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Stand By For Adverts

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Play   1. Esso 1:11 £0.69
Play   2. Boac 1:55 £0.69
Play   3. Hoover Keymatic (Excerpt) 2:14 £0.69
Play   4. Banana Mellows 1 0:41 £0.69
Play   5. Banana Mellows 2 0:30 £0.69
Play   6. Booths Dry Gin 1:02 £0.69
Play   7. Phillips Cycles 0:58 £0.69
Play   8. Farm Brand Milk 0:31 £0.69
Play   9. African Commercial Bank 0:29 £0.69
Play 10. Advert For Joan Gray's Shop 0:32 £0.69
Play 11. Hoover Keymatic (Excerpt 2) 0:48 £0.69
Play 12. Hoover Keymatic (Excerpt 3) 0:27 £0.69
Play 13. Unreferenced Short Music Track 0:34 £0.69
Play 14. Ridgeways Country House Tea 1 0:16 £0.69
Play 15. Ridgeways Country House Tea 2 0:10 £0.69
Play 16. Ridgeways Country House Tea 3 0:14 £0.69
Play 17. Ridgeways Country House Tea (Wildtrack Noises) 0:40 £0.69
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Play 20. Herald 0:18 £0.69
Play 21. Bonvisi Spaghetti 0:31 £0.69
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Play 23. Tide Washing Powder (1) 0:18 £0.69
Play 24. Tide Washing Powder (2) 1:01 £0.69
Play 25. Respic 0:40 £0.69
Play 26. Blue Cars 2:11 £0.69
Play 27. Aspro "Footballer" 0:33 £0.69
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Play 29. Take Aspro 0:34 £0.69
Play 30. Lyons Made "Fab Neopolitan" 1:37 £0.69
Play 31. DIY 0:19 £0.69
Play 32. Vehicle Shop 0:17 £0.69
Play 33. Kenitex 0:30 £0.69
Play 34. Hoover Keymatic (Excerpt 4) 0:38 £0.69
Play 35. Hoover Keymatic (Excerpt 5) 1:15 £0.69
Play 36. Lanry Household Bleach 0:19 £0.69
Play 37. Sunsilk Shampoo 0:34 £0.69
Play 38. Sunsilk Shampoo With Voice Over 0:34 £0.69
Play 39. Gillette 1:04 £0.69
Play 40. Punjana Tea 0:20 £0.69
Play 41. Poppett Washing Up Liquid 0:32 £0.69
Play 42. Mazda Neeta Light Bulbs 0:26 £0.69
Play 43. Ovaltine (Version A) 0:58 £0.69
Play 44. Thermogene 1:14 £0.69
Play 45. Flash, Version A 0:19 £0.69
Play 46. Flash, Version B 0:17 £0.69
Play 47. Tango Drink 2:21 £0.69
Play 48. Horlicks "Circus" 1:07 £0.69
Play 49. Horlicks "Farmyard" 0:47 £0.69
Play 50. Johnston, Mooney And O'Brien 0:14 £0.69
Play 51. Shoe Repairs 0:17 £0.69
Play 52. Elastoplast 0:32 £0.69
Play 53. Unreferenced Comedy Music Track 0:33 £0.69
Play 54. Scooters 0:19 £0.69
Play 55. Poor Pablo 0:27 £0.69
Play 56. Coopers No. 2 0:28 £0.69
Play 57. Ekco Radio And Television 0:32 £0.69
Play 58. Leeside Cakes 0:18 £0.69
Play 59. Scrap Iron 0:16 £0.69
Play 60. Scooters (2) 0:17 £0.69
Play 61. Hearts Delight Version 1 0:17 £0.69
Play 62. Car Maintainance Brigade 0:15 £0.69
Play 63. Supermarket 0:16 £0.69
Play 64. Employment Bureau 0:23 £0.69
Play 65. Royal 0:19 £0.69
Play 66. Hearts Delight Version 2 0:35 £0.69
Play 67. Schweppes "Cowboy" 0:57 £0.69
Play 68. Unreferenced Music Track 1 0:34 £0.69
Play 69. Unreferenced Music Track 2 1:37 £0.69
Play 70. Unreferenced Music Track 3 0:36 £0.69
Play 71. Horlicks "School Master" 1:05 £0.69
Play 72. Unreferenced Music Track 4 0:29 £0.69
Play 73. Textiles 0:24 £0.69
Play 74. Barlova 0:34 £0.69
Play 75. Jazz Track Written For Shell (1) 1:01 £0.69
Play 76. Jazz Track Written For Shell (2) 0:42 £0.69
Play 77. Jazz Track Written For Shell (3) 2:19 £0.69
Play 78. Mentholatum 1:03 £0.69
Play 79. Spick Supermarket 0:23 £0.69
Play 80. Super Shell And ICA 1:04 £0.69
Play 81. Moreno 1:25 £0.69
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Stand By For Awesome! 24 May 2011
Format:Audio CD
Even if you don't think you know who Barry Gray is, there's more than a very good chance that you know his music. You've heard his iconic themes for Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet on adverts, on light current affairs programmes or on repeats of the TV programmes themselves. If you're a Northern Soul aficionado, then you probably know the Joe 90 theme from a sweaty dance floor in Wigan. And if you're of a certain age, then you'll probably know a lot of his advertising jingles too, 81 of which have been collected on this fabulous CD (or 61 if you're buying the vinyl).

