Delia Derbyshire - Inventions for Radio (6CD Box set) RSD24

Silva Screen

£35.98

Format: 6 x CD
Catalogue No.: SILLCD1598
Barcode: 5014929159829
Release Date: 20 Apr 2024
Genre: Ambient/Drone

RSD 2024
First Ever Official Release on CD
Original Broadcasts by Barry Bermange, Delia Derbyshire, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop plus bonus material
Boxset containing 6 CDs

The BBC’s Third Programme aired four radio broadcasts between January 1964 and September 1965, collectively known as Inventions for Radio. They were ground-breaking in both form and content, conceived by playwright Barry Bermange and consisting of the voices of the general public answering questions on four themes, one for each programme: dreams, the existence of God, life after death and ageing. At a time when it was unheard of to give a media platform to anyone perceived as being of low socio-economic status, the broadcasts generated many complaints for the “rough” voices of its participants.
Delia Derbyshire was assigned by the Radiophonic Workshop to edit and add electronic music/ effects. The collaborative result is dreamlike and mesmerising, an audial window to another era. For many years Derbyshire was not credited for her contribution, nor were the broadcasts available commercially, although they still managed to acquire something of a cult following.
This boxset duplicates the recent vinyl release on CD, with one disc for each broadcast and two further CDs of additional material. The booklet includes notes by producer Mark Ayres on these extraordinary pieces which have been the most elusive of Twentieth Century classics until now.

Track Listing
CD 1 - The Dreams
1. Opening Announcement (1:36)
2. Running Away (6:37)
3. Falling (8:03)
4. Landscape (6:30)
5. Underwater (8:56)
6. Colour (8:42)
7. Closing Announcement (0:14)

CD 2 - Amor Dei
1. Opening Announcement (0:43)
2. Amor Dei - Movement 1 (8:02)
3. Amor Dei - Movement 2 (9:08)
4. Amor Dei - Movement 3 (14:40)
5. Amor Dei - Movement 4 (14:30)
6. Closing Announcement (0:11)

CD 3 - The After-Life
1. Opening Announcement (0:56)
2. The After-Life - Movement 1 (7:58)
3. The After-Life - Movement 2 (11:36)
4. The After-Life - Movement 3 (10:49)
5. The After-Life - Movement 4 (10:42)
6. Closing Announcement (0:14)

CD 4 - The Evenings of Certain Lives
Side One
1. Opening Announcement (1:20)
2. Moving (8:49)
3. Seeing (8:31)
4. Hearing (7:19)
5. Time (10:14)
6. Then and Now (8:03)
7. Closing Announcement (0:17)

CD 5 - Related and Bonus Material (Disk 1)
1. The Dreams - Opening Music (1:02)
2. The Dreams (from "The Cloud") (6:38)
3. "Falling" (Music Track) (3:54)
4. "Underwater" (Music Track) (2:45)
5. Amor Dei Background 1 (3:40)
6. Amor Dei Background 2 (5:08)
7. Amor Dei Background 2 (High) (3:03)
8. Amor Dei Background 3 (2:34)
9. Amor Dei Background 4 (Rorate caeli desuper) (2:03)
10. "Atheism" music (from "Poets in Prison") (5:09)

CD 6 - Related and Bonus Material (Disk 2)
1. Amor Dei Background 1 (repurposed for "Tutankhamun’s Egypt") (6:30)
2. Christmas Music - Plainsong Antiphons (unacc.) - Rorate caeli desuper (2:27)
3. A Doorway into a New Life (0:46)
4. The Cord That Binds (4:01)
5. Heavenly Backgrounds 1 (2:45)
6. Heavenly Backgrounds 2 (3:27)
7. Heavenly Backgrounds 3 (3:07)
8. Heavenly Backgrounds 4 (1:20)
9. Heavenly Backgrounds 5 (2:17)
10. Heavenly Backgrounds 6 (1:42)
11. Heavenly Backgrounds 7 (3:19)
12. Heavenly Backgrounds 8 (2:34)
13. The Delian Mode (original full length version) (8:05)
14. The Dreams, 1977 repeat closing announcement (0:25)