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Just as important (at least to me) is the song “Sailing By”, which is used to fill any extra time before the 00:48 broadcast. I wish the article would’ve given

Just as important (at least to me) is the song “Sailing By”, which is used to fill any extra time before the 00:48 broadcast. I wish the article would’ve given it a mention.

JdeBP 8y ago
And for morning people there was Fritz Spiegl's and Manfred Arlan's UK Theme. M. Spiegl also did some jingles. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Bu6ESf530 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Bu6ESf530
TeMPOraL 8y ago
Everyone keeps mentioning "Sailing By", but no one seems to want to provide a link to it... I guess this is it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFdas-kMF74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFdas-kMF74?
- JdeBP 8y ago
  It's possibly because there are umpteen versions available, from performances by various orchestras (BBC Concert Orchestra to Philomusica of Edinburgh), through versions with added lyrics (one by Bernard Loughrey, others including a male voice choir and one by Binge himself and the Wimbledon Girl Singers), to people who captured it from broadcasts; as well as Wikipedia articles that are easily discoverable. The UK Theme also has several broadcast versions, alone, of differing lengths. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_By https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_By * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-T3vXbj8c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-T3vXbj8c * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vDtPOhDqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vDtPOhDqA * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvf_wMfzLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvf_wMfzLE * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfftvIVVyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfftvIVVyo * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP_4w6GOQS0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP_4w6GOQS0 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlPSuqXlS4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlPSuqXlS4I * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_4_UK_Theme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_4_UK_Theme
ldjb 8y ago
Fun fact: The performance of Sailing By used on BBC Radio 4 actually includes a wrong note. The mistake is easy to miss, but once you know about it, it becomes incredibly obvious. You can hear about that in this clip from the BBC's Short Cuts programme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hvk0x https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hvk0x
zeristor 8y ago
The article played some music that was of its ilk, but not Sailing By. Perhaps no one had told him?

Just as important (at least to me) is the song “Sailing By”, which is used to fill any extra time before the 00:48 broadcast. I wish the article would’ve given it a mention.

JdeBP 8y ago

And for morning people there was Fritz Spiegl's and Manfred Arlan's UK Theme. M. Spiegl also did some jingles. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Bu6ESf530 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Bu6ESf530

TeMPOraL 8y ago

Everyone keeps mentioning "Sailing By", but no one seems to want to provide a link to it... I guess this is it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFdas-kMF74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFdas-kMF74?

JdeBP 8y ago
It's possibly because there are umpteen versions available, from performances by various orchestras (BBC Concert Orchestra to Philomusica of Edinburgh), through versions with added lyrics (one by Bernard Loughrey, others including a male voice choir and one by Binge himself and the Wimbledon Girl Singers), to people who captured it from broadcasts; as well as Wikipedia articles that are easily discoverable. The UK Theme also has several broadcast versions, alone, of differing lengths. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_By https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_By * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-T3vXbj8c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-T3vXbj8c * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vDtPOhDqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vDtPOhDqA * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvf_wMfzLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvf_wMfzLE * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfftvIVVyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfftvIVVyo * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP_4w6GOQS0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP_4w6GOQS0 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlPSuqXlS4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlPSuqXlS4I * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_4_UK_Theme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_4_UK_Theme

ldjb 8y ago

Fun fact: The performance of Sailing By used on BBC Radio 4 actually includes a wrong note. The mistake is easy to miss, but once you know about it, it becomes incredibly obvious. You can hear about that in this clip from the BBC's Short Cuts programme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hvk0x https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hvk0x

zeristor 8y ago

The article played some music that was of its ilk, but not Sailing By. Perhaps no one had told him?