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BBC Radiophonic Music Album Reviews 3out of 5
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It speaks volumes for music trends that where once something regarded as primitive and irrelevant can now be deemed as an influential benchmark for the music makers of today. Take the BBC's own Radiophonic Workshop as an example; a group of boffins whose main aim was to provide incidental music for the programmes of the day. This 1968 album is packed with short signature tunes and fascinating little curios which frequently surprise; John Baker's version of 'O Come All Ye Faithful' using checkout tills can definitely be referred to as ground-breaking and 'Structures' is built entirely from electronic oscillators making it a kind of British answer to the Silver Apples. Yet the real meat at the centre of the album of predominantly short clips is Delia Derbyshire's more drawn-out material such as the haunting 'Pot Au Feu' and the Dr. Who-comissioned 'Blue Veils And Golden Sands' and 'The Delian Mode' which capture an undeniably sinister mood that sounds more effective on record away from the rather crude visual effects of the original programme. Were it not for the likes of King Of Woolworths or Boards Of Canada people would probably say "They don't make 'em like that anymore".
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  Track Listing
01 Radio Sheffield
02 Radio Nottingham
03 Boys And Girls
04 Mattachin
05 Pot Au Feu
06 Time And Tune
07 Tomorrow's World
08 Reading Your Letters
Standout Track Blue Veils And Golden Sands
10 The Missing Jewel
11 Artbeat
12 Fresh Start
13 Christmas Commercial
14 Sea Sports
15 The Delian Mode
16 Happy Birthday
17 The Frogs Wooing
18 Milky Way
19 Structures
20 New Worlds
21 Ziwzih Ziwzih 00-00-00
22 Festival Time
23 The Chase
24 Towards Tomorrow
25 Quiz Time
26 P.I.G.S.
27 Autumn And Winter
28 Door To Door
29 Factors
30 War Of The Worlds
31 Crossbeat
32 Air
33 Time To Go

Standout Track = Standout Track

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