George Martin - Theme One - Original (Electronic variation)

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This is the original electronic version of Theme One, written and produced by George Martin as the theme tune to BBC Radio 1, it has since been covered by many other artists, most notably by Cozy Powell and Van Der Graaf Generator.
Before the advent of 24 hr. radio broadcasting this tune was used as the opening theme every morning at the start of broadcasting, it was also used as the theme tune to Radio1's "Friday night is music night" programme.
George Martin produced two very similar sounding variations of this track both used by the BBC.
This is the more electronic sounding version of the two, and was the version used for the first opening day of radio 1.
This was posted as a video response to the orchestral version which was the first version to be released on record.
For the orchestral version see my upload - "George Martin - Theme One (Original Version)"

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@StevefromCornwall 11 лет назад

One summer in the late 60s, my family drove from Cornwall to Essex to visit relatives. For me, having never really left Cornwall before, this was a big adventure. We drove along the A-38 and the North Circular Road, seeing tall buildings, big company names, and then Heathrow Airport. It was a whole other world. And then, on the radio, this music played. Since then, I've flown millions of miles and experienced many adventures - but this music always sparks in me that initial sense of adventure.

@chrisairey5423 2 года назад

Impossible to transend. Impeccable orchestration. Listen to the trumpets, cellos and violins. George Martin masterful arranger and producer. Sergeant Pepper eat your heart out. Still living the Sixties dream. I'll be a teenager till the day I die. Chris Airey.

@highwaystar3780 Год назад

Related to Don Airey?

@beachgirl1947 6 месяцев назад

I just love this. God bless George Martin..

@StevefromCornwall 11 лет назад

As a young child, one of my prize possessions was a small radio. I'd wake up at night to listen to Short Wave broadcasts from around the world. Then I'd switch to Long Wave (1500 metres) as the joint Radio1/Radio2 broadcast began. After several minutes of occasional 'pips', this music would play. It's taken many years of searching, but I am very pleased to have tracked this music down. Many thanks for uploading - and to George Martin for creating.

@ianmorral4114 3 года назад

Radio one was broadcast on 247 metres which is medium wave.

@cuedotfilms4427 11 месяцев назад

@@ianmorral4114but as Steve said, radio one used to join up with radio two at certain times. So he is probably right in hearing this tune on long wave where radio two used to be.

@jimdevlin4786 10 лет назад

Brilliant piece of uplifting music! Brings back memories of being a 13-year-old snuggling under the bedcovers at 2am with the pocket transistor radio. A single earpiece to avoid being heard, listening to that huge and wonderful world of sound without boundaries out there.Now hear that George Martin watermark through this piece with influences of "I am the Walrus", "Strawberry Fields" and "A Day In The Life". Rising strings also prevalent in his production of "You'll Never Walk Alone". GM truly shaped that unique Beatles sound. Marvellous. Ground-breaking. Eternal.

@kuujjuaq58 4 года назад

Well! Very well, put! Great.

@ianmorral870 Год назад

I've always loved this but until today I didn't realise George Martin wrote and produced it, I love it even more now.

@jeffffhills 12 лет назад

Thanks for posting this. It brings back memories of the early 1970s, when my girlfriend and i used it as an alarm clock for her to sneak back home after spending the night with me. Happy days...

@kuujjuaq58 4 года назад

that's cool, beyond, all knowing. Seriously! Mean it, dammit!

@LeighRichards27 8 лет назад

This guy really was the fifth beatle - RIP George Martin.

@terrypussypower 4 года назад

Leigh Richards Yeah, of course he was!! Who else? Remember that daft Yank DJ who used to call himself “the 5th Beatle”? Then there’s Brian Epstein, and Pete Best, But it’s defo George!

@kuujjuaq58 4 года назад

@@terrypussypower A Classic, sir George! Good comment!

@icecreamforcrowhurst Год назад

And Billy Preston the 6th?

@lofty164 Год назад

The great man gave so much can’t imagine the Beatles without him

@gerry0302 14 лет назад

When i was a van boy with Sunblest in the late sixties early seventies i used to listen to this piece @ 5am or just after 5am while i was waiting for my vanman to pick me up oh happy days and listening to RADIO1 great music back then!! memories that will never leave you

@mostspecialagent 8 лет назад

Always loved this. RIP Sir George.

@geraintgill1621 Год назад

I remember hearing this as the opening music when Radio 2 opened up at 5am, in the days when they closed between 2 and 5 in the morning, great music!

