Richard Hayman & His Orchestra - OO LA LA - An Evening In Paris

Another test card friendly Parisian music release - I bought this the same time as Cafe de Paris, this was also recommended by test card music enthusiasts seeing as this release has also been used on various test transmissions. If you enjoyed Cafe de Paris, then you're sure to enjoy this too.

Richard Hayman & His Symphony Orchestra
An Evening In Paris
Naxos International
1991
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1. Paris Canaille
2. La Mer
3. Mademoiselle de Paris
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Oo La La
6. Under the Roofs of Paris
7. Geneviève Galop
8. World of Legrand
9. Très Moutarde
10. Domino
11. French Pastry
12. Fascination
13. La Vie en Rose
14. If You Go Away
15. Montmarte
16. Sambre et Meuse
17. Paris Medley: I Love Paris/What Now My Love
18. Barcarolle [From Tales of Hoffmann]

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Cafe de Paris - Twenty -One Accordion Favourites

From Jack Emblow and his accordion, Cafe de Paris - 21 Accordion Favourites does what it says on the tin and is a great collection of test card friendly accordian music - some of which have been used on actual test card and Ceefax/Teletext transmissions way back in the day. Very nice indeed and a must-own for test card music collectors. Personal faves on here are the "Allo Allo" theme and "Chanson d'Amour" (altogether: "rat-ta-tat-ta-tat!") - but it's all great. I bought (or is that brought?- I can never remember nowadays since my brain's been going on the blink for some time now) this back in the early 2000s when I was on a test card music and easy listening trip - it was recommended by the Test Card Society or something along those lines(!) and it's still a pleasant listen to this day.

Jack Emblow
Cafe de Paris - Twenty-One Accordion Favourites
Crimson
1997
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1 Under Paris Skies
2 C'est Magnifique
3 Medley-Moulin Rouge/La Ronde/Pigalle
4 Under the Bridge of Paris
5 Allo Allo
6 Louise
7 When the World Was Young
8 Mon Homme
9 La Vie en Rose
10 C'est Si Bon
11 Autumn Leaves
12 Boom
13 What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
14 Milord
15 Chanson d'Amour
16 Domino
17 The Petite Waltz
18 I Will Wait for You
19 I Love Paris
20 I Wish You Love
21 The Poor People of Paris

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Bend it! Trattoria Menu.3

Second in a series of four utterly bizarre and brilliant compilations from the Exotica label featuring songs and dialogue from the world of football (Exotica are best known for their similar range of Exotic Beatles compilations, well worth checking out if you're an obsessive Fab Four fan like meself!). Pearls on here include Jack Charlton's hilariously bad spoken word ditty "Geordie Sunday" (which reminds one of the equally nutty "If" by Telly Savalas, the old Hovis ad music and anything by William Shatner), The Devoted's "I Love George Best" and Mr.Martini's "Gascoigne Please (Delirio Gazza)".

