Rainbow Theme complete! full-length! ultra-rare!

[@TheGenreman]

Who would have thought the theme from Rainbow was a prog rock classic

[@nealo814]

It was the 70s so totally apt!

[@alexascs2679]

💖😎UP!💃1st🕺Never!😎

[@d0cMarten]

Reminds me of Shaun Ryder out his nut on "The word" channel 4 😂

[@jakeg12345]

When I first heard Yes as an adult it gave me Rainbow theme tune vibes haha

[@L11_EFC]

Just needed a Richie Blackmore face melter to top it off😂

[@gemmadakin34]

RIP Geoffrey. Now you're painting the whole world with a rainbow. X

[@IsCumaFut2]

i never knew this was an actual full song. this song is absolutely fantastic....

[@tnaoro]

Link to song from album?

[@goldroger5085]

@@Deanster-jb4gp why

[@TheLegacyOfKaizer]

@@Deanster-jb4gp rahhh deanster aint happy

[@mousecoder1306]

@@TheLegacyOfKaizer I want the album too.

[@joshuaryan9650]

Nostalgia hitting me hard here... I am yes, only 18 but when I was younger, my mum used to put it on for me. Loved it. Miss being a kid so much!

[@shivster]

Relatable 👁️👅👁️

[@iangresswell6648]

Well, I am 39, and I used to watch this program when I was a little boy

[@gyr0123]

I’m 18 too and watched it growing up! Didn’t expect to see another, my Mum had it on VHS

[@georgeappleton7872]

Ahahah I’m 20, the flute hits different mad memories

[@ghostoftheschiavona]

sixteen here but my dad played this for me on vhs when i was tiny (had a CHRONIC zippy phobia) but i revisited rainbow last month to get over said chronic phobia and have been hit with an autistic hyperfixation like mad. what a tune

[@OGLoc-sz4zu]

I remember watching it as a kid. Brings back memories of the 80's. Such a great era to grow up in. Thanks for sharing!

[@c-0de]

Yes it was

[@craig1538]

RIP Geoffrey Hayes. Thanks for some great childhood memories.

[@grumlygrimly]

I picked this album up in a charity shop yesterday ... £1. It's brilliant.

[@davecub]

Geoffrey RIP. Now you are up above the streets and houses smiling over the sky.

[@annazuchland127]

davecub lol

[@zackotron1986]

Sounds like a spin off show

[@grahamyoung3433]

He's downstairs

[@loupalmer742]

I do dnt know he had died rip x

[@brucewayne7838]

r.i p geoffrey hayes! wont ever forget this show! very happy days!!! god bless you!!

[@kalclashfitness]

batman remembers you Geoffrey

[@mistafab9405]

Love this tune..great memories from 70's childhood..and what a fab hippie tune...Groovy and far out

[@TomEssex]

I never realized that Hugh Fraser who composed the theme and played the flute was the same Hugh Fraser who played Captain Hastings in Agatha Christie's Poirot as well as a whole host of other TV parts until he mentioned it on Pointless Celebrities...

[@fay-amieaspen6046]

Thanks for letting us know, I didn't know this either.

[@angelacooper2661]

Captain Hastings was a composer and flautist? Great Scott! Did Poirot know of his sidekick's musical talent?

[@ronanmcconnellable]

And Wellington in Sharpe!

[@dominewimbury9644]

Jeez never heard this in full before! Just wow!

[@DavidWhitley]

part of my childhood i was born in 69 so i grew up with Rainbow, great show very very funny at times rip Geoffrey you where a great presenter.

[@sbbinahee]

Brilliant and beautiful. I grew up with the show. Now I know that I all I ever heard was the chorus!

[@thetragicyouth]

The band is Telltale - Tim Thomas, Hugh Portnow, Hugh Fraser, Chris Ashley & Ted Richards.

[@jamesdelboy]

+thetragicyouth Some sources say Rod Jane and Freddy sang it

[@234davidwoods]

+thetragicyouth the same Hugh Fraser who played Captain Hastings alongside David Suchet as Poirot.

[@thetragicyouth]

Rod, Jane and Freddy are not credited as the singers on this record. This song and this band existed before the TV show.

[@johnrobertson8263]

psych track,

[@GrahamHigson]

Hugh Fraser tells how the show's producer asked the band if they would write the theme. It was Fraser who came up with the melody, using his friend's wooden flute. His fellow band member did the guitar chords and, after lyrics were written, the band recorded the theme with a 24-track mixer in a studio at Thames Television.

[@AndrewDesics]

Still cant get enough of that drum fill from 0:19

[@solopariah4657]

Yeah that was always my favourite part as a kid 😁👌

[@bboymac84]

I’m saying!!!!

[@biosynthetronic2]

RIP Geoffrey, A lovely man!

