Eric Weatherall - Sky: 1975 HTV Soundtrack Eric Weatherall

“The Juganet is a circle. The circle is a machine. The machine is a cross-over point. The point is a paramagnetic intersection. That is where I must be.”

An eerie, unsettling benchmark for wyrd television in the 1970s, Sky was created by Doctor Who writers Bob Baker & Dave Martin & is acknowledged as one of several outstanding children’s dramas produced by HTV alongside Children Of The Stones, King Of The Castle & Into The Labyrinth. The series mixes ecological fable with science fiction & fantasy. An ethereal alien materialises on Earth & soon realises he’s landed in the wrong time zone. Sky must seek out the Juganet, an ancient portal that will send him to the correct temporal destination. With the help of tearaway Arby Venner, his sister June & friend Roy he battles Earth’s immune system which is attempting to destroy Sky via the sinister human manifestation of Goodchild.

"a sort of rurally set The Man Who Fell To earth...perfectly captures a sense of 1970s grime and the anti-style of a country gone to seed" - A Year In The Country

Whilst the series may initially appear as just another low budget, kid's sci-fi aimed at keeping youngsters occupied after school & before dinner, Sky touches on a variety of prescient ecological & societal themes such as mankind's disregard for nature, wayward youth, the disappearance of the nuclear family, class, alcoholism & the rejection of technological progress in a post-apocalyptic future. A brooding atmosphere is sustained across the seven episodes, aided by Eric Wetherell's stark score. Featuring harpsichord, glockenspiel, timpani, cello & primitive electronics, the music is tense & atonal, verging on experimental.

Transferred from the composer's own masters, we're thrilled to present the isolated score to Sky as a ten inch LP on transparent, ice blue vinyl. The record features 26 cues including unused & alternative takes. And any self-respecting HTV related release wouldn't be complete without the iconic Waterfall ident, composed by Johnny Johnston with electronic sounds by John Baker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - all above board & officially licensed from the rights holders.

All copies include a TV Times postcard + A3 colour poster of the tie-in 1975 Look-In magazine cover by legendary Italian illustrator Arnaldo Putzu.