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Bend it! Trattoria Menu.3
Exotica
1992
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1.England World　Cup 66 MARCH - JOE LOSS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
2.Cruyff,Flying Dutchman - BRIDGE
3.Brazil! Brazil! - NARRACA O DE : WALDIR AMARAL
4.Pele - "El Rey" - LUIS ALBERTO DEL PARANA Y LOS PARAGUAYOS
5.I Love George Best - THE DEVOTED
6.Georgie-El Beatle! - FEATURING GEORGE BEST, TYNETEX LEISUREWEAR
7.Manchester United Calypso - EDRIC CONNOR WITH KEN JONES AND HIS MUSIC
8.World Cup Cha-Cha-Santiago Sixty-Two - VICTOR SILVESTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
9.Toto Schillaci Espresso - HER
10.I Wish I Could Play Like Charlie George - THE STRIKERS AND CHILDREN OF SELSTON BAGTHORPE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHOIR
11.Love Me - LES AND PAUL BARRETT...FAVOURITES OF FULHAM FC
12.Oei-Oei-Oei-Fantastico Cruyff Barcelona - JOHAN CRUYFF
13.Hala Madrid! - JOSE DE AGUILARAND
14.Tip Top Tottenham Hotspur - THE TOTNAMITES
15.St.Etienne 76-Allez Les Verts - LES SUPPORTERS
16.Futball Argentino
17.Chippy Chippy Cheep Cheep - PETER OSGOOD & CHELSEA 70
18.Clube De Regatas Do Flamengo-E Goleada De Samba - PEDRO PAOULO-RADIO NACIONAL / MATIZ OF RIO
19.Roger Milla Is My Number 9 Dream - THE RAINBOW CHOIR
20.Bochum Will Never BE Champion - THE SAMMY POCHSTEIN EXPERIENCE
21.Zebra Twist With Msv Duiburg - THE HANS BLUM BAND
22.Pass Shoot Goal!1931 - GRACIE FIELDS
23.Sir Stanley Matthews - THE KEELE ROW
24.Exotic Football Calypso Of 1953 - EDMUNDO ROS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
25.Panathinaikos-3.00 Xponia - YMNOE TOY NANAOHNAIKOY
26.Chansons Eusebio - LOUIS PHILIPPE
27.Willie Morgan On The Wing - TRISTAR AIRBUS
28.Geordie Sunday - JACK CHARLTON
29.Gascoigne Please/Delirio Gazza - MR.MARTINI
30.Sugar Sugar - BOBBY MOORE AND FRANCIS LEE WITH ENGLAND 70
31.Bye Bye Blackbird Karaoke - TERRY VENABLES
32.Qu'est Ce Qu'il Est Beau! Mon Football Jazz - KAHIMI KARIE
33.La Fine - JOHN CHARLES AT JUVENTUS IN 1960 WITH THE WILLIAM GALASSINI ORCHESTRA

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Watch out - it's Mrs Crisp Thief.

The Mozart Lounge - Groovy Easy Listening & Scat Classics from the Mozart Edition Library

That subtitle heading "Groovy Easy Listening & Scat Classics from the Mozart Edition Library" almost reminded me of the Borat movie for some reason! Here's another classic repost... If you enjoyed the Test Card Classics, then here's some more tunes of a similar nature you're sure to enjoy. The Mozart Lounge is a total must-own for collectors of light 'n' easy/lounge/library music seeing as it collects music from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s as featured on BBC Radio, BBC Ceefax, BBC tv and local radio. The Mozart Lounge's kaleidoscopic flavours go far beyond mere easy listening - from the swinging scat vocals of Walters Band & Chorus and the Cliff Hammer Choir to funky soul-jazz influenced cuts from notable European jazzmen Theo Schumann, Eugen Cicero, Manfred Ludwig Septet and Sante Palumbo.

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The Mozart Lounge
Apollo Sound
2002

1 STANISLAUS: Walters Band and Chorus
2 A LONG CIGARETTE: Ben Cooper and hisOrchestra
3 ZOTTOS: Group Moderne
4 HALOGENE: Guy Gollasch and his Band
5 CINDY’S JUMP: Eugen Cicero Quintet
6 BLUES IN ITALY: Franco Chiari Jazz Quartet
7 FAKE THREE: Walt Peters & his Orchestra
8 PLUTO: Theo Schumann and his Music
9 ARCADIA: The Sante Palumbo Group
10 MIDNIGHT SHADOW: The Cliff Hammer Choir and Orchestra
11 BAMBI: George Hermann and his Music
12 JASMIN: Walter’s Big Band
13 WAGTAIL: Guy Gollasch Combo
14 I'LL WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE:
The Cliff Hammer Choir and Orchestra
15 THREE CATS: Franco Chiari Jazz Quartet
16 MOONSHOT: Guy Gollasch and His Band
17 HAUTE COUTURE: Franco Chiari Jazz Quartet
18 YOU HAVE GONE: Manfred Ludwig Septet

