GUILD MUSIC : "THE GOLDEN AGE OF LIGHT MUSIC" series
In 2004 Guild Music started issuing a series of CDs featuring original recordings from the 1920s to the 1950s. As well as including many well-known pieces in the Light Music repertoire, the CDs also feature recordings being made available for the first time from the London music publishers’ mood music libraries. Many of the best-remembered signature tunes from the middle years of the last century originated in these libraries, and the following list features the pick from over 50 CDs – and the collection is still growing. In most cases the recording featured is the original version used by the BBC and other broadcasters.
| Programme | Tune title | Guild cat. number |
| Barry Norman Hollywood | Castles In The Air | GLCD 5118 |
| BBC Children’s programmes | Scherzetto For Children | GLCD 5144 |
| BBC Light Programme intro [1] | Oranges and Lemons | GLCD 5139 |
| BBC Light Programme intro [2] | Oranges and Lemons | GLCD 5139 |
| BBC Overseas Service | London Calling | GLCD 5107 |
| BBC Television opening march | Television March | GLCD 5104 |
| BBC TV Children’s Newsreel | Holiday Spirit | GLCD 5120 |
| BBC TV Evening Programmes | Fantasy On National Airs | GLCD 5151 |
| BBC TV Interlude Angel Fish | Rippling Waters | GLCD 5112 |
| BBC TV Interlude Potter’s Wheel | Young Ballerina | GLCD 5136 |
| BBC TV Interlude Windmill | Pastoral Montage | GLCD 5145 |
| Billy Cotton Band Show playout | Legion Patrol | GLCD 5139 |
| Children’s Favourites | Puffin’ Billy | GLCD 5101 |
| Countryside in January [etc…] | Rivers of North of England | GLCD 5139 |
| Current Release | Champagne March | GLCD 5103 |
| Destination Downing Street | Call Of The Casbah | GLCD 5151 |
| Double Cross | Double Cross theme | GLCD 5139 |
| Down Your Way | Horse Guards – Whitehall | GLCD 5121 |
| Fabian Of The Yard playout | Automation | GLCD 5118 |
| Family Favourites | With A Song In My Heart | GLCD 5101 |
| George Melachrino | First Rhapsody | GLCD 5101 |
| Hello Mum! | Out Of Town March | GLCD 5136 |
| Highway Patrol | Highway Patrol | GLCD 5130 |
| Housewives’ Choice | In Party Mood | GLCD 5120 |
| In Town Tonight interval music | Portrait Of A Flirt | GLCD 5120 |
| In Town Tonight star interview | A Star Is Born | GLCD 5149 |
| ITMA | ITMA Signature Tune | GLCD 5149 |
| ITV News | Non Stop | GLCD 5131 |
| Jennings At School | The Old Clockmaker | GLCD 5135 |
| London to Brighton in Four Minutes | Sabre Jet | GLCD 5115 |
| Melody On The Move | Melody On The Move | GLCD 5102 |
| Music In The Air | Music In The Air | GLCD 5102 |
| Music While You Work | Calling All Workers | GLCD 5128 |
| Paul Temple | Coronation Scot | GLCD 5120 |
| Pearl & Dean Cinema Adverts | Grand Vista | GLCD 5124 |
| Perry Mason Radio Luxembourg | The Duel | GLCD 5140 |
| Picture Parade | Picture Parade | GLCD 5149 |
| Quatermass closing music | Inhumanity | GLCD 5140 |
| Seeing Sport | Skippy | GLCD 5125 |
| Six Proud Walkers | Six Proud Walkers | GLCD 5146 |
| South Wales and West TV March | South Wales and West | GLCD 5149 |
| Stranger Than Fiction | The Big Guitar | GLCD 5126 |
| Sunday Night at London Palladium | Startime | GLCD 5149 |
| Superman US TV series | World Of Tomorrow | GLCD 5135 |
| Top Of The Form | Marching Strings | GLCD 5103 |
| Victory At Sea | Song Of The High Seas | GLCD 5123 |
| Windjammers | Seascape | GLCD 5145 |
The above list is not intended to be fully comprehensive, and full tracklistings of all Guild Light Music CDs can be found on the Guild Music website: www.guildmusic.com
These CDs are available worldwide from record shops, but in case of difficulty you can order direct from Guild Music.
If
you have any comments, questions or further information of
interest, please e-mail:
radiodays@whirligig-tv.co.uk