July 25th, 2024
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Doctor Who The Crusade Vinyl LP
Available to order from www.amazon.co.uk
“History must take its course.”
Demon Records presents, for the first time on double 140g green and yellow translucent vinyl, the complete narrated TV soundtrack of ‘Doctor Who: The Crusade’, with linking narration by William Russell.
The TARDIS travellers materialise in 12th Century Palestine, where English Crusaders are engaged in a holy war with Saladin, ruler of the Saracens. When Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) is abducted in a Saracen ambush, the Doctor (William Hartnell), Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and Ian (William Russell) find themselves guests at the palace of King Richard the Lionheart (Julian Glover).
Track Listing
Side A
The Lion
First broadcast 27th March 1965
Side B
The Knight of Jaffa
First broadcast 3rd April 1965
Side C
The Wheel of Fortune
First broadcast 10th April 1965
Side C
The Warlords
First broadcast 17th April 196
First broadcast in March and April 1965, the story has become a noted classic among Doctor Who historical adventures, with a guest cast including Julian Glover and Jean Marsh. Only two of its four episodes survive in the BBC TV archive, but this vinyl release features the complete audio soundtrack. Includes beautifully illustrated individual sleeves featuring Radio Times-style billings for each episode.
This release is dedicated to the memory of narrator William Russell, who died in June aged 99. Doctor Who is available now on BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Disney+ in the rest of the world, where available.
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Harold Shand
August 5th, 2024 - 2:56pmFor some reason Amazon won’t let you check out with this item. Once you progress from basket it states ‘This item is no longer available from your selected seller’.
Strange as Amazon are the seller, and there are no other sellers available….
Snowman
August 8th, 2024 - 5:20pmI ordered mine Straight Away when the post was put up on this site and I didn’t have any problems purchasing it. That was a couple of weeks ago now though. I wonder if it’s Sold out?
Fred
July 29th, 2024 - 9:20amUnusual choice of colour scheme. It looks brilliant as ever, but I have to say a bright yellow-green is not a colour I’d ever associated with this story before.
Fred
August 1st, 2024 - 11:18amAlso…does anybody know whether these cover images are available in full anywhere? On the artist’s website perhaps? (I don’t even know who the artist is.) They are always sublime, but the recent ones have hidden half of them away behind the blue, which seems a real shame.
Snowman
August 1st, 2024 - 4:38pmHello Fred, I’m not 100% sure about the Artist of the Crusade vinyl as it’s on pre-Order and I unfortunately don’t have it in hand.
But looking at my Copy of the Last Release “Highlanders”, it credits the Illustrations to Cady Keady and the Design and Layout by Dare Creative.
Looking at the Design of The Crusade, Highlanders and Edge of Destruction Vinyl Records i would say they are by the same Artist.
demdike@Cult Labs
July 25th, 2024 - 4:30pmGorgeous striking artwork.
Snowman
July 25th, 2024 - 4:35pmYes I agree, I also thought it was a very similar design to the last Vinyl LP that came out.
Jonathan
July 25th, 2024 - 3:00pmWhat will it take for them to issue the tenth planet on vinyl?
Snowman
July 25th, 2024 - 11:51amOrdered straight away. It looks Great. Very Similar design to the last Vinyl release aswell.
Snowman
July 31st, 2024 - 5:46pmNow I’ve had a quick look at the last few Vinyl Releases, the Design is actually very similar to The Highlanders aswell as The Edge of Destruction. I wonder why and will all Future releases have the Same Design. (Keeping the Uniformity a bit like the Blu-Ray Collection)?