The Soundtrack Affair ;-)

Hi Marc, Marty and all!

Well, fact is that nobody of us *really* knows what Barry Gray would
have done if he would have had the possibility to release the UFO
soundtrack on LP in his lifetime. I can't believe that it was
Barry's intention that we should hear UFO in mono, only because
he handled out a mono tape to the fans. I'd rather believe he left
open the possibility to provide us with a stereo soundtrack on a
possible LP (which never happens). OK, these are only my two cents, I
know. But I don't believe that Barry would resist a stereo
soundtrack. Also I can't imagine that Fanderson would treat the
soundtrack of Barry *disrespectful*. After all, they are real Fans
too :-) And because that these guys are not identical to the composer
doesn't mean that they are not talented. Anyway, sadly, Barry is
dead, therefore we can't ask him anymore :-(

As far as I am concerned I'm not interested in a mono soundtrack
of UFO. This soundtrack is – as Marc has stated – from time to
time available on eBay. Instead, I can't wait to hear the
incidental music of UFO in stereo for the first time :-) And speaking
of the SPACE: 1999 CDs from Fanderson: in most cases I can't hear
a divergence to the mono soundtrack of the show. In fact, I am very
pleased with these two double CDs.

Speaking of mono: I'm a fan of both Derek Flint movies. These
movies were always shown on TV in mono and I've heard the music
very often (taped it from the TV with a microphone – *good* old
times :-). Later I was able to get the soundtrack LP which is in
stereo and I was impressed by the stereo mix. Of course, there were a
few parts of the soundtrack which didn't sound *right* to me, but
mostly because I hadn't heard some instruments on the mono track
properly so far. The bigger problem I had was the obviously a little
bit *lower* speed of the music, which is a result of speeding up a
movie from 24 fps to 25 fps on telly. But I got used to it.

Conclusion: I prefer the stereo mix of a show to the mono mix (if it
is done close to perfect at least) so I can't wait to get the
Fanderson release. If someone (like Marty) is interested in the mono
mix, well, a mono soundtrack already exists (take a look at eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=922514950
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1582319060
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=922515005
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=922514923 )
I don't think that Fanderson would make a 4 CD set with a stereo
*and* a mono version of the soundtrack only to please a few members.
And I think that the majority of the (buying) members would be more
interested in a really complete soundtrack of the series without any
missing cues instead :-)

Christian
(And sorry, if their are some grammar mistakes :-)