On this week’s show we pay a long-overdue tribute to the world of the test card, or more accurately the music played whenever the test card appeared on screen. We draw pretty heavily on the 9-volume set researched by Heinz Herschmann for the Apollo Sound label and also the sterling work of Steven Wills of Winchester Hospital Radio. We also have tracks from a couple of new releases, one of which may or may not be entirely fictional.
Listen now:
The Music
| 1. | Andy Clark: Motivation from Music While You Watch |  |
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| 2. | Budapest Radio Orchestra: Disco Girl from Test Card Vol 9 | |
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| 3. | The Richard Neilson Group: Bric a Brac from Test Card Music, Vol. 7 | |
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| 4. | The David Snell Quartet: Those Sparkling Eyes from Music While You Watch | |
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| 5. | Mammane Sani et son Orgue: Bodo from La Musique Electronique du Niger |  |
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| 6. | Chris Carter: Flip Flop from Interpretations on F. C. Judd (read Chris Carter’s piece about F.C.Judd here) |  |
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| 7. | Orchestra Tropicana: African Dawn from Test Card Music Vol 6 | |
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| 8. | Budapest Radio Orchestra: Sugar Candy from Test Card Music Vol. 3 | |
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| 9. | Polish Radio Orchestra: Anxiety from Test Card Music Volume 5 | ||
| 10. | The Bruton Beat: Winners from Music While You Watch | |
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The Unnecessary News
- China’s Ghost Marriages Revisited: 4 Arrested for Selling Corpses
- Stephen Hawking: Humans must escape Earth or perish
- Yawning Duvet
- Saudi Arabia deports ‘irresistible’ men deemed ‘too handsome’ to women
- Vet Says Medical Marijuana Good For Dogs & Cats
- News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier
