Serenade of Old English Melodies
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- The second Anglo-Continental tape used on BBC2 but only for three months in late 1974. I have no idea why it was withdrawn after such a short time, but I thought it a great shame as it was and still is one of my all-time favourite tapes. Many thanks again to my dear departed friend Heinz Herschmann for his generosity in gifting so much of his material to me.
Wonderful of course too.
This, and your latest additions are wanderful..it's rare to come across such amazing compilations. Thank you again for sharing
My pleasure.
Well done Paul
There are only 2 tracks off this tape I remember 1/ 48 mins 23 secs and 2/ 58 mins 53 secs. Thanks for Sharing.
First time in my life I heard this album! I really love it so much!
It's one of my all-time favourites. The gorgeous orchestral perfection from Ulrich Sommelatte and the Frank Pleyer big band together with the brassy eight part trumpet section tracks make it a tape all of its own. Plus two repeat tracks from the Royal Daffodil tape on BBC1. So sad it only lasted three months. However here it is for... well, who knows?
@@paulsawtell3991 I agree, why it was short-lived I guess we'll never know. Other short-lived tapes I wish had lasted longer were Well All Right, lasting only 6 months on BBC1, Birth of the Blues, and BBC2's Dancing Days. The Theme From Z with it's unforgettable vocal tracks like Gayle Dunne's "San Diego Bay," was another unexpected disappearance in November 1978 (I was sure, being the newest tape that it would last at least until Christmas that year, how wrong can one be?). When To Break a Record disappeared after only 6 months on BBC2, I had that one written-off as another short-lived compilation, but then BBC1 surprised us all by reinstating it on their side in January 1980, where it remained for a couple of years. There's some really good material on this tape though, 3 months was far too short.
@@ianmcclavin Zed was removed for copyright reasons, I can tell you that. Regarding the others it's hard to guess. Publisher tapes ought not suffer the copyright fate unless of course rights for one or more tracks were suddenly withdrawn. I know that Helen Frankel of Mozart Edition in those days would dutifully go through all the pressing of records held with a razor blade and ruin any such tracks. There were some half hour tapes which were also sent off for what Eddie Waring would call "an early bath". You forgot to mention the BBC1 tape The Poacher which only had a few airings over a 6 week period; however I think it's easy to guess why that one was pensioned off.
@@paulsawtell3991 Yes, I missed The Poacher at the time it was aired, but I well remember the vehicle BBC2 introduced in 1976 to re-use some of its material. I must admit, on Princess Jaune, the ex-Poacher tracks did sound more palatable (IMHO) when interspersed with various other light classical tracks than they did on their own.
Thanks for sharing this tape. It's one of a few I'm missing, so it's great to be able to hear it at last.
Smack bang in the middle is a track that also appeared on BBC1 tape Melancholic Rock.
Yes, that was a surprise to hear THAT one again, it's called "Sir Eddie."
Lovely to hear this tape again. I think I recall hearing it Summer 1973. Really enjoy hearing your 60s tapes Paul.
Thanks David, this tape was aired a year later than you recall though. September - December 1974.
@@paulsawtell3991 Hi Paul, yes memories can play tricks. I suppose 1974 or so was when I must have began listening less. Prior to then loved to hear them and now they are so nostalgic. You're very precise if I may say so. I recall when in 1972 hourly tapes without the BBC indents began. Have you copies of these, and BBC1 60s tapes?
@@davidpemberton347 Yes, I suppose I am precise, but the trade test music was not just a 'personal obsession' but a great influence on me as a pro musician. There was so much to learn. How to arrange and how to orchestrate which stood me in great stead in later life especially when I was an arranger for sessions in recording studios and for the BBC etc etc. Ironic perhaps! I have all the BBC trade tapes but have to be careful what I post here as I don't want to risk the channel. I have posted some of the hour tapes which were gifted to me by the publishers so YT can hardly complain about that. I have also posted many 1960s tapes, again with permission. As time went on I got to know most of the publishers and in fact worked for one of them. See BBC2 lettered tapes and BBC1 numbered ones - the 1971 sequences to name a few. I'd love to post them all but as I said I don't want to offend anyone. The hour tapes were ushered in when the BBC decided tape speed of 7.5 ips was broadcast quality as opposed to the previously used 15ips. The BBC ident disappeared because by 1972 it was thought that as ITA stations were broadcasting programmes much of the day the need to distinguish was reduced; I also know that David Allan, who complied most of those tapes and was a personal friend for over 20 years, was pleased to be rid of the ident.
@@paulsawtell3991 Hi Paul, that is most interesting. I recorded many a BBC 1 and BBC 2 tape in the 60s and early 70s, using a microphone, as you'd imagine. A school friend and his brother did similarly and in fact he was later able to obtain a BBC 1 set I'd been obsessional about, music by Smetena, Tchaikovsky and finishing with 'The Snow Maiden', which I'd first heard in 1967, shortly before it was removed from general use, but would reappear very occasionally, broadcast from the northern transmitters, before finally disappearing in the early 70s. I believe you have posted that one. Two BBC 2 67/68 tapes, which had very short lives were also a source of fascination and it's been lovely to hear those again. I think they were beautifully compiled by David Allan and am so pleased you are posting as many as you're able.
@@davidpemberton347 Hello David, I haven't posted the SESAC tape of the Smetana (dubbed The Merry Chickenyard LOL) but I have been considering the permissions I had and have from Tom Casey, the then Vice Chair of SESAC which I may be able therefore be able to use to post that and the other tapes from their library. You are correct that that tape was also used as a regional tape in the north. The BBC2 tapes O and P had as you say short lives as did two BBC1 tapes, 22 and 23. I never found out why. The BBC2 tape O did have another similarly short-lived TX but I am struggling to see any publisher issues with any of them. Normally they would be delighted to have the PRS income from the TX and all the items came from well-established contributors ie Mozart Edition, Chandos, Berry Music and Chappell (TeleCineRadio). I did ask David Allan if he had any ideas on this but it was all obscured in the mists of time.... Goodness knows what happened to the SESAC transcription library but Tom told me they lost the lot of their masters due to a major flood in their storage dept. That was one reason he gave me permission to obtain and use the LPs if and when the BBC decided to get rid which they did and I consequently have their library LPs.
Another great tape of the 70's but only one track Sir Eddie later some years on BBC1 tape Melancholic Rock on track 16 Sir Eddie from July 1978 to early November 1979 on the right track
Ah the one which you could lyricise ‘I heard this song on the test-card…… heard it on BBC2…… ‘