Thursday, 11 June 2020

BBC Radiophonic Workshop ‎– "The John Baker Tapes Volume 2 (1963-75) (Trunk Records ‎– JBH029CD) 2008

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I suppose the label this was released on should have been called 'drunk' not 'Trunk' records, as Radiophonic Workshop st...
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020

John Baker / BBC Radiophonic Workshop ‎– "The John Baker Tapes Volume 1 - rare and unreleased recordings 1963-1974" (Trunk Records ‎– JBH028CD)

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John Baker, was a scumbag who lived at the shitter end of my street when I was vilified for daring to win a place at Grammer skool.Being...
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop ‎– "Doctor Who - The Krotons" (Silva Screen ‎– SILCD 1371) 2013/1968

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Patrick Troughton was the first Dr Who I remember, with his sinister swarthy looks and scruffy appearance.He was good. This soundtrack ...
Monday, 8 June 2020

Tristram Cary, and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop ‎– "Doctor Who: The Daleks/The Dead Planet" (BBC TV) 1963

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Ahhhh, at last it's Lustmord 's new dark ambient album.......no.....wait!......the label says Its Trstram Cary's soun...
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Tristram Cary - "Soundings: Electroacoustic Works 1955-1996" (Tall Poppies -TP139) 2005

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Tristram Cary was among the earliest electro-pioneers. He worked as a radar engineer in World War II and at this time conceived ideas of...
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Sunday, 7 June 2020

Tristram Cary ‎– "Trios - Live Performance Electronic Music(Trios for synthi VCS3 and turntables)" (Electronic Music Studios Limited) 1971

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L-R Robert, Tristram,John, Charlotte and Doris Cary entertaining themselves with some light electronic experimentation of an evening i...
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Saturday, 6 June 2020

Peter Zinovieff ‎– "Electronic Calendar - The EMS Tapes(1964-79)" (Space Age Recordings ‎– ORBIT015CD) 2015

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Minted Inventor,and early electronicist,Peter Zinovieff, is one history's most enigmatic and influential electronic music composers....
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Friday, 5 June 2020

Various ‎Artists – "Test Card Classics: The Girl The Doll The Music" (Flyback ‎– FBCD 2000) 1996

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This is musical Heroin for me. Like lying back in your mothers arms,unless your mother was a violent alcoholic of course, and having al...
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Thursday, 4 June 2020

BBC Radiophonic Workshop ‎– "Fourth Dimension" (BBC Records ‎– RED 93 S) 1973

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Delia Derbyshire left the workshop in 1973,and a lot of the reason why is contained on this BBC album of local radio theme tunes and...
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Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Michael Barton of BBC Radio Sheffield ‎– "Children Talking" (Music For Pleasure ‎– MFP 1224) 1968

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Another gem from the wonderful BBC, the home of 'Fake News' according to the Child in the oval office, is this vintage record...
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Tuesday, 2 June 2020

David Cain ‎– "The Seasons" (BBC Radio Enterprises) ‎– RESR 7) 1969

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As you male supremacist obnoxious slobs are tired of the superior ladies of early electronica, we return to an unsung collegue of Del...
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Monday, 1 June 2020

Clara Rockmore ‎– "The Art Of The Theremin" (Delos ‎– DEL 25437) 1977

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The first electronic instrument was ,of course, the Theremin, as created by Russian inventor,and Stalin Prize winner, Léon Theremin in 1...
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Sunday, 31 May 2020

Louise Huebner with Bebe and Louis Barron ‎– "Louise Huebner's Seduction Through Witchcraft" (Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records ‎– WS 1819) 1969

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Louise Huebner was the 'Official' Witch of Los Angeles and the only officially appointed Witch in the entire world.This is of co...
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Saturday, 30 May 2020

Louis and Bebe Barron ‎– "Forbidden Planet OST" (Planet Records ‎– PR-001) 1956

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Here's the one wot started it all! The first fully electronic soundtrack,and the first electronic score commited to magnetic tape...
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Friday, 29 May 2020

Else Marie Pade ‎– "Face It" (Dacapo Records ‎– 8.224233) 1957-1970

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Denmarks version of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was basically just Else Marie Pade, who made weird aural backing tracks for Danish Rad...
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Thursday, 28 May 2020

Else Marie Pade ‎– "Electronic Works 1958-1995" (Important Records ‎– IMPREC406) 2014

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Denmark is famous for more than just great Bacon and Carlsberg lager isn't it?...well...er....no, but they did have another one of t...
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Daphne Oram - "Private Dreams And Public Nightmares" (1957)

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Groundbreaking pre-Radiophonic Workshop experimental Radio from Daphne Oram and Frederick Bradnum. Introduced by producer Donald McWhinn...
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Monday, 25 May 2020

Daphne Oram - "Still Point " (London Contemporary Orchestra July 11th 2016) 1948/2016

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In 1948,yes,1948(!), whilst working as a radio programme engineer at the BBC, Daphne Oram began composing a new and highly innovative p...
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