To Sir With Love – SOUNDTRACK***

To Sir With Love/School Break Dancing – Stealing My Love From Me/Thackeray Meets Faculty Then Alone/Music From Lunch Break – Off & Running/Thackeray Loses Temper Gets An Idea/Museum Outing Montage - To Sir With Love/A Classical Lesson/Perhaps I Could Tidy Your Desk/Potter’s Loss Of Temper In Gym/Thackeray Reads Letter About Job/Thackeray & Denham Box In Gym/The Funeral/End Of Term Dance – Its Getting Harder All The Time/To Sir With Love

To Sir With Love starred Sidney Poitier as a new teacher in a challenging East End London school. Music by Ron Grainger. The rousing title track by Lulu was a US No. 1 hit single. (US:16)

"Excellent soundtrack to an excellent film. The several variations on the title theme are each interesting and the other pop numbers are very entertaining. The rest of the disc comprises mainly musical cues and the film's percussive score is evocative of the film. Recommended."

"Out of the fourteen tracks, there are only four I would elect to save for repeated listening - Lulu's title track, which I have always adored along with the film, and three of Ron Grainger's instrumental pieces. Perhaps the passage of years erodes any former regard for The Mindbenders efforts. The rest is incidental instrumental music or repetition, there being three versions of the title track, and a weaker Lulu number. However, in the context of a very good film, it's a nice piece of nostalgia."

"To Sir With Love is just perfect for all those nostalgia freaks who long for a return to those heady times. The music itself is superb. Don Black's lyrics to the title track still bring a tear to my eye. There are several versions of the song too, including the original movie orchestrated and best example. The Mindbenders (featured as the 'school prom' band) also feature on the album."

"It has not only the great pop tracks by Lulu and The Mindbenders that perfectly capture the spirit of the time, but the music cues instantly recall dramatic moments in the film."

"Contains incidental music and scoring, unlike many of today's soundtracks, which are simply a collection of songs licensed to further vertical integration of a product. The Mindbenders tracks are great. Lulu's stuff is killer, the alternate takes on the title theme fascinating. The rest of the score is good as well and captures that unique sound of 60s music that is not over-produced."