tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post8568585913736095153..comments2024-03-26T20:31:26.349-04:00Comments on Simon St. Laurent, Squibber: CD: Space: 1999 (Gray and Wadsworth)Simon St. Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-24045624947866119192022-06-08T20:01:11.510-04:002022-06-08T20:01:11.510-04:00In late 1976 I bought the RCA LP record, Space: 19...In late 1976 I bought the RCA LP record, <i>Space: 1999</i>. While I was a little disappointed in the incompleteness of the album, and the seemingly interminable space-out between the cuts, it contained music from the series ― its first season, as that was "1999" at that point.<br /><br />In early 2022, with a degree of nostalgia, I welcomed a Silva Screen Records CD set: <i>Space: 1999 - Year 1 & 2</i><br /><br />Barry Gray wrote material, very much in the Gray style, for Year One; Derek Wadsworth jazzed Year Two to great effect.<br /><br />Both work in that they match, respectively, <i>Space: 1999</i>'s seasonal timbres.<br /><br />Year One: winter<br />Year Two: summerSimon St. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.com