Date | Title |
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1971 | Old Sam and the Acorns
Short story |
1972 | Bananas in Pyjamas
Book of nonsense songs and poems |
1972 | Dr Shinfiddler’s Musical Zoo
Second book of nonsense songs and poems |
17th September 1981 | Open Letter to the BBC Music Division
published in The Listener |
c. September 1981 | New Music Blues
Letter to the Sunday Telegraph Magazine |
1984–1985 | In Search of Serendipity
Travel diary of an extended journey to Sri Lanka and India |
1986 | Serendipity Articles
Articles derived from the Sri Lankan/Indian travel journal and published in Composer magazine |
1987 | Summer in the Country
Autobiography of a wartime childhood |
1995 | The Doggy Tales of Arnold
A series of ten children’s stories about a dog with an enormous bark |
Date | Title |
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— | Snippets
Miscellaneous comments about Carey and his music in general, taken from reviews and elsewhere |
April 1975 | Carey Blyton—Writing to Order
Hilton Gough, BFFS Film magazine issue 25 |
July–August 2002 | Carey Blyton—A 70th Birthday Appreciation
Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion no 1429 |
17th July 2002 | Obituary: Carey Blyton—Composer best known for a children’s ditty and a famous aunt Enid, yet who left a rich legacy of music
The Times (The Register) |
19th July 2002 | Obituary: Musician and author dies
Kerry Lorimer, The Kentish Times |
25th July 2002 | Obituary: Carey Blyton—Composer of ‘Bananas in Pyjamas’
Martin Anderson, The Independent |
2nd August 2002 | Obituary: The nephew Enid Blyton spurred on to worldwide success
Julia Llewellyn Smith, The Daily Express |
c. August 2002 | Obituary: Carey Blyton (1932–2002)
Ernest Tomlinson, Light Music Society Magazine |
September 2002 | Obituary: Carey Blyton (1932–2002)
Derek Foster, Modus Music News no 11 |
September–October 2002 | Obituary: Carey Blyton
Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion no 1430 |
December 2002 | Lyrics from the Chinese CD
Frank Bayford, Modus Music News, no 12 |
after 2002 | Recollections of Carey
Heinz Herschmann, Apollo Sound |
December 2003 | Apollo Sound CDs
Derek Foster, Modus Music News, no 16 |
October 2011 | An Anniversary Reminiscence
Peter Thompson, written for the 80th anniversary |
15th February 2012 | A Personal Tribute
Gary Higginson, written for the Carey Blyton & Friends souvenir programme |
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