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Paddy Kingsland / BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The fourth dimension Albums

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TitleThe fourth dimension
Artist(s):Paddy Kingsland / BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Category:BBC - Non-BBC label (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - Non-BBC label Albums.)
Label and catalogue number:Picture of images/labels/Silva Screen Records.jpg labelSilva Screen Records - SILLP 1543 WL
Format:Vinyl Albums
Country:UK UK flag
Released:2019
Genre:Sound effects View all other tracks listed as Sound effects.
Format:White label test pressing
Run-off codes:SILLP 1543 B138653-01 A1
SILLP 1543 B138653-01 B1
Item deleted?Yes
Distributed / printed byPicture of images/labels/Silva Screen Records.jpg labelSilva Screen Records
Page views:366 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 11491, rank in albums is 5131.
My rating:*****
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Cover conditionNear mint
Record conditionNear mint
Number have1
What type of seller was usedeBay online shop
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Tracks

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Side & track noTrack and ArtistLength
A1Scene & heard [Paddy Kingsland]
A2Just love [Paddy Kingsland]
A3Vespucci [Paddy Kingsland]
A4Reg [Paddy Kingsland]
A5Tamariu [Paddy Kingsland]
A6One-eighty-one [Paddy Kingsland]
B1Fourth dimension [Paddy Kingsland]
B2Colour radio [Paddy Kingsland]
B3Take another look [Paddy Kingsland]
B4Kaleidoscope [Paddy Kingsland]
B5The space between [Paddy Kingsland]
B6Flashback [Paddy Kingsland]
Total length of media 0:00.

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Front cover of SILLP 1543 WL
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Back cover of SILLP 1543 WL
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This is the second Radioponic records in my collection. Although this set is interesting, most of my other records are science-fiction related, so score higher for that reason!
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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts

Music heard on radio and Television (including Test Card Transmissions).

One aspect of the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop is the composition and realisation of signature tunes and incidental music for BBC Radio and Television programmes. Programme producers come to the Workshop with varying requests - it must be 'bright', 'catchy', 'sinister', 'modest', 'supernatural', 'funny', and so on but, most important, it must be unique in terms of sound qualities.

The composer then sets to work to create the tune using natural sounds, which have been manipulated in some way and cut together on tape, or electronic sources, such as the voltage controlled synthesiser.

Several such signature tunes are included on this record, composed by Paddy Kingsland, who joined the creative staff of the Workshop in 1970. Before this, he worked as a tape editor, then studio manager, chiefly for Radio One. He is a firm believer that instrumental sound combined with electronic and treated sound is essential for this type of work. The tracks on this record include compositions for Radio 1, 3, 4, Local Radio and Television programmes.

The synthesisers used on this disc are both British, and both made by E.M.S. of London. They are the VCS3, an amazingly versatile miniature synthesiser, and its big brother, the Synthi '100', known within the Radiophonic Workshop as 'The Delaware', after the address of the Workshop. This machine incorporates a digital memory that can be programmed via a conventional keyboard, and can store 256 events on 3 layers in any one 'run'. In combination with the multi-track tape recorder, it provides all the facilities of an electronic music studio, its range being limited only by the imagination of the person using it.

The specially created stereo is not an attempt at realism, but is used as a sound object in its own right.
 

Other versions

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RED 93Fourth dimension

Further information

The items shown here are quite similar to 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.The main difference is the record was not released by the BBC directly - this could be because the rights were negotiated with another label or some other reason.

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