TonyMac Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) March-out music is often what triggers thoughts and memories of speedway tracks visited, both past and present. To assist with our forthcoming triple disc DVD, DEFUNCT BRITISH SPEEDWAY TRACKS, to be released on June 30, were asking supporters for help in naming the march-out music and theme tunes adopted by the following old tracks. We already know one or two, but can you please help us to fill in some gaps? Barrow (Park Road) Belle Vue (Hyde Road) = Tokyo Melody by Helmut Zacharias Berwick (Berrington Lough) Birmingham (Hall Green, Perry Barr, Bordesley Green) Boston Bradford Bristol (Knowle, Eastville) Castleford Canterbury Cradley Heath Crayford Crewe Doncaster Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank, Powderhall) Ellesmere Port Exeter Glasgow (White City, Hampden Park, Shawfield) Hackney = Magnificent Seven Halifax Hull (Boulevard, Craven Park) Isle of Wight Leicester (Blackbird Road) = Imperial Echoes by Arnold Safroni (according to another BSF thread) Linlithgow Long Eaton Middlesbrough Milton Keynes (Groveway, Elfield Park) Newport (Somerton Park, Hayley Stadium) Norwich = Old Comrades march Oxford = Imperial Echoes (as per Leicester) Plymouth (Pennycross) Rayleigh = Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Reading (Smallmead) Rochdale Romford Scunthorpe (Quibell Park) Southampton Stoke (Sun Street) Sunderland = The Radetzky March (1971-73), then March of the Gladiators (1974) Trelawney Wembley Lions West Ham Weymouth White City (London) Wigan Wimbledon = Blaze Away Yarmouth HOW TO PRE-ORDER THE DEFUNCT BRITISH SPEEDWAY TRACKS DVD FOR £20 (post-free in UK): Phone: Call Retro Speedway on 01708 734 502. Online: Visit http://www.retro-speedway.com and pay using the secure PayPal facility. Post: Send cheque/postal order (payable to Retro Speedway) for £20 to: Retro Speedway (Defunct Tracks DVD), 103 Douglas Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 1AW Add £3.50 when ordering from outside the UK. Edited June 17, 2014 by tmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 March-out music is often what triggers thoughts and memories of speedway tracks visited, both past and present. To assist with our forthcoming triple disc DVD, DEFUNCT BRITISH SPEEDWAY TRACKS, to be released on June 30, were asking supporters for help in naming the march-out music and theme tunes adopted by the following old tracks. We already know one or two, but can you please help us to fill in some gaps? Barrow (Park Road) Belle Vue (Hyde Road) = Tokyo Melody by Helmut Zacharias Berwick (Berrington Lough) Birmingham (Hall Green, Perry Barr, Bordesley Green) Boston Bradford Bristol (Knowle, Eastville) Castleford Canterbury Cradley Heath Crayford Crewe Doncaster Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank, Powderhall) Ellesmere Port Exeter Glasgow (White City, Hampden Park, Shawfield) Hackney = Magnificent Seven Halifax Hull (Boulevard, Craven Park) Isle of Wight Leicester (Blackbird Road) Linlithgow Long Eaton Middlesbrough Milton Keynes (Groveway, Elfield Park) Newport (Somerton Park, Hayley Stadium) Norwich = Old Comrades march Oxford Plymouth (Pennycross) Rayleigh = Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Reading (Smallmead) Rochdale Romford Scunthorpe (Quibell Park) Southampton Stoke (Sun Street) Sunderland Trelawney Wembley Lions West Ham Weymouth White City (London) Wigan Wimbledon = Blaze Away Yarmouth HOW TO PRE-ORDER THE DEFUNCT BRITISH SPEEDWAY TRACKS DVD FOR £20 (post-free in UK): Phone: Call Retro Speedway on 01708 734 502. Online: Visit http://www.retro-speedway.com and pay using the secure PayPal facility. Post: Send cheque/postal order (payable to Retro Speedway) for £20 to: Retro Speedway (Defunct Tracks DVD), 103 Douglas Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 1AW Add £3.50 when ordering from outside the UK. e-mailed you today. I will be buying this and will give you a call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldace Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 March-out music is often what triggers thoughts and memories of speedway tracks visited, both past and present. To assist with our forthcoming triple disc DVD, DEFUNCT BRITISH SPEEDWAY TRACKS, to be released on June 30, were asking supporters for help in naming the march-out music and theme tunes adopted by the following old tracks. We already know one or two, but can you please help us to fill in some gaps? Barrow (Park Road) Belle Vue (Hyde Road) = Tokyo Melody by Helmut Zacharias Berwick (Berrington Lough) Birmingham (Hall Green, Perry Barr, Bordesley Green) Boston Bradford Bristol (Knowle, Eastville) Castleford Canterbury Cradley Heath Crayford Crewe Doncaster Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank, Powderhall) Ellesmere Port Exeter Glasgow (White City, Hampden Park, Shawfield) Hackney = Magnificent Seven Halifax Hull (Boulevard, Craven Park) Isle of Wight Leicester (Blackbird Road) = Imperial Echoes by Arnold Safroni (according to another BSF thread) Linlithgow Long Eaton Middlesbrough Milton Keynes (Groveway, Elfield Park) Newport (Somerton Park, Hayley Stadium) Norwich = Old Comrades march Oxford = Imperial Echoes (as per Leicester) Plymouth (Pennycross) Rayleigh = Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Reading (Smallmead) Rochdale Romford Scunthorpe (Quibell Park) Southampton Stoke (Sun Street) Sunderland = The Radetzky March (1971-73), then March of the Gladiators (1974) Trelawney Wembley Lions West Ham Weymouth White City (London) Wigan Wimbledon = Blaze Away Yarmouth HOW TO PRE-ORDER THE DEFUNCT BRITISH SPEEDWAY TRACKS DVD FOR £20 (post-free in UK): Phone: Call Retro Speedway on 01708 734 502. Online: Visit http://www.retro-speedway.com and pay using the secure PayPal facility. Post: Send cheque/postal order (payable to Retro Speedway) for £20 to: Retro Speedway (Defunct Tracks DVD), 103 Douglas Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 1AW Add £3.50 when ordering from outside the UK. Tokyo Melody wasn't the music the track staff marched out to at Hyde Road. Tokyo Melody was prior to Blaze Away which was when the track staff marched (in later years ambled) from under the main stand by the Tetley Tavern, through onto the track towards the pits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Crayford had Duane Eddy's 'Because They're Young'; and we use this same piece of Twangy Guitar music at Kent Speedway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Crayford had Duane Eddy's 'Because They're Young'; and we use this same piece of Twangy Guitar music at Kent Speedway! Does this comment herald a welcome return to the BSF after a long absence. Your presence always reflects the voice of reason and moderation, something much needed on here these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Does this comment herald a welcome return to the BSF after a long absence. Your presence always reflects the voice of reason and moderation, something much needed on here these days. Thanx but no it does not. The bullies who infest this Forum are unlikely to find enough mileage in a comment about Duane Eddy to latch onto in their hunting pack way, which drove me away from posting on here - so feeling fairly safe in that regard; and I couldn't resist giving a 'shout out' to one of my favourite pieces of music! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Thanx but no it does not. The bullies who infest this Forum are unlikely to find enough mileage in a comment about Duane Eddy to latch onto in their hunting pack way, which drove me away from posting on here - so feeling fairly safe in that regard; and I couldn't resist giving a 'shout out' to one of my favourite pieces of music! You want to bet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Thanx but no it does not. The bullies who infest this Forum are unlikely to find enough mileage in a comment about Duane Eddy to latch onto in their hunting pack way, which drove me away from posting on here - so feeling fairly safe in that regard; and I couldn't resist giving a 'shout out' to one of my favourite pieces of music! You want to bet? There is a simple answer - DO NOT GIVE IN TO THE BULLIES!!! If you do - THEY WIN!!! :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) Thanx but no it does not. The bullies who infest this Forum are unlikely to find enough mileage in a comment about Duane Eddy to latch onto in their hunting pack way, which drove me away from posting on here - so feeling fairly safe in that regard; and I couldn't resist giving a 'shout out' to one of my favourite pieces of music!Good to see you back, albeit briefly. Don't know why you left, but I would agree with TWK in this case. Hope the gig going is still mounting up. As for music Cradley had 2 pieces that I remember, unfortunately though I can hear them in my head I don't know the names. In the 70's it was a march (an RAF one I think). In the 80's it was a more modern piece that ITV also used for their Big Match and Midweek Sports Special intro. Edit: after a wee google.... 70's was the RAF March Past, followed in the 80's by The Big Match music which was by Jeff Wayne and called Jubilation. Not sure if that continued through to the closure in 1995 though. Edited June 29, 2014 by salty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJ81 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Good to see you back, albeit briefly. Don't know why you left, but I would agree with TWK in this case. Hope the gig going is still mounting up. As for music Cradley had 2 pieces that I remember, unfortunately though I can hear them in my head I don't know the names. In the 70's it was a march (an RAF one I think). In the 80's it was a more modern piece that ITV also used for their Big Match and Midweek Sports Special intro. Edit: after a wee google.... 70's was the RAF March Past, followed in the 80's by The Big Match music which was by Jeff Wayne and called Jubilation. Not sure if that continued through to the closure in 1995 though. I'm pretty sure that by the mid 90's it was a mix of ELP - Fanfare for the Common Man and 2 Unlimited - Get Ready for this. Have a feeling Queen - We Will Rock You was played before anyone actually marched out to get everyone in the mood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Good to see you back, albeit briefly. Don't know why you left, but I would agree with TWK in this case. Hope the gig going is still mounting up. Cheers mate - Stevie Wonder at Clapham Common today (well 'yester-me, yester-you, yesterday' now I guess but only just got home!). I shall be posting my list of gigs at the end of the year don't worry! How are you doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Cheers mate - Stevie Wonder at Clapham Common today (well 'yester-me, yester-you, yesterday' now I guess but only just got home!).I shall be posting my list of gigs at the end of the year don't worry!How are you doing?Welcome back keep on posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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