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Posted by Bruce on May 11, 2010 in Comedy, Soundtrack with No Comments


…Would you believe, a soundtrack/comedy LP of “Get Smart” season 1 highlights? ;)

  

LP Title: Get Smart

Starring Don Adams

Label: Raven Records (under License from EMI Records)

Catalogue Number RVLP 1005

Category: Comedy/Soundtrack

“Get Smart” Season 1 cast: Barbara Feldon, Ed Platt, Vince Howard, James Millhollin, Roger Price, Susanne Cramer, Robert Cornthwaite, Frank De Vol, Donald Curtis, Bill Zuckert, Willis Bouchey, Robert Simon and Joey Forman

Special Material for Don Adams written by Buck Henry

Get Smart Segments Written by Stan Burns & Mike Marmer, Gerald Gardner & Dee Caruso, Buck Henry

Produced by Burt Nodella for Talent Associates, Ltd.

Special Effects and Engineer: Art Becker

Cover Notes: Bill Dana

Prepared for re-issue by Glenn A. Baker

Side 1  

  1. Washington 4 – Indians 3
  2. School Days
  3. Satan Place
  4. Cone of Silence
  5. Too Many Chiefs – Countersign
  6. The Latest Devices
  7. All In The Mind

Side 2

  1. The Incredible Harry Hoo
  2. I’m Only Human
  3. Kisses for KAOS
  4. Plane Sequence
  5. Too Many Chiefs – Hotel Sequence
  6. Weekend Vampire
  7. Sorry ‘Bout That

A complete volume of highlights from the first season of the smash hit TV series “Get Smart” with a linking device of Max being caught in the crossfire of (what he thinks) some KAOS agents

 But knowing Max, he’s sure to get it wrong. ;)  

This LP was released by Raven Records under license from EMI records.  Below is the label for Raven Records. 

 

 

Posted by Bruce on April 24, 2010 in Childrens, Soundtrack with No Comments


How many kids of my generation (i’m in my mid 40′s) would wake up early on a Saturday morning, and watched this show? 

 

Title: the Main Theme from “Thunderbirds” 

performed by The Barry Gray Orchestra 

Label: PRT (1980′s pressing) 

Catalogue Number 7P 216 

with the voice talents of Sylvia Anderson, David Graham and Peter Dyneley 

Side 1: 

Thunderbirds Theme 

Side 2: 

Joe 90 theme 

Parker - Well Done! (with Sylvia Anderson, David Graham and Peter Dyneley) 

(Side 1, Side 2 Track 2, ©1965, Century 21 Productions) 

(Side 2, Track 1, ©1968, Century 21 Productions) 


 

the theme to the iconic 1960′s series created by Gerry Anderson. 

The EP I have here is a 1980′s pressing (I do not know if the theme was ever released originally on the Pye Label back in the 1960′s).  Can someone from the U.K. confirm whether or not the single was ever released by Pye originally?  thanks. 

Thunderbirds was a regular feature on Saturday mornings in the late 60′s until the early 90′s on Channel 9

Go! now seems to run Thunderbirds at 6:00 AM (but it seems to be a cut down half hour version)

Posted by Bruce on February 23, 2010 in Childrens, Soundtrack with No Comments


for this LP, we go back to the early part of the 1980′s for a show which first aired in Japan in 1979, and has become a cult classic. 

  

LP: Magic Monkey (soundtrack to the ABC TV series “Monkey” performed by Godiego) 

Category: Childrens/Soundtrack 

Label: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Records distributed by Festival 

Catalogue Number: L 38256 

Originally released as YX-5004-AX by Jeniko Music Group, Ltd., Japan 

Produced by Johnny Nomura & Godiego by NTV Music Corp. 

All songs composed by Mikie Yoshino (Side 1 Tracks 1 and 4 and Side 2 Tracks 1, 3, 4 and 5) and Yukihide Takekawa (Side 1 Tracks 2, 3 and 5 and Side 2, tracks 2 and 6) 

All lyrics written by Yoko Narahashi 

All Songs arranged byMikie Yoshino 

Recording Engineers: Keizo Suzuki and Yoshio Miyamoto 

Assistant Engineers Teruya Mitzutani, Susumu Mera and Keji Takeuchi 

Remix and Mastering: Keizo Suzuki 

Sound Co-Ordinator: Steve Fox 

Recording Studios: Freedom and Sound City 

Management and Co-Ordination by Jenika Music Co., Ltd. 

Special Thanks to Japan Foundation, Roland Corporation Australia, Tama Drums and Colleen Ironside


the members of Godiego: 

Mikie Yoshino: Keyboards 

Yukihide Takekawa: Vocals 

Steve Fox: Bass and Vocals 

Takami Asano: Guitar 

Tommy Snyder: Drums, Vocal and Marimba 

Female Vocals:Kayoko Ishu, Midori Umegaki, Sandi A Hohn 

Sax Solos: Jake H. Concepcion 

All songs Published by Jenika Music Co., Ltd. and MCA Music Australia P/L (Universal Music Publishing Australia, P/L if they still have the music rights today) 
  


Side 1: 

  1. The Birth of the Odyssey/Monkey Magic
  2. Ghandara
  3. Asiatic Fever
  4. We’re Heading Out West to India
  5. Thank You, Baby

Side 2 

  1. Steppin’ Into Your World
  2. Havoc in Heaven
  3. Dragons and Demons
  4. A Fool
  5. Flying
  6. Celebration

The original soundtrack to the Cult Classic “Monkey”. 

This LP is probably also notable as being the first LP to be released by the (by 1984 corporatized) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (prior to this, the ABC was a broadcasting commission) 

this was not the only release for Godiego in Australia.  Concurrent to this release, the ABC also released the opening title music and the series 1 closing theme “Ghandara” as a 45 RPM single. 

the label for this release appears below: 

 

(this post took a little longer than I anticipated) ;)

Posted by Bruce on January 31, 2010 in Childrens, Soundtrack with No Comments


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:

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