@johnfutter9367 6 лет назад

This always makes me remember my very first years at the BBC, making my skin tingle now, we used to play it just before the split of Radio 1 / 2 in the mornings, trying to get it to finish as tight as we could to the Time Signal to make it really difficult for the guys in the Control Room to patch away Radio 2 . . . oh those really were the days, I miss them even now.

@Actranuk 6 лет назад

And I would have been in BH London Control Room trying to do the switch, you naughty boy! But nevertheless, do get in touch to share stories & memories. Yes fun days.

@arno-luyendijk4798 4 года назад

I was born and raised Dutch and in my time, BBC radio was not received here....but ever since I discovered this piece through the Van der Graaf Generator version last year, it gives me goosebumps all over too and my throat thickens...can't explain why I get so emotional when hearing it, but that is the power of music. It can do very intense things with a person.

@spiritofenquiry 2 года назад

Aye. As a one time TO (Technical Operator) I recall having to fill in a report form in triplicate if you 'crashed the pips' :-)

@Rupninjatrash 2 года назад

My friends showed me Van Der Graaf Generator's cover of this song earlier this year, glad to find the original!

@Tommyfazz 6 лет назад

1970 (thereabouts) I used to often leave the radio on (un-broadcasting). BBC radio 1 would play this piece as an opening theme. It was like an alarm-clock. But it was such a mesmerizing track heard while asleep that I would often regain slumber.

@robertochiang54 8 лет назад

Thanks Sir George, we'll miss ypu.

@pinkyman5155 6 лет назад

This tune used to wake me up every morning at 5 am, happy days !

@kuujjuaq58 4 года назад

wow! Happy Days, to yoo, my friend.

@arno-luyendijk4798 4 года назад

I am thinking it over hard time to make this my ringtone.

@kevb2648 4 года назад

When this played it was time to set off to work as a 15 year old colliery apprentice engineer in 1969, I had the V.D.G.Generator version both brilliant.

@snewall 3 года назад

Me too And I still love this tune. Also love the Van der Graff Generator version

@supergran1000 9 лет назад

Thank you so much for uploading this! As everyone else has said, this brings back so many memories. Problem was, it was on so early in the morning and the name of the piece was never announced that it has taken until now to discover the title. The wonders of the internet!!!

@leathandrubb 5 лет назад

HI THERE.I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU FIRST HERAD IT BUT I FIRST HEARD IT IN 1971 WHEN I USED TO GET UP AT ABOUT 5,15 AM TO GO OFF TO DO ANOTHER DAY OF MY 16 WEEK PIT TRAINING AT MARKHAM MAIN COLLIERY AT ARMTHORPE,DONCASTER ,UK.I TURNED THE RADIO ON RADIO 2 AND THE TUNING "BEEPS" WERE STILL SOUNDING ABOUT EVERY 30 SECS.ALL OF A SUDDEN AT ABOUT 5,30 AM THIS WONERFULL TUNE STARTED PLAYING AND HEARD IT WHIZZING ABOUT IN MY HEAD EVERY TIME I WALKED THROUGH MARKHAMS GATES AND HAS STAYED WITH ME DURING MY TRAINING AND EVER SINCE.I PHONED THE BBC AND ASKED WHAT THE TUNE WAS .THEY SAID IT WAS "BY GEORGE"FROM THE GEORGE MARTIN LP "BY GEORGE" ON SUNSET SLS50182.I GOT THE LP IN 1971 AND NOW 52 YEARS LATER GOT A MINT SINGLE OF IT YESTERDAY FOR £25.

@SteveDD1 14 лет назад

As a teenager I often used to try to wake up early enough to hear this. As has been said, there was a series of bleeps for 5 minutes, a Sine Wave, then silence and then suddenly this was played. I've an idea that it was never played on Sundays.

@grahamcole1539 3 года назад

First heard this as a teenager, early 70s, intro on Radio One....the phasing psychedelic version! Van Der Graaf Generator and Jakko Jakszyk versions also worth hearing

@ICanPlayPiano Год назад

The ironic thing is that I've heard several versions of this played (including by the artists mentioned in the description) on RADIO CAROLINE!!!!!

@adrianwilmot3238 6 лет назад

What a wonderful time in our lives. Wonderful pops. You could identify with the genre with lifestyle. Happy birthday Radio One and all who sailed on her.

