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ian Group: Members Posts: 473 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Oct. 03 2009, 09:12 Isn't it around now that Simon Groom when to Mike's house to record the Blue Peter film 30 years ago ? Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Oct. 05 2009, 09:03 I think so.I remeber seeing that on TV when they re-ran the film.Ah Blue Peter.Such memories!According to Mike they were only going to use his version for a very short time (remeber it was released as part of their appeal to help the refugees in the Cambodian war and all preceeds went to Oxfam-and then 5 years later he makes the soundtrack to The Killing Feilds)and they used it for something like 10 years!I see the film's on Youtube now.That bought back some memories.One thing puzzles me though.As far as i remeber the version used on the TV programme was a different mix and started with a drum roll.Why was this not the version released? -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Airborne Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: Sep. 2006 Posted: Oct. 05 2009, 10:45 The original broadcast of the film was March 1, 1979 but that was postponed from being shown on February 15, 1979. Therefore it was filmed before this. The theme Blue Peter used would have been the tape Mike gave them. However, due to the weekly use of it, the public wanted a copy to buy. So Mike remixed it for single release and most people were happy - apart from DJs who didn't like the sudden ending. Mike was then obliged to do a second version with a conventional ending. A third version appears on a Dutch release. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Oct. 05 2009, 11:48 Speaking of blue peter, I hustled me up a blue chair on Yoville, a game on facebook. Yeah, I know, FO Jim. Gee FO is Fanny Oldfield's initials.......I guess you can tell I'm feeling neglected on tube-net. I'm bored. Gimme some news I can use. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Oct. 05 2009, 11:55 I come home every morning to my fellow Tubes expecting a hearty pat on the back. It's not much to ask for after a hard night's work now is it? BTW  "blue peter" is a serious medical condition we should all be educated and aware of. Use your search engine of choice and give freely to this most serious of causes....... -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Oct. 05 2009, 12:54 Lol.I'll check it out dude. Speaking the dutch version of Blue Peter (the TV theme not the medical condition)i had this on my dutch version of Wonderland.Like the stupid little idiot i was back when i was about 13 i sold it for peanuts,reasoning that i had everything on it on the album it was released on or it was on The Complete (still my favourite MO compilation-my signed copy DOES NOT EVER get played but my copy i got for xmas 85 does and then some!.I so wish i could go back and tell myself to keep it! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Oct. 05 2009, 15:12 These are the symptoms of "Blue Peter". Please see a doctor ASAP. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

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