Outtakes
The range of potential material and stories for inclusion in These Hopeful Machines was huge... see James Gardner's explanations and excuses for what he chose to leave out for editorial reasons.
But then, a number of segments of programme were prepared in the studio only to be jettisoned at the last minute because of the need to keep each episode within an hour-long slot.
We offer a few of these cutting-room-floor segments here...
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Outtake - Delia's tapes
8:10 PM.Mark Ayres talks about Delia Derbyshire's archive of tapes - and the cataloguing problems it caused - and discusses her prescient use of a synthesised rhythm track on her Dance from 'Noah' from about… Read more Audio
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Outtake - Malcolm Clarke and 'The Sea Devils'
8:00 PM.Mark Ayres talks about Malcolm Clarke's 'in-your-face' electronic score for the Dr Who series The Sea Devils from 1972, realised on the Delaware, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's huge Synthi 100… Read more Audio
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Outtake - EMS’s VCS1
7:50 PM.Before there was the VCS3, there was the VCS1 synthesiser! The first one was built by EMS at the request of Australian composer Don Banks, who took quite a shine to it... Read more Audio
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Outtake - The 'Crystal Palace'
7:40 PM.Mark Ayres talks about the 'Crystal Palace' - a device built by Dave Young, renowned engineer at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Read more Audio
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Outtake - SIGSALY
7:30 PM.Bell Labs' Vocoder technology was at the heart of SISGALY, the Allies' wartime speech-encryption system. Read more Audio
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Outtake - Radiohead and the Ondes Martenot, and the Trautonium
7:20 PM.The Theremin and the Ondes Martenot are still in use today - indeed the latter includes Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood amongst its players. The Trautonium, a contemporary of these early electronic… Read more Audio
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Outtake - Casey Listens to the Phonograph
7:10 PM.Long before the advent of radio, the phonograph and gramophone were being used as creative media. Hear about the 'Descriptive' category of recordings from the 1890s, and one of its biggest stars… Read more Audio
Music Details
Format Key: 'Song title' (Composer) - Performer, Album title (Label)
Outtake – Casey Listens to the Phonograph
'Atlas' (Fehlman) – Thomas Fehlman, Honigpumpe (Kompakt)
'Casey Listening To The Phonograph' (Hunting) – Russell Hunting (Edison Bell Records)
'Atlas' (Fehlman) – Thomas Fehlman, Honigpumpe (Kompakt)
Outtake – Radiohead and the Ondes Martenot, and the Trautonium
'How To Disappear Completely' (Yorke, Greenwood, Greenwood, O’Brien, Selway) – Radiohead, Kid A (collectors edition) (Parlophone)
'Bloom (Instrumental)' (Eno, Schwalm) – Brian Eno + J. Peter Schwalm, Drawn From Life (Venture)
'Konzertstück für Trautonium mit Begleitung des Streichorchesters (i. Leicht bewegt)' (Hindemith) – Oskar Sala, Münchener Kammerorchester/ Hans Stadlmair, Elektronischen Impressionen (Erdenklang)
Outtake – SIGSALY
'Main Title/Prologue' (Arlen, Harburg, Stothart) – MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus/Stothart, The Songs and Story of The Wizard Of Oz (Rhino)
'FDR: Infamy' (Davidson, Clark, Dimond) – Loops & Topology, Airwaves (Serrated)
'Project X' (Zappa) – The Mothers of Invention, Uncle Meat (Ryko)
'The Bells Of St Mary’s' (Furber, Adams) – Charles Vadersen
(courtesy of Dave Tompkins)
Outtake – The ‘Crystal Palace’
'The Learning Hall' (Hodgson) – The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Vol.1 – The Early Years 1963–1969 (The Grey Area)
Outtake – EMS’s VCS1
'Continuum' (Cary) – Tristram Cary, Soundings: Electroacoustic Works 1955-1996 (Tall Poppies)
'Solos, Commentaries and Integrations' (Casserley) – Howard Davidson (cl.), James Strebing (perc.), Lawrence Casserley (electronics), unreleased (courtesy of Composer)
Outtake – Malcolm Clarke and ‘The Sea Devils’
'Lure of the Space Goddess' (Hodgson, Derbyshire) – Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson, The Tomorrow People – Original Television Music (Trunk)
'The Prison' (Clarke) – The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Vol.2 – New Beginnings (The Grey Area)
'Stranded' (Clarke) – The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Vol.2 – New Beginnings (The Grey Area)
'The Sea Devil' (Clarke) – The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Vol.2 – New Beginnings (The Grey Area)
'Attack In Force' (Clarke) – The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Vol.2 – New Beginnings (The Grey Area)
'Introducing ' (Marsh, Ware, Oakey) – The Human League, Reproduction (Virgin)
'The Panel Beaters' (Kingsland) – The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Radiophonic Workshop (The Grey Area)
'The Astronauts' (Howell) – The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, BBC Radiophonic Workshop – A Retrospective (The Grey Area)
Outtake – Delia’s tapes
'Nightwalker' (Harper, Derbyshire, Hodgson) – Delia Derbyshire, Electrosonic (Glo Spot)
'Dance from “Noah”' (Derbyshire) – Delia Derbyshire, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – A Retrospective (Grey Area)
'Dance from “Noah” (Stereo Mix)' (Derbyshire) – Delia Derbyshire, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – A Retrospective (Grey Area)