A Sailing Morning
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jazzy_daveI must admit, i did not know what to select for the usual Sunday morning music post, and then it hit me, metaphorically speaking. I was listening to Radio 4 last night from the Round Britain quiz onward, and i was in a semiconscious state after that until this music came on.
Ronald Binge and Sailing By
It was composed in 1963, and performed by the Alan Perry/William Gardner Orchestra, and is the version used by the BBC for its late night shipping forecast.
Sailing By is played every night on BBC Radio 4 at around 00:45hrs before the late Shipping Forecast. Its tune is repetitive, assisting in its role of serving as a signal for sailors tuning in to be able to easily identify the radio station. It also functions as a buffer — depending on when the final programme before closedown finishes, Sailing By (or part of it) is played as a 'filler' as the shipping forecast starts at 00:48hrs precisely. The initial reason for its introduction was because of the indeterminate finish time for the preceding Midnight News, leading to filling music being played until the Shipping Forecast was due to start. Sailing By was added to allow for a clear break between the end of the music and the start of the forecast.
It is still being used today. Also, this track was on a double CD compilation called "The Trip" curated by Jarvis Cocker, ex-Pulp lead man. Enjoy.
Ronald Binge and Sailing By
It was composed in 1963, and performed by the Alan Perry/William Gardner Orchestra, and is the version used by the BBC for its late night shipping forecast.
Sailing By is played every night on BBC Radio 4 at around 00:45hrs before the late Shipping Forecast. Its tune is repetitive, assisting in its role of serving as a signal for sailors tuning in to be able to easily identify the radio station. It also functions as a buffer — depending on when the final programme before closedown finishes, Sailing By (or part of it) is played as a 'filler' as the shipping forecast starts at 00:48hrs precisely. The initial reason for its introduction was because of the indeterminate finish time for the preceding Midnight News, leading to filling music being played until the Shipping Forecast was due to start. Sailing By was added to allow for a clear break between the end of the music and the start of the forecast.
It is still being used today. Also, this track was on a double CD compilation called "The Trip" curated by Jarvis Cocker, ex-Pulp lead man. Enjoy.
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Date: 2014-08-10 10:15 am (UTC)Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea - stormy as hell, hold on to the roof etc.
the shipping news
Date: 2014-08-11 07:55 am (UTC); '
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Date: 2014-08-10 12:12 pm (UTC)Though when you mention Sailing, I either think of Christopher Cross or more often lately, this song
Mainly because the "Brandy" it's based on a woman named Mary Ellis whose grave is behind a big Loews movie theater near where I am. However, you can't currently go back and see it because the parking lot is sinking. My friend and I make cracks that it's the "Revenge of Brandy" and that one day we'll go and the movie theater will no longer be there as it will have collapsed into the Raritan River.
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Date: 2014-08-10 02:51 pm (UTC)Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2014-08-10 07:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-11 07:28 am (UTC)Have a gratuitous three minutes of peace :o)
; )
Date: 2014-08-11 07:54 am (UTC)