Ace of Wands Full Intro Theme HQ Audio.mpg

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@Wolfspiderxl Жыл бұрын

The theme tune speaks volumes of the greatness of this programme

@susansherlock7474 Жыл бұрын

RIP to Roy Holder - who died in November 2021...

@choppersangel 7 жыл бұрын

I was 11 years old when this series started and I watched all of the episodes. After 47 years I've been humming the theme tune, note perfect for no good reason, so looked it up here. Ah, my first inroads to the weird and wunnerful, those were the days!

@lindapadley5806 2 жыл бұрын

Was 15 when this series started, remember it well. The music stayed with me and so did the characters. Watched the actors as they progressed in their careers. Their names stay with me even Ozymandius who was only an owl!.

@frannieo1707 7 ай бұрын

God, this brings back the memories. Wish I was a kid again!!

@colincarroll7954 2 жыл бұрын

From the 70s ITV children's supernatural series. Sung by former herd keyboard player Andy Bown

@euanelliott3613 4 жыл бұрын

The girl is Petra Markham who played Doreen in Get Carter.

@davidgoldshaw9992 8 жыл бұрын

Oh by the way here's the lyrics for all to enjoy!Jet white dove, Snow black snake, Time has turned it's face, From the edge of mystery, Where running is no race. Ageless night, Careless day, Fate reaches out a hand, To touch the edge of destiny, A story with no end. Tarot cards, Tarot the diamond man, Tarot guards, Wherever he can. Tarot cards, Tarot the diamond man, Tarot guards with mystic hands. Falcon sun, Leopard moon, Minds searching for tomorrow, Take what you can from yesterday, The rest beg, steal, or borrow. Iron roads, Asphalt sky, Windows made from water, Son of secrets - mystery's child, Ruler of eight quarters. Velvet roofs, Tattooed streets, Patterns made from words, Laughter echoes in the dark, Life hovers like a bird. Tarot cards, Tarot the diamond man, Tarot guards, Wherever he can. Tarot cards, Tarot the diamond man, Tarot guards with mystic hands. Tarot cards, Tarot the diamond man, Tarot guards, Wherever he can. Tarot cards, Tarot the diamond man, Tarot guards with mystic hands.

@Davmicon 4 жыл бұрын

Hi again David (i'm back after a few years, unfortunately not the same about Tarot) Hope you are Ok. Just like to stick up for you (nb Dave Barnes) I was going to do it then; Just to let Dave know that when the teacher did the school register, he would have spelt Mark with a 'K' and at every birthday MARK Feld aka Bolan Mummy Bolan would have given him his birth spelling on his cards. So you were right. Marc with a ç'is an affectation!

@karengould3996 2 жыл бұрын

Aww loved this show as a kid never forgot it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@ANGELSBOND 10 жыл бұрын

If one listens carefully you'll notice that the singer actually sings BOTH.First,phenomenon.Then diamond man.

@GlosTV175 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic theme to a great programme that I loved as a nipper. Andrew Bown, of course, had previously been the organist with late sixties pop band, The Herd, and later went on to play with Status Quo for many years...

@GeoffreyTucker42 8 жыл бұрын

+GlosTV175 Andrew Brown or Andy BOwn.? A completely different person

@twistedreel5484 8 жыл бұрын

+Geoffrey Tucker It's as I've written it, Andy Bown...

@twistedreel5484 8 жыл бұрын

+Geoffrey Tucker Incidentally, of course, but this is the full version of the song that was issued as a single on the Parlophone label in 1970, with an edited version actually used to open the show. And yes, I do have a copy...!

@GeoffreyTucker42 8 жыл бұрын

@dlamiss 13 жыл бұрын

the best childrens tv theme of all time the programme was pretty good too. takes me back to being 8 years of age again

@peterward2275 5 жыл бұрын

Some of the best writers worked on this show including the legendary P.J.Hammond

@Davmicon 8 жыл бұрын

I never realised this was here - my all time personal favourite programme when I was a kid. I sent it up to that Sunday radio show that a certain Liverpool darg artist does to be played. It got absolutely lambasted! I was a big Bowie fan later - but never put the two together. This could have been on Space oddity or Dory? Bit of Donovan in there -wonder what Michael MacKenzie's does nowadays? - thanks for putting this together, shedding a little tear for past times and long lost pleasures, ah innocence.

