is a fan of The Prisoner and Portmeirion! His The Laughing Prisoner spoof made for The Tube is fondly remembered and his love for Portmeirion even extended to his building a mini-Portmeirion of his own at his Westcombe Park studios in south east London - Helicon Mountain, parts of which can be seen from the adjacent Westcombe Park railway station. Respect!

  • As with many other cover versions of the 'High Wire' Danger Man theme, the track is given as "Dangerman". It's a notably fine rendition, too.
 

TWENTY UPPER CUTS -
THE SEQUEL SAMPLER

 CD

Image: Sequel Records
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 29 March 1999
(source: World of Books)
Publisher: Sequel Records
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 1
Catalogue No.: SEQSAM 01
EAN: 5023224041920
Design: Hugh Gilmour

Tracklisting

1. A Man in a Suitcase (TFI Friday Theme) - Ron Grainer
2. Pump Me Up - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five
3. 8th Wonder - The Sugarhill Gang
4. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
5. Finder's Keepers - Chairmen of the Board
6. Listen to Me - Baby Huey
7. Cheba - 8th Day
8. Love the Feeling - Leroy Hutson
9. And the Beat Goes On - The Whispers
10. A Night to Remember - Shalamar

 11. Can You Feel the Force - The Real Thing
12. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside
13. I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me - Jimmy James
14. Run Back - Carl Douglas
15. Michael (The Lover) - Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band
16. Girl Don't Come - Sandie Shaw
17. He's in Town - The Rockin' Berries
18. Setting Fire to the Tail of a Fox - Long John Baldry
19. Maria Elena (I'm Going to War) - Gene Pitney
20. It's All Over Now (Live) - Bobby Womack
 

 

STRUNG OUT! -
UK GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS '63-'71

 CD

Image: Castle Music / Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 26 February 2001
(source: World of Books)
Publisher: Castle Music /
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 2
Catalogue No.: CMDDD 095
EAN: 5050159109524
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting

Disc 1:
A1. The Desperados - The Eagles
A2. Special Agent - The Eagles
A3. Fireball (Theme from Fireball XL5) - The Flee-Rekkers
A4. Country Line Special - Cyril Davies and his Rhythm 'n' Blues Allstars
A5. Jump Jeremiah - Mike Ford and the Consuls
A6. The Green Man - Mike Ford and the Consuls
A7. Mad Goose - The Sons of the Piltdown Men
A8. Be a Party - The Sons of the Piltdown Men
A9. El Relicardo (Live) - Joe Brown
A10. Hava Nagila (Live) - Joe Brown
A11. Wipe Out - The Saints
A12. Midgets - The Saints
A13. Dream Lover - The Packabeats
A14. Packabeat - The Packabeats
A15. Getaway - Johnny Keating and the Z Men
A16. Station Six Sahara - The Eagles
A17. Cleopatra's Needle - Ahab and the Wailers
A18. Neb's Tune - Ahab and the Wailers
A19. Happy Talk - The Saints
A20. Parade of Tin Soldiers - The Saints
A21. Telstar - The Eagles
A22. Pipeline - The Eagles
A23. Husky Team - The Saints
A24. Pigtails - The Saints
A25. The Red Dragon - The Blackjacks
A26. Woo Hoo - The Blackjacks
A27. All Things Bright and Beautiful - Joe Brown
A28. Andorra - The Eagles
A29. Night Train - Jimmy Nicol and Shubdubs
A30. Peter Gunn - The Remo Four

 Disc 2:
 B1. John Peel - The Eagles
B2. Post Horn Gallop - The Eagles
B3. Rocking Rocker - The Eagles
B4. Baja - John Paul Jones
B5. A Foggy Day in Vietnam - John Paul Jones
B6. 6.10 Special - The Hootenannys
B7. Husky - Jimmy Nicol and Shubdubs
B8. Caroline - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
B9. Revenge - Kinks
B10. Zulu Stomp - The Brand
B11. Red Cabbage - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
B12. Revenge - The Ray MacVay Sound
B13. Raunchy - The Ray MacVay Sound
B14. The Big Beat - Eric Delaney's Big Beat Six
B15. Big Noise in Winnetka - Eric Delaney's Big Beat Six
B16. High Wire (Theme from Danger Man) - The Bob Leaper Orchestra
B17. The Lost World - The Bob Leaper Orchestra
B18. Sicilian Tarantella - Joe Brown
B19. Tangerine Puppet - Donovan
B20. Before the Beginning - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
B21. Solitaire - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
B22. My Little Rose - The Lancastrians
B23. Beach Bash - The Ram Jam Band
B24. Comin' Home Baby - The Cymbaline
B25. The Saint - The Eliminators
B26. Thunderbirds - The Eliminators
B27. The Eliminator - The Eliminators
B28. Completely - Kinks
B29. Telstar '69 - Velvett Fogg
B30. Classical Gas - Sounds Orchestral
Notes

  • This is one of those releases that can't make up its mind what it's called. The spine states "Strung Out! UK Guitar Instrumentals '63-'71", whereas the front cover suggests the subtitle is "Instrumental Diamonds '63-'71" and the disc labels go for "Strung Out!" and no subtitle at all. Take your pick. We did!
 

 

KITSCH LOUNGE RIOT

CD

 

Image: BMG UK & Ireland Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne

Released: 7 April 2003
(source: musicMagpie)

Publisher: BMG UK & Ireland Ltd

Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 3

Catalogue No.: 743219712820

EAN: 743219712820
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting
Disc 1 - Kitsch:
A1. Secret Agent Man - Mel Tormé
A2. A Man in a Suitcase (The TFI Friday Theme) - Ron Grainer and his Orchestra
A3. Wonderwall - The Mike Flowers Pop
A4. Wild Elephants (from Gap advert) - James Clarke
A5. They Call Me Mr. Tibbs - The Great Chaquito Big Band
A6. Avenues & Alleyways (The Protectors Theme) - Tony Christie
A7. James Bond Theme - Leroy Holmes
A8. Oye Como Va (from Carlito's Way) - Santana
A9. The Pink Panther Theme - Hollywood Studio Orchestra
A10. Downtown (from Girl, Interrupted) - Petula Clark–
A11. The Sweeney - Simon Brint and Simon Wallace
A12. Mini Skirt (from Lynx advert) - Skeewiff
A13. Venus - Tom Jones

