A collection of musical miniatures from BBC Test Cards of the late 1960s and through the 1970s. Enjoy!

0:00:02 – Scotch Broth · The Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra
0:02:02 – High Life · The Gerhard Narholz Orchestra
0:04:30 – Voy Voy Voy · Guy Luypaerts And His Orchestra
0:06:41 – Foolery · Siegfried Merath With His Orchestra
0:09:22 – Five To Play · Cologne Studio Orchestra
0:12:28 – Punta Del Este · Siegfried Merath With His Orchestra
0:15:42 – Don Pedro · Hans Hatter And His Orchestra
0:18:26 – Happy Polka · Siegfried Merath With His Orchestra
0:21:34 – Nightingale · The Erwin Lehn Stuttgart Dance Orchestra
0:24:45 – Friendly Street · Stuttgart Studio Orchestra
0:27:11 – High Flyer · The Glen Somers Band
0:29:18 – Tina’s Tune · Stuttgart Studio Orchestra
0:32:13 – Nine-Twenty Special · The Gentle Giants
0:34:57 – Soul Street · Georges Delagaye And His Orchrestra
0:37:26 – Mild And Mellow · Jeff Hasky And His Orchestra
0:39:34 – If I Dream · Lem Arcon And His Orchestra
0:42:34 – February · Budapest Radio Orchestra
0:45:41 – Valzer Promenade · Bruno Nicolai
0:49:11 – Blue Eyes · The Franz Thon Big Band
0:51:58 – Honeycakes · The Franz Thon Big Band
0:55:17 – Five To The Bar · Pitt Fontana’s New Sound
0:58:11 – On Top Of A Cloud · The Delle Haensch Band
1:00:29 – Dream Alley · The Andy Novello Orchestra
1:04:22 – The Glory Of Love · Charles Vanberg And His Orchestra
1:06:41 – Take Off · The Henry Monza Orchestra
1:09:08 – Tempo-Tempo · Heribert Thusek’s Xylophonie
1:11:23 – Waltz Of Roses · The Andy Novello Orchestra
1:13:54 – Finally Swing Time · Pitt Fontana’s New Sound
1:16:04 – San Diego Drive · Frank Valdor’s Posaunen Band

78 minutes


The music was used in the following BBC TV Trade Test tapes:
Scotch Broth (broadcast on BBC2 1969–1972) ~ track 1
High Life (BBC2 1969–1972) ~ 2
Voy Voy Voy (BBC2 1971–1972) ~ 3
Foolery (BBC1 1972) ~ 4, 5, 6
Matilda (BBC1 1972–1975) ~ 4, 8, 9
Don Pedro (BBC2 1972–1974) ~ 7
Lagoon Waltz (BBC1 1972–1975) ~ 10, 11
Nightride (BBC2 1973–1976) ~ 10, 12
Rosetta (BBC1 1974–1975) ~ 13
Super Racing (BBC2 1974–1975) ~ 14, 15
Flying Over San Jose (BBC2 1975–1976) ~ 16, 17
Mini Battallie (BBC1 1975–1976) ~ 18
Tropicana (BBC1 1976–1977) ~ 19, 20
El Camino (BBC2 1977) ~ 21, 22
Winter Walking (BBC1 1977–1978) ~ 24, 25
Finally Swing Time (BBC1 1977–1979) ~ 26
Victorian Drawing Room (BBC2 1977–1979) ~ 23, 27
Finally Swing Time (BBC1 1977–1979) ~ 28, 29
Happy Polka (BBC1 1981–1985) ~ 4, 6, 8
Dixie Omelette (BBC2 1983–1985) ~ 24, 25


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