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As spice is the life of variety I’ve extended the originally planned theme from synthesizer derived Production Music to include tracks with sound manipulation of other sources.
A couple of errors – I’ve used short snippets of Augustyn Bloch’s Brain Work twice and the fourth track appears not to have been recorded for Library use.
The LPs listed are as far as possible the original source but recordings were sometimes reused so may have been from an earlier release. The original track description is used where available.
00:00:00 George Fenton – Fanfare for Tomorrow
1980 KPM 1244 Handplayed by Robots
‘Expansive contemporary fanfare’.
A regular collaborator with Alan Bennett, David Attenborough on tele and Richard Attenborough on screen winning an Oscar with Ravi Shankar for the score to Ghandi. So slumming it a bit here.
He also acted in Emmerdale Farm.
Handplayed By Robots: ‘An exciting album of contemporary and futuristic compositions arranged for Freeman String Synth VP330 Vocoder, Oberheim OB-X, Arp Odyssey, Roland JP4 Jupiter Computophonic and a modified Yamaha CS80. Utilizing a special program written in Basic and Machine Code by Ken Freeman for the Commodore PET 2001 and stored in the Commodore 3040 Series Floppy Disc unit, the instruments were triggered by a Korg Rhythm 55. Every sound on this album was created electronically.’
00:00:31 James Asher & Alvin Christie – Big Digits
1985 BRH 26 Working It Out!
‘Unusual mechannical rhythm’.
00:00:44 Victor Cavini & His Music – Corny Melody
1976 Selected Sound 9058 Mix Up
Aka. Gerhard Trede
00:01:06 Eberhard Schoener – Ketja Rock
1976 Bali-Agúng
I got this from a compilation which I belatedly realised mixed Library music with ordinary releases so this is probably misclassified.
00:01:19 Jean Bouchety – Touch Of Class
1985 BRG 30 Television Today
‘Blend of classical and pop’.
Aka. a legion of pseudonyms.
00:02:51 The Heinz Funk Electronic Combo – Scotch Whisky
1973 Chappell CAL 4002 Moog Synthesizer Music
‘Pop-march, medium tempo, Scottish flavour, percussive’.
His real name. A specialist in and importer of Moog synthesizers.
00:04:13 James Harpham – VoodooTronics
1970 Studio G LPSG 1009 Electronic Age
‘Fast electronic rhythm. Pipe solo’.
Later to be found accompanying silent Buster Keaton films on piano with music he wrote for the occasion.
00:04:57 Alan Steiner Jr – Exorcist’s Bells
1990 LTI Music Bank Collection 101
‘Driving bell sequence, expansive accents and atmosphere’.
LTI’s only known release.
00:06:12 Andy Clark – New Era (a)
1982 KPM 1268 Futures
‘Futuristic, mechanical underlay with broad end statement’.
Simon Andrew Clark. Of Be Bop Deluxe. Worked for Tears for Fears. ‘He was known as Andrew rather than Simon because Be-Bop Deluxe drummer Simon Fox insisted that two Simons in the band would cause confusion’.
00:07:40 Mike Moore Company – Odyssey
1983 Selected Sound 9105 Rainbow Session
Mike is Wolfgang Murmann. And Mano…
00:08:33 Paul Hart – Focus
1984 BRI 24 Focus
‘Current Affairs type straight talking theme’.
00:09:20 Bernhard Hering & Martin Wester – Dämmerungen
1992 Herkules H 9007 The Best Of Klangräume
Klangräume being Sound Spaces and Dämmerungen twilight.
00:10:42 Walt Rockman – Dangerous Deep Sea 1
1980 Sonoton SON 113 Underwater Volume One
‘Threatening danger’.
Walt being Gerhard Narholz the founder of the Sonoton label. Aka. – Jim Harbourg, John Epping, Jurgen Jaenner, Mac Prindy, Norman Candler, Otto Sieben, Paul Prennessel, Renato Pegado, Rolf Steinfelder, Sammy Burdson, Tony Tape, Xyco.
