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This is a relatively complete listing of all commercially available recordings of Barry Gray's music. The first table contains original recordings, and the second contains a list of reasonable attempts to emulate the music.

Original recordings

Adventures of Twizzle

1980 EP (featuring Roberta Leigh) HMV 7 EG 8339
EP (stories and songs) HMV 7 EG 8417

Four Feather Falls

1960 EP Four Feather Falls Columbia SEG 7986

Supercar

1960 SINGLE Supercar Columbia DB 4839
SINGLE Supercar Theme Peter Pan Records
SINGLE Supercar Club Record National LYN 250

FIREBALL XL5

1961 SINGLE Fireball XL5 Melodisc 1591
HMV 7EG 8802
HMV POP 1148

STINGRAY

1962 SINGLE Stingray Pye 7N 15239
SINGLE March of the Oysters Chappell C957

THUNDERBIRDS

1965 EP TV21Themes Century 21 Records MA105
1965 EP Lady Penelope Themes Century 21 Records MA 111
1966 EP Thunderbirds Themes Century 21 Records MAl16
1967 EP Space Age Nursery Rhymes Century 21 Records MA 117
1987 EP Music from the 21st Century by Barry Gray. (special membership present to Fanderson members) Primitive Records MA F1
1988 EP Music from the 21st Century by Barry Gray - Volume 2 (special membership present to Fanderson members) Primitive Records MA F2
1967 SINGLE Thunderbirds Are Go United Artists UA 25656 (mono)
1967 LP Thunderbirds Are Go United Artists ULP 1159 (mono)
United Artists SULP 1159 (stereo)
1988 LP Silva Screen Film 018
CASS Silva Screen Film C018 (stereo)
CD Silva Screen Film CD 018
1992 EMI 0777 99966 29 (stereo) (Includes the Shadows EP "Thunderbirds Are Go")
EMI TOCP 7474 (in Japan) (Includes the Shadows EP "Thunderbirds Are Go")
1966 SINGLE Thunderbirds Theme Pye 7N 17016
1987 Precision Tapes/Records PRT 7P 216 (mono)
19?? SINGLE Flying High ??
1981 EP 10" No Strings Attached Precision Records/tapes DOW3
CASS Precision Records/tapes ZCDOW3 (mono)
EP 12" picture disc: Precision Records/tapes DOWX3
EP 12" picture disc: Precision Records/tapes DOWP3 (1990)
1990 CD Castle Classics CLACD 204 (mono)

CAPTAIN SCARLET

1967 EP Captain Scarlet Themes Century 21 Records MA 132
SINGLE Captain Scarlet Pye 7N 17391

JOE 90

1967 SINGLE Theme Pye 7N 17265
1986 SINGLE Joe 9086 Club Mix Precision Records/Tapes 7PX354
12" single Precision Records/Tapes 12PX354
square 7" picture disk: Precision Records/Tapes 7PXD354

SPACE: 1999

1976 LP Space1999 RCA ABL1 1422

MISCELLANEOUS

1979 LP Highlights from the Filmharmonic '79 United Artists UAG 3028
1992 CD The A to Z of British TV Themes from the Sixties and Seventies Play it Again PLAY 004
1992 CD The Man from UNCLE Silva Screen Film CD 712
CASS Silva Screen Film 712
1993 4 CDs Screen Themes 4 CD set with TV Themes Castle Communications

Renditions

A short selection of fairly faithful renditions made over many years:

1966 EP Thunderbirds Are Go! - The Shadows EMI Columbia GL6612TP
1981 12" EMI K052Z 07330
1976 LP Rarities - The Shadows EMI 5C038 06250
1968 LP Thunderbirds Are Go! - The Shadows Odeon OP 8108 (for the Japanese Shadows fanclub)
1988 LP The EP Collection - The Shadows EMI SEE 246
CASS EMI SEEK 246
CD EMI SEE CD 246
1992 CASS F.A.B. - Music from the TV Shows by Barry Gray. (Approx. 50 minutes of music performed by the Royal Philhormonic, conducted by Kostatin Pavlov. A good attempt to approach the original incidental music) Silva Screen FILM 124
CD Silva Screen FILM CD 124
1988 CD ITV Themes Pickwick PWKS 516
1989 CD ITV's Children's Themes Pickwick PWK 108
1990 LP Power90Themes. (disco mixes of the original music) Telstar STAR 2430
CASS Telstar TAC 2430
CD Telstar TCD 2430
1990 CD Thunderbirds Are Go - FAB Telstar FABCD 1
1990 12" Project 90 Tape Records SPV1T
CD Tape Records SPV1CD
1990 SINGLE Space1999 (demosingle) GNP Crescendo GNP 821
1966 SINGLE Thunderbirds HMV POP 1500
1972 LP Golden Hour of Children's TV Favourites Pye Records GH547
1980 SINGLE Fireball Four FOUR 004
1966 SINGLE Thunderbird's Submarine CNR UH 9948 (Holland)
1972 LP Children's TV Themes Contour 2870 185
1978 LP Star Wars and Other Space Themes EMI MFP 50355
1969 LP World of Military Bands Decca PA18 (mono)
Decca SPA 18 (stereo)
1972 LP The Pathfinders EMI TWO 387 (1E06205101)
1967 LP Time for TV ZMI TWO 175
1972 LP Love Sensations AD-Rhythm ARPS 2004
1991 4 CDs Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds (4 CDs with 3 Japanese dramatisations of the following episodes:
  • Trapped in the Sky
  • Terror in New York City
  • Security Hazard
The 4th CD contains stereo near-original renditions of all incidental music used in these episodes)
Bandai BCCM 9001 (Japan)