Disc 2 - Lounge:
B1. Feeling Good - Nina Simone
B2. Mr. Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr.
B3. Something - Shirley Bassey
B4. From Here to Eternity - Engelbert Humperdinck
B5. Love Theme (from The Godfather) - Andy Williams
B6. Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
B7. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
B8. I Wanna Be Around - Tony Bennett
B9. Light My Fire - José Feliciano

Disc 2 (continued):
 B10. Teach Me Tiger - April Stevens
B11. Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin
B12. The Boy from Ipanema - Peggy Lee
B13. I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
B14. Daydream - Gunter Kallmann Choir

Disc 3 - Riot:
C1. Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops
C2. Do You Love Me (from Dirty Dancing) - The Contours
C3. I Get the Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson
C4. Rescue Me - Oliver Darley
C5. Dance to the Music - Sly and the Family Stone
C6. War - Edwin Starr
C7. Lady Marmalade (from The Long Kiss Goodnight) - LaBelle
C8. Stuck in the Middle With You (from Reservoir Dogs) - Stealers Wheel
C9. Born to be Wild (from Easy Rider) - Steppenwolf
C10. 20th Century Boy (from Levi's advert) - T-Rex
C11. You Really Got Me - The Kinks
C12. Call Me (from American Gigolo) - Blondie
C13. A Little Less Conversation (from Nike advert) - Elvis Presley vs JXL
Notes

  • A 3-CD compilation divided into three discs with the individual themes of 'kitsch', 'lounge' and 'riot'. This collection was inspired by the Kitsch Lounge Riot late night loungecore club which was at the time resident on Thursday nights at London's Café de Paris.
 

THE ESSENTIAL TONY HATCH: GROOVES, HITS AND THEMES -
TONY HATCH

CD

 

Image: Castle Pulse / Sanctuary Records Group Ltd

Released: 27 May 2003
(source: AllMusic)
Publisher: Castle Pulse /
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd

Music by: Tony Hatch and others

Performed by: Tony Hatch
Discs: 3
Total Playing Time: 163:21

Catalogue No.: PBXCD354

EAN: 5016073335425
Design: Paul Bevoir for Love Melody

Tracklisting

Disc 1:
The Tony Hatch Orchestra and Sound
A1. Music to Watch Girls By
A2. Call Me
A3. Wives and Lovers
A4. Joanna
A5. Light My Fire
A6. Theme from Bedazzled
A7. Up, Up and Away
A8. Birds
A9. Love is Blue
A10. Forget Him
A11. I Know a Place
A12. A Man and a Woman
A13. While the City Sleeps
A14. Crosstown Commuter
A15. Beautiful in the Rain
A16. Soul Coaxing
A17. Sounds of the Seventies
A18. An Occasional Man
A19. Where Are You Now
A20. Finito

Disc 2:
The Songs of Tony Hatch
B1. Downtown - Petula Clark
B2. Sugar and Spice - The Searchers
B3. You're the One - The Cookies
B4. Call Me - Petula Clark
B5. 7:10 from Suburbia - Jackie Trent
B6. Major to Minor - The Settlers
B7. Don't Sleep in the Subway - Petula Clark
B8. You've Gotta Be Loved - The Montanas
B9. The Weaver - The Pendulums
B10. I Couldn't Live Without Your Love - Petula Clark
B11. Where Are You Now - Jackie Trent

Disc 2 (continued):
 The Songs of Tony Hatch
B12. Look for a Star - The Brook Brothers
B13. Lonely Without You - Julie Grant
B14. Goodbye Mr Chips - Petula Clark
B15. The Two of Us - Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch
B16. You Made Me What I Am - Mark Wynter
B17. My Love - Jackie Trent
B18. Messing About on the River - Josh Macrae
B19. Trinity Street - Two of Each
B20. The Other Man's Grass (Is Always Greener) - Petula Clark

Disc 3:
TV Themes
C1.Crossroads
C2. The Champions
C3. Man Alive
C4. Sportsnight
C5. Ben Casey
C6. The Doctors
C7. Hadleigh
C8. Emmerdale Farm
C9. Perry Mason
C10. Ghost Squad
C11. Who-Dun-It
C12. Memories of Summer (Theme from Love Story)
C13. Out of this World
C14. Be Nice to Each Other (Theme from Mr and Mrs)
C15. Eye Level (Theme from Van Der Valk)
C16. Naked City
C17. M*A*S*H
C18. The Odd Couple
C19. You're a Star (Theme from New Faces)
C20. The Dick Powell Show
Notes

  • A rare run-out for Philip Green's Ghost Squad theme along with the more familiar Tony Hatch theme to The Champions as part of a retrospective of Hatch's career. Divided into three distinct discs each focusing on an aspect of the composer's career - orchestra, songs and television themes - this makes for an entertaining collection.

  • Track C11 - the theme from Who-Dun-It - should not be confused with the 1972-78 Thames Television series Whodunnit? hosted most famously by the actor and entertainer Jon Pertwee. The track in question hails from a 1969 ATV drama anthology series with the accent on murder. It was created by Lewis Greifer and Tony Hatch composed its signature tune. Coincidentally, the single release of The Champions on 7" vinyl saw it paired on the disc with this theme.
 

1967 - THE SOUNDTRACK

 CD

Image: Castle Music / Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 2003
(source: Discogs)
Publisher: Castle Music /
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 2
Catalogue No.: CMEDD 707
EAN: 5050159170722
Design: Paul Bevoir for Love Melody

Tracklisting

Disc 1:
A1. Here Comes My Baby - The Tremeloes
A2. Nashville Cats - The Lovin' Spoonful
A3. 98.6 - The Bystanders
A4. My Way of Giving - Chris Farlowe
A5. Harlem Shuffle - The Traits
A6. This is My Song - Petula Clark
A7. Run to the Door - Clinton Ford
A8. Michael (The Lover) - Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band
A9. (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet - The Spectres
A10. Ciao Baby - The Montanas
A11. Happy Together - The Turtles
A12. My Friend Jack - The Smoke
A13. Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear - The Alan Price Set
A14. Show Me - Joe Tex
A15. Silence is Golden - The Tremeloes
A16. Western Union - The Searchers
A17. Guns of Navarone - The Skatalites
A18. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
A19. No Good to Cry - Jimmy James and the Vagabonds
A20. The First Cut is the Deepest - P.P. Arnold
A21. Six O'Clock - The Lovin' Spoonful
A22. Don't Sleep in the Subway - Petula Clark
A23. Morning Dew - Episode Six
A24. The Ferret Song - John Cleese With The 1948 Show Choir
A25. Here Comes the Nice - The Small Faces

Disc 2:

B1. She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles
B2. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
B3. Death of a Clown - Dave Davies
B4. Even the Bad Times Are Good - The Tremeloes
B5. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker and the Aces
B6. Almost But Not Quite There - Traffic Jam
B7. The House That Jack Built - The Alan Price Set
B8. Let's Go to San Francisco - The Flowerpot Men
B9. Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
B10. I See the Rain - Marmalade
B11. You're All Things Bright and Beautiful - Neil Christian
B12. The Letter - The Box Tops
B13. Train to Skaville - The Ethiopians
B14. Nine Pound Steel - Joe Simon
B15. Baby Now That I've Found You - The Foundations
B16. Don't Go Out Into the Rain - David Garrick
B17. Autumn Almanac - The Kinks
B18. Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer
B19. (Do I Figure) In Your Life? - Honeybus
B20. Let the Heartaches Begin - Long John Baldry
B21. Everlasting Love - Robert Knight
B22. Skinny Legs and All - Joe Tex
B23. Man in a Shop - Marmalade
B24. Handbags and Gladrags - Chris Farlowe
B25. Tin Soldier - The Small Faces
Notes

  • The cover image features Linda Lawrence of The Young Generation and was shot for the cover of Radio Times magazine's 28th September 1967 issue. The occasion was the launch of BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4.

  • Despite a booklet that sported images from Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and The Prisoner, the sole ITC track on the discs was Ron Grainer's ever-popular Man in a Suitcase.
 

 

THIS IS EASY

 CD

Image: Virgin Records Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 15 March 2004
(source: musicMagpie)
Publisher: Virgin Records Ltd
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 2
Catalogue No.: VTCD 605
EAN: 724357701020
Design: Zip Design

Tracklisting

Disc 1 - Wingding Party:
A1. Bond Street (from Casino Royale) - Burt Bacharach
A2. Jason King Theme - Laurie Johnson and the London Studio Orchestra (*)
A3. A Swinging Safari - Bert Kaempfert
A4. Big Train - Max Greger und sein Orchester (*)
A5. Strange Report - Geoff Love and his Orchestra
A6. The 'In' Crowd - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
A7. Ticket to Ride - Cyril Stapleton (*)
A8. Up, Up and Away - Fifth Dimension
A9. South American Getaway - Burt Bacharach (*)
A10. It Never Rains in Southern California - Ray Conniff and the Singers
A11. Do You Know the Way to San José - Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra
A12. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
A13. Girl in a Sportscar - Alan Hawkshaw
A14. The Penthouse Suite - Syd Dale (*)
A15. Theme from Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer
A16. Young Scene (Theme from The Big Match) - Keith Mansfield
A17. Pop Looks Bach (Theme from Ski Sunday) (*)
A18. Asteroid (Pearl and Dean Theme) - Pete Moore
A19. Avenues & Alleyways (Theme from The Protectors) - Tony Christie
A20. The Riviera Affair - Neil Richardson
A21. The Night Rider - Alan Hawkshaw (*)
A22. Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones and his Orchestra (*)
 A23. Mais Que Nada - Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66 (*)
A24. Stumbling - Tak Shindo (*)
A25. A Taste of Honey - The Mexicans
A26. House of Bamboo - Earl Grant (*)
A27. Wonderwall - The Mike Flowers Pops (*)
 

 Disc 2 - Après-Ski:
B1. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
B2. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Bobbie Gentry (*)
B3. Trains & Boats & Planes - Billy J. Kramer (*)
 B4. What the World Needs Now is Love - Burt Bacharach (*)
B5. Alfie - Cilla Black (*)
B6. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
B7. Left Bank Two (gallery music from Vision On) (*)
B8. Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin (*)
B9. The Odd Couple - Billy May and his Orchestra (*)
B10. Theme from Midnight Cowboy - John Barry and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
B11. Theme from The Go-Between - Michel Legrand and the London Symphony Orchestra
B12. The Windmills of Your Mind (from The Thomas Crown Affair) - Noel Harrison
B13. Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter Sarstedt (*)
B14. I Can't Let Maggie Go - Honeybus
B15. Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary (*)
B16. As Tears Go By - Nancy Sinatra
B17. The More I See You - Chris Montez (*)
B18. Can't Get Used to Losing You - Andy Williams (*)
B19. From Here to Eternity - Engelbert Humperdink (*)
B20. (They Long to Be) Close to You - Matt Monro
B21. Fly Me to the Moon - Julie London (*)
B22. Boy from Ipanema - Peggy Lee (*)
B23. California Dreaming - Bobby Womack (*)
B24. The Look of Love - Isaac Hayes
Notes

  • A reissue of Virgin's 1996 compilation of the same name but re-ordered and featuring a large number of revisions. Tracks above marked (*) were subtitutions.

  • In terms of ITC tracks, Tony Hatch's theme from The Champions was dropped and replaced with Laurie Johnson's Jason King theme.
 

