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Original Recordings Barry Gray Original recordings Barry Gray Adventures of Twizzle 1960 EP (featuring Roberta Leigh) HMV 7 EG 8339 EP (stories and songs) HMV 7 EG 8417 Four Feather Falls 1963 EP Four Feather Falls Columbia SEG 7986 2004 3CD The Michael Holiday Anthology EMI 7243 5 97484 2 9 features five of the songs from the singl, different rendition (stereo) Supercar 1960 SINGLE Supercar Columbia DB 4839 SINGLE Supercar Theme Peter Pan Records SINGLE Supercar Club Record National LYN 250 CD Supercar/Fireball XL5 Fanderson FANSF6 1998 For Fanderson members only FIREBALL XL5 1961 SINGLE Fireball XL5 Melodisc 1591 HMV 7EG 8802 HMV POP 1148 CD Supercar/Fireball XL5 Fanderson FANSF6 1998 For Fanderson members only STINGRAY 1962 SINGLE Stingray Pye 7N 15239 SINGLE March of the Oysters Chappell C957 2CD Stingray Fanderson FANSR12 2009 For Fanderson members only THUNDERBIRDS 1965 EP TV21Themes Century 21 Records MA105 1965 EP Lady Penelope Themes Century 21 Records MA 111 1966 EP Themes from Thunderbirds Century 21 Records MA 116 1967 EP Space Age Nursery Rhymes Century 21 Records MA 117 1967 SINGLE Thunderbirds Are Go United Artists UA 25656 (mono) 1967 LP Thunderbirds Are Go United Artists ULP 1159 (mono) United Artists SULP 1159 (stereo) 1988 LP Silva Screen Film 018 CASS Silva Screen Film C018 (stereo) CD Silva Screen Film CD 018 1992 EMI 0777 99966 29 (stereo) (Includes the Shadows EP "Thunderbirds Are Go") EMI TOCP 7474 (in Japan) (Includes the Shadows EP "Thunderbirds Are Go") 1966 SINGLE Thunderbirds Theme Pye 7N 17016 1987 Precision Tapes/Records PRT 7P 216 (mono) 19?? SINGLE Flying High ?? 2003 CD Thunderbirds – 1 Silva Screen FILMCD 606 2003 2CD Thunderbirds – 40th Anniversary Silva Screen SILCD 1195 2nd disc only got 5 tracks from “Lady Penelope Themes”, “FAB” and “Themes from Thunderbirds” EPs 2004 CD Thunderbird Six MGMCD001 (mono) 2004 CD Silva (France) SI 04 10 16 Les Sentinelles de l’air identical to UK release 2003 “Thunderbirds – 1” 2004 CD Thunderbirds – 2 Silva Screen FILMCD 609 CAPTAIN SCARLET 1967 EP Captain Scarlet Themes Century 21 Records MA 132 SINGLE Captain Scarlet Pye 7N 17391 2003 cd Captain Scarlet Silva Screen FILMCD 607 2007 CD Captain Scarlet Themes Fanderson as EP but with 4 bonus tracks stereo For Fanderson members only JOE 90 1967 SINGLE Theme Pye 7N 17265 1986 SINGLE Joe 9086 Club Mix Precision Records/Tapes 7PX354 12” Precision Records/Tapes single 12PX354 square picture disk: Precision 7” Records/Tapes 7PXD354 2005 CD Joe 90 Silva Screen SILCD 1209 UFO 2CD UFO Fanderson FANU10 2003 For Fanderson members only LP UFO - Original television series Trunk Records JBH 010LP 2004 soundtrack music by Barry Gray limited edition 500 copies 2CD UFO – 40th Anniversary Edition Fanderson FANUF13 2010 For Fanderson members only largely identical to FANU10 SECRET SERVICE CD The Secret Service Fanderson FANSS11 2007 For Fanderson members only SPACE: 1999 1976 LP Space1999 RCA ABL1 1422 1976 12” Black Sun RCA DJL1-1771 single promo single 1998 2CD Space 1999 – Year 1 Fanderson FANSF7 available only to Fanderson members 2004 CD Space 1999 – Year 1 Silva Screen FILMCD 608 COMPILATIONS 1981 EP 10" No Strings Attached Precision Records/tapes DOW3 CASS Precision Records/tapes ZCDOW3 (mono) EP 12" picture disc: Precision Records/tapes DOWX3 EP 12" picture disc: Precision Records/tapes DOWP3 (1990) 1990 CD Castle Classics CLACD 204 (mono) 1987 EP Music from the 21st Century by Barry Primitive Records MA F1 Gray. (special membership present to Fanderson members) 1988 EP Music from the 21st Century by Barry Primitive Records MA F2 Gray - Volume 2 (special membership present to Fanderson members) 2004 CD Sleeping Astronauts Fanderson promo 2005 CD International Concerto Fanderson promo 2009 2CD Standby for Action – music of Barry Gray Silva Screen SILCD 1279 APPEARS ON (SOUNDTRACK COLLECTIONS) 1979 LP Highlights from the Filmharmonic '79 United Artists UAG 3028 1992 CD The A to Z of British TV Themes from the Play it Again PLAY 004 Sixties and Seventies 1992 CD The Man from UNCLE Silva Screen Film CD 712 CASS Silva Screen Film 712 1993 4 CDs Screen Themes 4 CD set with TV Themes Castle Communications And many other soundtrack collections too numerous to list .
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