A little while back we featured some library albums by jazz violinist Don Harper. Those of you with truly exceptional memories will remember that his main claim to fame was that he was the composition tutor for Mr Snookles back in the 1980's. Well, that and his involvement with the BBC radiophonic workshop in it's glory days with Delia and Roger and co.
This album pushes the envelope as far as the electronic library genre is concerned. It contains some extended pieces of 10-15 mins duration in which the sonic possibilities of the fabulous analog synths of the day find full expression.
01 - Dr Who Theme
02 - Cold Worlds
03 - Fiddle Chop
04 - The Blue Brook
05 - Nightmare
06 - World Of Sport
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6 comments:
Many many thanks !!
Le Club Marron.
Cool. Nightmare reminds me of some of that abstract Egisto Macchi kind of library music.
BTW I'm digging back through your posting history and loving some of the easy listening and chanteuse posts, like Francoise Hardy, Les Paul and the Exotic Guitars. In my callow youth I liked punk, hardcore and death metal. Who knew I'd love vintage easy listening someday.
BTW2 I'm still completely loving that Shiro Michi All Stars album.
BTW3 thanks for the high quality rips and for not processing out all of the vinyl noise with plugins and crap. I like what a bit of crackle and hiss does to the music. Gives it a nice patina.
Why Thanx CC.
Yes I, like you have come to appreciate the musical gems of yesteryear in my (callow) middle age.
Actually, I do use some processing to remove pops etc. Yer average 20cent op-shop vinyl (thrift shop in the USA) needs a little TLC to make it listenable. The trick is to get the balance between removing pops and removing the sound quality.
Glad to hear you like the result.
Mr S.
Thanks for sharing!
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I love this record. Thanx a lot.
many thanks and great blog too
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