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Sound library funk, grooves, and breaks -- from Italy, France, England, and beyond -- on labels like KPM, DeWolfe, and Bruton!
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Four Flies (Italy), 1978/2020. New Copy ... $13.99
Four fantastic tracks from the Afro Discoteca record by sound library genius Alesseandro Alessandroni – all reworked in contemporary versions, yet in a way that never loses the funky charm of the originals! There's a real respect for classic styles going on here – partly because the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
CEM/Cometa/Sonor (Italy), 1971. New Copy ... $42.99
Stunning sounds from the great Alessandro Alessandroni – an artist who contributed to countless Italian soundtracks in the 60s and 70s, and who sounds even more amazing here in this rare set of sound library funk! The album's all instrumental, and is overflowing with groovy little tracks ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited to 500 copies.)
Jack Arel —
Chappell Recorded Music Library Works – Originals & Remixes ... CD 
Chappell/Vadim (France), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used 2 CDs ... Just Sold Out!
A long-overdue collection of work from the legendary Jack Arel – one of the lesser-known sound library composers of the late 60s and early 70s – but a true giant in his funky field, as you'll hear by the great music on this set! Arel is French, but he often wrote for British sources ... read more CD
Cinedelic (Italy), 1971. New Copy (reissue)... $40.99
An album with a very basic cover, but one that's got a very deep dimension in sound – thanks to some very groundbreaking work from Italian sound library giants Ennio Morricone and Luis Bacalov! The music is maybe mostly in the territory of Morricone's experimental work – especially his ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited editon black vinyl pressing – in an extra heavy cardboard sleeve!)
Fantome Phonographique (Italy), Mid 50s. New Copy (reissue)... $22.99
A treasure trove of early electronic music from these two Dutch giants of the field – both every bit as important as the more widely-circulated French artists of the musique concrete generation! Badings is featured here on a number of great tracks – including the sublime "Capriccio ... (Out Sound, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Hand-numbered limited edition of 500!)
United Artists, 1967. Near Mint- ... $4.99
(Global Grooves, Sound Library) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has bumped corners with wear at the bottom right.)
Sonoton/P-Vine (Japan), 1986. New Copy ... $24.99
A mid-80s set from the Sonoton sound library – served up in a mode that's heavy on keyboards and beats, and which definitely references some of the bigger action film scoring styles of the time! Geoff Bastow uses plenty of the best technology of the time to work as a one-man band – all ... read more CD
Associated Press, 1970. Sealed ... $6.99
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Bruton Music/Vocalion (UK), 1978/1979. New Copy 2 CDs ... $22.99
Hard-driving work from UK sound library hero Brian Bennett – an artist who gave us so much great funky work at the start of the 70s, and who's still going strong here at the other end of the decade! Both records are mighty nice – a mixture of familiar funk with some deeper tones that ... read more CD
Also available Drama Montage Vols 1 & 2 ... CD 16.99
Brian Bennett —
Drama Montage Vols 1 & 2 ... CD Bruton Music/Vocalion (UK), 1978/1979. Used 2CD ... $16.99
Hard-driving work from UK sound library hero Brian Bennett – an artist who gave us so much great funky work at the start of the 70s, and who's still going strong here at the other end of the decade! Both records are mighty nice – a mixture of familiar funk with some deeper tones that ... read more CD
Also available Drama Montage Vols 1 & 2 ... CD 22.99
DJM/Isle Of Juara (Netherlands), 1978. New Copy (reissue)... $24.99
A voyage from Brian Bennett – indeed a trip into disco and funk inspired rhythms, as the subtitle lets us know, but also plenty synthy rock, jazz and proggy elements – a Voyage worth taking from the sound library genius Bennett! The synths and keyboards by Francis Monkman is the secret ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Liuto/Schema (Italy), 1971. New Copy ... $24.99 29.99
Stunning sound library material from Braen's Machine – one of the coolest, grooviest, and most obscure acts that were part of this underground Italian scene in the 70s! Quarta Pagina follows into even more trippier territory than the group's famous Underground album – a wild blend of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Liuto/Schema (Italy), 1973. Used Gatefold ... $16.99
Maybe the coolest and grooviest music we've heard from the obscure Braen's Machine sound library project from early 70s Italy – a record that's less tripped out than its predecessors, and instead has this great style that's heavy on bossa elements and funky jazz! The vibe's a bit like the ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
Liuto/Schema (Italy), 1971. New Copy ... $24.99
Heavy fuzz with a good deal of funk as well – a very unique set from the Italian sound library scene – and one that comes across with the feel of some lost psych record from the underground! The album was produced by Piero Piccioni – and features soundtrack/sound library maestros ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the album on CD!)
