And now, the final post for this month brings us a TV show theme from the mid 1980’s
Title: Super Gran theme – Billy Connolly
Label: Festival/Stiff Records
Catalogue Number: K 9647 (Festival) and BUY 218 (Stiff)
Category: TV Theme
Side 1: Super Gran Theme
Side 1 Credits: Produced by Phil Coulter, Remixed by Bob Andrews
Side 2: Yootha’s Song
Side 2 Credits: Produced by Billy Connolly, Recorded by Stephen Street at The Fallout Shelter
Now this one is a bit of a rarity – the Big Yin singing the theme to a kid’s show
This was one of the few shows that ITV affiliate Tyne Tees had produced that had been sold internationally (in Australia, it was part of the Nine Network’s afternoon childrens program “C’mon Kids” (it used to air on Monday’s show)
the following link (from Wikipedia) will explain the story behind the series
According to the back cover Festival released this as a ‘limited edition’ release.
Here is the back cover art:





