The opening Flash's Theme by Brian, with its pulsing, clunky piano intro was done at Richard Branson's Townhouse studios in west London. Brian was working on it late one night, but he couldn't get the exact piano sound he wanted. “What about using a pick-up like we do live?” Some keen fool suggested. “Great!” Getting the section of Helpinstill piano pick-up and it's [sic] ancillary parts to fit to the studio piano and blend with the microphone sound involved jumping in the van and making a cross-London trip to our warehouse at Edwin Shirley Trucking in West Ham. After waking up the night-watchman and scouring 2,000 square feet of equipment-packed space by torchlight, we finally arrived back at the Townhouse with the various component parts - some three hours later. The things you do for art…