Looking For Lost Music From Comedic Novelty Band "The Firm"
Oct 12, 2024 7:18:47 GMT
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Post by perry on Oct 12, 2024 7:18:47 GMT
Hello! I'm a Demented Music enjoyer! And im just curious. Has anybody by any chance archived some of The Firm's music onto the internet? For anybody curious about this 'Firm' band, The Firm (Which is in NO WAY to be mistaken for the rock band or Hip-Hop group) is a wacky, novelty band made by Grahame Lister, Tony Thorpe and John O' Connor. Whom, surprisingly enough, was actually hired to produce music for King Of The Hill! Surprising, innit?
Anyway, for anybody who knows about The Firm, you may know their famous Top-Of-The-Pops-For-Two-Weeks Hit 'Star Trekkin'. It's a earworm, I know. But what I feel like should be noted is that this wasn't their only song back then. They also made 'Arthur Daley, E's Alright!', which was actually their first hit back in the 80's. Cash In Hand was also one of their songs that made it onto the B-Side of 'Superheroes'. Which, ngl, both of them are really good tunes!
Anyway, after Star Trekkin' became a hit, they would later produce more songs. 'Girls Got Feelings Too' was in a style of an (I think?) Acapella tune, 'Heavy Metal Robot' was.. Well, Heavy Metal with a robot taking control of the vocals. But then Serious Fun came out, and I gotta say this. This is THE most underrated album in all of 80's history! The tunes, the catchiness of it overall.. It really felt different from nearly every single 80's hit back then. And of course, it felt better to be placed in the Demented Category of music.
But then.. Well, they just went up and left after releasing 'Rappin Arfur'. I dunno where Grahame or Tony is. Hell, Connor is probably dead by now. Which is really bad news since he (probably) has some archives of the songs. So now im going to say this.
I'm sorry if this message is long btw, but I need your help. Only a few of The Firm's music has been archived, and the surviving music of Serious Fun sounds like they were recorded on a speaker. So i'm going to say this, if you guys are pure enough to at least help a Firm fan out, PLEASE find some surviving copies of any records you have of this Novelty band and record them in a clean tune if you can! I'll post some surviving and missing copies here.
-MISSING-
-London Is The Biz'
-Bravo, Costa Brava
-Southend-On-Sea
-Flob-A-Dub
-Superheroes (Super Bat Mix)
-Star Trekkin' (Regeneration Mix)
-Star Trekkin' (Alternative) *Dunno What This It Sounds Like Tho..*
-Two Time Loser
-Start Wrekkin' (Extended Version)
-FOUND-
-Star Trekkin' (Obviously!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_MRJY3-agA
-Star Trekkin' (Extended 12") www.youtube.com/watch?v=has4Ta55R74
-Star Trekkin' (Spanish Edition) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU5g_5pYFUo
-Arthur Daley E's Alright www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExAjQUXuVCI
-Arthur Daley E's Alright (Posh Version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=THVRLTCrvz4
-Rappin Arfur E's Alright www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wnu35oj1SA
-Flobba-Dob-A-Long-A-Ben www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFwpObaRlwI
-Long Live The National www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dRXbyukttM
-Cash In Hand www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZzFIv4m654
-Start Wrekkin' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePXLkYw5Unw
-Superheroes www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMV-BajfVU
-Superheroes (Extended) youtu.be/3sl4fURU_1M (Recorded Off KMCC, uploaded by me/The Jetpack Jerk)
-Dub Trek www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDhGHjBV_OA (Forgot to put this in! Seems to be in decent quality.)
-LOW QUALITY (It's Serious Fun, No Surprise.)-
-Girls Got Feelings Too www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuF11vjI5g
-Heavy Metal Robot www.youtube.com/watch?v=GklfqFoOPek
-Pop Stars www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcvGnxYk01E
-Monster Rap www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUAV_aJ6h8c (NOT to be confused with Bobby Pickett's Monster Rap!)
