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Avengers and Other Top Sixties TV Themes

Avengers and Other Top Sixties TV Themes
Various Artists

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Avengers
  2. Man In A Suitcase
  3. Thunderbirds
  4. Dr Who
  5. Old Ned
  6. Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler
  7. Captain Scarlet
  8. Z Cars
  9. Saint
  10. Department S
  11. Joe 90
  12. Crossroads
  13. Thank Your Lucky Stars
  14. Take Three Girls
  15. Stingray
  16. Danger Man
  17. Champions
  18. Hancock's Tune
  19. Forsythe Saga
  20. On The Ball
  21. Power Game
  22. Dr Finlay's Casebook
  23. Fireball XL5
  24. Maigret
  25. Out Of This World
  26. No Hiding Place
  27. Fugitive
  28. Who Dun It
  29. W Somerset Maugham
  30. Happy Joe

Disc 2:

  1. Scarlett Hill
  2. How Soon
  3. Tim Fraizer's Theme
  4. Mr Rose Investigates
  5. Doctors
  6. Sam Benedict
  7. Ben Casey
  8. Sir Francis Drake
  9. Perry Mason
  10. Our House
  11. Who Is Sylvia
  12. Latin Quarter
  13. Ghost Squad
  14. Echo Four Two
  15. Our Love Story
  16. Sometime In The City
  17. Sucu Sucu
  18. Casablanca
  19. Oliver Twist
  20. Carlos Theme
  21. Spies
  22. Deputy
  23. Man Alive
  24. Memories Of Summer
  25. Lunar Walk
  26. Whicker's World
  27. Three Live Wires
  28. Big Beat
  29. No That's Me Over Here
  30. Peyton Place

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #113062 in Music
  • Released on: 1998-09-28
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack

Customer Reviews

Sixty Sixties Smashes5
Released in 1998 to capitalise on the ( non-existent ) success of 'The Avengers' movie, this double C.D. holds a staggering sixty tracks. Some like 'The Avengers', 'Man In A Suitcase' and 'Thunderbirds' are the originals while others are selected cover versions.

Cyril Stapleton holds the record for covering more T.V. music than anybody else, his 'Department S' is awesome while his 'Saint' is feeble. Ron Grainer's 'Dr.Who' gets exterminated by Eric Winstone's wailing Orchestra ( why wasn't Adam Adamant Lives used instead? ) but 'Steptoe & Son' is great.

Particularly pleasing to hear themes from programmes long vanished into the mists of time; 'Z-Cars' and 'The Champions' are fondly remembered but who recalls 'Top Secret' and 'The Sentimental Agent'? Not this reviewer. Charlie Drake puts the poignant 'Who Is Sylvia?' over well, the 'Hancock' theme hails from his unsuccessful 1963 A.T.V. show while Mike Vickers' 'No-That's Me Over Here' alone justifies the price of the album. Special mention for Pentangle's beautiful 'Night-Flight' ( the theme to 'Take Three Girls' ) and Roy Budd's 'Mr.Rose'. As for Laurie Johnson's 'Whicker's World', well, it put me in mind of THAT Monty Python sketch.

If you thought that ALL Sixties telly was spy stuff and Gerry and Sylvia's puppets, this collection will make you think again. Its nicely complemented by a sleeve showcasing '60's telly memorabilia, with informative notes by Michael Richardson. Pure joy!

Avengers should be avenged!1
Big disappointment. Much loved TV themes 'reworked' into jarring, dissonant, clumsy, sometimes barely recognizable formats. Guys, ever heard of 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'? People don't buy 'memories' to find some smartarse has updated them to his own taste, they want to hear the original because that's what gave them the fun in the first place. Worst is the Eagles absolutely vile 'interpretation' of the Maigret Theme, and as for Carlos' Theme from The Sentimental Agent....words fail me (fortunately for you). Instead of reworking all this stuff, why didn't the record company just stick to the originals? Total waste of money, folks. Don't buy it.