Rainbow Theme complete! full-length! ultra-rare!

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thetragicyouth

15 жыл бұрын

The ORIGINAL, full-length track as used by the cult TV show!

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@gemmadakin34 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Geoffrey. Now you're painting the whole world with a rainbow. X

@TheGenreman 10 жыл бұрын

Who would have thought the theme from Rainbow was a prog rock classic

@nealo814 5 жыл бұрын

It was the 70s so totally apt!

@alexascs2679 5 жыл бұрын

💖😎UP!💃1st🕺Never!😎

@d0cMarten 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Shaun Ryder out his nut on "The word" channel 4 😂

@jakeg12345 2 жыл бұрын

When I first heard Yes as an adult it gave me Rainbow theme tune vibes haha

@L11_EFC 2 жыл бұрын

Just needed a Richie Blackmore face melter to top it off😂

@IsCumaFut2 9 жыл бұрын

i never knew this was an actual full song. this song is absolutely fantastic....

@tnaoro 3 жыл бұрын

Link to song from album?

@goldroger5085 3 жыл бұрын

@@Deanster-jb4gp why

@TheLegacyOfKaizer 2 жыл бұрын

@@Deanster-jb4gp rahhh deanster aint happy

@mousecoder1306 Жыл бұрын

@@TheLegacyOfKaizer I want the album too.

@craig1538 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Geoffrey Hayes. Thanks for some great childhood memories.

@OGLoc-sz4zu 9 жыл бұрын

I remember watching it as a kid. Brings back memories of the 80's. Such a great era to grow up in. Thanks for sharing!

@c-0de 4 ай бұрын

Yes it was

@brucewayne7838 5 жыл бұрын

r.i p geoffrey hayes! wont ever forget this show! very happy days!!! god bless you!!

@kalclashfitness 3 жыл бұрын

batman remembers you Geoffrey

@mistafab9405 8 жыл бұрын

Love this tune..great memories from 70's childhood..and what a fab hippie tune...Groovy and far out

@davecub 5 жыл бұрын

Geoffrey RIP. Now you are up above the streets and houses smiling over the sky.

@annazuchland127 4 жыл бұрын

davecub lol

@zackotron1986 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a spin off show

@grahamyoung3433 Жыл бұрын

He's downstairs

@joshuaryan9650 Жыл бұрын

Nostalgia hitting me hard here... I am yes, only 18 but when I was younger, my mum used to put it on for me. Loved it. Miss being a kid so much!

@shivster Жыл бұрын

Relatable 👁️👅👁️

@iangresswell6648 11 ай бұрын

Well, I am 39, and I used to watch this program when I was a little boy

@gyr0123 11 ай бұрын

I’m 18 too and watched it growing up! Didn’t expect to see another, my Mum had it on VHS

@georgeappleton7872 10 ай бұрын

Ahahah I’m 20, the flute hits different mad memories

@quaxointherye 7 ай бұрын

sixteen here but my dad played this for me on vhs when i was tiny (had a CHRONIC zippy phobia) but i revisited rainbow last month to get over said chronic phobia and have been hit with an autistic hyperfixation like mad. what a tune

@grumlygrimly 12 жыл бұрын

I picked this album up in a charity shop yesterday ... £1. It's brilliant.

@TomEssex 2 жыл бұрын

I never realized that Hugh Fraser who composed the theme and played the flute was the same Hugh Fraser who played Captain Hastings in Agatha Christie's Poirot as well as a whole host of other TV parts until he mentioned it on Pointless Celebrities...

@fay-amieaspen6046 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting us know, I didn't know this either.

@angelacooper2661 Жыл бұрын

Captain Hastings was a composer and flautist? Great Scott! Did Poirot know of his sidekick's musical talent?

@ronanmcconnellable 2 ай бұрын

And Wellington in Sharpe!

@jenratcliffe7232 8 жыл бұрын

Can we enter this for Eurovision next year?! 😂😂

@nevittwoods1730 5 жыл бұрын

how about john rainbow ex day tv vet goes crazy in a huey chopper

@biosynthetronic2 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Geoffrey, A lovely man!

@DavidWhitley 2 жыл бұрын

part of my childhood i was born in 69 so i grew up with Rainbow, great show very very funny at times rip Geoffrey you where a great presenter.

@sbbinahee 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant and beautiful. I grew up with the show. Now I know that I all I ever heard was the chorus!

@dominewimbury9644 9 жыл бұрын

Jeez never heard this in full before! Just wow!

@TheHighlander78 5 жыл бұрын

R. I. P Geoffrey, see you over the Rainbow x

@AndrewDesics 4 жыл бұрын

Still cant get enough of that drum fill from 0:19

@solopariah4657 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was always my favourite part as a kid 😁👌

@bboymac84 Жыл бұрын

I’m saying!!!!

