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01. JOHN BAKER - Newstime BBC 1 + 2
02. JOHN BAKER - Tros Y Gareg (Main Theme)
03. JOHN BAKER - Tros Y Gareg (Idents)
04. JOHN BAKER - 20th Century Focus
05. JOHN BAKER - Vendetta: The Ice Cream Man
06. JOHN BAKER - Woman's Hour (Reading Your Letters)
07. JOHN BAKER - Many A Slip
08. JOHN BAKER - Look and Read
09. JOHN BAKER - Building The Bomb
10. JOHN BAKER - Au Printemps
11. JOHN BAKER - Big Ben News Theme
12. JOHN BAKER - Codename
13. JOHN BAKER - Decimal Currency
14. JOHN BAKER - Barnacle Bill
15. JOHN BAKER - Dial M For Murder
16. JOHN BAKER - Farm Management
17. JOHN BAKER - Radio Sheffield (News Idents)
18. JOHN BAKER - French Science & Technnology
19. JOHN BAKER - Good Morning Wales (Idents)
20. JOHN BAKER - Heavy Plant Crossing
21. JOHN BAKER - COI Technology Pavilion
22. JOHN BAKER - John Baker Interview (Radio Nottingham)
23. JOHN BAKER - Radio Nottingham Idents
24. JOHN BAKER - Look North: Newstime
25. JOHN BAKER - Man Alive: UFO
26. JOHN BAKER - PM - Computers In Business
27. JOHN BAKER - Submarines
28. JOHN BAKER - Oranges & Lemons (Radio London)
29. JOHN BAKER - Orbit
30. JOHN BAKER - Places For People
31. JOHN BAKER - Sling Your Hook
32. JOHN BAKER - Suivez La Piste
33. JOHN BAKER - Scene (Never Never)
34. JOHN BAKER - Diary Of A Madman
35. JOHN BAKER - The Two O'Clock Spot
36. JOHN BAKER - Radio London: News Idents
37. JOHN BAKER - The Caves Of Steel
38. JOHN BAKER - The Locusts
39. JOHN BAKER - Square Two
40. JOHN BAKER - The Tape Recorder
41. JOHN BAKER - Tom Tom (Theme)
42. JOHN BAKER - Tom Tom (Idents)
43. JOHN BAKER - Trial (Opening Theme)
44. JOHN BAKER - Trial (Closing Theme)
45. JOHN BAKER - Vendetta : The Sugar Man
46. JOHN BAKER - Spin Off
47. JOHN BAKER - Radiophonic FX C
48. JOHN BAKER - Radiophonic FX A
49. JOHN BAKER - Radiophonic FX B
ARTIST
TITLE
The John Baker Tapes Volume 1: BBC Radiophonics
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
JBH 028CD JBH 028CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/5/2008

Subtitled: Rare & Unreleased Workshop Recordings 1963-1969. This groundbreaking release represents the first major retrospective of any BBC Radiophonic composer. The legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio. Sounds for programs were created by using recordings of everyday sounds such as voices, bells, gravel and other raw materials for "radiophonic" manipulations, in which audio tape could be played back at different speeds, pitches, cut and joined, or processed. The Workshop's innovations in manipulative sound is akin to those used in musique concrète, and has had a profound influence on the evolution of modern electronic music. By the early 1960s, John Baker (1937-1997) had become permanent Radiophonic staff, and one-third of the holy trinity of composers (the other two being Delia Derbyshire and David Cain), working there throughout the golden 1960s and early 1970s. The 50 tracks on volume 1 of this set represent the major body of important work he produced there, and most tracks have remained unissued, until now. Together, these tracks give an incredible, diverse and magical insight into the man and his methods of working. Rare archive recordings here reveal his production techniques and highlight his innovative trademark sounds and humor. We have jingles, themes, stings, soundtracks and soundscapes from a wide variety of BBC TV, radio and public information broadcasts, as well as exceptionally rare cues from Radiophonic non-broadcast commissions. Highlights include the proto-techno opening for "Dial M For Murder," the electro-jazz intensities of "Vendetta," the plugged-in bossa nova of "Au Printemps," and the revealing "Woman's Hour (Reading Your Letters)" archive interview. All classic stuff. As mentioned before, most of these recordings have remained either lost or unissued until now -- this really is a rare treat and a significant release for followers and fans of vintage British electronics, electroacoustic work, and for buffs of the Delaware Road output. Many of these tracks were even thought lost until they were recently discovered in (his brother) Richard Baker's archive.