The Merchandise Guide
Records, tapes and CDs
Compiled by Martin Willey

SPACE: 1999 AN ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK RECORDING (RCA)

US 1976
33 rpm stereo L.P. record; No. ABL1-1422

• Audio cassette, ABK1-1422
• 7" single (Theme From Space: 1999; Black Sun), RCA JB 10627
• Single (Black Sun 1999), DJL1-1771-A
• 8 track tape
• CD (bootleg, 1998)

"Composed, Arranged & Conducted by Barry Gray", but he was not consulted about its production. Two versions of title track at start of each side, followed by various background themes, arbitrarily given the titles of episodes. There are non-Barry Gray tracks, both library tracks by Irving Martin and Brian Dee: "Death's Other Dominion" on side 1 is actually "Funko"; "Black Sun" on side 2 (and the B-side of the single) is "Earthy".

Album sleeve 31.5 x 31.5 cm, folding out to 63 x 31.5 cm. Cover features photos of Koenig, Helena, & Victor, & large logo. Interior when folded out is a montage of colour photos from Year One.

In US stores this was promoted with a large mobile, comprising the 12" album cover hanging from a huge 48" cardboard Eagle (actually a blown up photo of the green Dinky Eagle Transporter with "SPACE 1999" written in black letters on the pod side).

The cassette featured the same tracks as the album. There was a promotional 45rpm single featuring the theme ("Black Sun" was on the B-side; the label notes "NOT FOR SALE"). A single-sided single "Black Sun 1999" was also produced ("Arranged and conducted by Barry Gray", although he had nothing to do with this track). See image (thanks to Gordon Moriguchi)

There was also an 8 track tape version. A CD version of this album was produced by fans in 1998, limited to just 100 copies. An additional track was Adagio in G Minor from Dragon's Domain.

SPACE: 1999 - ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK- YEAR ONE (Fanderson)

FANSF7 UK December 14th, 1998
CD

Double CD with the complete Year One score by Barry Gray, digitally mastered in stereo from the original multi-track master tapes in Studio 2 at Abbey Road. Album produced by Tim Mallett. 24 page full colour booklet with complete details of each track and recording dates. 2hrs 23mins 55secs running time, comprising:

• Series main titles and end titles, plus alternative recordings for both.
• The score for episodes Breakaway, Matter Of Life And Death, Black Sun and Another Time, Another Place - the only episodes with an original score.
• Gray's percussion score for The Full Circle
• Additional material composed by Gray for the earlier Gerry Anderson series that featured in Space:1999 (Missing Link, Alpha Child, The Last Sunset, Collision Course and Death's Other Dominion among others)
• Vic Elms & Alan Willis' score for Ring Around The Moon
• Jim Sullivan's score for The Troubled Spirit
• 18 tracks from Chappell's music library that appeared in episodes such as Guardian Of Piri, Force Of Life, End Of Eternity, War Games, The Infernal Machine, Mission Of The Darians and The Testament Of Arkadia.
• Holst's "Mars, Bringer of War" and Albinoni's "Adagio for Organ and Cello in G Minor" used in Space Brain and Dragon's Domain respectively, from EMI and Delyse Envoy.

SPACE: 1999 - ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK- YEAR TWO (Fanderson)

FANSP8 UK 17th January 2000
CD

Double CD with the complete Year Two score by Derek Wadsworth, digitally mastered in stereo from the original multi-track master tapes in Studio 2 at Abbey Road. Album produced by Tim Mallett. 24 page full colour booklet with complete details of each track and recording dates. 2hrs 33mins 4secs running time, including additional "hidden" tracks at the end of CD2. Comprising:

• Series main titles and end titles, plus alternative recordings for both.
• The score for episodes The Metamorph, The Exiles, One Moment Of Humanity, The Taybor and Space Warp - the only episodes with an original score, including unused tracks.
• 1 track by Robert Farnon from the Marlowlynn music library that appeared in New Adam, New Eve.

SPACE: 1999 YEAR TWO: THE ORIGINAL TELEVISION SCORE

US 1996
CD No. DWCD 001. $29.99

For promotional purposes only, but available commercially (and illegally) from some outlets (see letter by Derek Wadsworth in FAB #31 p31).
Produced and notes by David Hirsch. Features: main theme, suite from The Metamorph, alternative main theme 1, suite from The Exiles, alternative main theme 2, suite from One Moment Of Humanity, alternative main theme 3, suite from Space Warp, end title theme. Total over an hour of music (about half of the total composed for the series).
Cover is the ITC US Year Two promotional painting of the characters. The 3 page booklet contains a short essay on the production background of Year Two, and a biography of Derek Wadsworth, with a few nice photos. The CD itself has a photo of the Moon, with an Eagle flying from it.

