Geoff Love and His Orchestra - Space 1999: Main Theme (Season One)
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This track is taken from the album 'Geoff Love And His Orchestra – Star Wars And Other Space Themes', which was released in 1978. Album information: (1) Main Title From Star Wars Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Williams (2) U.F.O. Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Gray (3) Theme From Star Trek Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Courage (4) Barbarella Producer – Norman Newell Written By – Crewe-Fox (5) Space 1999 Producer – Norman Newell Written By – Gray-Elms (6) Also Sprach Zarathustra Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Strauss (7) March From Things To Come Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Bliss (8) Thunderbirds Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Gray (9) Princess Leia's Theme From Star Wars Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Williams (10) Dr. Who Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Grainer (11) When Worlds Collide Producer – Norman Newell Written-By – Stevens (12) Mars, Bringer Of War From The Planets Producer – Anton Kwiatkowski Written-By – Holst Geoff Love information: Geoff Love (4 September 1917 -- 8 July 1991) was a British easy-listening and disco orchestra leader. He was born in the industrial town of Todmorden in West Yorkshire. His father was a mixed race American born guitarist and dancer and his mother an actress. As a child, Love began to learn to play the violin but then switched to the trombone. He played with Jan Ralfini's band and then embarked on a solo career before military service during World War II in the King's Royal Rifles. After the war he played with Harry Gold. He recorded at least two albums with Shirley Bassey in 1959 and 1960. Love also recorded under the name 'Manuel & The Music of The Mountains', in which guise he released several works on EMI's Studio 2 Stereo record label including a single entitled "Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez (Theme from 2nd Movement)", an interpretation of the "Concierto de Aranjuez". This reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1976.[2] He recorded many albums for MFP, often featuring film or television themes or other instrumental or disco music. One of these was called Glad with Love -- featuring the pianist Mrs Mills and Geoff Love on a singalong together -- with studio audience participation. In the 1970s, Love appeared with the singer Max Bygraves in the Thames Television music show (for ITV) SingalongaMax. Also, in the early 1970s, under the name 'Mandingo', Love worked with session musicians to produce a lively approximation of African rhythms, according to a plan by record label executives intended to capitalise on a surge of interest in African music. Love, who died in London at the age of 73, was married to Joy and had two sons, Adrian and Nigel. His son Adrian Love was a successful DJ on BBC Radio and commercial radio.
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he is the shit....was watching fuse crate diggers and I saw a record big terror....I collect records and that just shook me to buy out of my box...........now I see with my ears. thanks Geoff love much respect.
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This takes me back as I still have the tape cassette that was given as a birthday present. Thanks for uploading.
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Totally made it sound like it belongs in a Bond flick. Wicked.
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Really epic. Given the 1970s led to many popular British tv shows heading for the big screen this would have made for a perfect motion picture soundtrack intro to a film version. I reckon Lew Grade should have sent SPACE: 1999 to the cinemas instead of funding that god awful shit pile travesty bore...Raise The Titanic.
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The middle section (on the last run-through) sounds very similar to Richard Rodney Bennett's theme from Billion Dollar Brain! Otherwise, this is a pretty nice cover. Love and his Orchestra certainly capture the wah-wah guitar stuff nicely, and the blaring stabs of brass are fun as well.
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i love this track…..vibrant and energetic……the original on the show was good and already a bit excitably but this…. but this one has more pow….i think
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I wish Geoff Love would have tackled Lost in Space!
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This was my first LP I ever owned...wow, what a great blast from the past!!! Takes me too far back! Super!
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masterpiece! awesome
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