Musica Per Immagini/Sonor (Italy), Late 80s/Early 90s. New Copy ... $34.99
Late work from Italian sound library giant Sandro Brugnolini, but great work too – a set that shifts a bit in the styles of instrumentation used, but which follows lots of the same dark passages that Sandro explored in the 70s! The keyboards and electronics are more digital than analog, but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Sandro Brugnolini/Fonit/Schema (Italy), 1973. New Copy ... $12.99
Exactly the kind of record that makes us love sound library records so much – and definitely the sort that sets the style apart from anything else we can think of! Both Sandro Brugnolini and Giorgio Carnini turn in some great work here – a mindblowing mix of modes over the space of ten ... read more CD
Sandro Brugnolini/Carosello/Schema (Italy), 1969. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99 32.99
An Italian funk double-header – a sweet little set from the end of the 60s, and one that features killer cuts from both Sandro Brugnolini and Stefano Torossi! We love either artist on their other own records, but there also seems to be something about putting them together here that makes ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes bonus CD with entire album!)
Cabildo's Three —
Yuxtaposicion ... CD Schema (Italy), Early 70s. New Copy ... $12.99
A fantastic set of Fender Rhodes from the Italian scene of the 70s – not a record that got the kind of mainstream play as American classics by Bob James and Ramsey Lewis – but a set that definitely shares their spirit! Cabildos Three were a studio group as much as a jazz combo – ... (Jazz, Sound Library) read more CD
Four Flies (Italy), Mid 70s. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99
We're not sure how to translate "Baterasso" – but to us, the word may well just mean "funk" – as the tune's this funky monster with heavy drums, a great-paced bassline, and these claps that move all up and down the groove alongside some percussion! "Canottaggio& ... (Funky 45's, Sound Library) read more 7-inch, Vinyl record
(Limited to 350 copies.)
Selected Sound/Be With (UK), 1983. New Copy (reissue)... $16.99
A very unusual sound library album from the German scene – a set that's maybe a lot more ethnographic than the usual stock TV and commercial grooves you'd expect – done by Victor Cavini with a fairly sensitive blend of traditional Japanese instrumentation and a few key modern elements ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Finders Keepers (UK), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $19.99
Heavy electro work from Suzanne Ciani – an artist who peaked a bit later than some of her sound library contemporaries – which means she was able to contribute music experimental films, record productions, and video games – and not just the usual mainstream outlets! Ciani's ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Finders Keepers (UK), 1973. New Copy ... $22.99
One of the most beautiful records we've ever heard from electronic pioneer Suzanne Ciani – and one of the earliest too! The tracks here were composed for a documentary in 1973 – one dealing with skiing in Alaska – and Ciani uses a sublime mix of acoustic piano and Buchla ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Suzanne Ciani —
Pianissimo II ... CD Seventh Wave, 1996. Used ... $1.99
... CD
(Ex-library copy. Booklet has index stickers on the front cover, tray card is missing one spine.)
Kimbo, 1979. Very Good ... $1.99
Kit (UK), 2020. New Copy ... $12.99
Cosmic Neighbourhood move into the realm of sound library music with this delightful little record – a 10" album that's filled with short, captivating tunes – mostly melodic, and with electronic components, but delivered in a style that's really organic, and very beautiful! At ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Concert Disc, 1956. Very Good- ... $1.99
50's sound effects record that features some pretty basic stuff – like a ping pong game, foghorn, trains, planes, sirens, subway train, roller coaster, thunder, and, of all things, "Laura" (?). LP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Cover has wear and split top and bottom seams.)
Pye/Vocalion (UK), 1974/1975. New Copy ... $19.99
Two great albums from Ray "funky trumpet" Davies – not the lead singer of The Kinks, but a heck of a groovy British bandleader from the 70s! First up is an album of Themes From The Exorcist and other films – all familiar movie themes from the early 70s, penned by artists like ... (Now Sound, Sound Library) read more CD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – also works in standard players!)