00:11:44 Dick Walter – The Quiet Hours (a)
1986 KPM 1368 Playing with Fire Volume 1
‘Enigmatic, human theme’.
00:12:43 Alfaluna – Navigazione Spaziale
1991 Fonit Cetra CDFC 4014 Sunoni Dal Futuro
Aka. Luana Fazzuoli.
00:13:51 David Vorhaus – Laughing Gas
1982 KPM 1279 Sleight of Mind
‘Processed laughs, grunts and giggles’.
‘All the sounds on this album were created on the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument’.
An electronic music stalwart who first came to attention in the UK as part of White Noise with Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson who turn up later on in this compilation.
00:14:00 Max Reinsch – Jupiter All Stars Trad Band
1982 KPM 1269 FunTime
‘Synthesized trad jazz’.
00:14:31 Alan Steiner Jr – Dance Track
1990 LTI Music Bank Collection 101
‘Medium disco tempo, rhythmic’.
00:15:50 Sauveur Mallia – Synthetic Neutron
1981 Tele Music TM 3083 Cosmosynthetic Volume 1
‘Rapide, synthesizers’.
00:17:34 Gerardo Iacoucci – Produzione Industriale
1971 Deneb – DNB 0110 Le Avventure N.3
00:17:51 Lamartine – Riarmo Nucleare
1974 Flipper Reportage
This wasn’t released but was found in the vaults of the CAM Production Music department so I’m claiming it for this compilation.
00:18:19 George Fenton – Take Control
1980 KPM 1244 Handplayed by Robots
Bickerton!
I was in one line-up of a silly band called Businessmen On Bicylces which took their name from an advert for a folding bicycle, the Bikerton, for which this was the music.
00:19:13 Rex Brown Company – Cosmic Dance
1978 Selected Sound ST 113 Season Opening
Rex is German composer Friedel Berlipp. Not that that helps a great deal.
00:20:52 Harold Smart – March of the Fibreglass Men
1974 KPM 1133 Animation Playtime
‘Miniature march’.
00:21:53 Dave Vorhaus – The DIY Machine (A)
1985 KPM 1342 Out of the Dark
‘Everyday sounds from the home and office used to create rhythm’.
00:22:53 Fred Manda – Casino
1983 RCA Media RCM 14 Solaris
‘Sad and retro melody (in the style of street musicians)’.
00:24:16 Bernard Fevre – What Happens
1975 Musax 100 002 Suspense
‘In 1999, The Chemical Brothers used a large sample from Fèvre’s 1975 piece Earth Message in their record Got Glint?’.
Has recorded as Black Devil Disco Club since returning after twenty years in the early 2000s.
00:24:59 Pierre Dutour – Deer Forest
1979 Tele Music TM 3072 Top Fiction Vol 1
Another track from this LP, Discowboy, appeared in the previous Loud Hailers, Two Hour Disco Dance Party.
00:27:05 Claude Anthonioz, Gérard Bavoux, Jean Humenry, Philippe Lecante – Musique Et Appel Telephonique
1977 Auvidis AV 3167 Les Communications
From a series of 7″ releases mixing electronic sounds and effects.
00:27:40 Dick Walter – Who Dares Wins (A)
1986 KPM 1369 Playing with Fire Volume 2
‘Hard hitting, driving theme’.
00:28:41 Multi Sound Man (Mario De Martini) – Galactic Cargo
Power Record POW CD 0100 Electronic Land
‘Mario De Martini used Yamaha DX7 and DX21, Akai S900, Emax, Korg Polysix, Drumulator Linn, Roland TRX 707, Simmons’. So now you know.
I don’t have a date for this but the instruments say mid to late 1980s.
00:29:27 Guy Boyer – In The Moog
Gravure Universelle GM 002 In The Moog
‘Carefree’.
And on vibes… but not in this case.
Again no date but early to mid-1970s seems a reasonable guess given the period of the Moog craze.
00:31:27 Adrian Wagner – Timeslip
1975 KPM 1153 The Electric Light Orchestra
‘Imposing full theme with electronic interjections’.