 

HITS OF THE SIXTIES

 CD

Image: Union Square Music Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 13 June 2005
(source: World of Books)
Publisher: Union Square Music Ltd
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 2
Catalogue No.: METRDCD565
EAN: 698458706522
Design: Auto @ automatt

Tracklisting

Disc 1:
A1. You Really Got Me - The Kinks
A2. Downtown - Petula Clark
A3. Needles & Pins - The Searchers
A4. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
A5. Tin Soldier - Small Faces
A6. Hello Susie - Amen Corner
A7. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo
A8. The First Cut is the Deepest - P.P. Arnold
A9. Good Day Sunshine - The Tremeloes
A10. The Avengers - Laurie Johnson Orchestra
A11. Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton
A12. Handbags and Gladrags - Chris Farlowe
A13. The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake - Humble Pie
A14. Israelites - Desmond Dekker and the Aces
A15. Catch the Wind - Donovan
A16. Venus - The Jerry Ross Symposium
A17. Melting Pot - Blue Mink
A18. Good Morning Girl - David Bowie
A19. Michelle - The Overlanders
A20. Take a Giant Step - The Rockin' Berries
A21. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - Marmalade
A22. I’ve Been Hurt by Love - Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band
A23. Long Shot Kick de Bucket - The Pioneers
A24. Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
A25. Granny Takes a Trip - The Purple Gang

Disc 2:

B1. Telstar - The Tornados
B2. Dedicated Follower of Fashion - The Kinks
B3. Out of Time - Chris Farlowe
B4. Streets of London - Ralph McTell
B5. Sunshine of Your Love - John Baldry
B6. America - The Nice
B7. Wonderful World Beautiful People - Jimmy Cliff
B8. Lazy Sunday - Small Faces
B9. Joe 90 - The Barry Gray Orchestra
B10. Sweets for My Sweet - The Searchers
B11. (If Paradise is) Half As Nice - Amen Corner
B12. Silence is Golden - The Tremeloes
B13. Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie
B14. Baby Now That I’ve Found You - The Foundations
B15. Get Out of My Life Woman - John Schroeder
B16. Man in a Suitcase - The Ron Grainer Orchestra
B17. If You’re Going to San Francisco - Petula Clark
B18. Here Comes My Baby - The Tremeloes
B19. Angel of the Morning - P.P. Arnold
B20. Mess Around - The Marmalade
B21. This Wheel’s On Fire - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity
B22. Colours - Donovan
B23. Circles - Les Fleur De Lys
B24. The Kettle - Colosseum
 

MEDALLION MAN

 CD

Image: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Released: 3 September 2005
(source: Rate Your Music)
Publisher: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 57:48
Catalogue No.: SM/SUN015GB
EAN: None
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting

1. Avenues & Alleyways (Theme from The Protectors) - Tony Christie
2. Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck
3. Forever and Ever - Demis Roussos
4. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
5. Contact - Edwin Starr
6. Your Heart and Soul - Barry White
7. Rhinestone Cowboy - David Hasselhoff
8. What's New, Pussycat? - Tom Jones
9. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
10. You'll Never Find Another Love - Lou Rawls

Bonus Tracks:
11. So Peachy - Big Hank
12. Like Boys Do - Funnell Web
13. Weekend Lady - Hank Band
14. Only You - Sustenance
15. Ballad - The Rogues

Notes

  • A free CD cover disc included in the Saturday 3 September 2005 edition of The Sun newspaper.

  • This disc came packaged in a cardboard sleeve.
 

 

I HELPED PATRICK McGOOHAN ESCAPE -
THE TIMES

 CD

Image: Artpop! / Cherry Red Records Ltd
Released: 30 October 2006
(source: musicMagpie)
Publisher: Artpop! / Cherry Red Records Ltd
Music by: The Times
Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 69:36
Catalogue No.: ARTPOP NO.1
EAN: 5013929360129
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting

1. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
2. Theme from Dangerman
3. All System Are Go!
4. Big Painting
5. Stranger Than Fiction
6. Up Against It (Long Version)
7. Song for Joe Orton
8. David Jones (Is On His Way)
9. London Boys
10. The Polite Force
11. Power is Forever
12. Tears on a Rainy Sunday
13. I'll See You in My Dreams
14. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (previously unreleased version)
15. Goodbye Piccadilly (previously unreleased version)
16. All System Are Go! (alternative session take)
17. Theme from Dangerman (alternative session take)
18. Power is Forever (alternative session take)
19. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (Live at The Cavern, Liverpool, 2000)

Notes

  • This CD expanded upon the 1992 CD of the same name and featured three versions of The Times' catchy I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape single along with two versions of the 'High Wire' Danger Man theme.

  • In a practice that seems to have reached almost epidemic proportions where cover versions of its theme are concerned, Danger Man is again misrepresented as 'Dangerman'.
 

 

THOSE LAZY, CRAZY DAYS...
40 OF THE COOLEST SUMMER SOUNDS

 CD

Image: Universal Music TV
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 19 July 2010
(source: World of Books)
Publisher: Universal Music TV
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 2
Total Playing Time: 123:20
Catalogue No.: 5329645
EAN: 600753296455
Design: Peacock

Tracklisting

Disc 1:
A1. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
A2. The Girl with the Sun in Her Hair - John Barry Orchestra
A3. Music to Watch Girls By - Tony Hatch
A4. A Swinging Safari - Bert Kaempfert
A5. Soul Sauce - Cal Tjader
A6. Soulful Strut - Ronnie Aldrich
A7. The James Bond Theme - The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
A8. Route 66 - Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra
A9. Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer and his Orchestra
A10. Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
A11. On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer
A12. Desafinado - Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
A13. Take Five - Dave Brubeck
A14. Cuban Love Song (Canción Cubana) - Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra
A15. 'S Wonderful - Ray Conniff and his Orchestra & Chorus
A16. Send in the Clowns - Mantovani and his Orchestra
A17. Love is a Many Splendoured Thing - Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra
A18. Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bilk
A19. Guantanamera - Kai Warner
A20. Tokyo Melody - Helmut Zacharias

 Disc 2:
B1. Mas Que Nada - Sérgio Mendes
B2. The 'In' Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
B3. Moon River - James Last and his Orchestra
B4. Concierto de Aranjuez - Roberto Delgado
B5. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - Henry Mancini and his Orchestra
B6. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Hugo Montenegro
B7. The Persuaders! - John Barry
B8. Summer Samba - Walter Wanderley
B9. The Pink Panther Theme - The Ultimate Mancini Orchestra
B10. Pretty Flamingo - Tony Hatch
B11. Something - Ronnie Aldrich
B12. Wichita Lineman - Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66
B13. By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Horst Jankowski
B14. Charmaine - Mantovani and his Orchestra
B15. Strangers in the Night - Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra
B16. Moonlight Serenade - Syd Lawrence
B17. Baby I'm A-Want You - Ronnie Aldrich
B18. Pipeline - The Chantays
B19. Guaglione - Perez Prado
B20. Tequila - The Champs

Notes

  • A scant duo of ITC tracks on this compilation but from the perspective of it being an easy listening / loungecore set, it must be said it's an exceptionally decent collection! Much spun here at Randall and Hopkirk (Declassified).
 

 

HANK, BRUCE, BERT, JOE, BIG JIM & MORE...
THE UK INSTRO SCENE, 1956-61

 CD

Image: Rockhistory.co.uk / Highnote Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 12 November 2012
(source: musicMagpie)
Publisher: Rockhistory.co.uk / Highnote Ltd
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 2
Catalogue No.: RHGB 21
EAN: 827565058754
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting

Disc 1:
A1. Trambone - The Krew Kats
A2. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - The Scorpions
A3. Teen Scene - The Hunters
A4. Driftin' - The Drifters
A5. Chariot - Rhet Stoller
A6. Tom Tom Cat - The Tom Cats
A7. Apache - Bert Weedon
A8. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Nero and the Gladiators
A9. Ambush - The Outlaws
A10. Lone Rider - The Flee-Rekkers
A11. The Ghoul Friend - The Ravens Rock Group
A12. Swagger - Joe Brown
A13. Whirlwind - The Barons
A14. Cannonball - Ernie Shear with the Lew Randall Band
A15. Bongo Rock - The Jetstreams
A16. Yorkshire Relish - The Apex Group
A17. I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded - The Cannons
A18. A Thunder of Drums - Johnny Gregory and his Orchestra
A19. Gypsy Beat - The Packabeats
A20. Clearway - Judd Proctor
A21. Winding It Up - The Werlwinds
A22. Caravan - The Checkmates
A23. Gurney Slade Theme - Max Harris
A24. The Savage (Part 2) - The Sneaky Petes
A25. Samovar - The Krew Kats
A26. Fried Onions - Lord Rockingham's XI
A27. Man in Space - The Vigilantes
A28. Mistral - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
A29. Tequila - Johnny 'The Gash' Gray with Ken Jones and his Orchestra
A30. High Strung - The Rustlers
A31. Walk Don't Run - The John Barry Seven
A32. F.B.I. - The Shadows

 Disc 2:
B1. Night of the Vampire - The Moontrekkers
B2. The Storm - The Hunters
B3. Green Jeans - The Fabulous Flee-Rekkers
B4. Yashmak - Chico Arnez and his Orchestra
B5. Cats Eyes - The Ted Taylor Four
B6. Man of Mystery - The Shadows
B7. Peak Hour - The Krew Kats
B8. The Switch - Joe Brown
B9. Scorpio - The Scorpions
B10. Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Bert Weedon
B11. Three Old Maids - The Pete Chester Group
B12. Swingin' Low - The Outlaws
B13. Yep - The Checkmates
B14. Clap Trap - The Vampires
B15. Samurai - The Barons
B16. Main Line - The Staccatos
B17. Raunchy - Ken Mackintosh and his Orchestra
B18. Chicken Sax - Rex and the Minors
B19. Entry of the Gladiators - Nero and the Gladiators
B20. Theme from Tightrope - The Volcanos
B21. Last Night - David Ede
B22. Eclipse - Arthur Greenslade and the Gee-Man
B23. Honky Tonk - George Chisholm and the Bluenotes feat. Bert Weedon
B24. Drunken Guitar - Tommy Steele and Joe Brown
B25. Bullfight - The Jeff Rowena Group
B26. Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham's XI
B27. Jet Black - The Drifters
B28. Theme from Danger Man - The Red Price Combo
 B29. Rio Grande - The Ikons
B30. Jam Roll - The Planets
B31. Caravan - Cherry Wainer
B32. Beat Girl (Main Title Theme) - The John Barry Seven
 

THOSE BRITISH INSTRUMENTALS -
VOLUME 10

 CD

Image: Sling Back Records Ltd / Roo-Roo Products
with thanks to Bernard Dunne
Released: 2012
(source: Discogs)
Publisher: Sling Back Records Ltd /
Roo-Roo Products
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 1
Catalogue No.: sb 1088
EAN: 6673299822710
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting

1. Hoots Mon - Gordon Franks
2. Black Jackets - Bert Weedon
3. Country Line Special - Cyril Davies
4. Evening in Paris - The Packabeats
5. Genesis - Terry Dene andhe Soul Seekers
6. Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer
7. Palamino - Judd Proctor
8. The Saint - The Eliminators
9. Nut Rocker - Bud Ashton
10. Christmas Star - The Ants
11. Orbit - Johnny Howard
12. Caroline - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
13. Indian Brave - The Outlaws
14. Fandango - The Flee-Rekkers
15. Pop Corn - Joe Brown

 16. Old Ned - The Eagles
17. Woo Hoo - The Blackjacks
18. Wipe Out - The Saints
19. Gurney Slade - Steve Stannard
20. In a Persian Market - Laurie Johnson
21. Temptation - The Scorpions
22. Pompeii - The Checkmates
23. Keep Moving - Sounds Incorporated
24. Jump Jeremiah - Mike Ford and the Consuls
25. Night Train - Fifty Fingers, Five Guitars
26. Sandstorm - The Saints
27. Winding It Up - The Werlwinds
28. Cruising 600 - The Jet Set
29. Phantom Stage - The Rapiers
30. All Rhet - Rhet Stoller
 

 

KEEP LOOKIN' -
80 MORE MOD, SOUL & FREAKBEAT NUGGETS

CD

 

Image: RPM Records / Cherry Red Records Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne

Released: 17 June 2014
(source: Tower Records Japan)

Publisher: RPM Records /
Cherry Red Records Ltd

Music by: Various
Discs: 3
Total Running Time: 213:51

Catalogue No.: RPM BX 523

EAN: 5013929552302
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting
Disc 1:
A1. Keep Lookin' - The Artwoods
A2. Finger Poppin' - The In Crowd
A3. Voodoo Woman - Laurel Aitken
A4. Gloria - The Spektors
A5. Don't Be Messing Around With My Bread - John Lee Hooker
A6. I'm Leaving - The Tribe
A7. Smokestack Lightning - The Others
A8. Yo Yo - Ray Columbus and the Invaders
A9. Blue Feeling - The Rogers
A10. Whatcha' Gonna Do - Billie Davis and the LeRoys
A11. I'm Coming Down with the Blues - The Gnomes of Zurich
A12. Don't Lie to Me - Four + One
A13. Mickey’s Monkey - The Hi-Fi's
A14. Lookin' for My Pigs - Ray Hoff and the Offbeats
A15. Casting My Spell - The Talismen
A16. The Green Ball - Arthur Brown Set
A17. High Time Baby - The Gremlins
A18. My Life Ain't Easy - Gene Latter and the Detours
A19. Gimme, Gimme Some Shade - The Untamed
A20. Hey Girl (No Need to Push) - Ministry of Sound
A21. Go-Go - The Four Fours
A22. Memory of Your Love - The Thoughts
A23. I Put on My Shoes - The Jeeps
A24. Say Those Magic Words - The Birds
A25. A Man with Money - A Wild Uncertainty
A26. Make Your Mark Little Man - National Pinion Pole
A27. Dandy - The Rockin' Vickers

