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SOUND EFFECTS
: 7" EP's
Issued in the late
50's/ early 60's
| Series ~ Title | Information | Grade | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBC SOUND ARCHIVES | House Fly, Gnat, Shag, Buzzard, etc * 6 bands *green card sleeve * MP 25182 | VG/EX | £8 |
| DART VALLEY STEAM | Cover: 45xx Class 2-6-2 No 4555 crossing bridge nr Buckfastleigh * 102 | VG+/NM | £10 |
| ELECTRONIC MOVEMENTS . |
Syncopation + Vibration +
Whirling + Drifting * Composed Tom Dissevelt Produced by Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan * Philips 430 736 PE 1962 UK |
VG-/VG+ |
£18 |
| ELECTRONIC MOVEMENTS . |
Syncopation + Vibration +
Whirling + Drifting * Composed Tom Dissevelt Produced by Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan * Philips 430 736 PE 1962 UK |
EX-/VG+ |
£24 |
| FANFARES IN STEREO . |
State Trumpeters Of The Royal
Horse Guards (The Blues) * banded (x 20) Envoy EVS 704 1961 |
EX+/NM |
£20 |
| HEART OF ENGLAND .Birds, Animals, Church |
Daybreak At A Surrey Farm + Un A Village
Churchyard + Changes On Bells, "Stedman Caters" ~ HMV 7EG 8591 1960 |
EX/EX |
£5 |
| SOUND
EFFECTS ~ SEA EFFECTS Wash On Shingle / Seagulls |
HMV 7FX Series * No 6 * 1964 * the one-design paper sleeve for this series |
G/EX- |
£4 |
| SOUND
EFFECTS ~ RAIN (Heavy) + SHIPS (Sirens and Hooters) |
HMV 7FX Series * No 7 * 1964 * the one-design paper sleeve for this series |
G+/VG+ |
£4 |
| SOUND
EFFECTS ~ THUNDERSTORM Approaching & Receding / Overhead |
HMV 7FX Series * No 8 * 1964 * the one-design paper sleeve for this series |
G/EX- |
£4 |
| SOUND
EFFECTS ~ WIND Gale / High Wind / Hurricane |
HMV 7FX Series * No 10 * 1964 * the one-design paper sleeve for this series |
G+/EX- |
£4 |
| SOUND
EFFECTS ~ DEMOLITION + GLASS CRASHES + HAMMERING |
HMV 7FX Series * No 14 * 1964 * the one-design paper sleeve for this series |
G/VG+ |
£4 |
| SOUND
EFFECTS ~ FANFARES FOR SHAKESPEAREAN & OTHER PLAYS |
HMV 7FX Series * No 21 * 1964 * the one-design paper sleeve for this series |
VG+/NM |
£10 |
| SOUND STORIES ~ TT | HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISLE OF MAN TT RACES 1957-1961 * EP301 | NM/VG+ | £10 |
| TEMPOS OF TIME | Extracts: Formby, Churchill, Music, Song ~ Lord Brabazon * 7EG 8644 | NM/NM | £10 |
| TRAINS | Tri-ang RAILWAYS present RAILWAY RHYTHM * plays very good | G/G | £4 |
| BIRD SOUND Recordings | listed on the Nature page | - | - |
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'BBC SOUND EFFECTS CENTRE' label discs.
331/3 rpm (states 'LP 33') * Red label *
Issued circa 1967 ~ 1971 * Housed in plastic 'BBC sound effects' sleeves.
