Fast Tunes Ltd
@fasttunesltd.bsky.social
We are Fast Tunes, the smallest recording organisation in the world.
Twenty-five years ago, give or take 6 months, vintage telly nerds Gavin Sutherland and Martin Fenton started compiling a list of broadcasting-related things they’d like to record.
Twenty-five years ago, give or take 6 months, vintage telly nerds Gavin Sutherland and Martin Fenton started compiling a list of broadcasting-related things they’d like to record.
Pinned
The Next Programme Follows Shortly, by The Fast Tunes Orchestra arranged and conducted by Gavin Sutherland
50 track album
fasttunes.bandcamp.com
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Gavin Sutherland Fans!
I’ve found what might be the last surviving sealed copies of 4 albums I recorded for Gavin back in the 2000s.
All proceeds to go into the Saving Up For Vol. 2 pot.
tinyurl.com/nw95tnur
I’ve found what might be the last surviving sealed copies of 4 albums I recorded for Gavin back in the 2000s.
All proceeds to go into the Saving Up For Vol. 2 pot.
tinyurl.com/nw95tnur
Pardon our interruption...
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Gavin Sutherland Fans!
I’ve found what might be the last surviving sealed copies of 4 albums I recorded for Gavin back in the 2000s.
All proceeds to go into the Saving Up For Vol. 2 pot.
tinyurl.com/nw95tnur
I’ve found what might be the last surviving sealed copies of 4 albums I recorded for Gavin back in the 2000s.
All proceeds to go into the Saving Up For Vol. 2 pot.
tinyurl.com/nw95tnur
PRICES SLASHED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! SURPRISE YOUR LOVED ONES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH A BLAST OF THE SWEENEY!
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40582709...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40634188...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40528402...
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40582709...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40634188...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40528402...
The Next Programme Follows Shortly, by The Fast Tunes Orchestra arranged and conducted by Gavin Sutherland
50 track album
fasttunes.bandcamp.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
PRICES SLASHED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! SURPRISE YOUR LOVED ONES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH A BLAST OF THE SWEENEY!
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40582709...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40634188...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40528402...
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40582709...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40634188...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40528402...
The Next Programme Follows Shortly, by The Fast Tunes Orchestra arranged and conducted by Gavin Sutherland
50 track album
fasttunes.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
PRICES SLASHED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! SURPRISE YOUR LOVED ONES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH A BLAST OF THE SWEENEY!
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40582709...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40634188...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40528402...
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40582709...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40634188...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40528402...
“I’d like to publish the sheet music, Gordon.”
“Get onto Hamlyn’s, Freddie. They’re doing the printed merch.”
“Won’t they package it as a children’s book? The music is a bit advanced for children.”
“It’s 13 bob a copy, Fred. Everybody’s got to learn somewhere.”
I’m 49 and I’m struggling with it.
“Get onto Hamlyn’s, Freddie. They’re doing the printed merch.”
“Won’t they package it as a children’s book? The music is a bit advanced for children.”
“It’s 13 bob a copy, Fred. Everybody’s got to learn somewhere.”
I’m 49 and I’m struggling with it.
September 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“I’d like to publish the sheet music, Gordon.”
“Get onto Hamlyn’s, Freddie. They’re doing the printed merch.”
“Won’t they package it as a children’s book? The music is a bit advanced for children.”
“It’s 13 bob a copy, Fred. Everybody’s got to learn somewhere.”
I’m 49 and I’m struggling with it.
“Get onto Hamlyn’s, Freddie. They’re doing the printed merch.”
“Won’t they package it as a children’s book? The music is a bit advanced for children.”
“It’s 13 bob a copy, Fred. Everybody’s got to learn somewhere.”
I’m 49 and I’m struggling with it.
Trumpton, 1967, and Paul Hamlyn Limited can’t decide on how Mrs Cobbit spells her name. I’m sure Mrs Honeyman would have told them if they’d asked.
(Yes, I know. They lived in different towns.)
(Yes, I know. They lived in different towns.)
September 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Trumpton, 1967, and Paul Hamlyn Limited can’t decide on how Mrs Cobbit spells her name. I’m sure Mrs Honeyman would have told them if they’d asked.
(Yes, I know. They lived in different towns.)
(Yes, I know. They lived in different towns.)
Gavin Sutherland's fantastic composition Gairloch Variations is out today on Spotify. Give your ears a treat!
open.spotify.com/track/10PWHB...
open.spotify.com/track/10PWHB...
Gairloch Variations
open.spotify.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gavin Sutherland's fantastic composition Gairloch Variations is out today on Spotify. Give your ears a treat!
open.spotify.com/track/10PWHB...
open.spotify.com/track/10PWHB...
