Fans of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and experimental electronica, get these while you can! Here we have two absolute must-own collections of rare and previously unreleased music from Radiophonic Workshop legend John Baker. Goodies include full-length tracks, radio jingles and all manner of weird and wonderful sounds. If you've ever heard the brilliant Raymond Scott collection Manhattan Research Inc. and enjoyed it, then The John Baker Tapes makes a perfect companion piece as it is in a very similar vein.
A bit of info on John Baker:
John Baker (1937–1997) was a musician and composer who worked in jazz and electronic music. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied piano and composition. In 1960 he joined the BBC as a sound mixer, before transferring, in 1963, to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop where he remained until 1974. He was the most prolific of the early Workshop composers, developing a trademark style, creating music by manipulating tapes of everyday sounds such as blowing across the top of an empty bottle. A rare snippet of Baker at work was included in the 1968 documentary film Music, which more famously featured the Beatles working on Hey Jude in the studio. A jazz pianist, he brought a sense of rhythm to the Workshop which some of the other more mathematical composers lacked. His work included many signature tunes for BBC television and radio. He was also particularly interested in combining recorded electronic music with live musicians.
Baker's private life was affected by alcoholism, which led to his 'retirement' from the Radiophonic Workshop in 1974. He produced very little work thereafter. 
John Baker
The John Baker Tapes
Vol.1: BBC Radiophonics –CLICK THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD
Trunk Records
2008
1. Newstime BBC
2. Tros Y Gareg
3. Tros Y Gareg (Idents)
4. 20th Century Focus
5. Vendetta The Ice Cream Man
6. Woman's Hour (Reading Your Letters)
7. Many A Slip
8. Look And Read
9. Building The Bomb
10. Au Printemps
11. Big Ben News Theme
12. Codename
13. Decimal Currency
14. Barnacle Bill
15. Dial M For Murder
16. Farm Management
17. Radio Sheffield (News Idents)
18. French Science And Technology
19. Good Morning Wales (Idents)
20. Heavy Plant Crossing
21. COI Technology Pavilion
22. John Baker Interview (Radio Nottingham)
23. Radio Nottingham Idents
24. Look North: Newstime
25. Man Alive: UFO
26. PM - Computers In Business
27. Submarines
28. Oranges And Lemons (Radio London)
29. Orbit
30. Places For People
31. Sling Your Hook
32. Suivez La Piste
33. Scene (Never Never)
34. Diary Of A Madman
35. The Two O'Clock Spot
36. Radio London: News Idents
37. The Caves Of Steel
38. The Locusts
39. Square Two
40. The Tape Recorder
41. Tom Tom (Theme)
42. Tom Tom (Idents)
43. Trial (Opening Theme)
44. Trial (Closing Theme)
45. Vendetta The Sugar Man
46. Spin Off
47. Radiophonic FX C
48. Radiophonic FX A
49. Radiophonic FX B
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John Baker
The John Baker Tapes
Vol.2: Soundtracks Library Home Recordings Electro Ads –CLICK THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD
Trunk Records
2008
1. Tempo Counter
2. Get Happy
3. Electro Twist Mq Lp 1/1
4. Electro Suspense Mq Lp 1/2
5. Electro Rhythm Mq Lp 1/3
6. Electro Slow Mq Lp 1/4
7. Boy On a Bike Soundtrack
8. Omo and Giro Adverts
9. Pair of Classic Electro Jingles
10. I Wanna Hold Your Hand Medley
11. Electro Auto Mq Lp35/1
12. Electro 5/4 Mq Lp 35/2
13. Electro Waltz Mq Lp35/3
14. Johnny Johnson Jingles
15. 19802 Feedback Loop
16. Requiso-Pil 9011
17. Jb Dubs
18. Out of Nowhere
19. Electro Beat Mq Lp19/2
20. Electro Weird Mq Lp19/2
21. Electro Fugue Mq Lp19/3
22. Electro Aggression Mq Lp38/1
23. Electro Tensionmq Lp 38/2
24. Jazz Advert
25. Brylcreem
26. John Baker Goon Advert
27. Electro Busy/Electro Bongo Mq Lp 38
28. Power Source Mq Lp39
29. 1980s Tape Fx
30. Pots N Pans Mq Lp48
31. Banshee Boogie Mq Lp48/2
32. Feedback Mq Lp8/3
33. Space Workshop Mq Lp48/4
34. Piano Concrete Mq Lp48/5
35. Jb Test Tone
36. Piano Strokes
37. Jb At Home On the Piano
38. Brief Lives-Jb Obituary
39. Jb 79 Rpm - All the Things You Are
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