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The Wurzels - Never Mind The Bullocks

Previously ripped and upped on the old CosmoBlog way back in yesteryear, here's a pretty lacklustre collection of supposedly funny covers from the formerly brilliant Wurzels. A lot of people like this album - but I'm not one of them. Funnily enough, the cover/title of the album is probably the best thing about it. Only tracks which work, in my opinion, are Blur's "Country House" - which was tailor-made for The Wurzels - and Oasis' "Don't Look Back In Oasis" - if only because it's hard to ruin such a classic song. "Come On Santa" isn't bad either as it seems to be a Wurzel original - can imagine it being a popular at christmas parties. Other than that, well below par. The problem? Well, past Wurzel parodies tended to change the lyrics to suit the situation of "life on the farm" to hilarious effect (re: "Combine Harvester", "I Am A Cider Drinker" and "Father Bill's Cowman" for example) but for most of this album the band have stuck to straight covers with barely a lyric change but with some embarrassing oos and aahs now and again to remind you of who they are. Main thing I noticed about Never Mind The Bullocks is that most of the tracks are covers of songs ranging between the period of 1996 to 1999, which makes me think the material is a lot older than it's eventual release date, the relevance of which dates the album by half of a decade. I mean, Catatonia, Babybird, Chumbawumba and Gina G were well out of the public interest by the year 2000, if not a lot sooner! Want the best of The Wurzels? Get it here! Want a second-rate novelty album? Download this here now! You may well enjoy it a bit more than me, after all...

The Wurzels
Never Mind The Bullocks
Cruisin ' Records
2002

1. Oo Ar Just A Little Bit - Gina G
2. You're Gorgeous - Babybird
3. Dead From The Waist Down - Catatonia
4. Country House - Blur
5. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
6. Why Does It Always Rain On Me - Travis
7. Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
8. Come On Santa - Wurzels
9. Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
10. It Wasn't Me - Shaggy

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Quark - The Complete Series

Here's a treat for cult tv and sci-fi fans, an absolute hidden gem of a show... Possibly taking it's name from a revolutionary avant-garde sci-fi anthology magazine of the early 70s and arriving during the sci-fi boom of the late 70s on the back of the success of Star Wars, here we have futuristic sitcom Quark (not to be confused with the popular European soft and creamy cheese of the same name - or maybe soft and creamy cheese is the intention!). Not very well-receieved on it's original transmission and even to this day, Quark is a rather decent sci-fi comedy from none-other than the brilliant, legendary Buck Henry - co-creator of Get Smart, writer of 60s all-star cult flop Candy (I liked it but my wife didn't!) and superb actor in movies such as the Nicholas Roeg/David Bowie masterpiece The Man Who Fell To Earth, the Bowie/Rosanna Arquette cult comedy classic The Linguini Incident, the vastly underrated Breakfast of Champions and To Die For (of which he also wrote the screenplay), to name but a few. The pilot originally aired in 1977, followed by the short-lived series in 1978.

Richard Bejamin with those gorgeous twins...

Quark stars actor/director Richard Benjamin (co-star in sci-fi classic Westworld and star of one of my all-time fave family movies Packin' It In) as intergalactic trash collector(!) Adam Quark who longs for a better and more glamorous job, along with Tim Thomerson as Gene/Jean (one of the funniest characters in the series) the "transmute" - a half male, half female humanoid who switches between sexes without forewarning(!) to hilarious effect, Conrad Janis (Mindy's dad from Mork & Mindy) as Otto Palindromeis - the tyrant in charge of Perma One who gives Commander Quark his assignments and Cyb & Patricia Barnstable as gorgeous spacebabe twins (in lovely shiny hotpants) Betty I & Betty II aka The Bettys (one is a clone of the other - but which is which?!)! And, last but by no means least, Andy the robot - who could be related to Battle Of The Planets' 7-Zark-7! That's the crew amongst others that I haven't mentioned - such as Dink (the "Cousin It" of Quark), the almighty being known as The Head ("Don't tell me about headaches - I wrote the book about headaches!"), the gorgeous four-armed Interface, the Spock-like Ficus Pandorata and Ergo the pet catrepillar/maggot-like blob - but I'm sure you'll get to know them well throughout the eight episodes.