Disc 2:
B1. A Touch of Velvet, a Sting of Brass - The Mood-MosaiC
B2. Springtime - Jimmy Thomas
B3. I Can't Dance With You - The Valentines
B4. Taking Out Time - The Spencer Davis Group
B5. I'm Looking for a Saxophonist Doubling French Horn Wearing Size 37 Boots - The Artwoods
B6. You Better Get Going Now - The Lomax Alliance
B7. Boogaloo Down Broadway - Soul Purpose
B8. My Heart Won't Believe It - The Tribe
B9. Summer Leaves Me with a Sigh - Tuesday's Children
B10. We Want a Beat - Ray Columbus
B11. Trust Yourself a Little Bit - Lindsay Muir's Untamed
B12. Tell Her No - Kompany

Disc 2 (continued):
 B13. You're On Your Own - The In Crowd
B14. I'm Good for You - Troubled Mind
B15. Sweet Precious Love - Laurel Aitken With the Carols
B16. Soul Finger - Willpower
B17. Call My Name - Liz Christian
B18. Don’t You Worry - Jacki Bond
B19. Surrender - Perpetual Langley
B20. The Way You Are - Eartha Kitt
B21. Sweet Sweet Lovin' - Val McKenna
B22. Something to Hold On To - Marilyn Powell
B23. Give and Take - Kris Ife
B24. Lightning Never Strikes - Sheridan
B25. River Deep Mountain High - Sands
B26. Go-Go Girl - John's Children
B27. Utterly Funky - The Heavyweights

Disc 3:
C1. Arcipelago - The Underground Set
C2. Holding a Dream - Gene Latter
C3. Stoned Out of It - John Fitch and Associates
C4. Sookie Sookie - The Valentines
C5. Man in a Suitcase (Vocal Version) - Alexander Stone
C6. You're in Life - Icarus
C7. Someday You'll Need Someone - Dee and the Quotum
C8. Moneylender - Rhubarb Rhubarb
C9. Shambala - The Heavyweights
C10. Some People - Chords Five
C11. Major Catastrophe - Katch 22
C12. Run Run Run - Coconut Mushroom
C13. Hey Conductor - The League
C14. Cornflake Zoo - Andy Ellison
C15. Something's Coming Along - The Sceptres
C16. She's Alright - Lyons and Malone
C17. Trans-Love Airways (Fat Angel) - Big Jim Sullivan
C18. Rip Van Winkle - Joker
C19. Don't Torture Your Mind - The Exception
C20. Love is a Beautiful Thing - The Alan Bown
C21. Rollin' Over - The Sorrows
C22. Rescue Me - Mike Stuart Span
C23. All Night Drinker - Fat Mattress
C24. We’re Going to Beat It (Battle Hymn) - Canterbury Glass
C25. Bat Poem - Liverpool Scene
C26. La Virra - Arrival

Notes

  • A rare CD outing for Alexander Stone's vocal version of the Man in a Suitcase theme, originally released on Gemini Records in 1970.

  • This collection was reissued by Cherry Red on 1 April 2022.
 

 

TFI FRIDAY: THE ALBUM

 CD

Image: Universal Music TV
Released: 8 June 2015
(source: musicMagpie)
Publisher: Universal Music TV
Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 2
Total Playing Time: 154:15
Catalogue No.: 5361287
EAN: 600753612873
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting

Disc 1:
A1. A Man in a Suitcase (30 second intro) - Ron Grainer and his Orchestra
A2. The Riverboat Song (Live from TFI Friday) - Ocean Colour Scene
A3. Place Your Hands - Reef
A4. Going for Gold - Shed Seven
A5. Good Enough - Dodgy
A6. You're Gorgeous - Babybird
A7. Regret - New Order
A8. Wake Up Boo! - The Boo Radleys
A9. Inbetweener - Sleeper
A10. Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix) - Cornershop
A11. You Get What You Give - New Radicals
A12. Step On - Happy Mondays
A13. Halo - Texas
A14. North Country Boy - The Charlatans
A15. Love is the Law - The Seahorses
A16. Erase / Rewind - The Cardigans
A17. Sunflower - Paul Weller
A18. Pumping On Your Stereo - Supergrass
A19. She Said - Longpigs
A20. Babies - Pulp
A21. A Man in a Suitcase - Ron Grainer and his Orchestra

 Disc 2:
B1. Reverend Black Grape - Black Grape
B2. Hush - Kula Shaker
B3. A Design for Life - Manic Street Preachers
B4. Beautiful Ones - Suede
B5. Ready to Go - Republica
B6. Local Boy in the Photograph - Stereophonics
B7. Old Red Eyes is Back - The Beautiful South
B8. Female of the Species - Space
B9. Scooby Snacks - Fun Lovin' Criminals
B10. Slight Return - The Bluetones
B11. Goldfinger - Ash
B12. Can't See Me - Ian Brown
B13. Wide Open Space - Mansun
B14. Mr E's Beautiful Blues - Eels
B15. Waterfront - Simple Minds
B16. She's a Star - James
B17. Walkaway - Cast
B18. Mulder and Scully - Catatonia
B19. Jumpin' Jack Flash (Live from TFI Friday) - Shed Seven

Notes

  • A two-CD tie-in release with the TFI Friday music entertainment series  (Channel 4, 1996-2015) presented by Chris Evans. The series utilised Ron Grainer's Man in a Suitcase theme (here shown as A Man in a Suitcase), introducing this fine signature tune to a fresh generation of British TV viewers. As such, the theme appears twice on this collection, at the start and end of Disc 1 (quite why it wasn't placed last on Disc 2 is a mystery!).