@thetreeofwoe2304 Год назад

I always wondered which came first; I am the Walrus, or this song, as they both were recorded in the same year. You can seriously hear a lot of the same kinds of ideas in both songs (I don't mean that in a bad way, I have always adored both songs) and it always made me wonder if his writing in one song gave him ideas for the other.

@brucerfchannel3829 9 лет назад

My wake up call...sweet memories............thanks...

@davidpoulton2860 3 года назад

I'm 63 and can remember retuning my radio to FM when ever r1 borrowed it from r2. Sat afternoons and Sun evening. R2 was still to be found on local radio FM. Today those stations relay R5 live overnight and progs from R London.

@MuppetOne 14 лет назад

I remember this from the 60's before 24hr a day radio. Happy memories!

@markh5682 8 лет назад

R.I.P Sir George.

@REbullet1954 7 лет назад

Yeh, will be missed

@icecreamforcrowhurst Год назад

Fantastic

@spencerbrowning4126 2 года назад

Great tune , like it

@markh5682 14 лет назад

It is currently available on the "Produced by George Martin - 50 years in recording" album.

@respt46 6 лет назад

just heard it this morning on radio 2

@DIGBYDIGB 14 лет назад

BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR 30 YEARS!THANKS

@johnr6168 9 лет назад

In reply to HugelyRound, you're absolutely right about the footsteps at the beginning. I've got somewhere a recording on 1/4" tape at 15ips (inches per second) which includes the footsteps. There is also some quieter restful playing on the pipe organ which is something like an Oboe stop against a flute stop accompaniment. I don't remember this introduction in the days when it was broadcast but it may be that I didn't wake up until the later section!

@mikepowell7385 8 лет назад

+John R The version broadcast is the one here - no footsteps. However, the version with footsteps was available on the album, "By George!" The footsteps and gentle background organ was an amazing prelude to the track.

@colujomes 8 лет назад

As most of the discussion regarding George Martin centres on the undeniable influence he had over the Beatles' musical direction, I like that you can also hear their influence on him here: if that's not actually Ringo drumming, then it seems apparent that Martin told the drummer to 'play like Ringo'.

@valeriewhite9918 8 лет назад

Not far out it's Paul McCartney not a bad player who appeared on several other sixties artists records.

@TheAerovons 7 лет назад

I always thought it sounded like Ringo too!

@krisspaddy 10 лет назад

It's 7am and Radio 1 is on the air :-)

@pinkyman5155 6 лет назад

Sorry it was 5 am.

@garychapman4294 8 лет назад

rip sir George..this is just fantastic!

@EddieCochrane 8 лет назад

Woke up to this for years. RIP Sir George Martin.

@dennis12dec 6 лет назад

Happy 50th Birthday to BBC Radio 1 and 2!

@amberhumphreys807 4 года назад

I first heard this playing on the TV. I actually had to track down what it was as I used it in a show. I still have the single.

@dlamiss 14 лет назад

wonderful piece of music

@jimbo1957 13 лет назад

@Mr3sheds: Absolutely correct. This is the (stereo version of the) original 1967 EMI recording. The other stereo version uploaded is the later Polydor re-recording.

@MatheusTschirk 8 лет назад

Love You..... We Love You FOREVER!!!!! Mr.Martin

@kuujjuaq58 4 года назад

Not so ready, I will be, until this piece last heard, centuries ago, now, dammit. Thanks!

@MrRoGill 14 лет назад

@voidgrab How right you are!! I still remember those preceding bleeps, way back in 1972, when I first heard this, and waking me up in the early hours reminding me that I had fallen asleep with the transistor on!! George Martin's greatest masterpiece. Having a similar ending (especially with those conversing trumpets) as Ennio Morricone's "The Strong" from the "Good, The Bad And The Ugly" it has always brought me that strange Civil War feel.

@wagbelt 9 лет назад

recorded for radio 1 in an era when they had the best d j's..

@REPTILE105 9 лет назад

wagbelt totally agree..

@davidhardy1510 4 года назад

Yes, they were nearly all fresh from the offshore radio stations that the government had forced off the air!! GRRR!!! 💩

@pinkyman5155 3 года назад

In the early radio one days most of the DJs were ex-pirates and were already very experienced that’s why the programming was so good, unlike the shit radio one puts out nowadays, I can’t listen for more than 30 seconds, Even radio two is full of singers, actors and celebrities, no proper radio presenters.

@spiritofenquiry 2 года назад

You should be listening to Radio 6

@deadlypalms 12 лет назад

Brilliant stuff!