@thetragicyouth 9 жыл бұрын

The band is Telltale - Tim Thomas, Hugh Portnow, Hugh Fraser, Chris Ashley & Ted Richards.

@jamesdelboy 8 жыл бұрын

+thetragicyouth Some sources say Rod Jane and Freddy sang it

@234davidwoods 8 жыл бұрын

+thetragicyouth the same Hugh Fraser who played Captain Hastings alongside David Suchet as Poirot.

@thetragicyouth 8 жыл бұрын

Rod, Jane and Freddy are not credited as the singers on this record. This song and this band existed before the TV show.

@johnrobertson8263 7 жыл бұрын

psych track,

@GrahamHigson 6 жыл бұрын

Hugh Fraser tells how the show's producer asked the band if they would write the theme. It was Fraser who came up with the melody, using his friend's wooden flute. His fellow band member did the guitar chords and, after lyrics were written, the band recorded the theme with a 24-track mixer in a studio at Thames Television.

@mrnexus8seven949 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Rainbow man ... i used to watch this all the time ... died today 😥

@andy73100 3 жыл бұрын

I always loved Rainbow as a kid, a real top-notch show. RIP Geoffrey Hayes and Freddy Marks, sadly missed.

@jonathanbradshaw2293 6 жыл бұрын

This fucking rocks. Bertha - Trapdoor - Fraggle Rock - The Raggy Dolls...cartoons in my childhood had some amazing theme tunes.

@SillyCreatureSally 5 ай бұрын

I should go on record to say that I LOVE Fraggle Rock. My favourite character is Red!

@Da1Dez Жыл бұрын

It really does sound a hippie song of its time and I love it!

@DanYule55 Жыл бұрын

Jethro Tull...

@dee2641 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing memories to reflect and hold onto😊 with this theme tune !

@eleanorhudson7941 3 жыл бұрын

This programme used to be on the Nick Jr Classics block on Nick Jr 2 when kids were meant to be asleep (the late hours of the evening)

@iloveesr 11 жыл бұрын

There's something very comforting about hearing this tune :)

@fogvarious2478 5 жыл бұрын

Rip Geoffrey Hayes... Another bit of our childhood gone..

@pauldoake6188 3 жыл бұрын

The drum's is favourite bit. Bungle is now living in the wet house in Birmingham lol

@johnthehumanist2333 2 жыл бұрын

@DanceySteveYNWA 3 жыл бұрын

Always thought that it cut off at the best bit (when the beat kicked in), now I can appreciate it in all its glory.

@awnnerd 8 жыл бұрын

Ah - the joy of life! I had forgotten. Thank you Rainbow.

@anthonyperkins7556 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely kids lunchtime show made by the quality company Thames Television, purveyor of nice kids programmes

@sphereballs 11 жыл бұрын

It seems that every kids show's theme has an unheard darker middle section.

@Sheffield_Steve 2 жыл бұрын

You should try the full version of the school TV classic "Picture Box", that is eerie!

@abbash786110 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful. You have to smile to this. Sheer Magic.

@thomaswillans4085 Ай бұрын

The first drum fill I ever learnt❤😂

@suprasupra9832 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I MAKE my child listen to it. All of a sudden my life is great and the world is one.

@derekthesec 12 жыл бұрын

Rainbow was one of my favourite TV programmes. I have watched it as a child and adult. This song brings back so many memories.

@73reider 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Jeffrey...

@atifmir7409 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't know how good this tune was until i grew up. Now my boys listening to it and liking it!

@johnmacleod4481 5 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace,Mr Hayes,(Rainbow Presenter).

@DAYGLOUKNOUKNO 2 жыл бұрын

wow as a kid you enjoyed the show....and as a adult you sooooooo RESPECT THE FULL TRACK.......MIND BLOWING!!!!!

@davidrobinson9526 5 жыл бұрын

RIP & God bless Jeffery.

@thomascleland6982 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@frankiedascombe1317 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Geoffrey you will always be in my heart

@neilmckenna2203 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding track from the first bar to the last, brings back a lot of memories - thanks for posting!

@bettyswunghole3310 2 жыл бұрын

I think whoever played rhythm guitar on this needs a shout out!

@JagiFrisbee 3 жыл бұрын

This is super awesome, thank you.

@datashat 10 ай бұрын

This is a different recording to the one used in the TV show. If you compare them closely, the broadcast version has more octave slurring on the flute, is a slightly slower tempo, the drums are louder and have an open hihat in the pattern, the backing vocal harmony stack is totally different, and the lead vocal is much more relaxed and close-mic'ed. Also there's a 16th rest between the words "climbing" and "high", and the fuzz guitar section is generally much heavier. It's still amazing to hear this version and the rest of the original song, but I'd LOVE to hear a high quality dub of the actual recording session used for the TV show.