SPACE: 1999 YEAR 1

UK 13 Sept 2004
CD No. FILMCD 608. £9.99

A commercially available CD based on material from Fanderson's two-CD soundtrack with new mixes of the opening title track, new stereo mixes from Black Sun, and a new library track from Force Of Life. Total running time about 80 minutes. Includes 16 page illustrated booklet (biography of Barry Gray by Ralph Titterton, track listing, and list of muscians and recording dates).

A Japanese version had slightly different cover (with character photos on the bottom). Thanks to Gordon Moriguchi.

• Track listing

S.O.S. SPAZIO 1999 (ATV Music Italiana)

Italy 1979. ATVN 432
Italy 1979 LSN 1045

45 rpm stereo record containing a song based on the series, composed by F. Migliacci, C. De Natale & M. De Angelis. Sung in Italian by Oliver Onions. Side A is 4 minutes, 6 seconds; side B is an instrumental version lasting 3 minutes 59 seconds. Released in Germany on the CD "BEST OF OLIVER ONIONS".
Record sleeve features publicity shot of Satazius and Hawk in combat

There is another 45 rpm record of the song "SOS Spazio 1999" played by BOYS GROUP (DUCK RECORD S.r.l.) (1979).

Boys Group single (thanks to Stefano Guizzardi)

• MP3 file (Moonbase 99 site, 3.2 Mb zip)

SPACE: 1999 3 EXCITING STORIES (Power)

US 1975
33 rpm stereo L.P. record; No. 8162

"The Exciting New Hit TV Series". New actors, music & sound effects following close adaptions of the original scripts. Turns good stories into tacky juvenile melodrama.
Side 1: "Breakaway", "Death's Other Dominion" pt 1
Side 2: "Death's Other Dominion" pt 2, "Mission Of The Darians"

The centre label of the record features logo & art of Eagle.
Sleeve 31.5 x 31.5 cm. Cover features large logo, photos of explosion on lunar surface, Koenig, Helena & Victor in foreground, with 3 inset scenes. Back has Eagle struck by lightning, & notes "We are pleased to report that 'Space 1999' has won a 'Recommended Viewing' commendation from Dr Wernher Von Braun, president of the National Space Institute".

SPACE: 1999 HEAR FOUR EXCITING SPACE ADVENTURES FROM SPACE 1999: THE FUTURE IS FANTASTIC! (Power)

US 1976
33 rpm stereo L.P. record; No. 8179

Same new actors, music & sound effects as "3 Exciting Stories". Stories all Yr 1. Lame adventures for children, although the adapted episodes had strong stories.

• Side 1: "Return To The Beginning" (original story), "End Of Eternity" (adaption)
• Side 2: "Dragon's Domain" (adaption), "It Played So Softly On The Ear" (original story)

The centre label of the record features logo & art of Eagle.
Sleeve 31.5 x 31.5 cm. Cover features large logo, photos from "The Metamorph".

STORY RECORD GIFT PACK (Peter Pan)

US 1977

Includes Space: 1999 Hear Four Exciting Space Adventures From Space 1999: The Future Is Fantastic! (Power) with Star Trek and Six Million Dollar Man LPs.

SPACE: 1999 BOOK & RECORD SET: BREAKAWAY (Power)

US 1975; $1.49, later $1.98
PR 29

45 rpm stereo record with 18 x 25.5 cm full colour comic book (pp24)
Record from "3 Exciting Stories" record; same dialogue & commentary used in in 20 page comic adaption. Art & accuracy generally good (far superior to the Charlton comics).
Cover art of Koenig, Helena, Victor in suits, with Eagle & mushroom explosion from Moon.

SPACE: 1999 BOOK & RECORD SET: RETURN TO THE BEGINNING (Power)

45 rpm stereo record with 18 x 25.5 cm full colour comic book (pp24)
Record from "Hear 4 Exciting Space Adventures" record; same dialogue & commentary used in in 20 page comic adaption. Art & accuracy generally good.
Cover art of Koenig, Helena, Victor in suits, with cloudy planet, & Noah & his ark.

SPACE: 1999 DISCO MATE: THEME SINGLE (Disco Co. Ltd)

A side: Japanese series theme (3:10)
B side: Japanese end title song, by Tsunehiko Kamijoh (3:18)
Photographic cover, with Eagle crashing in lunar surface top, Koenig & Helena in front of Big Screen (Year 2 publicity shot) below. Sleeve includes music score