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Delia created 36 seconds of "the most accurate set of animal noises ever created electronically"<ref>Robin Carmody in [[Wee have also sound-houses (article)|Wee also have sound-houses]].</ref> for the 1969 programme ''[[Great Zoos of the World]]'' produced by [[Barry Payne]] for BBC Network TV's Natural History Unit, Bristol.<ref name=TLL/>
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Delia created 36 seconds of "the most accurate set of animal noises ever created electronically"<ref>Robin Carmody in [[Wee have also sound-houses (article)|Wee also have sound-houses]].</ref> as the title music of the 1969 programme ''[[Great Zoos of the World]]'' produced by [[Barry Payne]] for BBC Network TV's Natural History Unit, Bristol.<ref name=TLL/>
  
 
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<I>I created the music for a TV
 
<I>I created the music for a TV
 
series called ''Great Zoos of the World''. The producer called the boss
 
series called ''Great Zoos of the World''. The producer called the boss
and said, 'I want some music made from animal noises.' The boss replied
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and said, &ldquo;I want some music made from animal noises.&rdquo; The boss replied
'That's impossible! But if it's impossible, Delia can do it!' i sorted a
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&ldquo;That's impossible! But if it's impossible, Delia can do it!&rdquo;
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I sorted a
 
tape of twenty-four animal noises into rhythmic ones and tuneful ones
 
tape of twenty-four animal noises into rhythmic ones and tuneful ones
and they put it all together. I was very proud of that.</I><ref>Delia in the [[Soundhouse interview]].</ref>
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and they [?] put it all together. I was very proud of that.</I><ref>Delia in the [[Soundhouse interview]].</ref>
 
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''The Space Between'', a 1973 BBC radio programme devoted to the music of the Radiophonic Workshop, contained a track by Delia called [[Great Zoo]]<ref>[http://www.mb21.co.uk/ether.net/radiophonics/space_between.shtml mb21's page for ''The Space Between'']</ref>, which appears to be a stereo version of [[Great Zoos of the World]].<ref name=TLL/>
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In 1972 Delia created a new, stereo version called ''[[Great Zoo]]'', with the same rhythm and melody but reworking and renewing the sounds.
  
 
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''Great Zoos of the World'':
 
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''Great Zoo'':
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* Released on [[The BBC Radiophonic Workshop - A Retrospective]] in 2008.
 
* Released on [[The BBC Radiophonic Workshop - A Retrospective]] in 2008.
 
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{{Play|Great Zoos of the World}}
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{{Play|Great Zoo}}
  
 
=References=
 
=References=

Revision as of 21:28, 13 June 2017

Great Zoos of the World title

Delia created 36 seconds of "the most accurate set of animal noises ever created electronically"[1] as the title music of the 1969 programme Great Zoos of the World produced by Barry Payne for BBC Network TV's Natural History Unit, Bristol.[2]

I created the music for a TV series called Great Zoos of the World. The producer called the boss and said, “I want some music made from animal noises.” The boss replied “That's impossible! But if it's impossible, Delia can do it!” I sorted a tape of twenty-four animal noises into rhythmic ones and tuneful ones and they [?] put it all together. I was very proud of that.[3]

In 1972 Delia created a new, stereo version called Great Zoo, with the same rhythm and melody but reworking and renewing the sounds.

Spectrogram

Great Zoos of the World: Great Zoos of the World - Spectrogram.jpg
Great Zoo: Great Zoo - Spectrogram.jpg

Availability

References