@sharonlyne9148 5 жыл бұрын

Love this reminds me of my childhood thank you sharing this xx

@pauldalley4613 5 жыл бұрын

I USED TO WATCH THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG R.I.P JEFFERY WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS MAKES ME FEEL YOUNG AGAIN

@hb-fc3jj 3 жыл бұрын

Matt Berry's cover of this is superb.

@headmelter 6 ай бұрын

literally only discovered it today and almost cried, my two favourite things 😭

@jaynecarle912 10 жыл бұрын

ha alovely blast from the past!

@davidian2.024 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely belting tune 🌈

@chavextermination 11 ай бұрын

I was whistling this in work for 5 minutes before my memory caught up and I realised it was rainbow.

@1969gib 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! Cosmic! Top stuff. Thanks!

@AJD73 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Geoffrey Hayes

@RealParadoxBlues 2 жыл бұрын

Forgotten VHS on Twitch brought me here. This song feels a lot different when you hear it while a monkey god kills grave-robbers.

@AlexisOmnis 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been wanting to get this ever since I heard it 15 yrs ago at a Belle & Sebastian’s music club night! (coincidentally, they named themselves after a French children’s tv show in the 70s/80s). I totally got my hippy groove on to it lol! What’s the title of the vinyl & what does the sleeve look like? 🌈

@miami-xv8cq 2 жыл бұрын

Important tune in my childhood

@gemmadakin34 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Freddy. You're now painting the whole world with a rainbow. Xx

@sandramendozarivera2784 Жыл бұрын

That's Mark Mander, He did the voice of Stick from Doodle Do

@zeeman11 12 жыл бұрын

Takes me right back to my childhood

@fkthelefties 5 жыл бұрын

R.i.p Geoffrey Hayes

@josephmarrison4606 5 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Geoffrey.

@tammygreaves2119 4 жыл бұрын

Going down memory lane

@creepypastatrash 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@richardbunt2278 Жыл бұрын

Amazing sounds

@BuzzingRocks 2 жыл бұрын

Was a brilliant programme, I watched it as a kid in the 80s. 🌈

@muhammadalieesaa3379 Ай бұрын

I never heard the full theme before, I never knew that there were more to it.

@pennyburroughs2765 4 жыл бұрын

This makes my insides so happy!!!

@mwaurakamanda1623 6 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Precious!!

@robertcoleman1675 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@dazzdeadmeadow 5 жыл бұрын

Part of my childhood died today.....RIP Geoffrey

@mohammedalisharif835 4 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Jeff shine the rainbow forever

@stephengoulding1595 10 ай бұрын

Captain Hastings , Poirot’s companion, co-wrote this…

@hannahallen5388 10 жыл бұрын

Fav childhood film!

@tompo010101 15 жыл бұрын

cool never heard the full version before

@gamblemadman 2 жыл бұрын

Proper banger

@TheDarrenguyuk 10 жыл бұрын

great tv series

@adamsevers8050 Жыл бұрын

Oh !the Joy of a TV music session

@KobraVR Жыл бұрын

Quality show! ❤

@supertoddlemalrolllittlelu3192 2 жыл бұрын

LS Mark brought me here

@boosterjonesable 12 жыл бұрын

In one word beautful...

@chloethesqueakfan2K4 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome 😎

@HiItsRay 5 ай бұрын

Rest in peace, Geoffrey

@iangresswell6648 11 ай бұрын

My friend Adam mckavet used to have all of rainbow 🌈 on video 📹 and when I see any video on KZfaq, I always think of him

@moonuk 14 жыл бұрын

Class, top!!

@Hennyboi401 7 жыл бұрын

Wow takes me back when Deluxe 4 sold me

@LimaLima95 13 жыл бұрын

Class.

@JediMcFly717 2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only American who loves this show?

@thetragicyouth 2 жыл бұрын

No - Iggy Pop apparently loved it too.

@user-xk4wj6ge5b 2 жыл бұрын

I loved zippo

@SeanSMST 2 жыл бұрын

It's too fucking good lmao. It's an actually good song, unlike most kids tv theme songs. Love it. Definitely like Jethro Tull vibes.

@simonbowen5014 Жыл бұрын

Classic tunes from my childhood

@SovereignEmmatNezzer 5 жыл бұрын

Love it

@hamitpahpool1787 11 ай бұрын

This is definitely where Masayoshi Takanaka got all his inspiration from.

12 жыл бұрын

Thanks up loading this.

@MikeNewlyn 6 жыл бұрын

groovy! :D

@ChrisMcLeaned Жыл бұрын

Yesss!!

@Kapricorn1 4 ай бұрын

Ah another sickie off school special, Nancy and Tony Hart were the two people that kicked off my love of Art, RIP Nancy and Tony

@jennypursehouse1061 Жыл бұрын

This is my fave song

@thingsandthemes3474 6 жыл бұрын

From the single not from the master tapes of the actual theme used. I have beginning and ending theme on a reel to reel recorded at thames which once converted i will upload.