Majority are EX to NM * £7 each
| Series no. | Title |
|---|---|
| EC 5A | 5 - 7 cwt BEDFORD LIGHT VAN (INTERIOR) / Part 2 |
| EC 20A | CITY SKYLINE /Wild Perspective / IN A PROVINCIAL TOWN |
| EC 50A | ST. JAMES'S PARK, LONDON Lakeside / General Atmosphere |
| EC 55A | HOSPITALS Maternity Ward / Children's Ward |
| EC 64A | OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL General Atmosphere / Atmosphere Near Diving Board |
| EC 84A | GLASS CRASHES 6 bands / 6 bands |
| EC 168A | DONKEYS 8 bands / 3 bands |
| EC 5B | 5 - 7 cwt BEDFORD LIGHT VAN (INTERIOR) / Part 2 * dif. to EC 5 |
| EC 7B | COMEDY SOUNDS / Part 2 |
| EC 8B | OFFICE EQUIPMENT / Part 2 |
| EC 11B | DIESEL TAXI (Exterior) / Part 2 |
| EC 20B | COUNTRYSIDE IN THE SUMMER / WINTER IN A SUBURBAN GARDEN |
| EC 55A | HOSPITALS Maternity Ward / Children's Ward |
| EC 82B | BATTLE CROWD / Part 2 |
| EC 139B | ROWING Sea Scouts Whaler / Part 2 |
| EC 158B | MOTOR CAR: 1968 CITROEN AM 1.6 (Exterior) / Part 2 |
| EC 5C | BEDFORD LIGHT VAN (Exterior) / Part 2 |
| EC 11C | DIESEL TAXI (Interior) / Part 2 |
| EC 23C | SHOPPING PRECINCT / Part 2 * Stevenage April 1970 |
| EC 32C | 2.6 LITRE ROVER SALOON CAR (Interior) / Exterior |
| EC 64C | SPLASHES / SWIMMING AND DIVING |
| EC 158C | MOTOR CAR: 1968 CITROEN AM 1.6 (Exterior) / Part 2 * dif. to 158B |
| EC 14D | BOAT 7h.p. Twin-cylinder Diesel Engine / 21/4 h.p. outboard Engine |
| EC 37D | BRITISH MUSEUM Atmosphere / Dead Sea Scrolls Gallery |
| EC 139E | SMALL BOAT ON LAKE / Pert 2 |
| EC 43E | PONY TREKKING / Part 2 |
| EC 84G | GLASS CRASHES / Part 2 * dif. to 84A |
| EC 85G | RENAULT 4 SALOON CAR 1967 (Exterior) / Part 2 |
| EC 17C | TRAFFIC: PROVINCIAL TOWN / Part 2 |
| EC 9J | PUBLIC HOUSES Quiet Conversations In A Country Pub / Busy Country Pub |
| EC 40J | CROWD OF 6000 AT PROTEST MEETING / Part 2 |
| EC 40K | OUTDOOR CHATTER Large Cosmopolitan Crowd / INDOOR CROWDS Small Group |
| EC 61P | POOL OF LONDON General Atmosphere / Dockside (Barges etc). |
| ECS 1B2 | QUIET PARK Distance Traffic, Light Wind / TOWN PARK Birds, Wind In Trees * Blue label |
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SOUND EFFECTS
ALBUMS : BBC Records
Tracks
noted are random, and are not the complete set. Graded Sleeve / Record.
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| Title | Information | Year | Grade | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC
SOUND EFFECTS No 1 . |
Weather, Seaside, Bells,
Clocks, Trains, Traffic, Ships, Aircraft * RED 47M Lovely example of first in this series with orange / green label |
1969 |
EX/EX+ |
£14 |
| BBC
SOUND EFFECTS No 1 . |
Weather, Seaside,
Bells, Clocks, Trains, Traffic, Ships, Aircraft * RED 47M later PRT dist. issue |
1969 |
VG/VG |
£4 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 1 | Weather, Seaside, Bells, Clocks, Trains, Traffic, Ships, Airvraft * RED 47M | 1960 | VG/VG | £4 |
| BBC
SOUND EFFECTS No 2 . |
Summer
Backgrounds, Hunt, Lawn Mowers, Crashes, Boats, etc. * RED 76M Lovely example of first in this series with orange / green label |
1970 |
EX/EX+ |
£14 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 2 | Summer Backgrounds, Hunt, Lawn Mowers, Crashes, Boats, etc. * RED 76M | 1970 | VG/VG | £5 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 3 | African Atmosphere, Motor Launch, Hovercraft, Ships In Fog, etc * RED 102M | 1971 | EX-/EX- | £12 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 3 | African Atmosphere, Motor Launch, Hovercraft, Ships In Fog, etc * RED 102M | 1971 | VG/VG | £5 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 4 | Melodrama, Footsteps, Horse-Drawn, Toys, Clocks * RED 104M | 1971 | VG/VG | £4 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 6 | Country Side, Industry, Shops, Zoo, Park * RED 106M | 1971 | VG+/VG+ | £6 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 7 | IN STEREO * Aircraft, Crowds, Trains, Water * RED 113S | 1971 | VG/VG+ | £5 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 8 | Artillery, Air Raid WWII, Battler Atmosphere * RED 126M * later blue label | 1972 | VG+/VG+ | £5 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 9 | Cathedral Bells, London Locations, Electrical, Country * RED 164S | 1973 | VG+/VG | £4 |