00:32:33 Alan Steiner Jr – After The Battle
1990 LTI Music Bank Collection 101
‘Peaceful, heroic, in classical style’.
00:33:21 John Leach – Martenot Drone
1971 KPM 1084 Mediterranean Intrigue
‘Continuous low drone’.
00:34:10 John Leach – Melancholy Martenot
1971 KPM 1084 Mediterranean Intrigue
‘Gentle – reflective’.
And on Ondes.
00:35:13 The Stellar Workshop – Ballade sous la mer
1977 De Wolfe DWS 3358 Connection
‘Slow, atmospheric, underwater feeling’.
And the album, ‘Unusual modern impressions for electronic sounds’.
Stellar was Gaston Julien Pierre Borreani.
00:36:39 Robin Artus – Dawn Light
1982 Parry Music Ltd – PML 59 Horizons
Straight outta Toronto. Robin is Roger Limb of BBC Radiophonic Workshop fame. Previously a television announcer. Scored Peter Davidson’s Doctor Who swansong ‘The Caves of Androzani’.
00:37:05 Mike Moore Company – Burning Sky
1983 Selected Sound 9105 Rainbow Session
00:38:25 Garnegy et Maties – Dominique & Darina
1983 Force Records Sports Music II
Jean-Yves Guihal and Guy Boyer.
00:39:16 Gilles Luc Laurent & Jean Patrick Voindrot – Digital Melody
1987 Tele Music TM 3113 Digital Melody
‘Bright, sparkling keyboard theme in medium-fast tempo’.
00:40:11 Christian Chevallier – Dramamania
1986 Tele Music TM 3109 Dramascope Volume 2
‘Busy rhythmic track with feeling of urgency’.
Like a number of the composers and performers in this compilation Christian earning a few quid from library music to support his jazz habit.
00:40:25 Zoe De Souza – Mail Train
1985 BRL 17 Aggressive Advertising
‘Energetic rhythm’.
Zoë Esther Kronberger in real life. And her alter-ego…
00:40:54 Fred Manda – 600° In The Shadow
1983 RCA Media RCM 14 Solaris
‘Throbbing sounds. Evocation of expectation, anxiety and mystery’.
00:41:56 Cecil Leuter – Electronic 13
1976 I’Illustration Musical IM 20 Electronic Tricks
Real name Roger Roger – I kid ye not.
00:42:20 Augustyn Bloch – Brain Work
1980 Sonoton SON 133 Unusual Sounds Volume 2 The Brain
‘Chaotic overlapping tones and sounds’.
A polish concert organist.
00:42:51 The Sammy Burdson Group – Frozen Silence
1980 Sonoton SON 106 Space Friction
‘Futuristic electronica. Icy beats, frozen metal, robots at work’.
It’s that man Gerhard Narholz again.
00:43:51 Yawa Ameg & Georg Crostewitz – Aqua Marine
1999 Herkules H 9041 Silent Island (Music for Film, Radio and Meditation 4)
00:45:30 Graham de Wilde – Nature Watch (a)
1984 KPM 1333 Classical Fusion 2
‘Suspended opening with low panpipe figures to haunting evocative theme’.
Sometime Alan Whicker impersonator with The Evasions for ‘Wikka Wrap’.
00:48:09 René Costy & Jacques Siroul – Schizophreny
1979 Editions Montparnasse 2000 MP 117 Danger, Suspense Et Eprouvettes
‘Medium – Danger’.
Belgians.
00:49:23 Louis Clark – Top Of The Pops
1980 Bruton BRH 12 Sparkle
‘Bright’. Not overly helpful.
Louis of ELO fame and Hooked on Classics infamy.
00:50:34 Phil Famous – Electro Pop
1982 Bruton BRH 17 Plastix
‘Teeny Rocker’.
Who Phil was remains a mystery to me. Though I didn’t look for very long.
