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Various, On the air - 60 years of BBC themes

Name: On the air - 60 years of BBC themes
Brand: BBC Records
SKU: REF454
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 3.00 (1 reviews)

Release details

Title	On the air - 60 years of BBC themes
Artist(s):	Various
Category:	BBC - RE* (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - RE* Albums.)
Label and catalogue number:	BBC Records - REF 454
Format:	Vinyl Albums
Country:	UK
Released:	1982
Genre:	Dramas View all other tracks listed as Dramas.
Run-off codes:	REF - 454 = A-1 DAMONT REF - 454 - B-1 AD DAMONT REF - 454 - C-1 DAMONT REF - 454 - D-1 AB DAMONT
Lacquer cut at and by	Damont. Information provided by Discogs website.
Item deleted?	Yes
Distributed / printed by	PRT RECORDS (Sales) LTD
Page views:	1403 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3554, rank in albums is 2003.
My rating:	*****
Guest rating:	*****

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Detail			Value
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Cover condition			Good
Record condition			Good
BBC records label code			D
Number have			1
What type of seller was used			Other online shop
Where can I buy this release?			You may be able to purchase this release from the following websites (others are available!)
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Duplicates

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Duplicate item 1			Reason Original release, condition VSFY Run-off codes REF 454 A-2U-1-1-1 REF 454 B-2U-1-1-11 REF 454 C-3C-1-1-X1 D REF 454 D-2U-1-1-3

Tracks

Side & track no	Track and Artist									Length
Below is a list of tracks for this release.
A1	On the air [Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans]
A2	In town tonight (from The London suite) [Symphony Orchestra]
A3	I. T. M. A. (It's that man again) [BBC Variety Orchestra]
A4	Take it from here [BBC Revue Orchestra]
A5	Much binding in the marsh [Kenneth Horne / Richard Murdock / Sam Costa / Maurice Denham]
A6	In the mood [Joe Loss and his band]
A7	You're dancing on my heart [Victor Sylvester]
A8	Meet the Huggetts (Horse feathers) [Philip Green Orchestra]
A9	Paul Temple [The Queen's Hall Light Orchestra]
A10	Dick Barton (The devil's gallop) [Charles Williams Concert Orchestra]
A11	Music while you work [The Band of the Grenadier Guards]
A12	Say it with music [Jack Payne and his Orchestra]
A13	TV newsreel (Girls in grey) [Queens Hall Light Orchestra]
A14	Radio newsreel (Imperial echoes) [The band of the Royal Air Force]
A15	Toytown (Parade of the tin soldiers) [The New Light Symphony Orchestra]
A16	Muffin the Mule (We want Muffin) [Annette Mills with Muffin the Mule]
A17	Sooty and Sweep [Sooty]
B1	Housewive's Choice (In party mood) [West End Celebrity Orchestra]
B2	Down your way (The Horseguards - Whitehall) [Queens Hall Light Orchestra]
B3	Have a go [Harry Hudson]
B4	Sports report (Out of the blue) [Central Band of the Royal Air Force]
B5	The Billy Cotton Band Show (Somebody stole my gal) [Billy Cotton Band]
B6	Mrs. Dale's diary [Marie Goosens]
B7	The Archers (Barwick green) [The New Concert Orchestra]
B8	Listen with mother [Julia Lang]
B9	Children's choice (Puffin' Billy) [Melodi Light Orchestra]
B10	Top of the form [Ray Martin and his Orchestra]
B11	Tonight (Tonight and every night) [Hilbersum Studio Orchestra]
B12	Six five special [Don Lang and his "Frantic Five"]
B13	Juke box jury [John Barry seven plus four]
B14	Sing something simple [The Adam singers]
B15	Pick of the pops (At the sign of the swingin' cymbals) [Brian Fahey and his Orchestra]
B16	Roundabout (The windows of Paris) [Tony Osbourne and his Orchestra]
B17	Dr. Kildare [Johnny Spence and his Orchestra]
B18	Grand Hotel (Roses from the south)
C1	Desert Island discs (By the sleepy lagoon) [The London Symphony Orchestra]
C2	Nationwide (The good word) [The Scottmen]
C3	Dr. Finlay's casebook [The New Concert Orchestra]
C4	Monitor (Serenade for strings, Op. 11 - Marcia) [Stockholm Radio Orchestra]
C5	Two way family favourites [Andr Kostelanetz and his Orchestra]
C6	Dixon of Dock Green (An ordinary copper) [Tommy Reilly and Jack Warner]
C7	Maigret [Ron Grainer]
C8	Z Cars (Johnny Todd) [Johnny Keating]
C9	Tomorrow's World [The Johnny Dankworth big band]
C10	The sky at night [Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra]
C11	News scoop (Grandstand) [The Sinfonia Orchestra]
C12	Offside (Match of the day) [Mike Vickers]
C13	That was the week that was (TW3) [Millicent Martin]
D1	Steptoe and son [The Ron Grainer Orchestra]
D2	The liberty bell (Monty python) [Band of the Welsh Guards]
D3	Fawlty towers [The Dennis Wilson quartet]
D4	Who do you think you're kidding Mr. Hitler (Dad's Army) [Perry / Taverner / Bud Flanagan]
D5	Blue Peter [Sidney Torch]
D6	Magic roundabout [Alain Legrand / Luc Aulivier / Serge Danot / Jacques Charriere]
D7	The Forsyte saga [The New Symphony Orchestra of London]
D8	The Onedin Line [The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra]
D9	All creatures great and small [Johnny Pearson and his Orchestra]
D10	Juliet Bravo [Derek Goom]
D11	Dallas [The Frank Barber Orchestra]
D12	Here's to the next time [The BBC Dance Orchestra]
Total length of media 0:00.

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ZCD 454	On the air - 60 years of BBC themes
Further information
BBC Radio Enterprises Ltd and BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessors of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1968 and 1979 respectively, they were a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd. The items shown here are from the "main" BBC Records and Tapes library covering a wide secletion of genres from themes, comedy dramas and others, depending on which format you have selected.

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