| FOURTH DIMENSION | BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP * Synth music: Vespucci, Reg, Tamariu | 1973 | EX/NM | £16 |
| OUT OF THIS WORLD | BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP * Outer Space, Supernatural, Fantasy | 1976 | EX-/VG+ | £6 |
| OUT OF THIS WORLD | BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP * Outer Space, Supernatural, Fantasy | 1976 | EX+/NM | £12 |
| OFF BEAT SOUND EFFECTS | Electronics, Water, Engines, Creaks, Squeaks, Whistles * REC 198 | 1975 | EX/VG | £4 |
| RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP | Adagio, Bath Time, Veils and Mirrors, Sclum Rooli * REC 196 | 1975 | EX/EX | £12 |
| SOUND EFFECTS NO. 16 | DISASTERS * Fire, Human, Industrial, Transport * REC 295 * plays VG+ | 1977 | VG/VG | £4 |
| HOLIDAY SOUND EFFECTS | No 18 * Compiled by Mike Harding * Funfair, Crowds, Places, Seaside * REC 301 | 1978 | VG+/VG | £4 |
| DOCTOR WHO SOUND EFFECTS | No 19 * REC 316 | 1978 | EX/EX | £10 |
| DOCTOR WHO SOUND EFFECTS | No 19 * REC 316 * more Dr Who for sale | 1978 | NM/VG+ | £12 |
| SPORTING SOUND EFFECTS | 29 tracks * with BBC Records & Tapes Information sheet * REC 322 | 1978 | NM/NM | £10 |
| THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY | PETER HOWELL & RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP * s 1 crackly; appears.. | 1978 | VG+/NM | £4 |
| SPECTACULAR
SOUND EFFECTS EFFECTS |
2
separate albums EMI THIS 34 + 35: Transport, Animals, Sport, Doors etc, Birds, Applause, Clocks |
1980 |
All NM |
Pair £12 |
| SOUND EFFECTS No 26 | SCI-FI SOUND EFFECTS * Dr Who, Blakes 7, Earth Search * Liberator slve | 1982 | VG+/VG+ | £9 |
Of interest for
"BBC
Records" collectors, there are a few listed on the Juvenile
and Cultural pages.
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SOUND
EFFECTS ALBUMS : Other Labels
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| Title | Information | Year | Grade | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUSTOM MUSIC FOR 8mm | ALBUM No 1 * Music, Fairground, Circus, Wedding * Guide Bk * CDC 259 | 1965 | EX/EX+ | £10 |
| KODAK SUPER 8 . |
VOLUME 1 -
BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR YOUR PERSONAL MOVIES 12 x musical incidentals + 13 x sound effects (Traffic, Laugh, Dog, etc) |
196- |
EX/EX |
£10 |
| SOUND EFFECTS
Volume 1 . |
'Doctored For
Super Stereo'. 50 separate banded sounds . Audio Fidelity DES 7006 USA * g/f with photos and thorough information |
196- |
NM/VG+ |
£12 |
| SOUND EFFECTS VOLUME 2 | Animals, Baby, Helicopter, Restaurant * Audio Fidelity FBL 145023 Dutch | 196- | EX/VG | £5 |
| LISTEN, MOVE AND DANCE No. 4 . |
s1 'MOVING PERCUSSION Composer Vera Gray; played by James Blades + s2 'ELECTRONIC SOUND PICTURES' Comp. by Desmond Briscoe in collaboration with Vera Gray * HMV CLP 3531 * plays VG+ to EX |
1965 |
VG/VG |
£20 |
| 28 TIMED SOUND EFFECTS | Traffic, Restaurant, Surf, Seagulls, Jet Plane * Realistic 50-1970 USA | 1970 | EX+/VG+ | £7 |
| ADVENTURE IN
BINAURAL . |
Midway Binaural
Effects, Bracksmith In The Woods, In A Clock Store, Earthquake, Dracula's Theme, Mill In The Forest * sounds + orchestral with The VICTOR PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Tokyo * JVC VIBN-1 Japan |
1976 |
EX/M- |
£15 |
SOUND
EFFECTS ALBUMS : Electronic + Experimental
You may arrange to listen to any priced £20+ excerpts via the telephone to help you to decide
on purchase.