And again...

The plot: Set on the United Galaxies Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an interstellar garbage scow operating out of United Galaxies Space Station Perma One in the year 2222. Adam Quark works to clean up trash in space by collecting "space baggies" — unfortunately for Quark, while circumstances frequently dropped adventure into his lap, he was always ordered back to collecting garbage when the action was over.

And again...

A satire of sci-fi ranging from Star Wars and Star Trek to 2001: A Space Odyssey and Flash Gordon with Police Squad!-style visual and verbal gags throughout, Quark is a pleasant surprise of a show which I've no doubt would have been improved upon if it were ever given a second seriesback in it's day. That said, like Police Squad!, the minimum number of episodes has assured it a cult following - yet another show that maybe died before it's time but lasted way before it got too tiresome. Surprised nobody picked it up in the early 80s for a movie adaption though...


Fascinating television sci-fi fact-a-roonie: "Quark" is also the name of a major character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as any Trekkie knows!) and, also, a name of a robot race from Doctor Who (the funny looking ones in the Troughton-era story "The Dominators")! So even if "quark" isn't as big in America as it is in Europe, it's certainly big in the world of television sci-fi cheese!!! And, as we all know, nothing tastes better than cheesey sci-fi! Severely underrated in my opinion, Quark is one of the funniest sci-fi comedies I've seen outside of Red Dwarf and Galaxy Quest. Enjoy!!

Quark - The Complete Series
1977/1978
XVID
Approx. 25 mins per episode (except ep.2 - 45 mins)

Episodes:
1. Quark (Pilot)
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2. May The Source Be With You
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (Download all 9 parts to unrar) 770 mb
3. The Old And The Beautiful
1 2 3 4 5 (Download all 5 parts to unrar) 404 mb
4. The Good, The Bad And The Ficus
1 2 3 4 5 (Download all 5 parts to unrar) 459 mb
5. Goodbye, Polumbus
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Download all 6 parts to unrar) 531 mb
6. All The Emperor's Quasi-Norms (Pt.1)
1 2 3 4 5 (Download all 5 parts to unrar) 423 mb
7. All The Emperor's Quasi-Norms (Pt.2)
1 2 3 4 5 (Download all 5 parts to unrar) 436 mb
8. Vanessa 38-24-36
1 2 3 4 5 (Download all 5 parts to unrar) 457 mb

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Any excuse for a pic of gorgeous twin blonde sci-fi babes...
...yet again.
(They were the reason I discovered Quark after all!)

Test Card Classics - Volumes 1 & 2

Previously uploaded on the old CosmoBlog many years ago, here we have the superb Test Card Classics Volumes 1 & 2 - both are an absolute must-own for collectors and, that word I always have trouble with, connoisseurs of easy listening/lounge/library/incidental tv music.

V/A
Test Card Classics - The Girl The Doll The Music
Flyback
1996

1 John Ross-Barnard - Introduction
2 Stuttgart Studio Orchestra, The - Royal Daffodil
3 Westway Novelty Ensemble, The - Riga Road
4 Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra, The - Angry
5 Stuttgart Studio Orchestra, The - Capability Brown
Unknown Artist - BBC Chimes
6 Cavendish Ten - Waltz In Jazztime
7 Benito Gonzalez Latin Sound, The - Bella Samba
Unknown Artist - BBC Chimes
8 Stuttgart Studio Orchestra - Holiday Highway
9 Orchestra Heinz Kiessling - Cordoba
10 Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra - My Guy's Come Back
11 Langford Orchestra - The Lark In The Clear Air
Unknown Artist - BBC Chimes
12 New Dance Orchestra - Pandora
13 Fernand Terby Orchestra - Firecracker
Unknown Artist - BBC Chimes
14 Stuttgart Studio Orchestra - Hebridean Hoedown
15 Gerhard Narholz Orchestra - High Life
16 Orchestra Heinz Kiessling - Samba Fiesta
17 Stuttgart Studio Orchestra - Stately Occasion
Unknown Artist - BBC Chimes
18 Mr Popcorn's Band - Chelsea Chick
19 Roger Roger And His Orchestra - Greenland Sleigh Dogs
Unknown Artist - BBC Chimes
20 Cavendish Ten - These Foolish Things
21 Stuttgart Studio Orchestra - March From "The Colour Suite"
22 Ensemble Roger Roger - Long Hot Summer
23 Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra - Going Places
24 No Artist - 440 Hz Tone

