BBC Radiophonic Workshop selections from "Forbidden Planets"

Three of the shortest tracks in the compilations.

From Volume 1:
Daphne Oram and Desmond Briscoe: The Ocean (1958)

From Volume 2:
Daphne Oram: Amphitryon 38 (1958)
Phil Young: Science and Industry (1959)

Links to Volume 1:

amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Plane...

Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Forbid...

Links to Volume 2:

amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Plane...

Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Forbid...

Taken from liner notes in "Volume 1":

"In the mid1960's, snippets from [Tom] Dissevelt's Fantasy In Orbit: Round The World With Electronic Music would be forever on BBC radio's school service - just as the signature tune to the Dr. Who science-fiction series would be on television every Saturday evening. Though written by Ron Grainer, its technological donkey-work was down to the Corporation Radiophonic Workshop, inaugurated in 1958 after a long campaign for such a facility by electronic musicians Desmond Briscoe and Daphne Oram. Even then, they were obliged to make do with outdated gear in two smallish rooms at the former skating rink that was the BBC's Maida Vale outpost. It was there that they devised "The Ocean" - which lives in a simple riff - for a natural history documentary."

From liner notes in "Volume 2":

"For more practical purposes, the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop had been formed in 1958, after a lengthy campaign by Daphne Oram, to provision jingles, interval signals, incidental music and sound effects for the wireless. In the first instance, Oram and her team were obliged to make the most of outdated gear in two inadequate rooms at the Corporations Maida Vale building (once a skating rink). Under such conditions, Oram completed 'Amphitryon 38' for a play, and Phil Young [made] 'Science And Industry' for a 1959 documentary."

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