  • From the perspective of a live music fan, this is a disappointing collection in that only two of the tracks - A2: Ocean Colour Scene's The Riverboat Song and B19: Shed Seven's version of The Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash - were recordings of TFI Friday performances. All other tracks were standard studio versions, with one being a Norman Cook remix.
 

GREAT BRITISH INSTRUMENTALS
OF THE '50s & '60s

CD

 

Image: One Day Music / Not Now Music Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne

Released: 23 October 2015
(source: Spotify)

Publisher: One Day Music /
Not Now Music Ltd

Music by: Various
Discs: 3

Catalogue No.: DAY3CD075

EAN: 5060259820755
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting
Disc 1:
A1. Telstar - The Tornados
A2. The Storm - The Hunters
A3. The Savage - The Shadows
A4. The Breeze and I - The Fentones
A5. Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Bert Weedon
A6. Walk Don't Run - The John Barry Seven
A7. Clap Trap - The Vampires
A8. Rockin' Susannah - Arthur Greenslade and the Gee-Men
A9. Chaquita - The Dave Clark Five
A10. Man in Space - The Vigilantes
A11. Trambone - The Krew Kats
A12. Pop Corn - Joe Brown
A13. Swingin' Low - The Outlaws
A14. Theme from Tightrope - The Volcanos
A15. Got a Match - Wee Willie Harris
A16. I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded - The Cannons
A17. Special Agent - The Eagles
A18. Entry of the Gladiators - Nero and the Gladiators
A19. Gypsy Beat - The Packabeats
A20. Jet Black - The Drifters

Disc 2:
B1. F.B.I. - The Shadows
B2. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Nero and the Gladiators
B3. The James Bond Theme (from Dr. No) - The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
B4. Chariot - Rhet Stoller
B5. The Mexican - The Fentones
B6. Hoots Mon! - Lord Rockingham's XI
B7. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - The Scorpions
B8. Manhunt - Frank Weir and his Werewolves
B9. Teen Scene - The Hunters
B10. The Switch - Joe Brown
B11. The Savage (Part 2) - The Sneaky Petes

Disc 2 (continued):
 B12. Bongo Rock - The Jetstreams
B13. Night of the Vampire - The Moontrekkers
B14. Sounds Like Locomotion - Sounds Inc.
B15. Valley of the Sioux - The Outlaws
B16. The Ghoul Friend - The Ravens Rock Group
B17. Poppin' (Part 1) - The Chaps
B18. Yep! - The Checkmates
B19. Tequila - Johnny 'The Gash' Gray with Ken Jones and his Orchestra
B20. Green Jeans - The Fabulous Flee-Rekkers

Disc 3:
C1. Hit and Miss (from Juke Box Jury) - The John Barry Seven
C2. Nut Rocker - Bud Ashton Trio
C3. The Man with the Golden Arm - Jet Harris
C4. Love and Fury - The Tornados
C5. Samurai - The Barons
C6. Honky Tonk - George Chisholm
C7. Apache - Bert Weedon
C8. Drunken Guitar - Tommy Steele and Joe Brown
C9. There's Something at the Bottom of the Well - The Moontrekkers
C10. Peak Hour - The Krew Kats
C11. Main Line - The Stacattos
C12. Can Can '62 - Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
C13. Lone Rider - The Flee-Rekkers
C14. Scorpio - The Scorpions
C15. Ambush - The Outlaws
C16. Party Twist - The Firestones
C17. Sleepwalk - The Sleepwalkers
C18. Theme from Danger Man - The Red Price Combo
C19. Dance On! - The Shadows
C20. At the Sign of the Swingin' Cymbal (from Pick of the Pops) - Brian Fahey and his Orchestra
 

WHEN COOL WAS KING

CD

 

Image: Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd
with thanks to Bernard Dunne

Released: 20 November 2015
(source: World of Books)

Publisher: Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd

Music by: Various Artists
Discs: 3

Catalogue No.: MOSCD431

EAN: 5051275080223
Design: Uncredited

Tracklisting
Disc 1:
A1. I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra
A2. Feeling Good - Nina Simone
A3. Ain't That a Kick in the Head - Robbie Williams
A4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
A5. Me and Mrs. You - Michael Bublé
A6. Big Spender - Shirley Bassey
A7. Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole
A8. Mad About the Boy - Dinah Washington
A9. At Last - Etta James
A10. Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin
A11. Music to Watch Girls By - Matt Monro
A12. How D'ya Like Your Eggs in the Morning? - Dean Martin feat. Helen O'Connell
A13. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Sarah Vaughan
A14. Don't Rain On My Parade - Bobby Darin
A15. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) - Julie London
A16. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
A17. I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding
A18. My Baby Just Cares for Me - Sophie Milman
A19. A Wink and a Smile - Rhydian and the Residuals
A20. In the Mood - Glenn Miller

Disc 2:
B1. It's a Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown
B2. Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
B3. Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
B4. Respect - Aretha Franklin
B5. Proud Mary - Tina Turner
B6. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
B7. Fever - Peggy Lee
B8. Comin' Home Baby - Mel Tormé
B9. Mr. Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr.
B10. L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
B11. As Time Goes By - Tony Bennett

Disc 2 (continued):
 B12. It Had to Be You - Ray Charles
B13. The Way You Look Tonight - Steve Tyrell
B14. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
B15. What the World Needs Now is Love - Dionne Warwick
B16. Downtown - Petula Clark
B17. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Engelbert Humperdinck
B18. Samantha - Kenny Ball
B19. A Man In A Suitcase - Ron Grainer and his Orchestra
B20. La Foule - Edith Piaf

Disc 3:
C1. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
C2. Puttin' On the Ritz - Gregory Porter
C3. That's Amore - Dean Martin
C4. It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
C5. I've Got a Woman - Ray Charles
C6. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson
C7. I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song) - Louis Prima, Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman
C8. For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
C9. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Jackie Wilson and Count Basie
C10. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Solomon Burke
C11. Peroxide Swing - Michael Bublé
C12. Devil May Care - Jamie Cullum
C13. Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton
C14. Moondance - Van Morrison
C15. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - Jools Holland and Rumer
C16. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
C17. She Said - Plan B
C18. Crazy in Love - L'Orchestra Cinematique
C19. You're the One That I Want - Lo-Fang
C20. Earned It - Dtale
 

