Space:1999 40th anniversary CD available to pre-order now!

Posted on 31st August 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Fanderson’s eagerly awaited Space:1999 40th anniversary Year One soundtrack CD is now available for club members to pre-order online. The CD will be launched on September 20th, and is a full update of the club’s 1998 double-CD release.

Back in March, Fanderson caused a surge of excitement among fans when we announced we would be releasing the most comprehensive soundtrack CDs ever of Thunderbirds and Space:1999 Year 1.

The new triple Space:1999 album runs for over three and a half hours and, across its 80 tracks, contains music from every Year One episode as well as the compilation films Alien Attack and Journey Through The Black Sun.

Additional remastering has been undertaken to further improve the quality of the recording, new library tracks and Barry Gray archive material has been identified and are included in this new edition. The whole package is completed with a full-colour booklet that is almost double the page count of that in the 1998 edition and a special 40th Anniversary slipcase.

The Space:1999 40th anniversary CD is limited to just 1,000 copies, and is available exclusively for Fanderson members.

Due to expected very high demand for this product, we will initially restrict orders to 2 copies per member (we’ll be checking!).

Approximate running time: 212 minutes

Pre-order your copy NOW!

Thunderbirds films sountracks to be released

Posted on 14th August 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

The soundtrack to Thunderbirds are Go and Thunderbird Six is almost here!

Barry Gray’s rousing scores are presented for the first time in their most original and complete formats. The score for Thunderbirds Are Go! is the original score recording, while Thunderbird 6 is available for the first time in stereo.

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The CD is being released by LaLa Land Records and is limited to just 1,200 copies. It will start to ship from America from 15th August, priced $20 plus $10 shipping to Europe.

Produced by Ralph Titterton and Ford A. Thaxton, and restored, edited, assembled and mastered by Tim Mallett, the CD also features in-depth liner notes and – as you can see – beautiful cover artwork.

Details on how to order, full track listings and preview of some tracks are available at http://lalalandrecords.com/Site/ThunderbirdsAreGo.html

Gerry Anderson greetings cards released

Posted on 13th July 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Gerry Anderson greetings cards

We know our club members fans like to exchange gifts , so we thought it would be a good idea to produce some greetings cards featuring some of your favourite series and memories from the worlds of Gerry Anderson! Lovingly designed by Jonathan Baxter, the cards feature scenes from Joe 90 and Space:1999, as well as some of the famous TV21 covers from the past. The fourth card features a mock up of a certain B-movie that we hope will appeal to Thunderbirds fans!

The cards are sold as a pack of 4 and are blank inside. They can be used for any occasion – birthdays, christenings, Christmas – maybe your next reunion with an old friend at a Gerry Anderson convention!

This is the first time the club has produced a card since the follows on from the club’s ‘birthday’ card, which was given to members who attended the club’s 30th anniversary on the 20th August 2011.

Fanderson members can order their pack of Gerry Anderson greetings cards online!

Fanderson releases sweet cigarette cards books volume 2

Posted on 28th June 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Fanderson has released the second volume in its series of Sweet Cigarette Card books. The book covers the sweet cigarettes that were produced to tie in with the original marketing of The Secret Service, UFO and Space:1999 in the 1960s. The book features high resolution scans of the cards, with notes on variations and packaging. The first volume covered Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

Order your copy now!

Don’t forget: Fanderson merchandise is available exclusively to club members. Find out how to join

50 Shades of Anderson tribute to Barry Gray

Posted on 11th June 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

50 Shades of Anderson A tribute to the music of Barry Gray has been included on a new album, ‘Me/Lp v1’, by drummer/producer Mike Ellis. Released by Hot Foot Productions Records, the album was released on June 2nd in CD format, and as a download from bandcamp.com.

Titled ‘50 Shades of Anderson‘, the 9-minute track mashes together all our greatly-loved themes into a mad musical fusion! The album also includes ‘Brains 90’, a remix of the original Joe 90 that was released on download in August 2013.

‘Me/Lp v.1’ can be heard, purchased and downloaded at: http://mikeellis.bandcamp.com/

New Terrahawks audioplays announced

Posted on 22nd April 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

A series of 8 new Terrahawks audio episodes have been announced by Anderson Entertainment and Big Finish, featuring members of the original voice – Jeremy Hitchen (Ninestein, Hiro, It-Star), Robbie Stevens (101, Hawkeye, Yung-Star) and Denise Bryer (Zelda and Mary Falconer).

Jamie Anderson, Gerry’s son and Managing Director of Anderson Entertainment said: “We’ll be using stories planned for the unmade third TV season as well as developing new material, and hope to release the box set in spring 2015.”

Nicholas Briggs, executive producer of Big Finish Productions, added, “I’m a huge fan of Gerry Anderson’s great TV shows and, for quite some time, it’s been my personal ambition for Big Finish to produce a series based on the great man’s work.”