For the curious the Bruton categorisation system…
A – Fanfares, Links, Bridges, Stings
B – Jingles / Commercial Cuts
C – Solo Instruments
D – Leisure / Pastoral / Nature / Romantic
E – Children
F – Comedy / Animation
G – Leisure / Entertainment / Holiday
H – Contemporary / Pop / Rock
I – Modern / Technology / Atmospheric
J – Drama
K – Action / Sport / Adventure
L – Industry / Current Affairs / Business
M – Suspense / Tension
N – Impressive / Business / News / Panoramic
O – Historical / Period
P – Classical Idiom / Religious
Q – Military / Marches / Ceremonial
R – Ethnic / World Music / Well Known Tunes
S – Jazz / Big Band / Dance
CD – Compilation Series
00:51:19 Nick Glennie-Smith – Style Setters (B)
1986 KPM 1352 First Generation
‘Underscore to (A) Exhilarating glamorous theme’.
Went on to compose soundtracks and work with Hans Zimmer.
00:52:26 Max Reinsch – Bopping About (Medley)
1982 KPM 1269 Fun Time
‘Cheeky Bounce’.
A selection from a number of short pieces with a ‘bopping’ theme – Scottish, Oriental, Spanish & Cossack topped and tailed with the Bopping About main theme.
00:54:32 Irving Martin & Brian Dee – Emergency Service 1
1980 Bruton BRJ 19 Drive & The Living City
‘Insistent dramatic movement’.
Irving Martin was the Producer of a remarkable run of unsuccessful singles in the 1960s – now naturally cult classics.
00:55:08 Ron Geesin – Song of the Wire
1972 KPM 1102 Electrosound
‘Echoing organ sound over a neutral modulating bass’.
‘I present some tunes untunes, anti-tunes, delightful and undelightful sounds for all sorts of purposes and state that: The pieces contained herein displayed may be combined with themselves (as much out of sync as possible) to achieve thicker diffuse atmosphere, and playing things at different speeds would not be wrong!’ Ron Geesin
Ron wrote the wrote the orchestral parts for Pink Floyd’s ‘Atom Heart Mother’.
00:55:57 Augustyn Bloch – Prophetic Vision
1980 Sonoton SON 133 Unusual Sounds Volume 2 The Brain
‘High pitched overlapping sequences with wind noise’.
00:56:41 Piero Umiliani – Ratko E L’orso – Tema Moog
1974 Studio Umiliani Rare & Unreleased 1967-1983
Ratko and the Bear.
Written for a TV Documentary. Piero, of Mah Nà Mah Nà fame, managed to fit in composing and recording 190 soundtracks, 40 library albums and 35 TV title themes in between setting up several record labels and a publishing company.
00:57:18 Klaus Weiss Rhythm & Sounds – Space Waltz
1978 Selected Sound 9067 Time Signals
Klaus being originally a jazz drummer.
00:58:21 Guy Boyer – Flute de pan et cinema muet
Gravure Universelle GM 002 In The Moog
Pan Flute and Silent Cinema.
00:58:42 The Moscarella Group – Manzanero
1979 Dany DR 08 The Moscarella Group
The group consisted of Carlo Lepori, Corrado Moscarella and Sal Cordella.
00:59:10 Don Harper & Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson – Computermatic
1972 KPM 1104 Electrosonic
‘Fast, rhythmic movement, busy scenes’.
Li De La Russe = Delia Derbyshire.
Nikki St. George = Brian Hodgson.
Don Harper = as advertised.
01:00:13 Paul Westwood – Scratchin’
1984 Rouge RMSLP 157 Breakdance
‘Cheerful, bouncy, rolling’.
First call session bassist from the seventies to the nineties and another who appeared on the previous Loud Hailers with Chaz Jankel on Ai No Corrida. Two Hour Disco Dance Party(https://lowredmoon.ch/2023/10/05/loud-hailers-5-two-hour-disco-dance-party-2/).
01:00:54 Klaus Weiss – Productive Facilities
1977 Golden Ring S 5181-22 Sound Music Album 18 (Movie Makers Music)
‘Heavy rhythm with deep synthesizer ostinato, high synthesizer and percussion effects. Heavy industrial, steam, threatening’.
