Under Pompelmo
* Yellow vinyl. Holographic cover * Giuliano Sorgini is one of the most mysterious composers of soundtracks and sonorizations, the latter being a particular line of music compositions created specifically for the accompaniment of audiovisual productions such as television programs, advertisements, documentaries and films; these are works made in total artistic freedom, without limits imposed by a specific musical genre.Sorgini's name is linked to a wide series of records and music works, among w…
The Hanged Man: Alan Tew's Music from The TV Series (1975)
Vocalion presents The Hanged Man: Alan Tew's Music from The TV Series (1975). 'The Hanged Man' was one of the finest dramas to hit British television screens in the 1970s. The music was originally conceived as library music and issued on two very rare Themes International LPs - 'Drama Suite Part I' and 'Drama Suite-Part II'. This CD comprises the complete 'Hanged Man' score plus 24 additional cues from the 'Drama Suite' albums, as well as a compilation of some of the best titles in the Themes In…
Filmmusik: Classical Concussion / Predictions
The albums Classical Concussion and Predictions, both from 1979, represent Vocalion’s latest voyage into the archives of the KPM 1000 Series, one of the world’s leading recorded music libraries and the home of such famous TV themes as News at Ten, Grandstand, Wimbledon, All Creatures Great and Small and Owen M.D The work of brilliantly gifted composer-keyboardist Francis Monkman – a founder member of progressive bands Curved Air and Sky – Classical Concussion and Predictions are from the same er…
Girl On The Beach & KPM Library Gentle Sounds
** 2021 Stock ** Here the spotlight is on library music legend James Clarke, whose absolutely gorgeous 'Girl on the Beach' album (1969) forms part of this CD. Originally issued on the short-lived Aristocrat label, which was in fact a commercial offshoot of the famed KPM 1000 Series of library music recordings, 'Girl on the Beach' gave James the opportunity of writing nine original compositions. Enchanting, romantic and lyrical, each composition is scored for small orchestra; they are augmented b…
Liquid Sunshine - Easy Listening From The KPM 1000 Series (1970-78)
** 2021 Stock ** Wicked funky, jazzy groovacious fender rhodes, string-laden 70s library music from all the library music kings. This release marks Vocalion's fifth foray into the seemingly endless vaults of the KPM 1000 Series, without doubt the world's greatest library music series. Expertly compiled and annotated, and with all the music remastered directly from the original analogue stereo tapes, these 28 tracks demonstrate the talents of some of the UK's finest arranger-composers. Spanning t…
Big City Suite & KPM 1000 Series Compilation (1972-78)
Deep, funk breaks, wah wah-guitar action soundtrack music and big jazz arrangements. This release marks Vocalion’s third compilation of music taken from the archives of KPM, the world’s leading library music company. As with the previous titles in this series, the focus is on the funky ’70s, and this release opens with arranger-composer David Gold’s superb ‘Big City Suite’, originally recorded in 1977 and issued in KPM’s legendary 1000 Series. Blending funk and jazz with exquisite orchestral wri…
The Mood Modern: KPM 1956-1977 and Bruton Music 1978-1980 -
** Wicked new book about KPM and Bruton Music – two of the world’s greatest recorded music libraries! Introduction by the great Keith Mansfield! This book rocks! 100% Essential! 450+ pages!!! Includes wicked exclusive pix too! ** Book about killer library soundtrack and TV music at KPM - featuring legendary library composers - Keith Mansfield, Johnny Pearson, Syd Dale, Alan Hawkshaw, James Clarke, David Lindup, Brian Bennett and more! Features interviews, biogrpahies with many of the composers, …
Easy Listening From The KPM 1000 Series (1970-76) - Time To Fly
This compilation comprises twenty-eight tracks from the legendary KPM 1000 Series of library music, recorded during the golden era of 1970-76. Whereas Vocalion's previous KPM compilations have focused on the company's funky output, this one concentrates on the beautiful, relaxed easy listening grooves that composers such as Keith Mansfield, Steve Gray, James Clarke, Neil Richardson wrote for KPM. There are the luxurious, '70s sounds of Keith Mansfield's Husky Birdsong, Life of Leisure, Whistle S…
PM & Conroy Recorded Music Libraries (1970-77) - Sounds Of The Times
This compilation highlights some of the best music written for the Keith Prowse/Peter Maurice (KPM) and Conroy recorded music libraries during the 1970s. The accent is firmly on the funk, and here it's incorporated into a variety of settings including small group, big band and orchestral. Originally recorded specifically for use as underscore material in TV, radio and film productions, and, as such, unavailable to the record-buying public, this CD marks the first time this music has been made co…
Misa Blam I Oni Koji Vole Funky
This record represents an official release of Misa Blam i Oni Koji Vole Funky, the group which pioneered jazz-funk in the former Yugoslavia. Track לילה טוב has been previously unpublished. Cut directly from the original master tapes which are now in possession of Markus Blam, the son of Misa Blam. Dedicated to the memory of Mihailo Misa Blam (1947-2014). Recorded in Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1976.
