Jim Lewis marvellous series of articles this week reminded me of a forgotten gem of C21 material. The 33rpm album, 'World of Tomorrow'. I've had this and Lady Penelope Presents, since I was a kid and hammered it to death. After my interest waned a little in the eighties, I gave them to a mate, who took them to a comic mart and sold them on to a dealer. I was so distraught, I had to buy them back off the guy myself, I just couldn't see them go.Nowadays, I cant play them, as I haven't a turntable, but back in the day, i'd happily put on Journey to the Moon, get out my Spacex MLP and Interplanetary 1 and listen to Steve Zodiac talk me through the journey to our nearest neighbour. What I enjoyed about this album, was the fact it was (I think) all new material, especially recorded for the LP, using the original voice actors. The calming tones of Troy Tempest walking a visitor around Marineville and the dialogue between Steve, Matt and Venus on Fireball, was one of the happy memories of my childhood. Ive also since found two of the small seven inch eps, but can't put a hand on them at the moment.
In the eighties, there was a brief resurgance of interest before the main revival of Thunderbirds by Carlton and a 10" EP was released called No Strings Attached. Possibly to bolster the ailing Terrahawks series (and yes, I even bought Kate Kestrels 12" single too) it was some of the main music from Anderson favourites and often got played at my local bar in Liverpool, on request!
Ever since I found the Star Wars soundtrack (on cassette would you believe, so no poster or gatefold sleeve) I have enjoyed film themes and still collect the odd one or two today. But back in the age of vinyl, I bought quite a few. Here are some of the survivors of that forgotten age.
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| Still a memorable favourite |
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| Execrable orchestral version bought by mistake |
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| No Idea - but cheap and quite good! |
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| David Bowie and Georgio Moroder and Nastassia Kinski...mmmm |
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| Odd, but enjoyable |
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| cheap and cheerful |
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| Annie Lennox glorious vocals |
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| End of Line |
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| Excellent Carpenter music from an excellent Carpenter film |
The Harmagedon soundtrack is a great find! It's from a great Rin Taro movie of the same name.
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Lance - that record is up for grabs if your interested. Its not been played very much
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