Denton & Cook - Quiller 7"

Denton & Cook are all about the bongos, bass and synth, with this exceedingly funky sig tune from the 1975 TV spy show starring Michael Jayston. Those keyboards might sound hauntingly familiar from being sampled by The Avalanches all those years ago. Also the B-side's not half bad either in a 'contemporary pop' library-music-playing-over-a-kitchen-radio-in-The-Sweeney type way.

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Your Michael Jayston themed music needs still not sated? Time to investigate the playful yet haunting sounds of The Jayston Mix by Moon Wiring Club and then do yourself a favour and put an order in for some MWC albums. Your home radiogram unit will thank you for it in the long run, I assure you.

Jelly Babies

Beautiful animation by Dolly Dolly

The Brigadier

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."

No.23 - Forest Adagio

BBC Sound Effects Vol.23 Relaxing Sounds - This is worth hearing in particular for two icily ambient BBC Radiophonic works, by Messrs. Limb and Mills. Mills' 'Forest Adagio' is an extended and re-worked version of the track found on 'The Radiophonic Workshop' LP with added rainforest effects - far superior to one of those cheesy new age relaxation CDs mind you. The rest of the album is stereo field recordings some of which are binaural  so you'll want your cans on for this one. And relax...

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The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

Soundtrack 7" to the Big British Castle mini-series from 1970. Performed by The Early Music Consort, directed by David Munrow
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Reginald Gardiner - Trains

One of my earliest memories is listening to Mr Gardiner perform his 1937 children's favourite on this very 7". "Well folks, that's all: back to the asylum."

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Nostromo - Alien

One of my favourite charity shop finds is this 1979 12" disco re-working of Jerry Goldsmith's theme from Alien. It brings back happy memories of reading the paperback, poring over the colour movie stills in the middle, long before I was old enough to actually be allowed to watch the film itself. The B-side is pretty groovy too, the sort of tune that would play well on the jukebox in any seedy space ranger's bar. 

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