The Ted Taylor Chorus & Orchestra - Best Of The Football Themes

A must for any obsessive footie fan - especially English football (Ron Manager probably has this in his record collection and listens to it on a daily basis), Ted Taylor's Best Of The Football Themes is a roaring, non-stop soccer party featuring a rousing collection of anthemic footie favourites interspersed with commentary and the sound of the crowd. They don't make 'em like this no more, that's for sure.

The Ted Taylor Chorus & Orchestra
Best Of The Football Themes
Starline
1972

Side A:
We Are The Champions
We'll Be With You
You'll Never Walk Alone
Blue Is The Colour
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
The Lads Of Leeds

Side B:
Good Old Arsenal
Willie Morgan
Glory Glory Hallelujah
Home And Away
Back Home

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Football.
Isn't it?
Hmmm.

Fixed tracks

If you downloaded the superb collections Watch With Teacher and The Day The TV Stood Still, you'll probably be wanting these two tracks. The original rips of the two tracks were messed up (the cds were pretty damn difficult to rip as it happens) - these new rips are fine. Sorry about that and thanks to "pokerface" for letting me know about those tracks.

Watch With Teacher
CD1: 24 Pete Philips - Indian Tea

The Day The TV Stood Still
CD1: 32 - Fun with Fido

Fixed tracks
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Some People Are On The Pitch - Songs From Football's Archives

Howay the lads! Come on you 'Bells!
I watched and thoroughly enjoyed The Damned United (the "fiction-based-on-fact" account of Brian Clough's years at Derby and Leeds United) followed by the splendid ITV documentary Clough very recently and I thought - it's about time I put a pure football song comp on t' CosmoBells. And sooooo... Here we have an absolute treat for novelty music fans and also, obviously, the footie fans. This long deleted, highly collectible football song compilation from the same people that bought you the You Are Awful! series is the creme-de-la-creme of football song compilations. Not only do you get gems like West Ham's "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", Arsenal's "Good Old Arsenal", The Spinners' "Football Crazy", Ennio Morricone's "World Cup Argentina", the football folk of Dave & Toni Arthur's "The Football Match", The Tony Hatch Orchestra's "Theme From Sportsnight", Kop Unlimited's funktastic "Football Hustle" and Leyton Orient's sublime "We The Kings of Orient Are"(!) but you also get the complete 1970 England Football Squad's album The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters featuring classics such as "Back Home", "There'll Always Be An England", "Lovey Dovey", "Lilly The Pink", "Congratulations", "Glory-O", "Cinammon Stick" and "Sugar Sugar"! 'Tis a must for those with a deep football/soccer inclination, so it is... Enjoy!

V/A
Some People Are On The Pitch - Songs From Football's Archives
Sequel
1999

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CD1
1. Offside: Match Of The Day
2. The Arsenal First Team Squad: Good Old Arsenal
3. The Arsenal First Team Squad: The Boys From Highbury
4. The Spinners" Football Crazy
5. West Ham UTD. Cup Squad '75: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
6. West Ham UTD. Cup Squad '75: West Ham United
7. The Boleyn Boys: Football Mad
8. Bruce Thompson: My World Is A Football
9. Everton Cup Squad '84: The Boys In Blue
10. Stan Kelly: Romeo and Juliet
11. Liverpool FC: Hail To The Kop
12. Liverpool FC: We Are Liverpool
13. Kop Unlimited (with Lenny Rich): My Liverpool
14. The Kopites: Liverpool We Love You
15. Stan Kelly: Wives Take This Warning
16. Leyton Orient FC: We The Kings Of Orient Are
17. Leyton Orient FC: Football Football
18. The Potters (Stoke City FC Supporters): We'll Be With You
19. The Potters: Theme For A Team
20. Glen Daly: The Celtic Song
21. Glen Daly: Gail Hail Celtic
22. Hamish Imlach: The History Of Football
23. Buddy Logan: Follow Follow (The Rangers Song)
24. Buddy Logan: Play The Game
25. Ennio Morricone Orchestra: World Cup Agentina
26. Glen Daly: We're On The Ball
27. Moon Williams: Argentina Heroes (We're On Our Way)
28. Buenos Aires City Band: World Cup March '78

