I don't know what it's the "Main Theme" from (or possibly to). I ought to find that out really. Check the main page for more information on these recordings.


Main Theme

Sorry it's taken me so long to get more of the tracks up but I did find out some more information. The man behind this project was a man called Dave Aldred (I've spoken to him!). The other half of the group was his brother Al (whom he referred to as "Piglet" for some reason!). He was a science teacher (Dave, that is - I didn't ask what Al did, though I will do) but the information I had that the tracks were made for an amateur dramatics society or school theatre group wasn't correct - in fact they were created for use in what were essentially radio plays (very heavily inspired by the likes of Orson Welles' early work in the field). If people are interested in this, I'll do a page for it on blogger or something similar as Dave thinks he even has photos of them from the radio group!

Strides With Purpose

A friend of mine used to run a studio in Sheffield which he closed down a few years back in order to pursue his own musical creations. He kept on a few clients, however - those he'd gotten a good working relationship with/bands he felt almost a part of (though not enough of a part of to not charge for his services). Long story short - one of these long-time clients was the guy responsible for making the music on this page.

I remember being played these tracks around the time he'd been given them - in truth I couldn't claim to remember the music (not that it isn't memorable), but I do remember the accompanying story. 

Paul (studio mate) got an enquiry from a guy about converting old analogue recordings to digital as the customer was concerned about something happening to the tapes and the music being lost forever. It wasn't something he normally did much of but he was intrigued by the opportunity to mess about with his reel-to-reels so he agreed. The guy brought down a stack of tapes which had been made on some kind of multi-track tape machine (which Paul didn't have). Instead he recorded them into his computer one tape at a time and, with the help of the customer, sync'd the tapes up and mixed them pretty much as he would any other artist/band he worked with.

The music was made by two brothers from Sheffield, one of whom was the customer himself. As far as I understand it, the tracks were created as incidental music for stage plays put on by a local amateur dramatics company but I need some confirmation of that. I asked permission to put the tracks up but didn't realise until I came to type this that I don't have the full picture. I'm pretty sure it was for an amateur dramatics group, but it could be a school group (I know one of the brothers was a science teacher) or even a radio or super-8 film club. I ought to know really... I'll find out and update this page appropriately. 

My grandfather used to tell me I should accept I know nothing about something unless I know everything about it... or something like that. Bottom line is, I'm going to stop now until I know the full story. 

The first track up here is one of a number of tracks  (I don't honestly know how many yet as I'm on a drip-feed so far) which I have been given permission to upload here. They were made by 2 brothers in Sheffield some time in the late 70s to early 80s. One played drums, one played (with) synths. 

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