{"title":"BBC Radiophonic Workshop","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"four-albums-1968-1978","title":"Four Albums 1968 - 1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eA special collection of the 4 main Radiophonic Workshop CDs and 2 rare and collectable bonus discs one featuring the \u003ci\u003eStone Tape,\u003c\/i\u003e the other features \u003ci\u003eChanges\u003c\/i\u003e. These have never been available on CD before! All 6 CD are in card wallets, and a booklet, all within a box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC Radiophonic Music\u003c\/i\u003e is the first compilation of music released by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. It featured music by three of the Workshop's most prominent composers, John Baker, David Cain, and Delia Derbyshire. 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They’ve risen to the challenge admirably, concocting a soundtrack that mixes pastoral flute with dread synth tones and bowed percussion that connects this to England’s hidden reverse of Coil as much as the masters of Italian Giallo soundtracks. The soundtrack features sound elements and drones from the Delia Derbyshire archives, the pioneering producer of the original \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e signature tune. These sound elements, discovered in boxes of tapes in the late composer’s attic, have been restored and used in the foundations of the sound track and sound design. \u003ci\u003ePossum\u003c\/i\u003e is the directorial debut of Matthew Holness (best known for co-writing and playing the title role in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace). The film stars Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong, telling the story of a disgraced children’s puppeteer who returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD - Housed in a beautiful 6-panel sleeve designed by Julian House (Ghost Box Records \/ Children Of Alice), the soundtrack includes all the cues from the feature film as well as 9 bonus tracks. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Room 13","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50447031206219,"sku":"1047047","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/708ce037-9773-4277-86a9-ab3d3fca8a40_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727069233"},{"product_id":"bbc-radiophonic-music","title":"BBC Radiophonic Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe reissue of the 1968 BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s hugely influential 10th anniversary album, featuring remastered early electronic works of John Baker, David Cain and Delia Derbyshire. Widely regarded as a major influence on the development of electronic music worldwide, BBC Radiophonic Music is a compilation of short works, often composed as intros to various radio or television programs. Conceived in a time when analogue sampling meant hours of slicing tape with razor blades, BBC Radiophonic Music is brimming with zippy themes, unsettling atmospherics, riffs, loops, clicks and beeps. Insanely catchy yet deeply sinister, this is ‘collage music’, produced, according to Desmond Briscoe of BBC Radiophonic Workshop, “with the intention of entertaining rather than informing”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an essential album for analogue and TV theme obsessives, and anyone with an interest in contemporary electronica; mysterious, eccentric and celestial, it is a celebration of one of the UK's most treasured and unique institutions. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silva Screen","offers":[{"title":"Silver | LP","offer_id":50471279984971,"sku":"1062365","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Pink | LP","offer_id":50471280247115,"sku":"1163575","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/df99a744-d9d9-46bc-9e26-38c383abbfab_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727398224"},{"product_id":"the-radiophonic-workshop","title":"The Radiophonic Workshop","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the release of \u003ci\u003eBBC Radiophonic Music\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), and \u003ci\u003eFourth Dimension \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), this was the third album to be produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, coming out in February 1975. Where the first album focused on showcasing commissioned TV themes, and the second was mainly Paddy Kingsland’s project, most of the tracks on this album were written by the Workshop’s composers specially for the release, the exceptions being \u003ci\u003eMajor Bloodnok’s Stomach, The Panel Beaters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe World of Science.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early seventies, the equipment and techniques the composers used were at the cutting edge of music technology. This album was an opportunity for them to create music free from the constraints and demands of a television production. 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The album has been remastered for vinyl from the original tapes by the Radiophonic Workshop's archivist Mark Ayres. Pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50484035682635,"sku":"369118","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/6d5f5446-e17f-4c50-8edd-8da25b3e8e41_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727579423"},{"product_id":"burials-in-several-earths","title":"Burials in Several Earths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurials In Several Earths\u003c\/i\u003e is a brand new work by the legendary Radiophonic Workshop, the soundtrack architects behind classic British TV music such as \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e. 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