Terrahawks – Volume One is available for pre-order now at £25 on CD and £20 on download. The price will increase on release.

Release date set for Blu-Ray Thunderbirds films

Posted on 13th April 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6 will receive their long-awaited release on Blu-Ray on May 13th.

The Thunderbird films will be available to purchase as a joint Blu-Ray release, courtesy of Twilight Time, and will be limited to just 3,000 copies.

Twilight Time’s director Nick Redman said: “As a huge fan of Thunderbirds – and having grown up on everything Anderson – I’m thrilled to be involved in making Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6 available in HD on Blu-Ray discs for the very first time”.

You can order your copy from May 13th online at www.screenarchives.com

What the papers said about the films when they were first released…

“So who needs people? These handsome, stiff-necked, shiny-faced Thunderbirds puppets have broken spectacularly out of black-and-white TV and on to the cinema screen.”
– The Daily Mail

“Of course, the cast are all puppets, the sets, models, and the story unabashed nonsense. But it’s great all the same…awesome.”
– The Sunday Express

Like Twilight Time on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/twilighttimemovies

New Supermarionation documentary announced

Posted on 6th April 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Network Distributing has announced the release of a new documentary that celebrates the work of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Filmed In Supermarionation covers the production techniques that were utilised throughout the 1960s by the Andersons in Stingray, Captain Scarlet and, most famously, Thunderbirds.

Directed and produced by Stephen La Rivière, the documentary is a screen adaptation of his book of the same name telling the story of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s TV productions using a wealth of previously unseen archive footage, new interviews with those involved, and clips from the shows themselves.

Tim Beddows, MD at Network Distributing, said: “Having grown up with the series they created, I’m thrilled to present the story of how Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and their team of extraordinary filmmakers brought the most spectacular children’s television to audiences around the world.”

Director Stephen La Rivière added: “Despite being made in the 60s the Supermarionation shows have continually found new audiences. A large part of this is down to the incredible care with which they were made.”

Filmed in Supermarionation will be released in Autumn 2014.

Alan Shubrook’s 50th Anniversary Thunderbirds Special

Posted on 5th April 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

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Alan Shubrook

Ian Fryer reviews a beautiful Thunderbirds publication from Alan Shubrook.

AP Films/Century 21 special effects technician Alan Shubrook has followed up his book Century 21 FX with a lavishly illustrated 16-page glossy brochure celebrating the 50th production on Thunderbirds. The brochure makes a real effort to take the reader back to the heady days of the mid 1960s.

Although this is largely a Thunderbirds-focused publication, other series get a look-in. Happily, this includes one of my own favourites, Joe 90. Alan reveals that this was a series much-loved by the crew, its production taking place in a more relaxed, creative atmosphere than the hectic Thunderbirds/Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons period.

With the announcement of the closing of Century 21 Studios in late 1969 there is the sense of an opportunity missed that the studio wasn’t converted into a effects studio for hire for other productions. Alas, although the studio did indeed do a small amount of such work, this was probably the right idea some five or six years too early. Had Lew Grade been willing to fund such a project is would undoubtedly have been crushed by the terrible recession that engulfed the British film industry in 1973.

The brochure is very well-written and contains a fabulous set of stills, mostly taken by Alan Shubrook, a keen photographer, himself. It is now available to be purchased via Ebay here

Alan will be doing THUNDERBIRDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATIONS LOOKING BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE MAKING OF THUNDERBIRDS, WITH OVER 350 PHOTOGRAPHS on Sunday 11th May RAF Museum Hendon then Saturday and Sunday 17th & 18th May RAF Museum Cosford.

Fanderson to produce definitive Thunderbirds and Space:1999 soundtrack albums

Posted on 29th March 2014 by 1266 Nick Williams

Fanderson is thrilled to report that we have reached agreement with ITV to release a soundtrack album CD of Thunderbirds, enabling club members to fill a large gap in their soundtrack collection!

As with previous club releases, the album will be as complete as possible, using Barry Gray’s original master recordings. These recordings will be professionally remastered and, where possible, stereo tracks will be included, although many tracks will only be available in mono. The album will come with a full-colour booklet containing track notes, trivia, and musician and recording session information.

Release date and prices have not yet been set, but we intend for Thunderbirds fans to have their album later this year!

Live action fans will also be pleased to hear that a 40th Anniversary edition of the club’s long out-of-print Space:1999 Year One album is also in the works.

As with all club merchandise, our soundtrack albums are available EXCLUSIVELY to members of Fanderson and will have a limited number of pressings – so you have to be quick! And if you’re not a member, let’s face it – there’s never been a better time to join. To find out how to become a member of Fanderson, receive FAB magazine* and access a wide range of exclusive merchandise, visit our how to join page.

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