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David Croft, Oh happy band

Name: Oh happy band
Brand: BBC Records
SKU: RESL79
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.00 (1 reviews)

Release details

Title	Oh happy band
Artist(s):	David Croft
Category:	BBC - RESL (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - RESL 7'' singles.)
Label and catalogue number:	BBC Records - RESL 79
Format:	Vinyl 7'' singles
Country:	UK
Released:	1980
Genre:	Comedies - Situation View all other tracks listed as Comedies - Situation.
Run-off codes:	RESL 79 A-1<>MB C 1 RESL 79 B-1<>MB D 1
Lacquer cut at and by	Pye Studios - Mike Brown. Information provided by Discogs website.
Item deleted?	Yes
Distributed / printed by	BBC
Page views:	1333 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3774, rank in singles is 774.
My rating:	*****
Guest rating:	*****

Detail			Value
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Cover condition			Very Good Plus
Record condition			Very Good Plus
BBC records label code			E
Number have			1
What type of seller was used			Physical shop
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Duplicate item 1			Reason -, condition - Run-off codes

Side & track no	Track and Artist	Length
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A1	Oh happy band [David Croft / The Aldershot Brass Ensemble with the Fred Tomlinson Singers]	2.36
B1	Our boys will shine tonight [Arr. Langford / The Aldershot Brass Ensemble]	2.26
Total length of media 5:02.

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Quite a joyful song again for this comedy and does a pretty good job as a theme.
My rating	4
Guest rating	Current average value is 3. To vote, please select one of these buttons:
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
From the BBC TV Series Oh Happy Band starring Harry Worth. Written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. Produced and Directed by David Croft. Record produced by John Chatfield. Music played by The Aldershot Brass Ensemble with The Fred Tomlinson Singers.

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[albums]	BBC2LP-22000	Music from the 20 most popular BBC TV series
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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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Page views: 1333 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3774, rank in singles 774.

This page was last updated on 17-04-2024 at 15:34:37 UK local time.

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