Badly-framed image of spurious printout intended to suggest something is afoot.jpg
August 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Badly-framed image of spurious printout intended to suggest something is afoot.jpg
TV in the background, 20 years ago:
“We’re introducing the new Sugababe. And you are…?”
“I’m deranged!”
At least that’s what I thought she said. I’ve just found out she was actually called Heidi Range.
Me with my finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, there.
“We’re introducing the new Sugababe. And you are…?”
“I’m deranged!”
At least that’s what I thought she said. I’ve just found out she was actually called Heidi Range.
Me with my finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, there.
August 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
TV in the background, 20 years ago:
“We’re introducing the new Sugababe. And you are…?”
“I’m deranged!”
At least that’s what I thought she said. I’ve just found out she was actually called Heidi Range.
Me with my finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, there.
“We’re introducing the new Sugababe. And you are…?”
“I’m deranged!”
At least that’s what I thought she said. I’ve just found out she was actually called Heidi Range.
Me with my finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, there.
Capitol Background Music? Capital idea!
August 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Capitol Background Music? Capital idea!
@cheeseford.bsky.social Help me out here. 25 years ago, you played me an LP of old Music Hall artists recorded in the 1960s. The compère introduces one act as making his first appearance since having a limb amputated.
What was the album? I thought it was Late Joys on Decca, but it isn’t.
What was the album? I thought it was Late Joys on Decca, but it isn’t.
August 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
@cheeseford.bsky.social Help me out here. 25 years ago, you played me an LP of old Music Hall artists recorded in the 1960s. The compère introduces one act as making his first appearance since having a limb amputated.
What was the album? I thought it was Late Joys on Decca, but it isn’t.
What was the album? I thought it was Late Joys on Decca, but it isn’t.
Oh dear.
(NB: not a product of Fast Tunes Ltd.)
(NB: not a product of Fast Tunes Ltd.)
August 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Oh dear.
(NB: not a product of Fast Tunes Ltd.)
(NB: not a product of Fast Tunes Ltd.)
That Ludwig van Beethoven had the tiniest run-out I've ever seen. It was only 5mm from start to finish.
Sweet, sweet analogue.
Sweet, sweet analogue.
July 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
That Ludwig van Beethoven had the tiniest run-out I've ever seen. It was only 5mm from start to finish.
Sweet, sweet analogue.
Sweet, sweet analogue.
Pleasing results from a bit of casual vinyl abuse.
July 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pleasing results from a bit of casual vinyl abuse.
I recently spent a whopping £1.75 on a clean copy of the Sound For Industry Worthington E jingle single. I'm not going to that kind of expense without sharing the love. This is one of my favourites.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I recently spent a whopping £1.75 on a clean copy of the Sound For Industry Worthington E jingle single. I'm not going to that kind of expense without sharing the love. This is one of my favourites.
I seem to have inadvertently attracted some of the best minds when it comes to TV music. Yes, that almost certainly means you. Could you help me with a childhood memory? Bear in mind this is something I saw once, 40 years ago, so there will be some wrong details in there.
July 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I seem to have inadvertently attracted some of the best minds when it comes to TV music. Yes, that almost certainly means you. Could you help me with a childhood memory? Bear in mind this is something I saw once, 40 years ago, so there will be some wrong details in there.
Here I am in 1982, listening to the new Tim Hart Nursery Rhymes LP. The Sennheiser headphones were presumably lent to me purely for the photograph, because I wasn’t normally allowed to touch The Big Stereo or any of its components. See also Astro Wars in its box.
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Here I am in 1982, listening to the new Tim Hart Nursery Rhymes LP. The Sennheiser headphones were presumably lent to me purely for the photograph, because I wasn’t normally allowed to touch The Big Stereo or any of its components. See also Astro Wars in its box.
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I have a solution that will improve Masterchef 800% in the process.
July 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I have a solution that will improve Masterchef 800% in the process.
The Major grumbled darkly about the outlay involved in getting so many records pressed.
“In retail, shelf space is king. Knock a sixth off the price and see if that shifts the ruddy things!”
The double LP is consequently now £6 cheaper. The Major has spoken!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40601283...
“In retail, shelf space is king. Knock a sixth off the price and see if that shifts the ruddy things!”
The double LP is consequently now £6 cheaper. The Major has spoken!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40601283...
Pardon our interruption...
www.ebay.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Major grumbled darkly about the outlay involved in getting so many records pressed.
“In retail, shelf space is king. Knock a sixth off the price and see if that shifts the ruddy things!”
The double LP is consequently now £6 cheaper. The Major has spoken!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40601283...