@SteveChiverton 3 жыл бұрын

Michael MacKenzie is still acting as far as I know. He was in the film 'The Railway Man' as his most recent big screen work that I am aware of [and that released in 2013] but is still active as an actor.

@richfuell8141 4 жыл бұрын

This is the version I remember....the other ones on KZfaq are better quality but don't have the brass parts...???...been humming this theme for bloody years.....fantastic song...that mellotron.....😀😀😀😀

@Lamvesp 12 жыл бұрын

I'm 45 and thought I 'd heard it all. Love this.

@mzungu1960 9 жыл бұрын

Ahead of its time this programme...loved this intro..

@andrewjones3022 5 жыл бұрын

HIPPY TRIPPY GROOVY

@clivestanley66 11 жыл бұрын

Great song was going up the charts untill the BBC realised it was from a ITV programe

@lilyrose1963 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this show think i was about 7yrs old when I first saw it on next doors tele coz we never had one lol

@colinpayn8948 Ай бұрын

If only we could see the missing episodes from the first two series

@ProfStuartHalliday 6 жыл бұрын

Total awesome. We need a remake!

@markjones7109 3 ай бұрын

Pure brillance.

@cruyffianslip 14 жыл бұрын

Iconic theme tune... iconic series... Being Human's Mitchell - played brilliantly by Aidan Turner - has real echoes I think of Michael Mackenzie's beautiful portrayal of the truly iconic Tarot...

@davidgoldshaw9992 8 жыл бұрын

I also loved this show as a young boy and remembered the amazing music....I'd love to download it but am having problem from KZfaq any ideas from anyone...please?If I can do it, it will be my favourite ring-tone!

@domhooley9491 7 жыл бұрын

David, if you still need to record audio from KZfaq, try Audacity at www.audacityteam.org/ It's a neat tool which you can use to record any sounds from KZfaq, Spotify etc.

@keithwaites9991 4 ай бұрын

That could be Clem Cattini on drums. He was the governor back then

@Super_Mario128 10 жыл бұрын

A remake of this show for Saturday night family viewing would be wonderful.

@zosothezephead837 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I remember a really spooky episode called Joker where this kinda strange van was playing this weird music and a jester shook something and the kids went mad. Priceless.

@yccallumgames6321 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly wiped and gone forever first 2 series are gone

@pisceansith6915 4 жыл бұрын

I must have a look at that episode.....

@yccallumgames6321 4 жыл бұрын

It's wiped and no longer exists but some photos do still exist along with scripts

@Davmicon 8 жыл бұрын

Thriddoctor - your comment of 4 years gone - you shall have your remake. I'm going away to write it and cast my Lulli. Wonder what we were all on to hold this in such high regard? It's before sweets were recognised to have additives??? thought he was a sort of Mark Bolan meets Dr Who. Didn't he drive an MG sports around Soho?? One of my non animation heroes. Godbless the production team and saint Michael in the role!!! Really hooked on it now.

@Laceykat66 13 жыл бұрын

You had to love 70s fashion. Where can I even FIND a dress like that. Thanks for the post. I missed the show but love the theme.

@pisceansith6915 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Lacey if you live in London go to Camden market, or central London, all the best.....

@spencersteele5140 12 жыл бұрын

''Laughter echoes in the dark, life hovers like a bird''......

@arianbyw3819 7 ай бұрын

Fab stuff!

@Davmicon 6 жыл бұрын

We've got to sell it to an independent production company to remake the series. Update the screenplays for a more modern audience whilst keeping the basis and characters. Contact Michael MacKenzie for a cameo, then take it to cinema. Not complete rebranding though! Keep it British. It's too good to die. :)

@SteveChiverton 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, do you know what I think, if you really want to get this re-made? Write to Jonathan Ross to start up a campaign. After all his wife Jane Goldman now has a lot of 'clout' when it comes to getting things made in Hollywood [the KickAss movies, the Kingsman movies, X-Men First Class, the Game of Thrones prequel series 'The long night' currently in production - she has scripted/devised them all] and 'Wossy' is a total nerdy pop culture fanatic that would be surely into this. Now if Jane can get HOLLYWOOD wheels moving I can't see her having much difficulty getting an indy British project off the ground. Could be worth a pump as you are clearly passionate about this. Drop them a line and give it a go. You never know.