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| Title | Information | Year | Grade | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANORAMA OF MUSIQUE CONCRETE . |
Works by PIERRE
HENRY, PIERRE SCHAFFER + PHILIPPE ARTHUYS (final track "Musical Box") * Instrumental Studies, etc * UK press: London Ducretet Thomson DTL 93090 * printed Feb 1957 |
1957 |
VG+/NM |
£150 |
| BADINGS Electronic
Music + RAAIJMAKERS . |
Henk Badings =
CAPRICCIO FOR VIOLIN AND TWO SOUND TRACKS + GENESE + EVOLUTIONS * Dick Raaijmakers = CONTRASTS red Philips SABL 206 'HI-HI STEREO' * g/f cover with info * plays M- |
1960 |
EX-/NM |
£48 |
| ELECTRONIC MUSIC . |
Andres Lewin-Richter
= STUDY No. 1 * Ilhan Mimaroglu = INTERMEZZO + Le TOMBEAU d'EDGAR POE + BOWERY BUM * Tzvi Avni = VOCALISE. Walter Carlos = VARIATIONS FOR FLUTE AND ELECTRONIC SOUND + DIALOGUES FOR PIANO AND TWO LOUDSPEAKERS Turnabout TV 340O4S Stereo * recordings © 1965 |
1966 |
M-/EX+ |
£40 |
| ELECTRONIC MUSIC . |
John Cage= FONTANA
MIX * Luciano Berio = VISAGE * Ilhan Mimaroglu = AGONY * Turnabout TV 34046 S Stereo * recordings © 1965 |
1967 |
M-/NM |
£40 |
| 28 TIMED SOUND EFFECTS | Traffic, Restaurant, Surf, Seagulls, Jet Plane * Realistic 50-1970 USA | 1970 | EX+/VG+ | £7 |
| AUDIOPOEMS by HENRI CHOPIN |
s1 NEW DEPARTURE La Peur
(First Movement); 2 speeds, 4 superimpressions s2 PLURALITE 1.1.1.1. ; 3 speeds, 6 superimpressions * Tangent TGS 106 |
1971 |
VG+/VG+ |
£75 |
| Heart Beat Recordings | see the Cultural page! | 1 | EX | £ |
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TEST RECORDS :
7"
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| Title | Information | Year | Grade | Price |
| EP: DOUBLE f - DOUBLE S- DECCA Stereo Demonstration | STO 101 * 60's press | 1958 | EX+/NM | £8 |
| EP: TEST RECORD FOR SETTING UP STEREO EQUIPMENT | Deutsche Grammophon Gessellschaf * English language | 1966 - D | EX+/EX+ | £4 |
| EP: CD-4 DEMODULATOR ADJUSTMENT RECORD | 4 short tracks; same both sides * 4DE-202 JVC Japan | 197?- J | VG/NM | £10 |
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TEST RECORDS : Albums
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| Title | Information | Year | Grade | Price |
| STEREOPHONIC TEST RECORD | Demonstration Record *1st EMI test LP for Stereo * white/ gold HMV SDD 1 | 1958 | VG+/NM | £20 |
| STEREO & MONAURAL AUDIOTESTERS | 4-page Insert * WalscoSonic WS 300 USA | 1958 | VG/VG | £10 |
| DECCA MICROGROOVE FREQUENCY TEST | S1 FIXED BANDS * s2 GLIDING TONE * LXT 5346 | 59? | VG+/NM | £35 |
| MONOPHONIC CONSTANT FREQUENCY RECORD | Frequency * EMI Technical Test Record TCS 104 | 1960 | VG+/VG+ | £5 |
