Name: The Music from Bagpuss
Brand: Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner

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EARTHLP033L


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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-03-01

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0809236173317


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Black LP

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Artist

Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner

Genre GB

Soundtracks

Label GB

Earth Recordings

Earth Recordings is a UK Hardcore label that was established in the early 90's. Led by the talented *Sub Love* (also known as Jody Wisternoff), this label has produced an impressive collection of releases over the years. With occasional collaborations from DJ Die, Earth Recordings has consistently delivered high-quality music to its audience.

With its roots firmly planted in the hardcore scene, Earth Recordings has become synonymous with innovation and creativity. The label's commitment to pushing boundaries and exploring new sounds has earned it a reputation as a pioneer in the industry.

Whether you're a die-hard fan or new to the genre, Earth Recordings offers something for everyone. From energetic beats to soulful melodies, their diverse range of releases will captivate and inspire you. So sit back, relax, and let Earth Recordings take you on a musical journey like no other.

Soundtracks | Vinyl LPs, CDs, Merch | Rough Trade

Newest Listed Items

Now on a pink vinyl repress. 12th of February, 1974, and for an audience of small children at 1:45pm, a life irrevocably coloured by the wayward wonderings of one saggy cloth cat. Some 44 years later and Earth Recordings opens the door to Bagpuss and Co. once again, revealing for the first time the original music in all its newly-mastered splendour. 

The 32 tracks that make up the main body of the compositions are – like all good folk music – a patchwork of traditional pieces, half-remembered tunes and pure improvisation. It's testament to Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner's musicianship that the recordings work so well, not only within the context of the television episodes, but as an album in its own right. Of the recording, Oliver Postgate (in his exquisite autobiography Seeing Things) says: "Between them Sandra and John could play every sort of instrument from a mountain dulcimer to an Irish fiddle. They knew and could sing every tune in the world and didn't bother with written music, except as a last resort. They were exactly suited to Gabriel the Toad and Madeleine the Rag Doll and in those roles were happy to play whatever music and sing whatever songs would be needed."

Those songs manifested themselves as reworkings of familiar tunes ('I Saw A Ship'; 'Row Your Boat'; 'Bucket's Burning'), takes on traditional ballads ('Brian O'Lynn'; 'The Frog Princess'; 'Weaving Song'; 'The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket') and delicious flights of fancy ('The Bony King of Nowhere'; 'Turtle Calypso'; 'Uncle Feedle'). The counterpart to Madeleine and Gabriel's more polished ditties are the interludes from the mice; a raggle-taggle chorus that accompanies the creatures' efforts of help (with the mice once famously going on strike when they were not permitted sang as they worked). Again, Postgate muses: "Once I had worked out a few episodes I would make a very rough list of the bits where I though music would be appropriate. I would send it to [Sandra and John] to think about. Then we would borrow a fairly silent room in a remote house and, taking the various articles that we intended to celebrate with us, would spend a happy day with a tape recorder, thinking up and recording whatever songs and tunes came to mind."

The outtakes provide an intimate – and often very humourous – insight into the trio's work ethic, if it can be called such a thing. (By all accounts they sound as though they're having a very jolly time indeed.) Highlights include alternative opening words and end music, as well as Postgate sound-checking in character as Bagpuss. This never-before heard audio provides a real treat for fans (and indeed those new to the Smallfilms stable) – affirmation again to the enduring quality of these special recordings, and the beloved programme that inspired them. 

The Music from Bagpuss

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