[@datashat]

This is a different recording to the one used in the TV show. If you compare them closely, the broadcast version has more octave slurring on the flute, is a slightly slower tempo, the drums are louder and have an open hihat in the pattern, the backing vocal harmony stack is totally different, and the lead vocal is much more relaxed and close-mic'ed. Also there's a 16th rest between the words "climbing" and "high", and the fuzz guitar section is generally much heavier. It's still amazing to hear this version and the rest of the original song, but I'd LOVE to hear a high quality dub of the actual recording session used for the TV show.

[@neilmckenna2203]

Outstanding track from the first bar to the last, brings back a lot of memories - thanks for posting!

[@jenratcliffe7232]

Can we enter this for Eurovision next year?! 😂😂

[@nevittwoods1730]

how about john rainbow ex day tv vet goes crazy in a huey chopper

[@andy73100]

I always loved Rainbow as a kid, a real top-notch show. RIP Geoffrey Hayes and Freddy Marks, sadly missed.

[@TheHighlander78]

R. I. P Geoffrey, see you over the Rainbow x

[@mrnexus8seven949]

RIP Rainbow man ... i used to watch this all the time ... died today 😥

[@jonathanbradshaw2293]

This fucking rocks. Bertha - Trapdoor - Fraggle Rock - The Raggy Dolls...cartoons in my childhood had some amazing theme tunes.

[@SillyCreatureSally]

I should go on record to say that I LOVE Fraggle Rock. My favourite character is Red!

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

Always thought that it cut off at the best bit (when the beat kicked in), now I can appreciate it in all its glory.

[@awnnerd]

Ah - the joy of life! I had forgotten. Thank you Rainbow.

[@iloveesr]

There's something very comforting about hearing this tune :)

[@suprasupra9832]

Thanks for sharing. I MAKE my child listen to it. All of a sudden my life is great and the world is one.

[@dee2641]

Amazing memories to reflect and hold onto😊 with this theme tune !

[@1969gib]

Wow! Cosmic! Top stuff. Thanks!

[@DAYGLOUKNOUKNO]

wow as a kid you enjoyed the show....and as a adult you sooooooo RESPECT THE FULL TRACK.......MIND BLOWING!!!!!

[@Da1Dez]

It really does sound a hippie song of its time and I love it!

[@DanYule55]

Jethro Tull...

[@eleanorhudson7941]

This programme used to be on the Nick Jr Classics block on Nick Jr 2 when kids were meant to be asleep (the late hours of the evening)

[@ellamilburn2557]

I'm 19 and my mum and dad used to play Rainbow on VHS for me before and after school, thing song is so comforting now!

[@atifmir7409]

Didn't know how good this tune was until i grew up. Now my boys listening to it and liking it!

[@Blacky474]

I mind mitching school in the 70's and watching this, we only had 3 TV channels and Programmes stopped by 11.30pm at night. It's all so different now.

[@abbash786110]

Absolutely wonderful. You have to smile to this. Sheer Magic.

[@pauldoake6188]

The drum's is favourite bit. Bungle is now living in the wet house in Birmingham lol

[@johnthehumanist2333]

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[@derekthesec]

Rainbow was one of my favourite TV programmes. I have watched it as a child and adult. This song brings back so many memories.

[@bettyswunghole3310]

I think whoever played rhythm guitar on this needs a shout out!

[@JagiFrisbee]

This is super awesome, thank you.

[@sharonlyne9148]

Love this reminds me of my childhood thank you sharing this xx

[@fogvarious2478]

Rip Geoffrey Hayes... Another bit of our childhood gone..

[@anthonyperkins7556]

Lovely kids lunchtime show made by the quality company Thames Television, purveyor of nice kids programmes

[@chavextermination]

I was whistling this in work for 5 minutes before my memory caught up and I realised it was rainbow.

[@sphereballs]

It seems that every kids show's theme has an unheard darker middle section.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

You should try the full version of the school TV classic "Picture Box", that is eerie!

[@johnmacleod4481]

Rest in Peace,Mr Hayes,(Rainbow Presenter).

[@73reider]

RIP Jeffrey...

[@stephengoulding1595]

Captain Hastings , Poirot’s companion, co-wrote this…

[@hb-fc3jj]

Matt Berry's cover of this is superb.

[@headmelter]

literally only discovered it today and almost cried, my two favourite things 😭

[@RealParadoxBlues]

Forgotten VHS on Twitch brought me here. This song feels a lot different when you hear it while a monkey god kills grave-robbers.

[@davidrobinson9526]

RIP & God bless Jeffery.

[@thomascleland6982]

Great stuff!

[@frankiedascombe1317]

RIP Geoffrey you will always be in my heart

[@FranzSanchez-ky9up]

Always thought it was cool when the eletric guitar kicked in at 1:45. Of course, that's where they always faded out.

[@lukeypup95productions53]

Zippy was quite mean, but he didn’t mean no harm.

