WoST Updates - February 20, 2004

[JT]

Once again The World of Soap Themes has struck gold for its latest update. The following bonus episodes are available:

AS THE WORLD TURNS
From 1965.

THE EDGE OF NIGHT
From 1981.

GUIDING LIGHT
From 1983.

NEIGHBOURS
From 2000.

New BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL themes:
1999 Open
1999 Vocal Close by Dionne Warwick
2002 Open

Re-encoded (as in made clearer) AS THE WORLD TURNS, GUIDING LIGHT, and YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS themes:

ATWT:
2000 Open

GL:
1996 Open (done on electric guitar)

Y&R:
2000 Open (saxophone theme)

Also included is a 1981 episode of the PBS show "Media Probes," focusing on the soap opera industry. Interviews of Ruth Warrick (Phoebe, AMC) and Harding Lemay (Headwriter, AW) are included, among others.

New to the Audio Room (a part of the site that has the opening themes and parts of episodes of radio soaps) are:

STRANGE ROMANCE OF EVELYN WINTERS
From 1947.

BRAVE TOMORROW
From 1944.

MOTHER O' MINE
From 1941.

OUR GAL SUNDAY
From 1950.

THIS LIFE IS MINE
From 1943.

THIS IS NORA DRAKE
From 1948.

TODAY'S CHILDREN
From 1949.

The next WoST update will be March 5, 2004.