{"id":18902,"date":"2024-07-06T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T09:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18902"},"modified":"2024-07-07T09:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T08:16:43","slug":"music-dr-who-david-munrow-early-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18902","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Dr Who\u2026 & David Munrow\u2019s Early Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Scary!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Who, The Masque of Mandragora<\/em>, 1976.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Teresa is watching The Masque of Mandragora<\/em> – hence the above screenshots – an old Tom Baker Dr Who story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not a fan of Dr Who<\/em>, as a whole. Only during Tom Baker\u2019s tenure, do I think they hit a genuine sweet spot. I won\u2019t go into why here and now. I think I\u2019ve done so elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, whilst I\u2019m indifferent to most Dr Whos, and downright loathe the more modern incarnations of what has become a dead donkey of a franchise, I adore Tom Baker era Who. Mandragora<\/em> is utterly wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s some of the incidental music (as well as the attention to period feel and detail: costumes, hair-dos, scenery, etc.) that launched me on the path that leads to this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Munrow, smoking a bong.*<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of this period music put me in mind of stuff I\u2019ve heard by David Munrow, the tragic manic early pioneer of the renaissance (read more about him here<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teresa and I love this music. So I\u2019ve ordered some Munrow CDs. Can\u2019t wait to further explore this old and enchanting sound world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love this old record cover!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I wonder if the above is available on CD? And if so does it sport this extremely cool cover? There\u2019s a quest for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Only joking. no doubt it\u2019s some kind of weird early music instrument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teresa is watching The Masque of Mandragora – hence the above screenshots – an old Tom Baker Dr Who story. I\u2019m not a fan of Dr Who, as a whole. Only during Tom Baker\u2019s tenure, do I think they hit a genuine sweet spot. I won\u2019t go into why here and now. I think I\u2019ve … <\/p>\n

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