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Andrew Bown's Tarot

Andrew Bown's Tarot

2004-05-20 by eyeshouldcocoa

Hello all - 

While sorting through some ancient emails today I stumbled across a 
posting on here from yonks ago, about the track 'Tarot' by Andrew 
Bown (the theme from early 70s UK TV series 'Ace of Wands') - notable 
for the appearance of our beloved 3 violins bubbling away in the 
background. (I suspect it was probably a MkII as the theme was 
originally released as a single in mid-1970, I'm not sure if the then-
new M400 was in circulation/appearing on any recordings just yet at 
that point)...

Anyway, at the time of that posting I don't think it was available 
anywhere other than on a very rough-sounding download. But I recently 
found out, for those of us who go *yippee!!* at such things 
(including yours truly), there's a CD available which was released 
last year, called "Magpie: 20 Junkshop Pop Ads and Themes", which 
features said track (along with other retro stuff from the early 70s, 
ranging between the brilliant, the twee, the nostalgic and the 
utterly bizarre (tracks from actor Peter Wyngarde's solo album, 
anyone?)). 

More about it here - 
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/rpm/rpm/variousmagpie.htm

Very nice to hear Tarot in a much more listenable state again after 
all these years!

Regards, 

Tony Swettenham
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