The Scales of Justice - The Tornados

The Scales of Justice - The Tornados.

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Music

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• tornados
• Telestar
• The
• Scales
• of
• Justice

[rarebutgreat]

A great title track from a sadly neglected TV series. A time capsule if ever there was one

[daveo138]

I remember this series being re-run on Channel 4 about 20 years ago, as were Scotland Yard and the Mysteries of Edgar Wallace. Excellent!

I also remember the credits for Scales of Justice showing the theme music by the Tornados being available on Decca F11662...how sad! The Guinness Book of Hit Singles showed this as being "The Ice Cream Man" and it was some time before I discovered that this was actually the B-side.

I recall that the theme tune sounded somewhat different to this version.

[daggertoungeomega]

at the stroke of this key.

[daggertoungeomega]

Lets place the hearts on the scales today, as night falls i will take the the two parts of the heart and separate them one half will sit on the left the other on the right side when the scales have been adjusted let all eyes know. the last part will be on the last day the feathers will be placed Maat the feather of truth and the feather of deception. Truth can be seeked the door is open for those with kind hearts a heavy heart is a heart that is cold and is rooted in darkness. lets begin

[rockall66]

It was Early 1987 these short films were shown on Channel 4 late at night [11pm-12am] mid week, I think Tuesday, I loved the Theme tune and in fact loved the shows, they disappeared from the schedules as suddenly as they appeared after just a few weeks.

[onceaboy1947]

@rarebutgreat The Scales of Justice series were made to be shown as supporting films in British cinemas in 1963 and released through Warner-Pathe. It wasn't until many years later that they were shown on television in the UK. Oddly, people who think they were made as a television series are just showing that they are too young to remember them originally being shown in cinemas.

[MartinPadderborn]

@phlipnet

Back in the dim distant past when these films were shown as the 'B' picture, my friends and I would go into a pub near to the cinema while the films were showing and only accasionally actually watch them for a laugh.

Many years later when they turned up on TV, they had become the subject of nostalgic recollections of 'the good old days' and I taped some of them and still have the tapes. I admit that they are better than the rubbish that is shown on the screen theses days.

[phlipnet]

@MartinPadderborn I think Stanley Baxter was quite harsh. He may have found those little films boring but I know a lot of people, including myself, who quite often liked them more than the main film which they supported - depending on what the main feature film was, of course! I did like Stanley Baxter as well, though!!

[phlipnet]

Although a 'B' side, this is actually one of my favourite tunes from the Tornados - I love it!

[benatour]

great song!

[nomiclas]

i have the single and was a closet follower of rock and tecno instrumentals.i think johnny and the hurricanes trumb all others including the ventures.the toreos do great tunes but go back to J&H.

[disparatedan]

The music was written and performed by Johnny Douglas. The Tornados COVERED it (very WELL). The Johnny Douglas original is at the end of a potted episode I have posted in the video responses, above. Nice, clear post, by the way!