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The Radiophonic Workshop

~ BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (7 Oct 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: BBC Music
  • ASIN: B00006L9TM
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 256,437 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. La grande piece de la foire de la Rue Delaware - Malcolm Clarke
2. Brio -John Baker
3. Adagio - Dick Mills
4. Geraldine - Roger Limb
5. Bath time - Malcolm Clarke
6. Nenuphar - Glynis Jones / Malcolm Clarke
7. Accentric - John Baker
8. Major Bloodnok's stomach - Dick Mills
9. The panel beaters - Paddy Kingsland
10. Crazy dazy - Dick Mills
11. Veils and mirrors - Glynis Jones
12. Romanescan rout - Malcolm Clarke
13. Schlum rooli - Glynis Jones
14. Kitten's lullaby - Roger Limb
15. Chino - John Baker
16. Waltz antipathy - Richard Yeoman-Clark
17. The world of science - Paddy Kingsland

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Adventures in Sound, 25 Oct 2002
By Oscillator (Carluke) - See all my reviews
Prior to this album I couldn’t think of the Radiophonic workshop without conjuring up the compelling image of white coated technicians working in a laboratory of sound with all manner of arcane equipment and home made oscillators and oscilloscopes. The informative inner booklet here however destroys that notion and replaces it with Open University professors editing tape recorders in rooms with ceiling high modular synthesisers.

Released in 1975 this record sees the Radiophonic crew let off the leash to indulge their own tastes without being constrained by having to write for specific tv/radio commissions. It kicks off with the adventurous La Grande Piece de la Foire de la Rue Delaware, a prime slice of British musical madness courtesy of Malcolm Clarke complete with tinkly synthesiser, clippy cloppy noises, and a marching drum interlude. Next up is the proto electronica of John Baker’s brio, the synthesiser melody line underpinned by a burbling bass line. We are also treated to ambient soundscapes (Adagio by Dick Mills, Veils and Mirrors by Glynis Jones), and electronic pop instrumentals by Roger Limb (Geraldine and Kitten’s Lullaby) that just manage to avoid the cheese. Paddy Kingsland supplies contributes The World of Science and The Panel Beaters both sprightly, if slightly generic sounding, synthesiser tunes.

Compiled with loving care by Mark Ayres this is an excellent CD.

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars After the goldrush..., 4 Mar 2003
By Steerforth (Sussex) - See all my reviews
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The Radiophonic Workshop's first album - the imaginatively titled 'BBC Radiophonic Music' - is a joy to listen to. Compiled in the late Sixties, it is a tribute to the golden age of 'musique concrete' in which whole compositions could be realised using mundane, everyday objects like wine bottles (did you know that the end of 'John Craven's Newsround' was simply wine bottles (boo boo boo boo boo boom) and bedsprings (da da da da da daaa)?

Sadly, the invention of the synthesizer made life a lot less exciting and in the Seventies, the Radiophonic Worshop moved away from its avant garde roots and churned out a lot of tinny, testcard music kitsch.

This album is a rum mixture of the sublime (Glynis Jones) and the ridiculous (Roger Limb). I don't like it as a whole, but I'd happily part with [money] just to hear the weird and wonderful 'Schlum Rooli' again.

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