Rank Film Music 78s

[Guenther]

Here we go... the Rank disks start with F.M. ..

http://www.koegebehn.com/Rank-p1.pdf
http://www.koegebehn.com/Rank-p2.pdf

G,

[Brief Encounter]

I'd be eternally grateful for that list please. Or even just the number for Petula Clark's Made In Heaven.

Hmm how strange that CBC Canada have the only set.

[Brief Encounter]

Oops I missed that! Many many thanks!!!!

[Brief Encounter]

Well, the listing is a lot more extensive now, but no sign of Pet's 'Made In Heaven'

Maybe I'll try emailing CBC Canada...

[Guenther]

Originally Posted by Brief Encounter Hmm how strange that CBC Canada have the only set.

Because it was enourmous and not really usable for broadcasters so they junked most of it.
Except the CBC, thanks to the late Tony Thomas.

[Guenther]

Originally Posted by Brief Encounter Well, the listing is a lot more extensive now, but no sign of Pet's 'Made In Heaven'

The Huntley/Manvell listing is not complete... a few dozen still missing.
I do not know if Tony Thomas ever compiled a full list.

You might try David Ades of the Farnon Society... Robert Farnon Society

[Brief Encounter]

Yes I guess that's why. The BBC don't really have a record library anymore to speak of, so I guess those would go too. Surely Rank's archives owned by Granada should have a set though. Hmmm.

Do you know any way to get in touch with this Tony Thomas?

I will ask David Ades.

[Guenther]

Originally Posted by Brief Encounter Do you know any way to get in touch with this Tony Thomas?

Tony Thomas died several years ago...

Rank has nothing of course.

[Brief Encounter]

Ah shame.

David is going to put an ad in the next RFS magazine, which may help.

[siriami]

Some of these Rank 78's also appeared on an LP in the late 1970's: "The Golden Age Of British Film Music" (Citadel CT-OFI-1), Tracks are:
SIDE ONE:
VICE VERSA (Main Title) 2:30
THE HISTORY OF MR POLLY (The Punting Sequence) 1:50
EUREKA STOCKADE (Main Title) 3:00
FLOODTIDE (Main Title) 2:25
ADAM AND EVELYNE (A Trip Around London) 2:40
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (Return To Spain) 1:55
WHISKY GALORE (Main Title) 1:40
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER (Paul's Last Ride) 1:50
BITTER SPRINGS (Kangaroo Theme) 1:30
THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED (March Of the Tanks) 2:25

SIDE TWO
SO LONG AT THE FAIR (Carriage and Pair) 1:50
THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (Main Title) 2:05
POOL OF LONDON (Shipping Movement) 2:08
THE CARD (Main Title) 1:05
THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (The Triumph Of the Thunderbolt) 2:35
THE LITTLE KIDNAPPERS (Nova Scotia Rhapsody) 3:10
UP TO HIS NECK (Main Title) 1:45
TOUCH AND GO (Romantic Theme) 3:05

Incidentally, Citadel was a Tony Thomas label when this album was issued.

Siriami

[siriami]

Have been collating the Rank series of 78's - and have compiled a listing (incomplete). If anyone wants a copy, just let me know.
Alistair

[Brief Encounter]

Could you send me a copy? I have also been trying to list them.

[Genevieve]

Originally Posted by siriami Have been collating the Rank series of 78's - and have compiled a listing (incomplete). If anyone wants a copy, just let me know. Alistair

I am interested in British Film Music and would very much appreciate a copy of your list when convenient.

[shureman]

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The Brief Encounter music was, of course, Rachmaninov's 2nd Concerto in which the soloist was Eileen Joyce. Her performance of the complete concerto has been re-issued on CD.
Eileen Joyce was also the soloist in Sir Arthur Bliss' "Baraza" from the film "Man of Two Worlds." This was issued on 78s (I heard it at the British Sound Library when it was located in S. Kensington and all you had to do was ring a door-bell and book an appointment an hour or so in advance!) but don't think it has ever been re-issued

MEN OF TWO WORLDS (1946) with Eileen Joyce is available on a Pearl CD British Film Music - Volume I; it's my favorite track on this extraordinary release which includes the early 78 recordings of THE RED SHOES, SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC, OLIVER TWIST, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY and WHILE I LIVE.