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Test Card Classics 2 - Big Band Width
Flyback
1997
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1. Fings Ain't What They Used to Be - Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra
2. Smiling Fortune - Alexander Martin Orchestra
3. Story of My Love - George Winters Orchestra
4. Lucky Bounce - Skymasters
5. Here in a Smoky Room - Otto Keller Band
6. Waltz Express - Joe Scott, Joe Scott
7. Slinky - Brasshoppers
8. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny - Delle Haensch Band
9. Beat-In - Frank Pleyer Orchestra
10. Alamo - Joe Palmer
11. Small Town - William Gardner Orchestra
12. Take Off - Henry Monza Orchestra
13. Meet Me on the Bridge - Skymasters
14. Happy Talk - Frank Pleyer Orchestra
15. Charleston-Time - Jimmy Thanner
16. Apron Strings - Hans Hatter & His Orchestra
17. Scotch Broth - Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra
18. Tele-Vision - Delle Haensch Band
19. Concerto Grosso '67 - Eric Landy Orchestra
20. High Ball - Otto Keller Band
21. Hallelujah, Honey - Frank Valdor
22. Soho Swing - Walt Peters & His Orchestra
23. Daisy - Delle Haensch Band
24. Walking on the Shore - Franco Taormina
25. Hello Lissy - Joe Palmer
26. Craig Hill Surprise - Otto Keller Band
27. Post Haste - Brasshoppers
28. Swinging Affair - Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra
29. Jeff's Special - Jeff Hasky
30. Indian Boots - George Winters Orchestra

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The Ted Taylor Chorus & Orchestra - Best Of The Football Themes

A must for any obsessive footie fan - especially English football (Ron Manager probably has this in his record collection and listens to it on a daily basis), Ted Taylor's Best Of The Football Themes is a roaring, non-stop soccer party featuring a rousing collection of anthemic footie favourites interspersed with commentary and the sound of the crowd. They don't make 'em like this no more, that's for sure.

The Ted Taylor Chorus & Orchestra
Best Of The Football Themes
Starline
1972

Side A:
We Are The Champions
We'll Be With You
You'll Never Walk Alone
Blue Is The Colour
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
The Lads Of Leeds

Side B:
Good Old Arsenal
Willie Morgan
Glory Glory Hallelujah
Home And Away
Back Home

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Football.
Isn't it?
Hmmm.

Fixed tracks

If you downloaded the superb collections Watch With Teacher and The Day The TV Stood Still, you'll probably be wanting these two tracks. The original rips of the two tracks were messed up (the cds were pretty damn difficult to rip as it happens) - these new rips are fine. Sorry about that and thanks to "pokerface" for letting me know about those tracks.

