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Richard Denton / Martin Cook, The Hong Kong beat

Name: The Hong Kong beat
Brand: BBC Records and Tapes
SKU: RESL52
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.00 (1 reviews)

Release details

Title	The Hong Kong beat
Artist(s):	Richard Denton / Martin Cook
Category:	BBC - RESL (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - RESL 7'' singles.)
Label and catalogue number:	BBC Records and Tapes - RESL 52
Format:	Vinyl 7'' singles
Country:	UK
Released:	1978
Genre:	Informational View all other tracks listed as Informational.
Run-off codes:	RESL . 52 . 1 (.A1) AT AP 1 RESL . 52 . 2 (.B1) AT AR 1
Item deleted?	Yes
Distributed / printed by	BBC
Page views:	1358 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3955, rank in singles is 831.
My rating:	*****
Guest rating:	*****

Detail			Value
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Cover condition			Good
Record condition			Very Good Plus
BBC records label code			E
Number have			1
What type of seller was used			Physical shop
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Side & track no	Track and Artist	Length
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A1	Theme from 'The Hong King beat' [Richard Denton / Martin Cook]	2.52
B1	Chasing the dragon [Richard Denton / Martin Cook]	3.05
Total length of media 5:57.

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Ratings
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The BBC had quite a few very good songs in 1978 and this is another. With the recent unrest in Hong Kong recently, I may never make it - though my parents had a lovely visit in the late 1980s or ealy1990s.
My rating	4
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Other versions
I have the title track on these releases:
INT 113.005	Hong Kong beat

Forum
Poster - Mike Everitt	This single reached number 25 in the UK charts in 1978.

Further information
BBC Radio Enterprises Ltd and BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessors of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1968 and 1979 respectively, they were a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd. The items shown here are from the "main" BBC Records and Tapes library covering a wide secletion of genres from themes, comedy dramas and others, depending on which format you have selected.

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Page views: 1358 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3955, rank in singles 831.

This page was last updated on 17-04-2024 at 15:22:56 UK local time.

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