@REbullet1954 10 лет назад

Reminds me of a period of Shift Work during the Power Strikes 3 Day weeks ...heard it when Radio 1 started up.

@Mr_Lupine 14 лет назад

Thanks alot for that mate ..Cheers :D

@krisspaddy 10 лет назад

Nice you got this one right, without a 40 second silence at the end, like on your other Theme 1 (original) download :-)

@zappancojoey2277 8 лет назад

Well agreed Sir George Martin was the fifth Beatle.

@CaseyVan 4 года назад

I know this from Van Der Graff Generator which is really sick sounding. But this is really cool. Almost like a hidden Beatles track.

@haysfordays 3 года назад

Bass and drums sound JUST like Ringo and Paul. Wow.

@davidpoulton2860 4 года назад

Born 1958 i was 9 when radio 1 started in 1967

@HGPTW 9 лет назад

Still confused, though, as I remember waking up in the morning to the sound of footsteps, of someone seemingly walking into a cavernous hall before the organ starts. The first few seconds therefore seem to be missing but this is definitely the version I used to hear if I (deliberately) left my radio on the night before!!

@massimobonomo3991 9 месяцев назад

A Sgt Pepper's atmosphere ❤

@PhilMarsala 7 лет назад

YEAH !!!

@kuujjuaq58 3 года назад

All is more than great, then.

@Tobacc0 9 лет назад

The Penny Lane finish is awsome.

@MatheusTschirk 8 лет назад

So Greatest

@russell-c2655 6 лет назад

Superb piece of music, the first time I've heard it but it seems very familiar. I'm as old as this track, maybe my mother listened to Radio 1 or even Radio 2 (?) Who knows. Super track!

@mikewellwood1412 6 лет назад

Yeah was on Radio 2 as well. My Dad always had it on just before going to work. This really takes me back.

@Mr_Lupine 14 лет назад

Where did you get this Version from ?? I'd love to get a copy !! The Damned Used it as Intro music to thier MGE 25th Tour !! Great Theme !

@markdluc1393 4 года назад

Van der Graf Generator plays this music.

@francis888ful 4 года назад

Talent like this doesn’t come along every day.

@jonrishworth7276 3 года назад

I've often wondered who played guitar on this. I've heard a lot of speculation down the years from one of the Beatles to possibly even Syd Barrett, but its my guess that it was someone no more exotic than an Abbey Road sessioneer...

@jonrishworth7276 2 года назад

@Kazoo Fum A bit difficult, seeing that the was a vocalist who didn't, and probably couldn't play guitar ?

@gasparucciox9706 8 лет назад

r.i.p george

@voidgrab 15 лет назад

On balance, I go just for the Electronic version - but that is because it is the one that sticks in my mind from the time. In the pre-24 hours Broadcasts, this music was preceded by a few minutes of low bleeps, followed by a Sine Wave lasting about 45 seconds, which the Engineers seemed to use in order to calibrate the Transmitters (Wonder what they do now?)...and then this. Very 60s, but what's wrong with that??

@petew1078 5 лет назад

For the footsteps - George Martin & His Orchestra* ‎- By George!

@jonrishworth7276 5 лет назад

The first tune heard on Radio 1 - NOT John Dankworth's 'Beefeaters' nor The Move's 'Flower's in the Rain'.. Remember it well.

@richardemra971 8 месяцев назад

Wasn't this nice piece of music Radio One's original theme music?

@AlaanPlacenciaTimoteo 8 лет назад

Seguiras haciendo musica del espacio maestro.

@richardawrhodes6965 4 года назад

Friday rock show with tommy vance and this musuc to start his show

@simontaylor2319 8 лет назад

I've always liked this opus, but which instrument did GM play and who were the other musicians. Shades of Penny Lane in the brassware

@mr2jags 15 лет назад

Tommy Vance, The Friday Rock Show Friday night connection

@stubmandrel 4 года назад

Van Der Graaf Generator version :-)

@Elvin_Pelvin 2 года назад

The word or term 'cool' is redundant / meaningless - especially in the last few decades. BUT here is the real thing! It was a jazz term and crossed over to rock with the mid 60's psychedelic thing. This guy in a suit and tie is truly 'switched on'. Forget the wannabees - Primal Scream (shades and leather trousers......).- bloody ha ha ha!!. This composition with all the sounds and everything is totally out there but at the same time grounded. Also see (or listen to) Joe Meek or Delia Derbyshire. Actually loads of people but beware the hyped pretenders.