@Davmicon 3 жыл бұрын

@@SteveChiverton Thank you for your help. What is it you do? As you appear to know a little bit. Are you a fan? I'm just seeing a lot of trends both for nostalgia as well as content like this which I feel are worth reviving? I see things like "Killing Eve" a never ending franchise where the 'baddie' can't be destroyed and keeps coming up with the varied stock ways of being sadistic and think 'Hey this is cartoony' (never watched one through but it doesn't hold me' and it has quite a big national audience.

@wurliewynd6308 Жыл бұрын

Why cameo? Why not Mister Sweet?

@heraldeventsandfilms5970 Жыл бұрын

No, just fecking no. 'for a more modern audience' We all know what THAT means. It won't happen. Good.

@davebarnes2682 8 жыл бұрын

Great post, wondered what happened to this, only really remember it for the tune. Thanks for clearing up the lyrics David. Please all ..... Marc with a c not a k.

@magistertempli666 13 жыл бұрын

"Trust me - I'm a shaman"...

@janagzennai1212 6 жыл бұрын

It's soooo upsetting when I watch "Taggart" and have to come back to reality, that we are all growing older....

@janagzennai1212 6 жыл бұрын

God he was so hot.....

@susansherlock6934 2 жыл бұрын

He is still alive...

@mccartney2 12 жыл бұрын

lol... cheers torquesport...i do think you are indeed right!!!! its the pronounciation...made it a mystery for years..makes more sense than "Diamond man" !!!!!!

@derekstuartclark 6 ай бұрын

1:16-1:30 how far out / groovy etc. is that? Love it

@SizeTenBiscuit 12 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha listening to it now it does sound like 'banana man'. I always heard it as 'phenomenon' as a kid.

@davidgoldshaw9992 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Davmicon - you mentioned Mark Bolan....can you remember waaaay back when he was with Tyrannosaurus Rex(before T-Rex) they had a hit that I remember was on Top of the Pops there was almost no lyrics, they were dressed as cave men, or am I imagining this all?

@Davmicon 8 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking get the publishing rights, make a pilot, a film, get this back in the charts and relaunch an upgraded new series for a whole new generation to start dreaming - way ahead of it's time (Jonathan Creek fans). We are ready for something inscrutably English which only we can decifer and others watch in awe! Can you believe when supposedly tape was so expensive that they wiped the first two series when there is over a million episodes of COUNTDOWN still around to view????

@FireMoon42 3 жыл бұрын

Are you confusing it with "Hotlegs" and "Neanderthal Man" it was Godley and Creme pre 10CC?

@thriddoctor 13 жыл бұрын

Long overdue for ac rmake so long as they don't screw it up.

@mccartney2 12 жыл бұрын

the words are Tarot, the Diamond Man" ..but must admit..Andy Bown makes it sound remarkably like "Banana Man" lol

@susansherlock6934 2 жыл бұрын

It's the mystic man...

@marmite400 13 жыл бұрын

@Laceykat66 Wher would you even find a shirt like that?!

@Laceykat66 13 жыл бұрын

@marmite400 Chess King?????? LOL Yea, it is hard to believe that there was a time when THAT was everyday fashion.

@moxie96 13 жыл бұрын

@VinnyMonster1 no this is the third season only left..

@AGD55 11 жыл бұрын

The Diamond Man

@susansherlock6934 2 жыл бұрын

Mystic man

@dlamiss 2 жыл бұрын

@@susansherlock6934 Banana man..........................

@BrianJones-in5lm 9 жыл бұрын

Can I get this on mp3

@ytnsanw 9 жыл бұрын

www.video2mp3.net/

@thedativecase9733 5 жыл бұрын

My brother always insisted the lyrics were "Tarot banana man.... "

@mccartney2 12 жыл бұрын

er..no..listened again..and went to an official site with the lyrics..it is indeed "Diamond man" ... here is the link..hard to do when youtube doesnt accept links.. but here goes... w w w dot ace of wands dot net/ titles.html