Biography
Douglas Noel Adams was an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a “trilogy” of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime and generated a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. His contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy’s Hall of Fame. Adams also wrote Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff (1983), The Deeper Meaning of Liff (1990), Last Chance to See (1990), and three stories for the television series Doctor Who; he also served as script editor for the show’s seventeenth season in 1979. A posthumous collection of his works, including an unfinished novel, was published as The Salmon of Doubt in 2002.Known as an advocate for environmentalism and conservation, as a lover of fast cars, cameras, technological innovation and the Apple Macintosh, and as a “devout atheist”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams
Album & Cover
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, including stage shows, novels, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 computer game, and 2005 feature film. A prominent series in British popular culture, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has become an international multi-media phenomenon; the novels are the most widely distributed, having been translated into more than 30 languages by 2005. The broad narrative follows the misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, following the demolition of the planet Earth by a Vogon constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Dent is rescued from Earth’s destruction by Ford Prefect, a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft. Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters Trillian, another human that had been taken from Earth prior to its destruction by the President of the Galaxy, the two-headed Zaphod Beeblebrox, and the depressed Marvin, the Paranoid Android. Certain narrative details were changed between the various adaptations.
According to Rob Brimson the laid down text filmed and played back through a video recorder, freeze framing and feedback produced the distortions….
Cover Location: Studio
Who Did What: Sleeve Design: Hipgnosis. Sleeve Graphics: Ian Wright.
Label: Original Records ORA 42(UK)
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Tracklist
| Side One Journey Of The Sorcerer The Guide Speaks None At All Gargleblaster Sonata I Don’t Like Thursdays Vogon Constructor Fleets The Babel Fish Micturations Of A Vogon |
Side Two Short History Of The Earth The Big One Unease By The Sea Heart Of Gold Infinitely Improbable Song Of The Mindless Jerks Waveband On The Run |
Side Three Yore Kind Of Music Consolation No.1 Out To Lunch Consolation No.2 Whale Song No.1 Whale Song No.2 Pink Planet Biro Gyro Double Sunset The Dolphins’ Farewell The Factory Floor |
Side Four The Earth, Mk 2 Tell Us Why Aubade The Answer The Messiah Is There A Lifestyle After Death? Arms Of The Law Journey’s End (Journey Of The Sorcerer) |
Credits
Arranged By, Musician – Tim Souster (tracks: A1, D8)
Effects – Paddy Kingsland
Engineer – Adrian Sear
Executive-Producer – Donald Mousseau, Laurence Aston
Mastered By [Cut] – TY
Music By, Composed By, Musician – Tim Souster (tracks: A2 to A5, A8 to B6, C1, C2, C4 to C11, D2 to D6)
Music By, Musician – Paddy Kingsland (tracks: A6, A7, B7, C3)
Presenter, Narrator [The Book] – Peter Jones
Producer – Geoffrey Perkins
Producer [Associate Producer] – Tim Souster
Voice Actor [Arthur Dent] – Simon Jones
Voice Actor [Deep Thought] – Valentine Dyall
Voice Actor [Eddie, Majikthise, Frankie Mouse, Radio] – David Tate
Voice Actor [Ford Prefect] – Geoffrey McGivern
Voice Actor [Marvin, The Whale, The Barman, Benjy Mouse, Shooty, Gag Halfrunt] – Stephen Moore
Voice Actor [Slartibartfast] – Richard Vernon
Voice Actor [Trillian] – Cindy Oswin
Voice Actor [Vogon Captain, Mr Prosser] – Bill Wallis
Voice Actor [Vroomfondel, Bang-bang] – Jim Broadbent
Voice Actor [Zaphod Beeblebrox] – Mark Wing-Davey
Words By – Douglas Adams
Written-By – Bernie Leadon (tracks: A1, D8)
