Spring has sprung, and with it comes our spring mailing!

Spring has sprung, and with it comes our spring mailing of FAB Annual 2026 and FAB Express issue 112!

As promised back in December, going in the post today is our spring mailing to all current Fanderson members.

Our new FAB Express editor Ross Ironfield’s first issue (112) takes a peek at Century 21 Toys marketing, club members FlashBack to Fireball XL5 Trial By Robot, read about the making of the club’s Super Space Theater soundtracks, our first new FAB Fans feature, as well as all your news, views and reviews.

The mailing also includes the much-anticipated FAB Annual 2026, delayed from November. This 100-page hardback book shines a light on Torchy, plus an exclusive 8-page Thunderbirds picture strip, the nostalgia kick of being in Another Time, Another Place, an examination of making Worlds In Miniature, UFO‘s Royal Navy connection, how Century 21 Toys promoted their Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons lines, a look at the work of the much-loved actor and voice artist David Healy, the full story behind comic hero Agent 21, the books of John Theydon, a look back to everything that was happening in AP Film’s heyday in FAB Diary 1966, plus Graham Bleathman’s cutaways of the TV21 Building and the President Roberts.

The mailing’s been sent to all current club members, and new members will also get it shortly in their welcome package along with issue 111.

And, whilst we’re here, a reminder that the offer on our brand new Thunderbirds In Outer Space soundtrack double-CD, and free Stingray EP when you buy our exclusive FAB Grooves double vinyl LP, run until the end of this month!

Free EP when you buy FAB Grooves

Free Themes From Stingray EP when you buy FAB Grooves, whilst stocks last!

This translucent blue 7″ vinyl EP was produced by Silva Screen for Network, to accompany their 2022 Blu-ray Disc release of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s 1963 series Stingray.

Worth £20, we have a very limited number available as a FREE gift when you buy our exclusive FAB Grooves double vinyl LP.

Track Listing

  • Stingray Main Titles
  • Maritimus March
  • March Of The Oysters
  • Aqua Marina
  • Jazz From The WASPs

OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS (in addition to our standing Ts&Cs)

  • This offer is for Fanderson members only.
  • Members must buy FAB Grooves and Themes From Stingray EP in the same transaction.
  • Only one Themes From Stingray EP per member.
  • Themes From Stingray EP is not available to buy
  • Apply the coupon code FLOODQ before you pay to get the discount. You can use more than one code in the same transaction
  • Members must apply the coupon code themselves to get the discount. It cannot be applied after you have paid, and we cannot apply it retroactively.
  • This is an online-only offer. It cannot be redeemed via the post.
  • Offer ends 31st March 2026 or whilst stocks last

Special launch offer for exclusive Thunderbirds To The Rescue soundtrack

To celebrate the third in our series of exclusive soundtracks to the Super Space Theater compilation movies, we’ve got a special offer for the rest of October!

Buy all three SST movies and get our Super Space Theater book and art prints half-price!

  • Log on to our website
  • Click here to go to our SST page, then put all three SST soundtracks and the SST book in your basket
  • Add anything else from our Shop that you’d like
  • Click on basket, then apply coupon code SSToct24 before moving on to pay. This will deduct 50% off the price of the book and art prints.

OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS (in addition to our standing Ts&Cs)

  • This offer is for Fanderson members only.
  • Members must buy both all three soundtracks and the SST book in the same transaction.
  • Each member can only use the coupon code once.
  • Apply the coupon code SSToct24 before you pay to get the SST book half price.
  • Members must apply the coupon code themselves to get the discount. It cannot be applied after you have paid, and we cannot apply it retroactively.
  • This is an online-only offer. It cannot be redeemed via the post.

Captain Scarlet LP now available to pre-order

Hot on the heels of their limited edition Captain Scarlet 7″ single, Silva Screen’s next Anderson soundtrack album is Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons. As with their other recent Anderson releases, Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons has been produced for Silva Screen by the Fanderson team of Mike Jones on design with Tim Mallett on mastering, editing and compilation.

The album will be available on both translucent scarlet double LP and Compact Disc, with shipping expected from 3rd December and 19th November respectively (vinyl albums are currently taking longer to produce as supplies of PVC are affected by the worldwide demand for Covid-19 testing kits and vaccination syringes).

