On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Simpson, Claire E wrote:
John Ketley is a weatherman - dunno who sang it (and so is Michael Fish)
"A Tribe of Toffs". I bought it. Anyway... So I was raking through my mum's old record collection, looking for stuff[1] to record onto MiniDisc[2], and came across a disc entitled "HITS OF THE BEATLES" performed by "The StereoAction Orchestra". Being a bit of a Beatles fan, I had a wee listen, and was astounded at how completely dreadful the orchestration was. So of course, I have to share it with all of you. I've RealAudiofied their version of Norwegian Wood and dumped it at http://www.begbie.com/junk/norwood.ra (399kb, 2:38, 28.8k stereo) Please, have a listen. It is quite incredibly awful, and I can't recommend it highly enough! And as you listen, enjoy these sleeve notes: THE SOUND YOUR EYES CAN FOLLOW . . . THE STEREOACTION ORCHESTRA was especially created by Cyril Ornadel to bring a new dimension to stereophonic recordings. In the 70's it is no longer enough for the stereo enthusiast to hear his music played in the conventional stereo form, the music must move. THE STEREOACTION ORCHESTRA has been arranged and recorded by Cyril Ornadel so that the music moves constantly. Together with producer Geoffrey Heath they have treated the results with the latest "moving screen process" used for the first time on this series of records. What can one say about the Beatles . . . The most prolific songwriters of this decade. From their phenomenal output THE STEREOACTION ORCHESTRA has taken what have now become Beatle classics: "Yesterday", "Michelle" and "Hard Day's Night" to name but a few. Beatle fans, stereo addicts, lovers of the best in contemporary music will love this album. Enjoy! NEWSFLASH: Due to "popular demand", there are now also recordings of Strawberry Fields Forever (straw.ra), Eleanor Rigby (erigby.ra) and All My Loving (loving.ra). They are just as bad. Rod. [1] Cheesy easy-listening stuff especially [3] [2] My new toy - By crikey, it kicks ass! [3] Ron Goodwin is a god. PS. What did the slug say to the snail? "Big Issue?" Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | You know that I've been drunk a thousand times, | And these should be the best days of my life. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+