Bass Guitar [Fender Jazz ] – Miša Blam. Design – B. Milaković, Luka Novaković, Vanja Todorović. Drums – …
Namaskaar Melodies From India
Originally sold only on Air India flights as an aural souvenir of their homeland, this record deserves a wide recognition. This rare 1983 session credited to Dilip Roy could be easily labeled as a forerunner of the worldbeat fusion mania. Dilip was an arranger and orchestra leader for virtually all of Ananda Shankar's recordings. A dj friendly release, the album features moody and exotic sitar coupled with electric guitars, synthesizers, flute, vibes, organ, a string section and some strange and…
Research of Sound
Originally released in 1976 on the Edipan imprint, this album potentially features the most compelling jazz-funk tunes ever released on a italian library. Amleto Armando also known as 'Puccio' Roelens was one of the greatest composer of his living time, notably has been working for national television (Rai) and Vedette Records also leading several orchestras and playing piano in many sessions . Don’t look further for killer rare grooves, Roelens is on top of the game and his lysergic take on fun…
Un Muneco De Madera
Be With Records present a reissue of Sola's Un Muñeco De Madera, originally released in 1971. Originally released on RCA in Mexico, it's kaleidoscopic Acapulcan-funk. The album's endless grooves are propelled by softly rocking, quasi-library funk breaks. Vocally, Sola is in step with the '60s French pop-chanteuse style, but of course her lyrics are delivered in sensuous Spanish. Her voice is beautiful. Pillowy soft and tender, it can suddenly explode in mystical anger. These are ten tracks of mo…
The Stone Killer
This is the soundtrack album for 'The Stone Killer' by director Michael Winner starring Charles Bronson, which came in the middle of a 3-part crime thriller series (1972, 1973, 1974). It follows Charles Bronson as a detective getting to the bottom of the killings in the Sicilian Mafia, with a score by the British film composer Roy Budd ('Get Carter', 'Fear is the Key'). The soundtrack was initially released in Italy and Japan on LP and 7” single, respectively, but only limited copies were releas…
Southern Energy
Strut is proud to present the first full international release for another lost classic from the Black Fire Records archives, ‘Southern Energy’, the only album recorded by R’n’B and jazz collective Southern Energy Ensemble in 1977. “As Southern Energy, we played the chitlin circuit and ended up gigging most weekends at clubs, universities and military bases in Virginia and North and South Carolina,” remembers leader Marvin Daniels. After meeting Plunky Branch and Jimmy Gray, they recorded some h…
7 Volte 7
A classic score by legendary Armando Trovajoli for the comedy-action-spy movie directed in year 1968 by Michele Lupo and produced by Marco Vicario. Fresh off the big hits of the Seven Golden Men, producer Vicario hired again Armando Trovajoli for this motion picture. M° Trovajoli has created a very loungey soundtrack filled with blues and jazzy elements. The highly talented choir of I Cantori Moderni di Alessandro Alessandroni plays an important role in the score, performing in its unique way. T…
Contempo
They say: "New directions in contemporary scoring." Be With Records say: "Contempo is one of the best full album listens in the KPM 1000 library." Succinct smoking soul, super tight breaks and string-drenched sleaze composed by the library master, Keith Mansfield. Many library records are a game of two halves and Contempo is certainly one of those. The first side cooks on a high funk breaks flame whilst the flip is something altogether more tranquil, yet no less groovy. It lays back with dreamie…
Beat - Action
Sdban Records is thrilled to announce the official reissue of the hard to find ‘Beat - Action’ library compilation originally released in 1980. If you loved the ‘Funky Chicken’ and ‘Funky Chimes’ compilation on the label, you will definitely dig this! Library music was music recorded in a multitude of contexts and styles by work-for-hire musicians, owned by music-library labels, and lent out to commercial enterprises in TV, radio, and film. In the heydays during the 60s and 70s, composers could …
Heavenly Ethiopiques - Best Of Ethiopiques Series
** 2021 Stock ** 'Heavenly Ethiopiques' presents the best of the legendary Ethiopiques series of Ethiopian jazz and funk, compiled by Francis Falcetto, the founder of the series and an expect in Ethiopian music. Featuring tracks by Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu Eshete, Tilahun Gessesse and others. Falcetto opened his large collection of pictures, vinyl records and memorabilia to make the artwork of this double LP gatefold. 'Heavenly Ethiopiques' is the perfect introduction to the world of Ethiopian m…
Feelings
Be With Records present a reissue of Jay Richford and Gary Stevan's Feelings, originally released in 1974. Since its original release on Italian label Carosello in 1974, Richford and Stevan's Feelings has been described as the greatest library record ever released more than once. It's a tough funk, street jazz masterpiece coveted for many years by collectors of all musical genres. As the story goes, these were the pseudonyms adopted by Stefano Torossi and Giancarlo Gazzani who wrote the album bu…