Interim Report, March 1979
Released 26th February 2021
The Warrington-Runcorn Development Committee commisioned this music in early 1979 as the soundtrack of a short film to publicise the work of the Committee in providing a thriving cultural life for the residents of the new estates of Warrington and Runcorn. Excerpts were shown later that year on BBC’s Nationwide.
1979 marked a change in the political and wider culture of British society. The Warrington-Runcorn development marks the swan song of post-war urban planning in the UK – soon the ethos of building better communities would be replaced by Thatcherite “no such thing as society” greed. And look where that got us.
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Information
| Release date | 26th February 2021 |
| Label | Castles in Space |
| Pressings | Transparent yellow vinyl (first pressing) White vinyl (second pressing) Yellow and black splatter vinyl (third pressing) CD digipack (coming soon) |
| Track | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Gateway to the North | 2m 58s |
| A2 | Aerial Views by Helicopter | 3m 21s |
| A3 | Castlefields | 6m 06s |
| A4 | The Town of Tomorrow | 5m 48s |
| B1 | Intercity | 3m 04s |
| B2 | Shopping City | 6m 37s |
| B3 | Windmill Hill | 4m 07s |
| B4 | Gateway to the Future | 3m 41s |
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