Ace Of Wands theme tune ('Tarot' by Andrew Bown) - sH Extended Edit

I'm a bit too young to remember Thames Television's 'spooky' early '70s kids drama 'Ace Of Wands' the first time around (no, really) but I've always loved the theme tune. The work of one Andrew 'Andy' Bown, once a member of '60s heartthrobs The Herd, and future keyboard player for 'The Quo'. He was in a band called Judas Jump at the time of this track, and the sonic qualities of it are very similar to JJ's output, but it's better than anything on their only LP, IMHO (with the exception of the opening cut, perhaps).

Originally a snatch over 2 minutes long, I've somehow managed to almost double it's length (and stuck in a tiny bit of flanging, just for the hell of it). Original 7"s of this are normally well out of my price range, but if anyone's got one going spare..

Andrew Bown - Tarot (Ace Of Wands Theme - Soundhog's Extended Edit) by soundhog

NEU! NEW! NOUVEAU! : Mix90 #6 - "What Would You Do...?"

Link: Listen on Mixcloud
Link: Download from Mediafire

Created & released: December 2011

Tracklisting: 

Side 1:
The Assembled Multitude - Overture from 'Tommy'

The Bootles - I'll Let You Hold My Hand

The Shadows - Fourth Street

The Roulettes - Jackpot

Curley Moore & The Cool Ones - Funky Yeah

The Grumbleweeds - Never Before

Gruff Rhys - Patterns Of Power

The Ventures - Mod East

Shonen Knife - Twist Barbie (Moog Cookbook remix)

David Steel & Jesse Rae (ft. Bernie Worrell) - I Feel Liberal : Alright!

Raymond Scott - Portofino #1

Francis Monkman - Current Affairs

Loose Capacitor - Theme from 'Robin's Nest'

Munetaka Inoue & His Sharp Five - Haru No Umi

Side 2:
Van Morrison - Have A Danish

Arzachel - Queen's St. Gang (Soul Thing)

The Soft Machine - As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still

Steve Hillage - Electrick Gypsies

Honey Cone - Sunday Morning People

Rick Jones - Gulliver's Theme

Jim Ford - Dr. Handy's Dandy Candy

The Hunters - The Russian Spy & I

Roger Glover & Friends - Behind The Smile

The School - The One Who Left Me

Endaf Emlyn - Goodbye 'Cherry Lil'

Johnny Silvo - The Paper Song

Kevin Godley - To Fly Away

Jackie Lee - Theme from 'White Horses'

Ron Geesin - Mr. Peugeot's Trot

George Martin & His Orchestra - King's Road Raspberry Parade

The Monkees - Carlisle Wheeling

The Appletree Theatre - What A Way To Go

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Hey, New Year's Eve! Party time! Wahey! Well, not at Chez Soundhog, obviously... so I've put this together for anyone else who isn't out celebrating one arbitrary number changing into another. I bet 2012's gonna be crap. Anyway...

If you've heard any of the other Mix90s, you should have an idea of what to expect. If not, I hope you'll find it an enjoyable experience. Everything in here is great, as far as I'm concerned. Well, there's one track which perhaps isn't, but I put it in anyway, just for the bloody hell of it and for the comedy value. See if you can spot it. Elsewhere there's beat, funk, psych, TV themes, a bit of prog, electronic genius, some hippy nonsense with extra hippies, library music, contractual obligation recordings, Japanese surfadelia, and bits of a 1963 birthday party in Brighton. All chosen and sequenced with a lot more care and attention than you might think, or than anyone else would smother on such a thing.  There's method in the madness, you know.

Now, you'd not rather be dancing in a fountain while drunk, would you? Eh? Oh...