Watch With Teacher
CD1: 24 Pete Philips - Indian Tea

The Day The TV Stood Still
CD1: 32 - Fun with Fido

Fixed tracks
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Some People Are On The Pitch - Songs From Football's Archives

Howay the lads! Come on you 'Bells!
I watched and thoroughly enjoyed The Damned United (the "fiction-based-on-fact" account of Brian Clough's years at Derby and Leeds United) followed by the splendid ITV documentary Clough very recently and I thought - it's about time I put a pure football song comp on t' CosmoBells. And sooooo... Here we have an absolute treat for novelty music fans and also, obviously, the footie fans. This long deleted, highly collectible football song compilation from the same people that bought you the You Are Awful! series is the creme-de-la-creme of football song compilations. Not only do you get gems like West Ham's "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", Arsenal's "Good Old Arsenal", The Spinners' "Football Crazy", Ennio Morricone's "World Cup Argentina", the football folk of Dave & Toni Arthur's "The Football Match", The Tony Hatch Orchestra's "Theme From Sportsnight", Kop Unlimited's funktastic "Football Hustle" and Leyton Orient's sublime "We The Kings of Orient Are"(!) but you also get the complete 1970 England Football Squad's album The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters featuring classics such as "Back Home", "There'll Always Be An England", "Lovey Dovey", "Lilly The Pink", "Congratulations", "Glory-O", "Cinammon Stick" and "Sugar Sugar"! 'Tis a must for those with a deep football/soccer inclination, so it is... Enjoy!

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Some People Are On The Pitch - Songs From Football's Archives
Sequel
1999

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CD1
1. Offside: Match Of The Day
2. The Arsenal First Team Squad: Good Old Arsenal
3. The Arsenal First Team Squad: The Boys From Highbury
4. The Spinners" Football Crazy
5. West Ham UTD. Cup Squad '75: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
6. West Ham UTD. Cup Squad '75: West Ham United
7. The Boleyn Boys: Football Mad
8. Bruce Thompson: My World Is A Football
9. Everton Cup Squad '84: The Boys In Blue
10. Stan Kelly: Romeo and Juliet
11. Liverpool FC: Hail To The Kop
12. Liverpool FC: We Are Liverpool
13. Kop Unlimited (with Lenny Rich): My Liverpool
14. The Kopites: Liverpool We Love You
15. Stan Kelly: Wives Take This Warning
16. Leyton Orient FC: We The Kings Of Orient Are
17. Leyton Orient FC: Football Football
18. The Potters (Stoke City FC Supporters): We'll Be With You
19. The Potters: Theme For A Team
20. Glen Daly: The Celtic Song
21. Glen Daly: Gail Hail Celtic
22. Hamish Imlach: The History Of Football
23. Buddy Logan: Follow Follow (The Rangers Song)
24. Buddy Logan: Play The Game
25. Ennio Morricone Orchestra: World Cup Agentina
26. Glen Daly: We're On The Ball
27. Moon Williams: Argentina Heroes (We're On Our Way)
28. Buenos Aires City Band: World Cup March '78

CD2
1. Back Home - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
2. Sugar Sugar - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
3. Lovey-Dovey - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
4. Lily The Pink - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
5. You're In My Arms - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
6. Puppet On A String - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
7. Congratulations - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
8. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
9. Glory-O - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
10. Make Me An Island - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
11. Cinnamon Stick - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
12. There'll Always Be An England - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
13. Lonnie Donegan: World Cup Willie
14. Dave and Toni Arthur: The Football Match
15. Sam Richards: The Game of Football
16. John Shakespeare Orchestra: The World At Their Feet
17. The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Sportsnight
18. The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Best In Football
19. Kop Unlimited Orchestra: Football Hustle
20. The John Schroeder Orchestra: The Britannia March
21. The John Schroeder Orchestra: On The Ball

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WBA's Cyrille Regis MBE, the god-like Brian Clough, "Golden Age" Gazza,
"Big Ron" Atkinson aka "Champagne Charlie" and the legendary
Linekar with his tasty bit of "almost-half-his-age" crumpet.
I don't think any of these people appear on this album.

