In the week that we mourn the death of Geoffrey Hayes from Rainbow, it’s fitting that Matt Berry, the star of Toast of London, The IT Crowd and other modern comedy classics, has released an album of beloved theme tunes from 1970s Britain.
Rainbow is on there, of course, with Berry adding poetic visions of “green from the rivers, gold from the cornfields”, while highlights elsewhere include a funky take on Are You Being Served? (“First floor, telephones, gents’ ready-made suits, shirts, ties, hats, underwear and shoes, going up”) and a space-age Top of the Pops. It’s an exercise in pure nostalgia and great fun with it.
By: Aceedjas