5060088441145

On The Air: Celebrating 90 Years Of Broadcasting

Various Artists

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: GLMY68

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Release Date:  30 September 2013

Label:  Memory Lane

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5060088441145

Genres:  Easy Listening  

  • Description

    Compiled and released to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Radio Times listings magazine, this superb 2CD collection presents nine decades of BBC radio and television broadcast recordings of best-loved signature tunes, news items, comedy sketches, and the voices of notable personalities.

    With over two hours playing time, the collection includes such memorable signature tunes as 'Paul Temple', 'Two-Way Family Favourites', 'Dick Barton', 'The Archers', 'What's My Line', 'Juke Box Jury', 'Z Cars', 'Dr Finlay's Casebook', and many more.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Listen With Mother Introduction - Julia Lang
      • 2. Calling All Workers (from Music While You Work) - Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra
      • 3. Changing Moods No 2 (from PC 49) - New Century Orchestra conducted by Sidney Torch
      • 4. Devil's Galop (from Dick Barton) - Charles Williams & his Concert Orchestra
      • 5. In Party Mood (from Housewives' Choice) - West End Celebrity Orchestra conducted by Louis Voss
      • 6. Puffin' Billy (from Children's Favourites) - Melodi Light Orchestra conducted by Hubert Clifford
      • 7. Barwick Green/ My Native Heath (from The Archers) - Sidney Torch and his Orchestra
      • 8. With A Song In My Heart (from Two-Way Family Favourites) - Andre Kostelanetz and his Orchestra
      • 9. Mrs Dale's Diary Introduction - Marie Goossens, harp
      • 10. Minute' Waltz (from Just A Minute) - Dinu Lipatti
      • 11. Big Ben Chimes - 'This Is London Calling'
      • 12. Oranges And Lemons (from Light Programme) - BBC Theatre Orchestra conducted by Harold Lowe
      • 13. High Adventure (from Friday Night Is Music Night) - Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by Charles Williams
      • 14. Horseguards Whitehall from 'London Landmarks' Suite (from Down Your Way) - Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by Sidney Torch
      • 15. Knightsbridge March (from In Town Tonight) - Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra
      • 16. Calling All Workers (from Music While You Work) - Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra
      • 17. Tom Marches On (from ITMA) - The Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Charles Shadwell. Announcer: John Snagge
      • 18. Have A Go Theme Tune - Harry Hudson, piano, and audience
      • 19. Have A Go Excerpt from Programme - Wilfred Pickles
      • 20. Much Binding In The Marsh Theme Tune - Kenneth Horne,Richard Murdoch,Sam Costa,Maurice Denham with Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black
      • 21. Take It From Here Theme Tune - BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Frank Cantell with The Keynotes
      • 22. Imperial Echoes (from Radio Newsreel) - Welsh Guards Band conducted by Captain F L Statham
      • 23. Marching Strings (from Top Of The Form) - Ray Martin and his Concert Orchestra
      • 24. Trade Wind Hornpipe (from The Navy Lark) - Tommy Reilly
      • 25. Alpine Pastures (from My Word!) - Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by Sidney Torch
      • 26. Journey Into Space Opening Sequence - Sound Effects
      • 27. Coronation Scot (from Paul Temple) - Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by Sidney Torch
      • 28. The Typewriter (from The News Quiz) - Eastman-Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra conducted by Frederick Fennell
      • 29. At The Sign Of The Swingin' Cymbal (from Pick Of The Pops) - Brian Fahey and his Orchestra
      • 30. Roses From The South (from Grand Hotel) - Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra
      • 31. Irish Tune From County Derry/Londonderry Air (from Your 100 Best Tunes) - Eastman-Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra & Frederick Fennell

      Disc 2

      • 1. Parisian Mode (from What's My Line?) - Woolf Phillips and his Concert Orchestra
      • 2. Gala Performance (from This Is Your Life) - The Laurie Johnson Orchestra
      • 3. Pastoral Montage TV Interlude: Windmill - Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by Robert Farnon
      • 4. The Young Ballerina TV Interlude: Potter's Wheel - Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by David King
      • 5. Family Joke (from The Grove Family) - Tommy Reilly, harmonica, with instrumental accompaniment conducted by Eric Spear
      • 6. An Ordinary Copper (from Dixon Of Dock Green) - Tommy Reilly and Jack Warner
      • 7. Girls In Grey (from TV Newsreel) - Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra
      • 8. News Scoop (from Grandstand) - Symphonia Orchestra conducted by Ludo Philip
      • 9. Halcyon Days from 'The Three Elizabeths' Suite(from The Forsyte Saga) - National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eric Coates
      • 10. Sea Songs (from Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School) - New Concert Orchestra conducted by Nat Nyll
      • 11. Barnacle Bill (from Blue Peter) - New Century Orchestra conducted by Sidney Torch
      • 12. We Want Muffin (from Muffin The Mule) - Annette Mills, piano
      • 13. Medley: Little Dolly Daydream; I May Be Crazy; Sweetheart May; Lily Of Laguna - The George Mitchell Minstrels
      • 14. Me And My Shadow - Morecambe and Wise
      • 15. Hancock's Half Hour Theme Tune (from Hancock's Half Hour) - Wally Stott and his Orchestra
      • 16. The Blood Donor excerpt (from Hancock's Half Hour) - Tony Hancock and Patrick Cargill
      • 17. Old Ned (from Steptoe and Son) - Ron Grainer and his Orchestra
      • 18. Tonight And Every Night (from Tonight) - Hilversum Studio Orchestra conducted by Hugo de Groot
      • 19. Theme from Z-Cars - Johnny Keating and his Orchestra
      • 20. Hit And Miss (from Juke Box Jury) - John Barry Seven Plus Four
      • 21. March from 'A Little Suite' (from Dr Finlay's Casebook) - The Les Reed Strings
      • 22. The Maigret Theme (from We Want Muffin) - Ron Grainer and his Orchestra
      • 23. Serenade For Strings: March (from Monitor) - Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra
      • 24. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) excerpt (from The Onedin Line) - Aram Khatchaturian & The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
      • 25. The Montagues And The Capulets from 'Romeo And Juliet' (from The Apprentice) - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karel Ancerl
      • 26. At The Castle Gate from 'Pelleas And Melisande' (from The Sky At Night) - Sir Thomas Beecham & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
      • 27. Liberty Bell March - (from Monty Python's Flying Circus) - Frederick Fennell conducting The Eastman Wind Ensemble