Colourbox ‎– The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme

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4AD – BAD 605
Format:
Vinyl, 12", Single, 45 RPM
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A The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme
Engineer – Tania Hayward Remix – Unknown Artist
5:27
B1 Philip Glass 3:29
B2 The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme 3:06

Credits

Notes

Recorded at Palladium.
Remix location and engineering credit miscredited to the B side.
A: Remixed at Guerilla.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: BAD 605 A'
  • Matrix / Runout: BAD 605 B'

Other Versions (Showing 2 of 2) View All

Title, Format Label Cat# Country Year
The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme (7") 4AD AD 605 UK 1986
The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme (12") Virgin, Virgin, 4AD 608 247-213, 608 247 Europe 1986
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Rated 4/5
Review by Joju Nov 13, 2005 (edited over 6 years ago)
A truly great record. It still baffles me, every four years, why this STILL is not the world cup theme on telly. It just sounds exactly like the title suggests. It is basically a huge horn riff, but the the bombastic overall effect belies a very neat arrangement. It has a fine guitar solo, and a gorgeous synth vox interlude.
The b-side 'Philip Glass' suggests where the composers were taking some of their inspiration at this time. It is a synth exploration of the minimal, trance like beauty of the famous composer's work, segued back into a reprise of the a-side.
This record is a glimpse into electronic studio music in the UK in the time before techno changed everything.

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