-Snookered www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbGrq3fEDB0
-Strawberry Ice Cream, Jelly & Cake www.youtube.com/watch?v=yotuHf25ObU
-Cash In Hand (Posh Version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wjngVL3HLQ
-Summertime On 42nd Street www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9APpLsWUU
-Start Wrekkin' (Demolition Version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LlcFntmsic
If this is by any chance too long you couldn't bother to read it, Im in need of some people who has archives to any of The Firm's -MISSING- music, if you can record them in clear quality, please send them to me and i'll upload them!
Anyway, for anybody who knows about The Firm, you may know their famous Top-Of-The-Pops-For-Two-Weeks Hit 'Star Trekkin'. It's a earworm, I know. But what I feel like should be noted is that this wasn't their only song back then. They also made 'Arthur Daley, E's Alright!', which was actually their first hit back in the 80's. Cash In Hand was also one of their songs that made it onto the B-Side of 'Superheroes'. Which, ngl, both of them are really good tunes!
Anyway, after Star Trekkin' became a hit, they would later produce more songs. 'Girls Got Feelings Too' was in a style of an (I think?) Acapella tune, 'Heavy Metal Robot' was.. Well, Heavy Metal with a robot taking control of the vocals. But then Serious Fun came out, and I gotta say this. This is THE most underrated album in all of 80's history! The tunes, the catchiness of it overall.. It really felt different from nearly every single 80's hit back then. And of course, it felt better to be placed in the Demented Category of music.
But then.. Well, they just went up and left after releasing 'Rappin Arfur'. I dunno where Grahame or Tony is. Hell, Connor is probably dead by now. Which is really bad news since he (probably) has some archives of the songs. So now im going to say this.
I'm sorry if this message is long btw, but I need your help. Only a few of The Firm's music has been archived, and the surviving music of Serious Fun sounds like they were recorded on a speaker. So i'm going to say this, if you guys are pure enough to at least help a Firm fan out, PLEASE find some surviving copies of any records you have of this Novelty band and record them in a clean tune if you can! I'll post some surviving and missing copies here.
-MISSING-
-London Is The Biz'
-Bravo, Costa Brava
-Southend-On-Sea
-Flob-A-Dub
-Superheroes (Super Bat Mix)
-Star Trekkin' (Regeneration Mix)
-Star Trekkin' (Alternative) *Dunno What This It Sounds Like Tho..*
-Two Time Loser
-Start Wrekkin' (Extended Version)
-FOUND-
-Star Trekkin' (Obviously!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_MRJY3-agA
-Star Trekkin' (Extended 12") www.youtube.com/watch?v=has4Ta55R74
-Star Trekkin' (Spanish Edition) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU5g_5pYFUo
-Arthur Daley E's Alright www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExAjQUXuVCI
-Arthur Daley E's Alright (Posh Version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=THVRLTCrvz4
-Rappin Arfur E's Alright www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wnu35oj1SA
-Flobba-Dob-A-Long-A-Ben www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFwpObaRlwI
-Long Live The National www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dRXbyukttM
-Cash In Hand www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZzFIv4m654
-Start Wrekkin' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePXLkYw5Unw
-Superheroes www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMV-BajfVU
-Superheroes (Extended) youtu.be/3sl4fURU_1M (Recorded Off KMCC, uploaded by me/The Jetpack Jerk)
-Dub Trek www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDhGHjBV_OA (Forgot to put this in! Seems to be in decent quality.)
-LOW QUALITY (It's Serious Fun, No Surprise.)-
-Girls Got Feelings Too www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuF11vjI5g
-Heavy Metal Robot www.youtube.com/watch?v=GklfqFoOPek
-Pop Stars www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcvGnxYk01E
-Monster Rap www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUAV_aJ6h8c (NOT to be confused with Bobby Pickett's Monster Rap!)
-Snookered www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbGrq3fEDB0
-Strawberry Ice Cream, Jelly & Cake www.youtube.com/watch?v=yotuHf25ObU
-Cash In Hand (Posh Version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wjngVL3HLQ
-Summertime On 42nd Street www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ9APpLsWUU
-Start Wrekkin' (Demolition Version) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LlcFntmsic
If this is by any chance too long you couldn't bother to read it, Im in need of some people who has archives to any of The Firm's -MISSING- music, if you can record them in clear quality, please send them to me and i'll upload them!