CD2
1. Back Home - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
2. Sugar Sugar - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
3. Lovey-Dovey - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
4. Lily The Pink - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
5. You're In My Arms - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
6. Puppet On A String - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
7. Congratulations - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
8. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
9. Glory-O - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
10. Make Me An Island - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
11. Cinnamon Stick - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
12. There'll Always Be An England - 1970 England Football Squad: The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters
13. Lonnie Donegan: World Cup Willie
14. Dave and Toni Arthur: The Football Match
15. Sam Richards: The Game of Football
16. John Shakespeare Orchestra: The World At Their Feet
17. The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Sportsnight
18. The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Best In Football
19. Kop Unlimited Orchestra: Football Hustle
20. The John Schroeder Orchestra: The Britannia March
21. The John Schroeder Orchestra: On The Ball

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WBA's Cyrille Regis MBE, the god-like Brian Clough, "Golden Age" Gazza,
"Big Ron" Atkinson aka "Champagne Charlie" and the legendary
Linekar with his tasty bit of "almost-half-his-age" crumpet.
I don't think any of these people appear on this album.

The Morecambe & Wise Show - guest-starring Edward Woodward

As a tribute to the late, great Edward Woodward, here's a treat of an episode of all-time British comedy classic The Morecambe & Wise Show. This is the fourth episode of the second series from 1969. Eric & Ernie are on top-form and there are hilarious guest-appearances from Peter Cushing and Edward Woodward. Cushing returns to the show demanding payment for his last appearance (as the years went by, Cushing would continue to make guest-appearances on various M&W shows demanding his payment!), cue some very funny material:
Cushing: "I was in your show and I never got paid."
Eric: "Sounds like one of our shows!"
Ernie: "You were never in one of our shows."
Cushing: "I can prove I was in one of your shows."
Eric: "Prove it?! How?! How?!"
Cushing: "I would like to show you a short excerpt..."
Eric: "Well you can't - this is a family show, you see!"

Woodward stars in the grand finale - in which he plays a copper (of course!) - in a play wot Eric wrote entitled "Murder At The Grange - or The Mouse Trap". Also in the play, Eric plays a famous conductor - although, for hilarious comedy reasons, he's dressed as the wrong kind of conductor... Other guests on the show include legendary Scottish singer Kenneth McKellar, Irish folk trio The Pattersons and, of course, M&W show bigband regulars Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen.

The Morecambe & Wise Show
Series 2, Episode 4
1969
XVID
Approx. 50 mins
500 mb

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The Equalizer is dead.

EDWARD WOODWARD

1930 - 2009

Rest in peace, Ed. Thanks for all those glorious years of superb cult action television in shows such as Callan and The Equalizer. You'll be greatly missed.

Dr. Who and the Daleks + Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. Original Soundtrack

For the first time ever, here are the complete soundtracks/scores to the colourful 60s' big-screen "Dr. Who"/Dalek movies that starred Peter Cushing as everyone's favourite time-travelling grandfather: Dr. Who! I'm a huge fan of those nutty 60s movies, the second, grittier movie Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. being my fave out of the two (the title's quite a crazy mouthful alone!) which co-starred Bernard Cribbins and Ray "Mister Benn" Brooks ("a man with 'the knack'!" as he was billed on the trailer!). That second movie was, of course, based on the all-time classic Doctor Who story "The Dalek Invasion of Earth". And, as you may or may not know, the late, great Roy Castle co-starred in the first movie. The cute Roberta Tovey starred in both movies as Dr. Who's grand-daughter Susan (check out Who Is Doctor Who? to hear Tovey's hilarious single called "Who's Who").

The package does what it says on the tin - so if you've always wanted the music from these films or are just a keen collector of anything to do with Doctor Who and/or Daleks, then here you are! Personally (and being my good honest self), I found the scores on the most part to be rather bland to listen to without the visuals of the movie to go with it but, all being said, it's great to finally have these things officially released. The thing is, I've never been that much of a fan of standard movie scores that rely on atmospheric orchestral music - I prefer stuff that is a bit more groovy, funky, poppy or experimental. Highlights for me are the title music on both films and, especially, the groovy single "The Eccentric Doctor Who". The thing is, those best tracks I mentioned have already been made available on the superb Who Is Doctor Who? compilation. So there you are then, this release is a must for Doctor Who fans and those who collect cult movie scores and you'll most likely get a little more enjoyment and satisfaction out of listening to them than I did...