"Stand By For Adverts" is a thematic sequel to Trunk Records' 2006 compilation "Music For Biscuits", which showcased the deft jingle writing ability of Mike Sammes and the Mike Sammes Singers also make many vocal contributions to this compilation. As such, there is some stylistic overlap between the two. But whereas "Music For Biscuits" reflects a more "swinging" 1960s/early 1970s, "Stand By For Adverts" captures a more naive, turn of the 1950s/60s space-age vibe.

Although there are many kitsch and catchy numbers here ("Banana Mellows", "Boothe's Dry Gin" and "Esso Extra" are all deliciously catchy and camper than Christmas), there are also some fiendishly avant garde electronic flourishes and musique-concrete experiments. Not that it's all high brow and inaccessible. Far from it. Most cues are no longer than 30 seconds and the sequencing is immaculate, so you're never too far away from a skippy melody. More importantly, there's a real sense of fun and exploration about each track. And Gray even provides vocals on a few numbers in a style that suggests he would have been a great post-punk vocalist (imagine a cheery Mark E Smith or John Cooper Clarke at a carnival), had punk happened about twenty years earlier.

So yet again, here's another lovingly prepared, beautifully packaged and incisively annotated release from Trunk Records. Hats off to Jonny Trunk and co. One day, they will put a foot wrong, just by law of averages. That day, however, is not today and I can happily say that I have not stopped playing this for three weeks now. I just wonder what the jingle for this record would sound like? After all, how do you advertise 81 adverts?
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Parkie
Format:Audio CD
Most of these tracks are just before my time, but I recognised the advertising style immediately. It's a fascinating album to listen to from several points of view. A lost age of advertising, the early musical styles that would flourish in Gerry Anderson's productions and as a behind the scenes look into the recording process. When I first listened to this album I realised that this voice cueing in the first track was the actual voice of the man who wrote the soundtrack of my childhood, it was a strangely moving moment for me. There's much joy to be had from this collection.
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Strange & wonderful 21 Sep 2011
Format:Audio CD
What can be said about Barry Gray ? iconic tv themes such as Thunderbirds & Captain Scarlet are just the tip of the iceburg ,this great cd compiles a list as long as your arm of rare tv adverts & jingles incredibly imaginative & quite compelling listening ,don't know were Johnny Trunk gets this stuff from but glad he does . Makes great ring tones on your mobile.
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