[@hopebgood]

Zippy was cool mate. We all loved Rainbow at my secondary school when we were far too old for Rainbow. One of my best mates Paul did the best Zippy and George impressions ever

[@jaynecarle912]

ha alovely blast from the past!

[@RoqueFortStu]

Think I see why this was shortened, it shifts from happy and upbeat to slower and somewhat sad, kind of a reminder that Geoffrey is no longer with us. Still good, of course

[@supertoddlemalrolllittlelu3192]

LS Mark brought me here

[@richardhart9204]

... far out, man ...

[@richardhart9204]

… groovy.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

The cover version of this by comedian/musician Matt Berry is a real thing of genuine beauty....

[@MikeNewlyn]

groovy! :D

[@gemmadakin34]

RIP Freddy. You're now painting the whole world with a rainbow. Xx

[@davidian2.024]

Absolutely belting tune 🌈

[@pauldalley4613]

I USED TO WATCH THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG R.I.P JEFFERY WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS MAKES ME FEEL YOUNG AGAIN

[@mikesmithz]

This goes so hard, it slaps!

[@thomaswillans4085]

The first drum fill I ever learnt❤😂

[@tompo010101]

cool never heard the full version before

[@MsAussie83]

I wonder if this song has ever been digitally remastered, to remove all the pops and crackles you'd hear on vinyl records. If so, I'd looooooooooooooove to hear what it sounds like!

[@FtungusAmungus]

Matt Berry did an excellent cover of it. It's on youtube.

[@MsAussie83]

@@FtungusAmungus Matt Berry? I don't think I've ever heard of him.

[@FtungusAmungus]

@@MsAussie83 UK Comedian/musician kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5WXknaXqbOSrtU

[@AlexisOmnis]

I’ve been wanting to get this ever since I heard it 15 yrs ago at a Belle & Sebastian’s music club night! (coincidentally, they named themselves after a French children’s tv show in the 70s/80s). I totally got my hippy groove on to it lol! What’s the title of the vinyl & what does the sleeve look like? 🌈

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

I never heard the full theme before, I never knew that there were more to it.

[@miami-xv8cq]

Important tune in my childhood

[@zeeman11]

Takes me right back to my childhood

[@SeanSMST]

It's too fucking good lmao. It's an actually good song, unlike most kids tv theme songs. Love it. Definitely like Jethro Tull vibes.

[@dazzdeadmeadow]

Part of my childhood died today.....RIP Geoffrey

[@mohammedalisharif835]

Rest in peace Jeff shine the rainbow forever

[@adamsevers8050]

Oh !the Joy of a TV music session

[@ukwolfman6938]

RIP Geoffrey Hayes.

[@TheDarrenguyuk]

great tv series

[@soccer1970-f5f]

R.i.p Geoffrey Hayes

[@gamblemadman]

Proper banger

[@thingsandthemes3474]

From the single not from the master tapes of the actual theme used. I have beginning and ending theme on a reel to reel recorded at thames which once converted i will upload.

[@BuzzingRocks]

Was a brilliant programme, I watched it as a kid in the 80s. 🌈

[@richardbunt2278]

Amazing sounds

[@Hennyboi401]

Wow takes me back when Deluxe 4 sold me

[@tammygreaves2119]

Going down memory lane

[@creepypastatrash]

Same

[@JediMcFly717]

Am I the only American who loves this show?

[@thetragicyouth]

No - Iggy Pop apparently loved it too.

[@josephmarrison4606]

R.I.P. Geoffrey.

[@robertcoleman1675]

Outstanding

[@pennyburroughs2765]

This makes my insides so happy!!!

[@davidhamilton8389]

Glad I never heard this version as a child, when it goes all sinister it has scarred me for life as an adult, imagine if I'd heard it back then! From Katie Hamilton, using her husband's phone

[@KobraVR]

Quality show! ❤

[@nickforbes-warren6602]

0.20 AIR DRUMMING!!

[@paulhalley6760]

Well, my secret guilty pleasure, was always hitting the 'air' cymbals at exactly the right time, everytime the closing credits were playing.Still have to do it !

[@roxideskye]

This is my ringtone ^_^

[@clubcrasher5047]

When i was a kid,i actually thought that Jeffrey sang the theme tune to rainbow

[@chloethesqueakfan2K4]

Awesome 😎

[@iangresswell6648]

My friend Adam mckavet used to have all of rainbow 🌈 on video 📹 and when I see any video on KZbin, I always think of him

[@simonbowen5014]

Classic tunes from my childhood

[@chrismassey1960]

What a brilliant kids telly show. So funny. My kids 💞 it today. X

[@natalieludlow7688]

Best kids tv show. In the world. Ever. Rest in peace Geoffrey

[@boosterjonesable]

In one word beautful...

[@moonuk]

Class, top!!