01:01:32 Michel Gonet – Phasing Leitmotiv (a)
1976 Tele Music TM 3067 Phasing News Volume 2
‘Medium. Synthesizer, percussion’.
01:02:09 Sauveur Mallia – New World Pop 1
1986 Tele Music TM 3105 New World Pop
‘Musical montage of classic hits over contemporary pop rhythm. Exciting’.
01:03:44 Super Sound Rocking Trumpets – Sonate In Funk
1988 Kaderschafka Enterprises 281252 Good Morning Mr Bumble Bee
Credited to Jojic / Mozart. The former being German Croatian Yugoslav composer and musician Boris Jojić.
01:04:39 Max Reinsch – The Blue Danube
1982 KPM 1269 Fun Time
‘Amusing adaptation of Strauss waltz’. Your definition of amusing may vary.
01:05:25 Eric Peters – Electrobach
1972 KPM 1103 Electromusic
‘Electronic sounds in the style of JS Bach’.
In reality Brian Frank Hibbert.
01:06:00 The Heinz Funk Electronic Combo – Western Barock
1973 Chappell CAL 4002 Moog Synthesizer Music
‘Rhythmic, medium-fast-tempo, classical style, percussive’.
01:06:53 The Heinz Funk Electronic Combo – Waltz Grotesque
1973 Chappell CAL 4002 Moog Synthesizer Music
‘Slow waltz, weird, abstract’.
01:07:35 Pat Prilly – Moogie Boogy
1971 Editions Montparnasse 2000 MP025 Moog Sensations (Sonosyntheses Electroniques)
‘Synthesizer Blues’.
Jean Marcel Leroy (Jean-Jacques Perrey) in collaboration with his daughter Patricia who lived in Prilly on Lake Geneva in Switzerland. She would provide ideas on her organ which he would realise with synthesizers. It was also partly a ruse to record for a different label to the one he was signed, Vanguard.
01:08:05 Augustyn Bloch – Brain Work (Slight Return)
1980 Sonoton SON 133 Unusual Sounds Volume 2 The Brain 13
‘Chaotic overlapping tones and sounds’. Oops! Used the same one twice.
01:08:36 Harry Forbes – Utilities
1995 Parry Music Library – PML-CD 1129 Techonwold 1
01:09:41 Claude Anthonioz, Gérard Bavoux, Jean Humenry, Philippe Lecante – Musique Et Enfants Qui Jouent Sur La Plage
1977 Auvidis AV 3131 La Mer
Further adventures in combining electronic sounds and effects.
01:10:20 Alessandro Alessandroni – Happening 1
1987 Penta Flowers PEL 0121 Contemporary And Past Events
Ennio Morricone’s childhood friend and first choice whistler who also played the guitar on The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. A soundtrack composer who was also a prodigious writer of Production née Library Music.
01:11:57 Francis Monkman – Speed
1978 Bruton BRI 02 Tempus Fugit
‘Fast and furious’.
Founder of Curved Air and Sky. All members of the latter recorded Library releases as well as being session men, except John Williams who had a more lucrative gig on the side.
01:14:03 Lamartine (Odoardo Radicchi) – Angoscia Universale
1974 Flipper Reportage
Another unused recording from the CAM Production Music archives.
01:14:29 THX 1138 – Terminale
1982 Disco In LPS 14054 Spiaggia Sonica
Good name for a film.
01:15:06 Pierre Dutour & Gérard Gallo – Psychose Encore
1985 Tele Music TM 3096 Dramascope
‘Slow strings and synths for an ominous electronic underscore’.
01:15:58 Eric Peters – Planet Travel
1978 Studio G LPSG 3009 Music For Synthesizers
‘Slow haunting space theme’.
01:17:05 Pat Prilly – Berceuse Pour Un Bébé Robot
1971 Editions Montparnasse 2000 MP025 Moog Sensations (Sonosyntheses Electroniques)
‘Lullaby for a baby robot’.