Gerry Anderson's SECRET SERVICE LP BARRY GRAY GREEN Vinyl Soundtrack Limited New
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Description
THE SECRET SERVICE
LP
Music by BARRY GRAY
GERRY ANDERSON
REMASTERED
180 GRAM
GREEN COLOURED VINYL
Format: LP, Coloured
Catalogue No.: SILLP1681
• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
The origins of the series The Secret Service began
in 1968 whilst working at Pinewood Studios, Gerry
Anderson bumped into a familiar face of stage and
screen: comic actor Stanley Unwin. With his
whimsical charm and hilarious gibberish double talk
(playfully christened ‘Unwinese’) Unwin had earned
great popularity throughout the 50s and 60s and the
Anderson’s immediately knew that they had found
someone to base their next puppet series on. For
several years the Century 21 team had toyed with
directly basing a puppet character on a real-life
actor, now the time had come to make it a reality.
Duly, the Andersons developed a premise around
Unwin, returning to their ‘unlikely spy’ scenario
which had worked so well with Joe 90, they created
‘Father’ Unwin, a kindly priest who, despite
outwardly disappearing into whimsy, doubles as a
determined agent for British Intelligence. In the
series the lines would be blurred even further
between the miniature Supermarionation world and
reality, as live action footage of Stanley Unwin
would also be used in the series.
To appropriately reflect the The Secret Service’s
premise and compliment the gentle title sequence
created to introduce the series, Barry Gray decided
step completely away from his usual attention-
grabbing themes and write a three-part fugue in the
style of the Baroque composer Bach. To perform the
vocals, the Mike Sammes Singers were hired, the
vocal group who Gray had used on the Supercar
theme back in 1961. Once coupled with soft organ
and minimalist percussion, a truly unique piece of
inventive music was born to bookend Father
Unwin’s adventures, which perfectly captured the
off-beat nature of the series.
IN STOCK
Tracks -
SIDE A
1. Century 21 Logo
2. Robbery at Healey Automation
3. The Secret Service Main Titles
4. Calling Father Unwin
5. Operation Intercept
6. 250 Hours
7. Sabotage
8. Aerial Spies
9. The Unwilling Accomplice
10. Feathered Bombers
11. Ambush
12. Bufflers Halt Reopens
13. The Train Hijack
14. The Secret Service End Titles Condition - MINT / UNPLAYED (SEALED)
Date – 2023
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