 

MY PICTURE GALLERY: THE ARTPOP! RECORDINGS -
THE TIMES

 CD

Image: Cherry Red Records Ltd
Released: 3 December 2021
(source: Rough Trade)
Publisher: Cherry Red Records Ltd
Music by: The Times
Discs: 6
Total Playing Time: 419:26
Catalogue No.: CRCDBOX117
EAN: 5013929111790
Design: Keith Davey at altmarkcreative.com

Tracklisting

Disc 1: Go! With The Times
A1. You Can Get It
A2. I'm With You
A3. Your Generation
A4. Pinstripes
A5. Dressing Up for the Cameras
A6. Red with Purple Flashes
A7. The Joke's on Zandra
A8. Nowhere to Run
A9. No Hard Feelings
A10. My Andy Warhol Poster
A11. Man from Uncle
A12. Reflections in an Imperfect Mirror
Bonus Tracks:
A13. Red With Purple Flashes (7")
A14. Biff! Bang! Pow! (7")
A15. My Andy Warhol Poster (Stereo)
A16. Pinstripes (Stereo)
A17. The Joke's on Zandra (Stereo)
A18. Nowhere to Run (Stereo)
A19. No Hard Feelings (Stereo)
A20. You Can Get It 3:01
A21. Man from Uncle (Stereo)
A22. Reflections in an Imperfect Mirror (Stereo)
A23. My Andy Warhol Poster (Teenage Filmstars 'McGoohan' Sessions)
A24. Spoken word: 'Joe, Dan and Me… Before The Creation Context'

Disc 2: Pop Goes Art!
B1. Picture Gallery
B2. Biff! Bang! Pow!
B3. It’s Time!
B4. If Now is the Answer
B5. A New Arrangement
B6. Looking at the World Through Dark Shades
B7. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
B8. Pop Goes Art! (Melody in Mono)
B9. Miss London
B10. The Sun Never Sets
B11. Easy as Pie
B12. This is TOMORROW…
Bonus Tracks:
B13. Have You Seen the Beautiful People
B14. This is Tomorrow (Alternative Ending)
B15. Picture Gallery (Teenage Filmstars 'McGoohan' Sessions)
B16. The Sun Never Sets (Teenage Filmstars 'McGoohan' Sessions)
B17. Easy as Pie (Teenage Filmstars 'McGoohan' Sessions)
B18. Theme from Dangerman (7")
B19. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (7")
B20. Theme from Dangerman (Alternative Session Take)
B21. Goodbye Piccadilly (October 1981 Version)
B22. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (A Splash of Colour Version)
B23. Spoken Word: 'I Haven’t Seen Him… In Anybody Else' Speech: Edward Ball, December 1999

Disc 3: This is London
C1. This is London
C2. Goodbye Piccadilly
C3. Whatever Happened to Thamesbeat
C4. If Only
C5. Big Painting
C6. Goodnight Children Everywhere
C7. The Party
C8. Stranger Than Fiction
C9. (There’s A) Cloud Over Liverpool
C10. Will Success Spoil Frank Summit?
C11. The Chimes of Big Ben
C12. This Green and Pleasant Land
Bonus Tracks:
C13. Here Come the Holidays (7")
C14. Three Cheers for the Sun (7")
C15. All Systems Are Go!
C16. Up Against It (Long Version)
C17. Big Painting (Alternative Session Take)
C18. Whatever Happened to Thamesbeat? (Alternative Session Take)
C19. This is London (Alternative Session Take)
C20. All Systems Are Go! (Alternative Session Take)

Disc 4: Hello Europe
D1. Radiate
D2. Blue Fire
D3. Victory Drums
D4. Everything Turns to Black and White
D5. Boys Brigade
D6. Where the Blue Begins
D7. Public Reaction Killed This Cat
D8. Faith
D9. Things We’ve Learnt
D10. Kulturshock
Bonus Tracks:
D11. Power is Forever (7")
D12. Stop in the Name of Love
D13. Tears on a Rainy Sunday
D14. I’ll See You in My Dreams
D15. Power is Forever (Alternative Session Take)
D16. Biff! Bang! Pow! (Live in Germany, 1985)
D17. Red with Purple Flashes (Live in Germany, 1985)

Disc 5: Up Against It (Joe Orton's Screenplay for The Beatles)
E1. Up Against It
E2. Last Tango for One
E3. Boys About Town
E4. Garden in the Moonlight (Love Theme for McTurk and Rowena)
E5. WPC Boon
E6. Most Modern Woman in the World
E7. Jacks Revolution
E8. Ladies of the Cause
E9. Mutiny in the British Empire
E10. Escape!
E11. She’s a Professional
E12. It’s Cabaret Time!
E13. The War
E14. The Wedding Song
Bonus Tracks:
E15. David Jones (Is On His Way)
E16. Victim
E17. Song for Joe Orton
E18. London Boys (7")
E19. Dada Europe (I’m So Cut Up About You)
E20. Oranges and Lemons
E21. Dial L for Love

Disc 6: Enjoy
F1. Britannia Sleeps Tonight
F2. Something Like the Truth
F3. (Where to Go) When the Sun Goes Down
F4. Times TV
F5. Think Big!
F6. Housewives Law
F7. The Third Wave
F8. The American Way
F9. Winning Hearts and Minds
F10. Cousin Frank Goes to Hollywood
F11. Enjoy
F12. Dream Now (Young America)
F13. Times Radio
F14. When the Talking Had to Stop
Bonus Tracks:
F15. Trailer from Enjoy
F16. The Polite Force
F17. El Aragua
F18. Pick It Up
F19. Times Television Sting
F20. If Only (Live at The 100 Club, 1987)
F21. (There's A) Cloud Over Liverpool (Live at The 100 Club, 1987)
F22. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (Thanks for the Trip Dad)

Notes

  • A comprehensive retrospective bringing together the complete Artpop! recordings of The Times, known by ITC fans especially for their single release I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape.

  • Track C11 - The Chimes of Big Ben on This is London - obviously takes its title from the Prisoner episode of the same name but the song does not reference the series.
 
 
 

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