SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 73 Min.
Released by TVT Records in 1996, this 65-track collection consists of 70’s-80’s TV opening credits theme songs by the original artists. These vintage tunes are generally categorized by either show genres and/or their composers.
Note: Voice-over narrations aren’t included (i.e. Robin Leach’s Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and Ted Cassidy’s uncredited intro for The Incredible Hulk).
| 1. Fish 1:04 |
| 2. Night Court 0:43 |
| 3. What’s Happening? 0:55 |
| 4. Diff’rent Strokes 0:54 |
| 5. Mr. Belvedere 0:58 |
| 6. Growing Pains 1:04 |
| 7. Charles in Charge 0:58 |
| 8. Silver Spoons 1:02 |
| 9. Webster 1:03 |
| 10. Too Close for Comfort 0:57 |
| 11. Who’s the Boss? 1:02 |
| 12. Perfect Strangers 1:15 |
| 13. Alice 1:12 |
| 14. It’s A Living 1:12 |
| 15. Angie 1:20 |
| 16. 227 1:01 |
| 17. The Golden Girls 0:42 |
| 18. Alf 1:10 |
| 19. Mork & Mindy 1:28 |
| 20. Police Squad 1:03 |
| 21. Family Ties 1:03 |
| 22. Moonlighting 1:02 |
| 23. Soap 1:16 |
| 24. Benson 1:04 |
| 25. The Benny Hill Show 1:04 |
| 26. The Young Ones (BBC) 0:38 |
| 27. The People’s Court 0:44 |
| 28. Family Feud 1:06 |
| 29. The Price is Right 1:07 |
| 30. Siskel & Ebert 0:38 |
| 31. Monday Night Football 1:20 |
| 32. Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous 1:13 |
| 33. Fame 1:12 |
| 34. The Paper Chase 1:15 |
| 35. Fantasy Island 1:02 |
| 36. Falcon Crest 1:08 |
| 37. The Colbys 1:20 |
| 38. Highway to Heaven 1:39 |
| 39. The Dukes of Hazzard 1:02 |
| 40. B.J. & The Bear 1:27 |
| 41. Movin’ On 1:09 |
| 42. The Fall Guy 1:47 |
| 43. James At 15 0:54 |
| 44. Eight is Enough 1:13 |
| 45. Baa Baa Black Sheep 1:16 |
| 46. Trapper John, M.D. 1:12 |
| 47. CHiPS 1:16 |
| 48. Vega$ 1:26 |
| 49. Matt Houston 0:58 |
| 50. Cagney and Lacey 1:17 |
| 51. T.J. Hooker 1:02 |
| 52. Hardcastle & McCormick 1:02 |
| 53. Hunter 1:02 |
| 54. MacGyver 1:10 |
| 55. Knight Rider 1:18 |
| 56. Airwolf 0:57 |
| 57. The Incredible Hulk 1:13 |
| 58. V: The Series 1:04 |
| 59. The New Twilight Zone 0:48 |
| 60. Doctor Who 1:13 |
| 61. Mystery! 0:47 |
| 62. Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew 1:03 |
| 63. Roots 1:46 |
| 64. Vietnam: A Television History 1:13 |
| 65. Cosmos 2:36 |
REVIEW:
If anything, it’s raiders of the lost art of a catchy TV theme song. Make no mistake: this full-length disc gives listeners their money’s worth. Sporting spot-on audio quality, it’s really almost like settling in for a TV re-run marathon … without the TV and all the annoying commercials. For background noise, it’s a wonderful home playlist for TV nostalgia buffs.
PACKAGING:
Its track list is accurately depicted on the back cover. An album booklet provides synopsis info for each TV program.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 10 Stars
Note: Consider this album a continuation of Volume 5, which homages TV shows from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Volume 7 moves forward into the early 1990’s. Also, in 1995, Rhino Records released a competing Tube Tunes, Vol. 3: The ‘80’s, which sports several radio-length versions of TV themes by the original artists. Though their CD’s have far shorter run times, the Tube Tunes series makes a great supplement.