The Morecambe & Wise Show - guest-starring Edward Woodward

As a tribute to the late, great Edward Woodward, here's a treat of an episode of all-time British comedy classic The Morecambe & Wise Show. This is the fourth episode of the second series from 1969. Eric & Ernie are on top-form and there are hilarious guest-appearances from Peter Cushing and Edward Woodward. Cushing returns to the show demanding payment for his last appearance (as the years went by, Cushing would continue to make guest-appearances on various M&W shows demanding his payment!), cue some very funny material:
Cushing: "I was in your show and I never got paid."
Eric: "Sounds like one of our shows!"
Ernie: "You were never in one of our shows."
Cushing: "I can prove I was in one of your shows."
Eric: "Prove it?! How?! How?!"
Cushing: "I would like to show you a short excerpt..."
Eric: "Well you can't - this is a family show, you see!"

Woodward stars in the grand finale - in which he plays a copper (of course!) - in a play wot Eric wrote entitled "Murder At The Grange - or The Mouse Trap". Also in the play, Eric plays a famous conductor - although, for hilarious comedy reasons, he's dressed as the wrong kind of conductor... Other guests on the show include legendary Scottish singer Kenneth McKellar, Irish folk trio The Pattersons and, of course, M&W show bigband regulars Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen.

The Morecambe & Wise Show
Series 2, Episode 4
1969
XVID
Approx. 50 mins
500 mb

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The Equalizer is dead.

EDWARD WOODWARD

1930 - 2009

Rest in peace, Ed. Thanks for all those glorious years of superb cult action television in shows such as Callan and The Equalizer. You'll be greatly missed.

Dr. Who and the Daleks + Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. Original Soundtrack

For the first time ever, here are the complete soundtracks/scores to the colourful 60s' big-screen "Dr. Who"/Dalek movies that starred Peter Cushing as everyone's favourite time-travelling grandfather: Dr. Who! I'm a huge fan of those nutty 60s movies, the second, grittier movie Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. being my fave out of the two (the title's quite a crazy mouthful alone!) which co-starred Bernard Cribbins and Ray "Mister Benn" Brooks ("a man with 'the knack'!" as he was billed on the trailer!). That second movie was, of course, based on the all-time classic Doctor Who story "The Dalek Invasion of Earth". And, as you may or may not know, the late, great Roy Castle co-starred in the first movie. The cute Roberta Tovey starred in both movies as Dr. Who's grand-daughter Susan (check out Who Is Doctor Who? to hear Tovey's hilarious single called "Who's Who").

The package does what it says on the tin - so if you've always wanted the music from these films or are just a keen collector of anything to do with Doctor Who and/or Daleks, then here you are! Personally (and being my good honest self), I found the scores on the most part to be rather bland to listen to without the visuals of the movie to go with it but, all being said, it's great to finally have these things officially released. The thing is, I've never been that much of a fan of standard movie scores that rely on atmospheric orchestral music - I prefer stuff that is a bit more groovy, funky, poppy or experimental. Highlights for me are the title music on both films and, especially, the groovy single "The Eccentric Doctor Who". The thing is, those best tracks I mentioned have already been made available on the superb Who Is Doctor Who? compilation. So there you are then, this release is a must for Doctor Who fans and those who collect cult movie scores and you'll most likely get a little more enjoyment and satisfaction out of listening to them than I did...

Malcolm Lockyer, Bill McGuffie & Barry Gray
Dr. Who and the Daleks + Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Original Soundtrack
Silva Screen
2009
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Dr. Who and the Daleks soundtrack
1. Fanfare And Opening Titles
Malcolm Lockyer
2. TARDIS
Malcolm Lockyer
3. The Petrified Jungle
Malcolm Lockyer
4. The Petrified Creature And The City
Malcolm Lockyer
5. Four Return To TARDIS
Malcolm Lockyer
6. The Medicine Box And The Climb To The City
Malcolm Lockyer
7. City Corridors
Malcolm Lockyer
8. Captured By The Daleks
Malcolm Lockyer
9. Susan Leaves The City
Malcolm Lockyer
10. The Jungle At Night
Malcolm Lockyer
11. Susan Returns To The City
Malcolm Lockyer
12. Escape From The Cell
Malcolm Lockyer
13. The Trap
Malcolm Lockyer
14. The Swamp
Malcolm Lockyer
15. The Mountain
Malcolm Lockyer
16. The Cave
Malcolm Lockyer
17. The Jump
Malcolm Lockyer
18. The Thals Approach The City
Malcolm Lockyer
19. The Countdown
Malcolm Lockyer
20. The Countdown Stops
Malcolm Lockyer
21. Finale And End Titles
Malcolm Lockyer

Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. soundtrack
22. Smash And Grab
Bill McGuffie
23. TARDIS Departs (Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
24. Opening Titles
Bill McGuffie
25. TARDIS (Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
26. London 2150 A.D. (Music And Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
27. Daleks And Robomen
Bill McGuffie
28. Message To Grandfather And The Dalek Saucer Takes Off (Music And Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
29. The Mine Workings And The Cottage
Bill McGuffie
30. Preparing The Bomb Capsule (Music And Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
31. Smash And Grab (Reprise) And End Titles
Bill McGuffie

The Singles
32. The Eccentric Dr. Who
Malcolm Lockyer
33. Daleks And Thals
Malcolm Lockyer
34. Fugue For Thought
Bill McGuffie
Dr. Who and the Daleks Bonus Tracks
35. Fanfare And Opening Titles (Soundtrack Version With Effects)
Malcolm Lockyer
36. TARDIS Effects
Barry Gray
37. Dalek City Effects
Barry Gray

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Who's Who is Who?...
Dr. Who ponders that question, yesterday.

Benny Hill - The Ultimate Collection

So I'm finally back after a few weeks of dead computer mayhem. I have a new pc now (with Windows 7 - which has took some getting used to after years of XP) and I've been busy installing the necessary programs, updating drivers, hardware, etc, so bare with me if I'm not quite up to speed at the moment with the CosmoBells. Everything looks and feels totally different with the new machine which is taking a lot of getting used to.

As a testing-the-waters type thing, here we have a quickie post of a superb collection of comedy tunes (formerly posted way back on the old CosmoBlog) from none other than the all-time comedy genius Benny Hill. The lad himself wrote and/or co-wrote all of the tracks on here - many of which you will most likely know from him performing them on his long-running classic The Benny Hill Show. Many of the tracks parody the old 50s & 60s rock 'n' roll and rockabilly likes of Elvis 'The King' Presley, Marty 'Father of Kim' Wilde, John "Johnny Remember Me" Leyton and Mike "Come Outside" Sarne, to name but four. Personal faves on here include Benny's legendary "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)" (of course), "Those Days" (a parody of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" which features the classic line "How could you kiss the butcher when we owe the milkman so much?"!), "Harvest of Love" (I love the line which goes "I will kiss your lips, those tempting lips - the only ones that can thrill me, And I will hold you tight 'neath the stars so bright - if my wife ever finds out, she'll kill me!") and the similar "Lonely Boy" ("You see her name was Pat - my case comes up next week!"). Naughty but innocent humour that has long since died out.

Benny Hill
The Ultimate Collection
Castle Communications
1998
1 2 Download both parts to unrar

1. Gather In The Mushrooms
2. Transistor Radio
3. Harvest Of Love
4. Pepy's Diary
5. Gypsy Rock
6. The Piccolo Song
7. Lonely Boy
8. Moving On Again
9. The Andalucian Gypsies
10. The Egg Marketing Board Tango
11. Bamba 3688
12. What A World
13. I'll Never Know
14. My Garden Of Love
15. In The Papers
16. Golden Days
17. Flying South
18. Wild Women
19. Jose's Cantina
20. Rose - Benny Hill, Maggie Stredder
21. Those Days
22. The Old Fiddler
23. Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

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"You see her name was Pat - my case comes up next week!"

Hoorah!

CosmoBells is officially back!
I have some treats in store as a thanks for the loyal CosmoBellians! ;)
So as Shaw Taylor would say:
Take care and keep 'em peeled...