The Strange World of Gurney Slade (Opening Theme)

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Original music by Max Harris, ATV 1960.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: November 5, 2007 at 2:35 am
Author: thecatkeaton

Length: 00:01:39
Rating: 4.91
Views: 5983

Tags: Strange World Gurney Slade Anthony Newley Max Harris Vision On

Video Comments:
txdrvr (October 21, 2008 at 2:51 pm)
what a wonderfully eccentric little tune.
vidpop (July 24, 2008 at 10:03 pm)
No cars parked in the street then, not many people had one.
JekyllBoote (July 20, 2008 at 5:17 pm)
There's also a village in Somerset called Gurney Slade. (Probably where the writer found his (her?) pen-name.)

The piano vamp of Max Harris's signature tune is derived from Mose Allison's recording of "Parchman Farm". Once again, Newley was somewhat ahead of the Zeitgeist - R 'n' B was the coming music of the early- to mid-60s (Alexis Korner, Graham Bond, Georgie Fame, Herbie Goins, Zoot Money, John Mayall).
dovecoteavenue (June 28, 2008 at 12:03 pm)
An episode of this series was available for viewing in the TV museum at Bradford.
That was the stage door of the ATV studio (Wood Green Empire) and the surrounding streets: all now demolished.
trolleybus58 (June 25, 2008 at 10:26 pm)
Gurney Slade was an author of children's books. He wrote Through the Never- Never and The Treasure of the Pass. The music was called Hat and Cane. The B.B.C. didn't broadcast it ATV did.
richardsowler (June 17, 2008 at 12:12 am)
how do I get this song?? What is the name of it?
Jarrahnut (June 4, 2008 at 2:45 pm)
Oh, that's nostalgic! Don't think I've seen or heard that since 1960. It reminds me of Mr Bean. It was ground-breaking humour ... but, for me, it was Newley's singing that really brought the sun out in my life. Britain had been so drab and dreary in those post-war years, and Newley was like a breath of fresh air. I'm trying to trace his song "If She Should Come To You". Anybody got it? I used to have the single (This would probably have been late fifties). Jeez! I'm getting old!
Bklyn4ever (June 14, 2008 at 9:36 pm)
"If She Should Come to You/La Montana" is from 1960. It is on the CD compilation from DERAM, Anthony Newley's Greatest Hits. Maybe other CDs too, but this is a good one to have.
gazuaman (May 22, 2008 at 9:14 pm)
Woderful... Britain was begining to awake... the beatles were just about to kick off...
Gruntol5 (May 21, 2008 at 8:26 pm)
I did a search on this, and there it was - marvellous! Great stuff. I remember in one episode he came up with the word "flangewick." We laughed at that for ages. Silly, but then that was the point. Long before Monty Python. Would love to see more.