| SOUND EFFECTS | 50 tracks * AUDIO FIDELITY FBL 145000 | 1961 | EX/EX+ | £18 |
| CINE MOOD MUSIC | 2 x info Inserts * plays VG+ * CDC | 1965 | G/VG | £5 |
| SPECTACULAR SOUND EFFECTS | Philips SBL 7775 | 1967 | NM/NM | £15 |
| AUDIO OBSTACLE COURSE | SHURE Trackability Test Record * Insert * USA | 1967 | EX/VG | £5 |
| FISHER FIDELITY STANDARD | Fisher Radio stereo/ channel 4 | 1972 | VG/NM | £7 |
| THIS IS STEREO | Prod. Clement Brown * Musical demos Mike Vickers * Insert | 1970 | EX-/EX | £8 |
| WHAT IS GOOD RECORDED SOUND? | Booklet * ALL ABOUT MUSIC ABK2 | 1972 | VG+/VG+ | £7 |
| STEREO TEST AND DEMONSTRATION RECORD | Frequency / Music * AUDIX ADX 301 | 19-- | VG+/EX | £8 |
| AUDIO OBSTACLE - ERA III | SHURE Test Trackability for St Cartridges | 1973 | EX/EX | £10 |
| HI-FI SOUND TEST RECORD | HFS75 | 1974 | VG+/EX+ | £8 |
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SPACE MUSIC - 1950s IMPRESS LABEL. See the Van
Phillips JOURNEY INTO SPACE page.
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HORROR
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| Title | Information | Year | Grade | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUITE
FROM "SHE" / s2 MUSIC FROM "KISS OF THE VAMPIRE" and "THE DAMNED" . |
White
label with info written in red (appropriate!) pen * typed on
label: RPL/JMB 001 + 002 Copyright 1965 Chappe11 & Co Ltd. * I acquired this disc from the estate of the late Philip Martell (Musical Director for Hammer Films) * plain sleeve * looks NM, but plays crackly in places |
1965 |
as stated |
£130 |
| THE
FRANKENSTEIN PASSION / . |
DEVIL
AND DOKTOR GLANDE * Spoken word by John Stuart Anderson Incidental music Leon Young (ref LANSDOWNE STUDIOS) * incl. effects |
1972 |
G/VG- |
free |
| BLACK SABBATH | Music by LES BAXTER * Boris Karloff slve * USA * BAX LB1000 official? | 19-- | EX/EX | £15 |
| JIMMY OSMOND | KILLER JOE: scare the **** out of any by hanging slve beside the toilet | 1973 | NM/NM | £8 |
| CHILLING THRILLING SOUNDS | OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE * Disneyland | 1974 | EX/VG+ | £8 |
| HAMMER PRESENTS DRACULA | CHRISTOPHER LEE (cover) * Music J. Bernard + P. Martell * g/f Studio 2 | 1974 | EX/VG+ | £15 |
| SOUND EFFECTS NO. 13 - | DEATH & HORROR * Execution, Monsters, Creaking, Footsteps* REC 269 | 1977 | VG+/VG- | £3 |
| DRACULA | SOUNDTRACK by JOHN WILLIAMS * | 1979 | EX/EX | £8 |
| BBC SOUND EFFECTS No 27 | EVEN MORE DEATH AND HORROR * | 1982 | VG/ | £ |
| DIE BRAUT _ THE BRIDE | SOUNDTRACK by MARICE JARRE * STING on slve * plays crackly | 1985 | VG/NM | £5 |
| SOUND EFFECTS Albums | HORROR ETC : see BBC Records section | - | - | - |
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