“In retail, shelf space is king. Knock a sixth off the price and see if that shifts the ruddy things!”
The double LP is consequently now £6 cheaper. The Major has spoken!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40601283...
Gavin is going to be on In Tune on Radio 3 this afternoon talking to Petroc Trelawny about The Next Programme Follows Shortly.
No pressure, like.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
No pressure, like.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, The classical soundtrack for your evening
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Gavin is going to be on In Tune on Radio 3 this afternoon talking to Petroc Trelawny about The Next Programme Follows Shortly.
No pressure, like.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
No pressure, like.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This time last year, we were putting the finishing touches to the mix. Mandy Watsham Dunstall contributed her wonderful vocals, Janine Fenton got to play an owl, and I was told to leave the vintage U47 alone.
June 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This time last year, we were putting the finishing touches to the mix. Mandy Watsham Dunstall contributed her wonderful vocals, Janine Fenton got to play an owl, and I was told to leave the vintage U47 alone.
Thought for the night.
Both eBay and Bandcamp deduct VAT from the gross total before paying its sellers. This is presumably to make their accounting less complicated.
There is no VAT on postage, however. That means the Exchequer makes 25p it’s not entitled to on every CD sold.
The sneaky sods.
Both eBay and Bandcamp deduct VAT from the gross total before paying its sellers. This is presumably to make their accounting less complicated.
There is no VAT on postage, however. That means the Exchequer makes 25p it’s not entitled to on every CD sold.
The sneaky sods.
May 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Thought for the night.
Both eBay and Bandcamp deduct VAT from the gross total before paying its sellers. This is presumably to make their accounting less complicated.
There is no VAT on postage, however. That means the Exchequer makes 25p it’s not entitled to on every CD sold.
The sneaky sods.
Both eBay and Bandcamp deduct VAT from the gross total before paying its sellers. This is presumably to make their accounting less complicated.
There is no VAT on postage, however. That means the Exchequer makes 25p it’s not entitled to on every CD sold.
The sneaky sods.
PRICES SLASHED!
Actually, Bandcamp adds the VAT on after purchase, so the prices have been adjusted to reflect that. Still, PRICES SLASHED! makes a more attractive headline.
Thanks to the customer who pointed out last night that they’d paid double the tax.
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
Actually, Bandcamp adds the VAT on after purchase, so the prices have been adjusted to reflect that. Still, PRICES SLASHED! makes a more attractive headline.
Thanks to the customer who pointed out last night that they’d paid double the tax.
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
The Next Programme Follows Shortly, by The Fast Tunes Orchestra arranged and conducted by Gavin Sutherland
50 track album
fasttunes.bandcamp.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
PRICES SLASHED!
Actually, Bandcamp adds the VAT on after purchase, so the prices have been adjusted to reflect that. Still, PRICES SLASHED! makes a more attractive headline.
Thanks to the customer who pointed out last night that they’d paid double the tax.
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
Actually, Bandcamp adds the VAT on after purchase, so the prices have been adjusted to reflect that. Still, PRICES SLASHED! makes a more attractive headline.
Thanks to the customer who pointed out last night that they’d paid double the tax.
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
You can now buy the LP and the CD on Bandcamp as well as the download.
The EP is still on eBay only because Bandcamp is a bit sniffy about physical-only releases, and we don’t have digital distribution rights for Tyne-Tees.
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
The EP is still on eBay only because Bandcamp is a bit sniffy about physical-only releases, and we don’t have digital distribution rights for Tyne-Tees.
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
The Next Programme Follows Shortly, by The Fast Tunes Orchestra arranged and conducted by Gavin Sutherland
50 track album
fasttunes.bandcamp.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You can now buy the LP and the CD on Bandcamp as well as the download.
The EP is still on eBay only because Bandcamp is a bit sniffy about physical-only releases, and we don’t have digital distribution rights for Tyne-Tees.
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
The EP is still on eBay only because Bandcamp is a bit sniffy about physical-only releases, and we don’t have digital distribution rights for Tyne-Tees.
fasttunes.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
SLEEVENOTES.
CD buyers will be aware by now there has been a bit of a bish with the typesetting. Digital buyers should be getting a notification about now telling them the pdf booklet has changed.
CD buyers will be aware by now there has been a bit of a bish with the typesetting. Digital buyers should be getting a notification about now telling them the pdf booklet has changed.
May 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
SLEEVENOTES.
CD buyers will be aware by now there has been a bit of a bish with the typesetting. Digital buyers should be getting a notification about now telling them the pdf booklet has changed.
CD buyers will be aware by now there has been a bit of a bish with the typesetting. Digital buyers should be getting a notification about now telling them the pdf booklet has changed.