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POWER THEMES NINETY:
12 TOP TV CULT CLASSIC REMIXES

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

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 - 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

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

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

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

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. The Big Match
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
A16. Asteroid (Pearl and Dean Theme) - Pete Moore
A17. Theme from The Protectors ('Avenues and Alleyways') - 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

Disc 2: Aprés-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 - 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!

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

Image: Warner.esp

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.

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

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.

MEDALLION MAN

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 and 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

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

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).

TFI FRIDAY: THE ALBUM

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.

MY PICTURE GALLERY: THE ARTPOP! RECORDINGS -
THE TIMES

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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