Once again, we’ve negotiated a great price on this album for club members, and remember that the price you see is the price you pay – no hidden shipping charges will be added as you checkout!

Of course, Fanderson’s own Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons 3-CD soundtrack boxset is still available too, as well as a raft of top quality Captain Scarlet goodies by fans, for fans!

The album will also be available as a digital download from the Silva Screen website from 19th November.

UK: Thunderbirds voted #19 TV theme!

Classic FM are asking listeners to vote for their favourite TV theme so that they can present the UK’s Top 50 favourite TV themes of all time!

Forget the sweeping strings of the Downton Abbey Suite, the cinematic splendour of the Blue Planet soundtrack, or even the foreboding opening music for The Crown. For Fanderson members there is only one contender – Barry Gray’s stirring theme to Thunderbirds!

VOTE NOW! By voting, you will be entered into a prize draw for the chance to win £500, an iPad or a Sony soundbar.

Voting closes at midnight on 23rd August, and Classic FM will reveal the Top 50 themes written for the small screen in Classic FM’s TV Music Countdown on Monday 30th August.

UPDATE 30th August: Thunderbirds came in at a respectable #19. See the full countdown here.

Space:1999 vinyl LPs delayed

We’ve just been advised by Silva Screen that they’ve been hit by supply issues on the two Space:1999 LPs. We don’t yet have revised release dates as yet but Silva Screen are estimating that they will have to be pushed back a month (to September).

The release date of the CD is unchanged, and is still expected to ship for 6th August as planned, whilst LPs that have been ordered will be shipped just as soon as stock is available.

New in the Shop: Space:1999 soundtracks from Silva Screen

Silva Screen has announced their latest Anderson soundtrack releases, and you can pre-order them now from us at a great price!

Space:1999 Year One vinyl double LP features a selection of Barry Gray’s best music from the series’ first season, with Derek Wadsworth’s music getting the same treatment in Space:1999 Year Two vinyl double LP. For those wanting CDs (especially as the club’s 3CD Year One boxset is now long out-of-print), Silva Screen have gathered both albums together into the Space:1999 double CD.

As usual, the albums have been produced by Tim Mallett of Kindred Productions (who also produces our own exclusive soundtracks) and designed by Fanderson’s designer and FAB co-editor Mike Jones.

As a not-for-profit club, we’re able to offer these stunning soundtrack albums (as well as other Silva Screen vinyl LPs) to members at a very competitive price.

Silva Screen’s Space:1999 soundtracks are due to arrive early-August.

Go shopping for these and much more right now!

 

Vinyl soundtrack albums now available in the Shop!

We’re delighted to announce that Silva Screen’s wonderful (and growing) collection of vinyl albums is now available for Fanderson members to buy in the Shop!

Until now, you’ll have only found products in the Fanderson shop that we’ve produced exclusively for our members. Products that we’ve had complete control over in terms of design, production and quality.

However, as Fanderson members have been so closely involved in the production of Silva Screen’s latest Anderson soundtrack releases, we’re proud to offer them to club members too!

Of course, for those who prefer CDs, we still have our own extensive range available in the Shop as well. Pop over to Soundtracks now to add the vinyl albums to your basket.

NOTES:

  • Vinyl albums will be despatched separately to other items you may buy in the same transaction.
  • UFO is due to be re-pressed at the end of the month, but we are taking orders now and will ship them as soon as we have stock.
  • Supercar is currently out of stock, but we’ll have it in the Shop just as soon as stock is available.

That’s not Captain Scarlet. That’s Thunderbirds!

We honestly thought we’d sold our last copy of the 4CD Thunderbirds soundtrack boxset at our Supercelebration convention last year.

So, you can imagine Fanderson Sales’ supremo Stephen Brown’s surprise when, during a bit of lockdown housekeeping at our secure storage unit, he found that a box marked Captain Scarlet CDs actually had Thunderbirds inside! This find means that just 40 lucky club members who were unable to get the album before will now get another chance!

To give anyone who’s interested the chance to hear this great news and count their shekels beforehand, we’ll set them live in the Fanderson Shop on Saturday. Prices will be £39.75 UK, £43.50 Europe, £45.75 rest of the world.

Orders will be restricted to just one copy per member. 

We can’t give an exact time, but it will around lunchtime in the UK. And this time, when they’re gone, they’re gone. Honest!