Thanks to the kindness of Angela Richards, we are able to display highlights of a programme from the 1966 stage musical, ‘On The Level’, which starred Barrie Ingham and Gary Bond alongside Angela.
It was presented by Martin Landau and The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein.
In a few months time, our book “Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven” will be published. Thoroughly and painstakingly researched over a number of years, it will feature contributions from several ex-members of the band and from friends and relatives of John Barry.
Comprising of around 350 pages, it will also be packed with an array of rare photos of the band, and the singers they often supported, as well as some unique images of memorabilia and documentation from that era; some never previously published, many more seldom seen.
Even if you are not necessarily a devotee of The John Barry Seven per se, the book offers a fascinating historical insight into the British music scene of the period and, more importantly, provides an essential read for anybody remotely interested in discovering more about John Barry’s formative career.
It will be of great assistance to the authors if you would indicate an interest in purchasing a copy of the book *now*, without obligation. We will then be able to notify you as soon as the book is available with details of cost and how to order and pay.
Just send us an email message and we will be in touch in due course. Visit our dedicated web page here!
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Ron Grainer “The Australian Years”
An excellent blog about Ron Grainer:
While the details of Australian composer Ron Grainer’s music career in England are quite extensively described online, Rons early life in Australia has always been something of a mystery. Also links to:
Ron Grainer “The European Years” blog
and
Ron Grainer “A Collectors Guide” blog
We are delighted to report that SimplyMedia TV will release the BBC series Oliver Twist (1962) on 21st August 2017.
This series includes music composed by Ron Grainer.
This will be an excellent opportunity to discover if Ron composed more than just the main theme with which we are already familiar.
It’s also a rare opportunity to see the acclaimed character actor Peter Vaughan in an early performance as Bill Sikes!
We are grateful to David Huggins for alerting us to an opportunity to view a 1965 film documentary entitled The Australian Londoners.
The film is about the (then) large numbers of Australians working in the entertainment business in London, and includes a brief chat with Ron Grainer and other stars of his musical, Robert & Elizabeth.
The clip starts at 20m 32s.
St. David’s Hall, Cardiff
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales present a concert of Cult TV Classics at 21.00 on Saturday 25th March 2017.
They will be joined by three members of The Radiophonic Workshop: Mark Ayres, Paddy Kingsland and Roger Limb, and the programme will include Ron’s themes for Doctor Who & The Prisoner.
More details can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e8