Malcolm Lockyer, Bill McGuffie & Barry Gray
Dr. Who and the Daleks + Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Original Soundtrack
Silva Screen
2009
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Dr. Who and the Daleks soundtrack
1. Fanfare And Opening Titles
Malcolm Lockyer
2. TARDIS
Malcolm Lockyer
3. The Petrified Jungle
Malcolm Lockyer
4. The Petrified Creature And The City
Malcolm Lockyer
5. Four Return To TARDIS
Malcolm Lockyer
6. The Medicine Box And The Climb To The City
Malcolm Lockyer
7. City Corridors
Malcolm Lockyer
8. Captured By The Daleks
Malcolm Lockyer
9. Susan Leaves The City
Malcolm Lockyer
10. The Jungle At Night
Malcolm Lockyer
11. Susan Returns To The City
Malcolm Lockyer
12. Escape From The Cell
Malcolm Lockyer
13. The Trap
Malcolm Lockyer
14. The Swamp
Malcolm Lockyer
15. The Mountain
Malcolm Lockyer
16. The Cave
Malcolm Lockyer
17. The Jump
Malcolm Lockyer
18. The Thals Approach The City
Malcolm Lockyer
19. The Countdown
Malcolm Lockyer
20. The Countdown Stops
Malcolm Lockyer
21. Finale And End Titles
Malcolm Lockyer

Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. soundtrack
22. Smash And Grab
Bill McGuffie
23. TARDIS Departs (Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
24. Opening Titles
Bill McGuffie
25. TARDIS (Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
26. London 2150 A.D. (Music And Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
27. Daleks And Robomen
Bill McGuffie
28. Message To Grandfather And The Dalek Saucer Takes Off (Music And Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
29. The Mine Workings And The Cottage
Bill McGuffie
30. Preparing The Bomb Capsule (Music And Sound Effects)
Bill McGuffie
31. Smash And Grab (Reprise) And End Titles
Bill McGuffie

The Singles
32. The Eccentric Dr. Who
Malcolm Lockyer
33. Daleks And Thals
Malcolm Lockyer
34. Fugue For Thought
Bill McGuffie
Dr. Who and the Daleks Bonus Tracks
35. Fanfare And Opening Titles (Soundtrack Version With Effects)
Malcolm Lockyer
36. TARDIS Effects
Barry Gray
37. Dalek City Effects
Barry Gray

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Who's Who is Who?...
Dr. Who ponders that question, yesterday.

Benny Hill - The Ultimate Collection

So I'm finally back after a few weeks of dead computer mayhem. I have a new pc now (with Windows 7 - which has took some getting used to after years of XP) and I've been busy installing the necessary programs, updating drivers, hardware, etc, so bare with me if I'm not quite up to speed at the moment with the CosmoBells. Everything looks and feels totally different with the new machine which is taking a lot of getting used to.

As a testing-the-waters type thing, here we have a quickie post of a superb collection of comedy tunes (formerly posted way back on the old CosmoBlog) from none other than the all-time comedy genius Benny Hill. The lad himself wrote and/or co-wrote all of the tracks on here - many of which you will most likely know from him performing them on his long-running classic The Benny Hill Show. Many of the tracks parody the old 50s & 60s rock 'n' roll and rockabilly likes of Elvis 'The King' Presley, Marty 'Father of Kim' Wilde, John "Johnny Remember Me" Leyton and Mike "Come Outside" Sarne, to name but four. Personal faves on here include Benny's legendary "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)" (of course), "Those Days" (a parody of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" which features the classic line "How could you kiss the butcher when we owe the milkman so much?"!), "Harvest of Love" (I love the line which goes "I will kiss your lips, those tempting lips - the only ones that can thrill me, And I will hold you tight 'neath the stars so bright - if my wife ever finds out, she'll kill me!") and the similar "Lonely Boy" ("You see her name was Pat - my case comes up next week!"). Naughty but innocent humour that has long since died out.

Benny Hill
The Ultimate Collection
Castle Communications
1998
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1. Gather In The Mushrooms
2. Transistor Radio
3. Harvest Of Love
4. Pepy's Diary
5. Gypsy Rock
6. The Piccolo Song
7. Lonely Boy
8. Moving On Again
9. The Andalucian Gypsies
10. The Egg Marketing Board Tango
11. Bamba 3688
12. What A World
13. I'll Never Know
14. My Garden Of Love
15. In The Papers
16. Golden Days
17. Flying South
18. Wild Women
19. Jose's Cantina
20. Rose - Benny Hill, Maggie Stredder
21. Those Days
22. The Old Fiddler
23. Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

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"You see her name was Pat - my case comes up next week!"

Hoorah!

CosmoBells is officially back!
I have some treats in store as a thanks for the loyal CosmoBellians! ;)
So as Shaw Taylor would say:
Take care and keep 'em peeled...

I'll be back... soon!

Normal service should be resumed within the next three weeks.
Thanks to everyone who has donated so far (you know who you are!) and thanks in advance to those who plan on donating - it has been a big help and I'm very grateful and touched by your support, understanding and generosity.
Many thanks! :)

All the best,
Cosmo!