Uncle Fiesta wrote:I remember my parents having this very LP. I also remember really hating it!
If I'm going to listen to a TV or film theme, I want it to be the original, not a cover. (I may have mentioned before, that I hate covers of all descriptions.)
And these weren't even good covers - just seeing the list of titles has reminded me that the theme from Ironside was particularly naff.
The "Ironside" theme was probably the least faithful rendering on the LP. The Geoff Love Orchestra couldn't capture the rhythm section feel of the Wrecking Crew. On the other hand, the British theme tunes were very well played and recorded, sounding as similar to the originals as you could reasonably expect (and I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the orchestra's members were on both versions anyway).
None of this worried me at the time, because I "knew" that I would never be able to get my hands on the originals in good audio quality (and especially not in stereo), and I never watched nonsense such as "Ironside" anyway.
At that time, USA television drama was of
appalling artistic quality (nowhere near BBC or ITV), with "Ironside" being a good (!) example of that. "Kojak", "The Streets Of San Francisco", "MacMillan And Wife" and "The Rockford Files" were other examples. It's all different nowadays, "The Shield", "The Wire", "Breaking Bad", "Better Call Saul", etc. USA television drama is now the best in the world, with the BBC running a close second.