Follyfoot Music.
Compiled by Nik on the 16 August 2004.
The Theme and Single.
The Lightning Tree theme music was written by Steven Francis for the Series and it was performed by a male/female vocal/instrumental group called the Settlers.
It was a hit in the U.K. and reached number 36 on 16th October 1971 and stayed in the chart for 5 weeks.
Lightning Tree Lyrics.
Down in the meadow where the wind blows
free, in the middle of a field stands a lightning tree.
It's limbs all torn from the day it was born for the tree was born in a
thunderstorm.
CHORUS
Grow, grow, the lightning tree, it's never too late for you and me;
Grow, grow, the lightning tree, never give in too easily.
Down in the meadow where the wind blows
light, the lightning struck in the middle of the night.
Limbs stripped bare by the lightning flare the lightning flare was a wild
affair.
CHORUS
Down in the meadow where the wind blows
cold, the lightning tree stands stiff and old.
Branches bent when the lightning rent the lightning rent from the firmament.
CHORUS
Down in the meadow with the wind in the
west, the lightning tree faced up to the test.
Its heart went snap when it took the rap, the terrible rap of the thunder clap.
CHORUS
Down in the meadow when the wind blows
free, a whispering breeze in the lightning tree.
Dreams come true if you want them to if you want them to, then it's up to you.
CHORUS x2.
Other Settlers Music:
Settlers LP Call Again Marble Arch Mal 1226
*Settlers LP Lightning Tree York FYK 405*
Settlers LP Settlers Alive Columbia SCX 6381
Settlers LP Sing Out Decca LK 4645
Settlers S Major to Minor Pye 7N 17375
Settlers S On the Other Side Pye 7 N17213
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The Track Listing for the 1972 LP * Lightning Tree * is a s follows:
SIDE 1:
"STREETS OF LONDON"
"WAS IT ONLY YESTERDAY"
"THE WORLD OF THURSDAY MORNING"
"HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT"
"SANTA MARGHERITA"
"JUST THIS SIDE OF NOWHERE"
"SNOWBIRD"
SIDE 2:
"HEAR NOW"
"speech extract from "I HAVE A DREAM""
"DO I STILL FIGURE IN YOUR LIFE"
"PIGEONS"
"THROUGH THE EYES OF LIFE"
"LIGHTNING TREE"
The Incidental Music LP.
The LP's Title was, "Follyfoot", "Theme and Incidental Music from the Series It was recorded by, "The Settlers, The Patrick Michael Orchestra and The New Concert Orchestra. Again, like the Single it was on York Records - York BYK 715.
The Track list is as follows:
Side One.
- The Lightning Tree. (S. Francis)
- Follyfoot Suite 1 (R. Sharples)
- The Paddle Wheeler (Drama in Strings) (D. Farnon)
- Follyfoot Suite 2 (R. Sharples)
- The Parting (D. Farnon)
- Meadow Mist (T. Duncan)
Side Two.
- Follyfoot Suite 3 (R. Sharples)
- The Reunion (D. Farnon)
- Wednesday’s Child (D. Farnon)
- The Journey (D. Farnon)
- Unwanted Theme From “The Boy” (T. Duncan)
- Open Country (D. Farnon)
- Follyfoot Suite 4 (R Sharples)
- A Tender Heart (D. Farnon).
"From the success of Yorkshire Television's award winning series "Follyfoot", in Britian and the twenty other countries in which it has been screened, evolved an extraordinary interest in the introductory and incidental music. It is therefore with great pleasure that I am in some way able to pay tribute to the talents and skills of Stephen Francis, Robert Sharples, Trevor Duncan and Dennis Farnon whose scores have complemented this series so beautifully."
The above quote was written in 1973 by Tony Essex - Executive Producer of Follyfoot.
The Steve Hodson Single.
The Steve Hodson Single was written in 1992 by Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gee’s fame and Billy Lawrie, Lulu‘s Brother.
The band personnel are not known, however Steve Hodson did the Lead Vocals on both the A and B sides.
The A side was Titled “ Crystal Bay “, and was Recorded by Steve Hodson and Produced by Jack Winsley and Bob Saker for York Records in 1973 in the U.K.
The B side was called “A San Diego Day” and was recorded around the same time.
Steve Hodson made this record for Yorkshire Television on their label York. Maurice had some connection with the record producers (Winsak Productions), and played bass on Saker's 1972 album, but it's not known whether he played on this one. The B side is by Winsley and Saker.
This was one of the last collaborations that Billy Lawrie did with Maurice and coincided with Maurice's seperation from Billy's sister Lulu.
There was no follow up single from Steve, an album was planned but it was never released.
Here are some scans of the record releases. Click on them to enlarge.
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