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melody77 
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 15:00 |
Am currently listening to a KPM library LP by Richard Harvey and Francis Monkman called Pictures in the Mind. The Harvey side is fantastic - you can't fail to enjoy this if you're a Gryphon/Harvey fan.
It set me wondering what other 70s prog artists released library music. Is anyone aware of any real classics of the genre? Info on library music is hard to find, and most of it seems to be centered on the sampling potential of such records. I'm interested in finding stuff that's enjoyable as music in its own right. The only other artist I can think of is Anthony Phillips, but his library stuff is fairly underwhelming, especially compared to this Harvey material...
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 15:05 |
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Library albums are a UK phenomenon, and have no correlation to anything in the States, according to my wife, who is a Geordie.
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 16:03 |
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what is a library album, asks the ignorant American?
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 16:17 |
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^In the UK, as I recall, it's music that can be licensed to TV show's, movie scores, etc., which I'm sure has something to do with the British Musician's Union (Dean will have to elaborate on that). In the US, they are archival albums of, generally, older music that has important historical value.
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melody77
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 17:17 |
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This should give a good idea:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9Zut9epGg
According to the comments, this piece was used in Sesame Street. It's sooo Gryphon-esque! So, I'm guessing that the artist sells some music to the label who then license the music. The actual records are I guess promotional items?
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Selwyn
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 17:51 |
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David Vorhaus - Sleight Of Mind
-Vorhaus Sound Experiments
ex- Soft Machine - Rubber Riff
ex-Jonesy ( two of them)
Monkman had lots. The one with Ironstone is good
There are many more, but your moderators want to keep this place stupid and will ban me.
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 18:12 |
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So this is why some British artists like Brian Eno and Anthony Phillips have released soundtrack music without having a film or t.v. show for any of it?
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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SteveG
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 19:27 |
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It could be, or the original ST was left over after the movie or TV show was shelved or cancelled.
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SteveG
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 19:35 |
 Selwyn wrote:
David Vorhaus - Sleight Of Mind
-Vorhaus Sound Experiments
ex- Soft Machine - Rubber Riff
ex-Jonesy ( two of them)
Monkman had lots. The one with Ironstone is good
There are many more, but your moderators want to keep this place stupid and will ban me.
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Wallace? 
Edited by SteveG - July 22 2015 at 10:13
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Selwyn
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 21:54 |
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Teddy Lasry had many librarys. But you have to be careful - it is more miss than hit. "Action Printing" is a good one
Jean-Philippe Goude (Weidorje) has great solo lps. Of the library ones "Meli-Melodies" is best, also "Sur...de Gymnastique"
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Selwyn
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 22:15 |
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The Monkman Production Library I like the best is "Tempis Fugit"
He had another one with Malcolm Ironton (I mistakenly said Ironstone above) called "Classical Concussion"
Speedball Experience is a good Italian one.
And anything by Sandro Brugolini.
Chimenti "Droga" I beleive is a Library.
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Posted: July 21 2015 at 22:44 |
Selwyn wrote:
David Vorhaus - Sleight Of Mind
-Vorhaus Sound Experiments
ex- Soft Machine - Rubber Riff
ex-Jonesy ( two of them)
Monkman had lots. The one with Ironstone is good
There are many more, but your moderators want to keep this place stupid and will ban me.
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they keep banning you because you act like a t**t.. learn some social skills and perhaps stick around
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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SteveG
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Posted: July 22 2015 at 10:36 |
micky wrote:
Selwyn wrote:
David Vorhaus - Sleight Of Mind
-Vorhaus Sound Experiments
ex- Soft Machine - Rubber Riff
ex-Jonesy ( two of them)
Monkman had lots. The one with Ironstone is good
There are many more, but your moderators want to keep this place stupid and will ban me.
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they keep banning you because you act like a t**t.. learn some social skills and perhaps stick around
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Amen to that.
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Selwyn
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Posted: July 22 2015 at 13:20 |
Flirt was an Italian library label: Vol 9 "underground mood" (people confuse this thinking the group is Flirt, but this is a VA with great fuzz prog/psych
vol 10 Joel Vandroogenbroeck "L immagino del suono" ex-Brainticket guy put out many librarys . "Biomechanoid" (or something like that) has a Geiger coverart and is dark / good. This vol 10 is one of his best and I believe its his very first library.
Joel released libraries under the name of Eric Vann. "Space Face" is one of those lps.
Edited by Selwyn - July 22 2015 at 19:43
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Selwyn
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Posted: July 22 2015 at 13:28 |
Monkman "Dynamism" , "Energism" on Bruton Anyone heard the libraries:Monkman "Futurama" '79Monkman & Daryl Runswick "Classical Odyssey" "80???
Sonoton library has Austrian proggers Orange Power
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Posted: July 22 2015 at 18:19 |
melody77 wrote:
This should give a good idea:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9Zut9epGg
According to the comments, this piece was used in Sesame Street. It's sooo Gryphon-esque! So, I'm guessing that the artist sells some music to the label who then license the music. The actual records are I guess promotional items? |
Awesome track. Water Course from the same album is excellent!! (the only other one I can find on youtube...) Beautiful stuff, that's what I look for in library music. Looks like most of Richard Harvey's stuff is pretty obscure, hard to find and listen to online.
Anthony Phillips may not be everyone's cup of tea, but Tarka is fantastic. A symphonic piece of many colours. It was (of course..) used in some documentary called 'Tarka.'
Edited by Raccoon - July 22 2015 at 18:19
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Selwyn
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Posted: July 22 2015 at 18:58 |
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Complete soundtracks are not production music libraries and should not be brought into this thread.
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Posted: July 23 2015 at 08:36 |
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Not strictly progressive but Pretty Things issued 5 albums on the De Wolfe label under Electric Banana name. One side of each had vocals and other side instrumental versions of the same tracks. Used in quite a lot of movies.
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Raccoon
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Posted: July 25 2015 at 01:05 |
Selwyn wrote:
Complete soundtracks are not production music libraries and should not be brought into this thread.
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Thanks for attempting to discredit my post, but its not a complete soundtrack. I was partly wrong, it was written for the film (documentary), but never used. Does it classify as library music...? Is there any true indication on what's considered library music?
I consider it somewhat simplistic music, short pieces meant to play in the background. Which is much of Ant Phillips' discography.
So go ahead and rule over this thread, everyone will enjoy your tyranny because it's so inviting.
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