26 years ago today... UFO titles recorded

Hi all,

On 16 October 1969, Barry Gray recorded the title
music for UFO at his home studio. This took
place (according to his records) from 9:30 am
to 2:30 pm, and 14 musicians were there.

It would have been interesting to be a "fly
on the wall" while our favorite TV theme tune
was being recorded. In fact, if you were there,
it would have sounded something like this:

http://ufoseries.com/titleSession.mp3

The one that was used is "take 4".

Marc

... oh, I guess the subject line should have
read THIRTY six years ago today, not TWENTY.
So long ago... <sigh>

Marc

Marc,

Excellent stuff. Where the hell do you get this from? Is that actually
Barry Gray talking in the background?

If I could only get hold of studio demos like that for John Barry's
OHMSS soundtrack

LL

> Excellent stuff. Where the hell do you get this from? Is that actually
> Barry Gray talking in the background?

That is indeed Barry Gray talking...

As to where this stuff comes from, well that's the funny thing about
running a UFO website. This stuff just (magically) comes to me...

Marc

Hi,

Any information where in Blackburn, Barry Gray and Michael Billington came
from ?

Was the studio in Blackburn or at home location in London ?

I have asked this before but never had a reply.

I only live 8 miles from the town and could take some pictures for the web
site if required.

Regards
Keith

> Was the studio in Blackburn or at home location in London ?

Throughout the 1960's, Barry Gray's home studio was in North London.
In 1970, he moved to an island (Guernsey).

Marc

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Subject: [SHADO] 26 years ago today... UFO titles recorded


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Wow, thanks for that one Marc. It's interesting how they tweak some of the
various instrument lines each time thru hunting for the right sound. It's
also amazing to me how machine-like consistent musicians can be when they
play things over and over again, making their part sound exactly the same
each time. Guess that's why they're pro's....

Dave H.

Dave H. wrote:

>Wow, thanks for that one Marc. It's interesting how they tweak some
>of the various instrument lines each time thru hunting for the right
>sound.


This is really incredible. It's utterly amazing that things like this
are still around! Does the person who provided this know who the
session musicians were? I'm recalling reading in the archives that
Rick Wakeman was one at some point, although I don't know for which
show. I'm wondering if any other session musicians Barry used ended
up being famous in their own right?


Marc wrote:

>As to where this stuff comes from, well that's the funny thing about
>running a UFO website. This stuff just (magically) comes to me...

I'm very glad it does. Thanks to the donor and also to you Marc, I'm
enjoying all this so much!  

Sarah