Ron Grainer & His Orchestra – Theme From “Steptoe & Son” (Old Ned)
(Pye Records 1972 7N45141)
Promo Release
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
Pye Company Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
Ronald Erle Grainer (11 August 1922 – 21 February 1981) was an Australian composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. He is mostly remembered for his television and film score music, especially the theme music for Doctor Who, The Prisoner, Steptoe and Son and Tales of the Unexpected.
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpsonabout a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd’s Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC in black and white from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974 in colour. The lead roles were played by Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett. The theme tune, “Old Ned”, was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 poll by the BBC to find Britain’s Best Sitcom. It was remade in the United States as Sanford and Son, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert, in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon, in Portugal as Camilo & Filho, and in South Africa as Snetherswaite and Son. Two film adaptations of the series were released in cinemas, Steptoe and Son (1972) and Steptoe and Son Ride Again(1973).
Tracklist
| A | Theme From “Steptoe & Son” (Old Ned) | |
| B | Counting The Coster |
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