The double album includes an attractive 16 page booklet with full colour stills and extensive notes on music and episodes from the TV programme.

Alongside Johnny Dankworth and Laurie Johnson, Howard Blake is the third, none-the-less important, but often forgotten, contributor to The Avengers TV series music. Dankworth’s laid-back jazzy theme was the signature tune of the first three series, while Johnson penned the flamboyant rousing up-tempo theme to the three series shot on 35mm film.

Brought into the job late in the series in 1967 by Laurie Johnson, and on the recommendation of Bernard Herrmann, Howard Blake scored ten episodes in the sixth and final series starring Linda Thorson as Tara King alongside the stalwart Macnee. From big-band sound with modern jazz inflections and spooky trombone choir, flutes and vibraphones, to bass clarinets, solo piano, timpanis, amplified harpsichord, 'wah-wah' guitar and Fender-Rhodes electric piano, Blake created a rich and relevant score that remains a classic to this day.

Disc One

01. The Avengers Theme (Laurie Johnson)

MY WILDEST DREAM
02. Main Title
03. Action Sequence
04. Nightmare For Harp
05. Finale

WHOEVER SHOT POOR GEORGE OBLIQUE STROKE XR40?
06. Main Title

ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS
07. Main Title
08. Action Sequence
09. Blues in Suspense
10. Over The Top
11. Optical Illusions
12. Fife & Drum

SUPER SECRET CYPHER SNATCH
13. Main Title
14. Action Sequence
15. Action Sequence 2
16. Cyber Crush
17. Finale
18. Tag Scene

GAME
19. Main Title
20. Contrabasson Plays Burlesque
21. Circus Snakes & Ladders

NOON DOOMSDAY
22. Main Title
23. South of the Border
24. Lone Railroad
25. Ticking Clock
26. Death By Bullfight
27. Insistant Heartbeat
28. Marking Time
29. Finale

Disc Two

WISH YOU WERE HERE
01. Main Title
02. Interlude for Bassoon
03. Woodwind Games
04. Cor Anglais
05. Tag Scene

THE INTERROGATORS
06. Main Title
07. Adagio Flute / Main Theme
08. Harp to Flute / Brass Menace
09. Tag Scene

TAKE ME YOUR LEADER
10. Main Title
11. Wah-wah Blues March 1
12. Wah-wah Blues March 2
13. Light Suspense

WHO WAS THAT MAN I SAW YOU WITH?
14. Main Title
15. Winds & Oboe Solo
16. Fender Rhodes Leading Back to Theme
17. Fender Rhodes Suspense
18. Extended Title Music
19. Quiet Winds
20. Finale
21. The Avengers Theme (Laurie Johnson)