Battle of Britain original Soundtrack recording LP original 1969 UK, near mint condition. Check the exclusive video of the LP for sale! Ron-Goodwin, Sir William Walton, O.M. Check audio

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Label: United Artists Records ‎– UAS 29019
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genre: Classical, Stage & Screen, Soundtrack, Contemporary
Tracklist
A1 Battle Of Britain Theme 1:23
A2 Luftwaffe March 3:32
A3 The Lull Before The Storm 1:37
A4 Work And Play 2:27
A5 Death And Destruction 1:22
A6 Briefing The Luftwaffe 1:14
A7 Prelude To Battle 3:20
A8 Victory Assured 2:12
A9 Defeat 1:26
B1 Hitlers Headquarters 0:55
B2 Return To Base 0:44
B3 Threat 1:23
B4 Civilian Tragedy 1:08
B5 Offensive Build-up 3:43
B6 Attack 0:58
B7 Personnal Tragedy 0:41
B8 Battle In The Air 4:51
B9 Absent Friends 1:03
B10 Battle Of Britain Theme End—Title 2:54

Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
Published By – United Artists Music Ltd.

Composed By – Sir William Walton, O.M.* (tracks: B8)
Composed By, Conductor – Ron Goodwin (tracks: A1 to B7, B9, B10)
Conductor – Malcolm Arnold (tracks: B8)
Engineer – Eric Tomlinson

On the Sleeve
Title on the sleeve front and back: “Battle of Britain”
All music Published by United Artists Music Ltd.
A Product of
United Artists Records
Mortimer House
37/41 Mortimer Street London W1.
A Product of Liberty/UA Records Ltd. London, England.
Printed and made by MacNeil Press Ltd., London.

On the labels
Title on the labels and sleeve spine: Battle of Britain
℗ 1969
A Product of Liberty/UA Records Ltd. England

5.0 out of 5 stars Music from an aviation classic
The music for ‘Battle of Britain’ will go down in history as being one of the best scores ever written for an aviation film. After dumping Sir Wiliam Walton’s music, the producers of the film called in Ron Goodwin just four weeks before the movie was due to be premiered. After a lot of late nights Goodwin provided a classic soundtrack. His ‘Luftwaffe March’ rates as one of the best pieces of martial music written for the silver screen.
Walton’s music, of which only ‘Battle in the Air’ made it into the final cut of the film, was thought to be lost for nearly 30 years, but thankfully resurfaces here. Listening to it, it fits the bill perfectly, which begs the question, why was it dropped in the first place?
a fine tribute to Ron Goodwin’s composing skills for the silver screen.

5.0 out of 5 stars Ron Goodwin’s Finest Hour!
From the infectious main title track; ‘Aces High'(aka’The Luftwaffe March’), through to the variations on the ‘Battle of Britain theme’, this score remains truly memorable and perfectly compliments this classic aviation epic. Variations on both themes are used to complement the stunning aerial photography of both air forces to equal effect. Equally powerful are the cues that underscore the horrors of the war on the ground, notably ‘Death and Destruction’ and ‘Civillian Tragedy’. Sir William Walton’s rejected score is also heard here for the first time and, although very different in style to Ron Goodwin’s, is equally memorable and vintage Walton. ‘Battle In The Air’, the only cue from Walton’s rejected score to appear in the final cut of the film, features here with the bonus of an alternate take to the one used. This remains one of the most remarkable pieces of music ever written by Walton for the screen. It is used to stunning effect during the scenes of the climactic dogfights over London in September 1940. Brilliantly remastered and sounding as good as new. Vintage Walton certainly, but for me its Goodwin’s score that stays in the memory. Definitely a disc that will be played over and over again and, in my opinion, Ron Goodwin’s Finest Hour!

5.0 out of 5 stars The film just wouldn’t have been the same, without this sound,
The film is superb, but it’s really the inclusion of this soundtrack by Ron Goodwin that makes it so. The music really does bring out the feel of the battle itself, all the preparations, the successes and despair of war. This LP also includes the original score by Sir William Walton, which wasn’t actually used in the film. So different in tone to the one used, but equally good and expresses the feelings of battle clearly in its composure. Buy the film and this LP, you will not be disappointed.


Britain stood alone, fighting for its life and the survival of Europe 🇬🇧 Never forget those warriors “When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today” Of the 3000 aircrew approximately 2500 were British and approximately 500 pilots from across the world. See below list of 15 countries that contributed pilots to the effort. Poland contributed 141 – 145 pilots to the Battle of Britain

Poland  Stanisław Skalski, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (27 November 1915 – 12 November 2004) was a Polish aviator and fighter ace who served with the Polish Air Force and British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Skalski was the top Polish fighter ace of the war and the first Allied fighter ace of the war,[1] credited, according to the Bajan’s list, with 18 11/12 victories and two probable. Some sources, including Skalski himself, give a number of 22 11/12 victories. He returned to the Polish Air Force after the Second World War and rose to the rank of brigadier general

Of the 3000 aircrew that took part in the Battle of Britain approximately 2500 were British and approximately 500 were from the former colonies – Iv listed below the numbers and counties

Polish republic 141-145
New Zealand 127 – 135
Canada 112
Czechoslovakia 84 – 88
Belgium 28 – 30
Australia 26 – 32
South Africa 22 -25
Free France 13 – 14
Ireland 10
USA 8 – 12
Southern Rhodesia 3 – 4
Barbados 1
Jamaica 1
Newfoundland 1
Northern Rhodesia 1



on Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi bomber planes attacked London, flying day and night raids and killing an estimated 450 people. ⁣

This was the beginning of ‘The Blitz’, a period of sustained bombing from September 1940 to May 1941 during which the German airforce (Luftwaffe) focused most of their attacks on London, as well as Birmingham, Coventry, Glasgow and other big cities across the UK.⁣

Why did the Luftwaffe attack Britain in the autumn of 1940?⁣

When Britain did not surrender as expected after Germany’s defeat of France in June 1940, Hitler ordered his armed forces to prepare for an invasion of Britain – ‘Operation Sealion’. His plan to ‘blitz’ the UK (the German word Blitzkrieg means “lightning war) involved gaining air superiority over southern England during the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940. ‘The Blitz’ was part of this. ⁣

With its lack of heavy bombers and failure to strike critically important targets, the Luftwaffe never managed to inflict strategically significant damage. Constant supply problems further contributed to Germany’s failure to defeat the RAF, and invasion became all but impossible. ⁣



⁣Pictures: (1) View along the River Thames in London as smoke rises after an air raid on Sept. 7, 1940, New York Times Paris Bureau Collection. (2) Vickers Wellingtons of No. 9 Squadron shortly before the outbreak of war, IWM (CH 17).



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