The Ian Rae Collection - 60s to the 90s
Is It All A Dream? - the first song I ever wrote at the age of 14 and part of the repertoire of "The Ministry of Beat" the band I was playing with at the time. I hope to re-record this in the near future
In the late 60s I was playing with "Force Four" and wrote these songs
Walkin' Back To You No No I Don't Care No More
Read Between the Lines Knock on my Door
My next band was "Something Completely Different" and with them I produced a number of songs as well as a new version of "Read Between the Lines". These tracks are from vinyl disks created in the early 1970s and have quite a bit of crackle.
Hey Girl Goodbye My Love Beware of the Dark
Back in 1970 Looking In the Mirror? The King is All Alone
Walking In the Rain More Than You'll Ever Know Read Between the Lines
In the mid 1980s, with the help of my then young children, Andrew and Fiona - cheap child labour - I did puppet shows at children's parties and they proved to be very popular. The puppets performed to a sound track which had all the dialogue and songs sung by the main characters. Here are three songs from the very popular "Peter Panic" the little boy who always got stressed.
Wendy Sings About Nana
Captain Hook's Song Wendy Sings About Being Lonely
Also in the 80s I was asked to write a score for Croydon Histrionics production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and here are two of the songs written for that production
Lullaby *+ On the Ground *+
And now for something completely different - here is the download from the relaxation and meditation album "Crystal Caves" where the Ian Rae keyboard orchestra produced music which was actually used during operations in a medical operating theatre
Crystal Caves Download
Again Something different - some songs which are more like folk songs and a pre-cursor to the Robert Burns Album
Shed No Tears For Me * Why Won't You Wait For Me Drink and Be Merry
In the 80s I was asked to write two songs for church youth conferences, and I produced "At All Times In All Places" (worthy of note since the verse and the chorus harmonise when sung together) and "Faith Links Us All" Following on I produced three songs based on well known Psalms - these five songs are added here
At All Times in All Places *+ Faith Links Us All
By His Side * I Look Up To The Hills *+ Sing To The Lord
I was then asked to write a short musical to be performed at the Fairfield Halls Concert Hall and "The Spotted Boy" was created, based on a true story of a boy with a disfigured face who was shown as a fairground attraction at the "Fair Fields" in Croydon where there was an annual fairground. It contains thirteen songs
Welcome to the Fair You Can See Them Funny Old World
Hush Little Baby Fair Exchange Mark of the Devil
Fair Exchange 2 Welcome to the Fair 2 Somebody Else's Problem
Cross My Heart Prayer Funny Old World 2
A Face That Can't Be Forgotten
Go to the Middle Years for more downloads
Copies of the sheet music and backing tracks for many of the songs are available for immediate download at www.SheetMusicPlus.com. To purchase a copy of either the sheet music or the backing track please use the link below. Songs which have sheet music are marked with a * and those which have backing tracks are marked with a +
Ian Rae's Music at Sheet Music Plus
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