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"Wilson" is based on a loop of the intro to Wilson Pickett's version of " Hey Jude" and spoken samples from a decimalisation training record. "Carnt Sleep" is based on the Youthman riddim, a backing track that reggae producer Glen Brown has used on dozens of records since the late 1970s. Ian Catt was the engineer/co-producer on both versions. The follow-up single "Kiss and Make Up" was also a cover version, of a song written and originally recorded by The Field Mice.
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Andrew Weatherall later remixed the song to further emphasise the dub bassline this remix was featured on both releases of the single and on the compilation Casino Classics (on American and European versions of the single, a Flowered Up remix is erroneously featured instead of the Andrew Weatherall mix). It is also arranged in 4/4 (as opposed to the original's waltz time), with a driving piano-bass-drum section. The cover quite differs from the original in that the original's mostly major chord progression is turned here into mostly minor, which emphasises a more melancholic feel. The album includes one of the group's best-known songs: a cover of Neil Young's " Only Love Can Break Your Heart". The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was accompanied by several successful singles, including " Nothing Can Stop Us". At the time of recording, Sarah Cracknell was not fully part of the group, and as a result she does not sing on " Only Love Can Break Your Heart", which is sung by Moira Lambert.įoxbase Alpha was on the short list of nominees for the 1992 Mercury Prize. The album was recorded in a style which drew on the club culture and house music of the time, but also incorporates the group's characteristic love of 1960s pop, with tracks also bridged by samples from films or by short songs.
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His enthusiasm for the next project, and his fascination for the latest technology, remained undimmed through much of his final illness. The astonishing New Captain Scarlet premièred in 2005, by which time Gerry (then 76) was long past the age when most people consider retiring. In 2001 he was awarded an MBE for services to the British film industry.
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In the 1990s he created and produced the lavish live-action series Space Precinct, before returning to children’s entertainment with the enchanting Lavender Castle. He made a welcome return to puppetry for Terrahawks and brought the animated private detective Dick Spanner to the screen, while developing a parallel career as an award-winning director of sophisticated television commercials. He was never content to stand still, and his programmes became increasingly diverse in the 1980s. Live-action series UFO and Space: 1999 anticipated the accomplishments of Star Wars and are still regarded by many as his finest work. As the optimism of the 1960s faded, Gerry Anderson created darker scenarios for the new decade.
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An incredible feat unsurpassed by any other British TV and film producer. The names of the shows he produced during this era are familiar to millions, and continue to entertain audiences today. During the 1960s Gerry used puppetry to realise epic science fiction scenarios that would have been impossible to achieve in anything other than miniature scale. From Fireball XL5 to Space: 1999, Captain Scarlet to Space Precinct, Supercar to Thunderbirds - he has become the UK's equivalent of Walt Disney.
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Years before the word ‘brand’ was popularly applied to television, Gerry’s name came to represent an inimitable style of entertainment that proved hugely successful around the world. Gerry Anderson was born on 14 April 1929, and through a combination of skill and an incredible level of determination earned his first credit as a producer when he was still in his 20s.