Universal (France), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $14.99
Some of the coolest soundtrack music you'll ever hope to hear – all played by a cat who could equally handle the sitar, guitar, Fender Rhodes, and electronics pictured on the cover! Francois De Roubaix is easily one of our favorite soundtrack composers ever – a French talent at the end ... (Soundtracks, Sound Library) read more CD
PSI/Hot Casa (France), 1971. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99
An amazing rare chapter in the career of the legendary Manu Dibango – and a darn funky one as well! This early 70s album was recorded in Paris, right before Manu's huge global "Soul Makossa" hit – and although it was done as an obscure sound library release, it really shows ... (Global Grooves, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Leo/BTF (Italy), Late 70s. New Copy (reissue)... $27.99
A groovy set of sound library tunes from Remigio Ducros – a set dedicated to the liberated young Americans of the early 70s, who get a mighty nice soundtrack from the man himself! The tunes are a mix of full-on funk and laidback numbers – the latter of which still have a current of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Olympus/Essential, 1977. New Copy ... $11.99 14.99
The cover's a little bit cheesy, but the music inside is mighty nice – an American take on 70s sound library modes, but wrapped around a host of familiar tunes you might also know from both TV and the charts of the time! There's two major groups here – the orchestras of Ray Dugan and ... read more CD
Dusty Fingers, 2020. New Copy ... $15.99
A really great project from Dusty Fingers – the beat-digging collective who turned countless producers and hip hop DJs onto the world of sound library grooves back in the 90s, thanks to their legendary collections! This album has the DF team almost returning the favor – using the title ... (Deep Funk, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
GAD (Poland), 1976. New Copy ... $16.99
A rare instrumental outing from Eden – a Polish trio that first began as a blues-rock group, then moved into progressive territory, before hitting a lighter folksier style – none of which really comes close to the vibe of this material from a rare sound library session in 1976! There's ... (Rock, Sound Library) read more CD
De Wolfe/Grapefruit (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 3CD ... $24.99
A fantastic legacy of music from the UK scene – even though it's a pretty darn secret one as well! The Electric Banana were a very unique studio group – a combo who featured Phil May and Dick Taylor of the Pretty Things, right at a time when that group were at the height of their fame ... (Rock, Sound Library) read more CD
678 Records (Netherlands), 1975/1981. New Copy ... $24.99
Dutch pianist Rob Franken is at the top of his game here – the top of his electric game, that is – as the album's a masterpiece in Fender Rhodes instrumentals, and right up there with the best US Rhodes work of the time! The album's a dream come true if you're a fan of jazzy electric ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
CMT/Sonor (Italy), Early 70s. New Copy (reissue)... $44.99
Mad funky work from the Italian studio scene of the 70s – the only album we've ever seen from Freedom Power – a combo who play with the energy of an American blacksploitation soundtrack from back in the day! There's loads of heavy drums, fast-riffing guitar, and sweet keyboards on the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Luv N' Haight, Early 70s. New Copy ... $6.99 8.98
Two fantastic funky grooves from Chicago guitarist Johnny Frigo – both done for the series of jazz dance recordings by choreographer Gus Giordano! "Spill The Wine" is the classic tune from War and Eric Burdon – but done here with a really sweet Fender Rhodes line in the lead ... (Funky 45's, Sound Library) read more 7-inch, Vinyl record
Trunk (UK), Late 60s. New Copy ... $23.99
The great Ron Geesin is a man of many talents – UK studio genius, ace composer, arranger, and more – with ties to worlds that include film music, sound library work, easy listening, and even collaborations with Pink Floyd! The music here is all from films by underground director ... (Soundtracks, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Orion, Early 80s. Very Good ... $36.99
Later work from the Gus Giordano dance studios – a session that's not as funky as some of their earlier work, but still mostly original material played by a group of local Chicago studio musicians! The feel here is mostly an early 80s approach to jazz funk – smooth at times, with a ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some wear.)
Le Tres Jazz Club (France), Mid 70s. New Copy ... $21.99
Keyboardist Jacky Giordano really steps out here – in an "organ plus" mode that also features work on a fair bit of other electric keys too! The style is nice and simple – tight, short tracks that follow the best sound library funk modes of the 70s – with plenty of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
RCA/Schema (Italy), Early 70s. New Copy ... $26.99 32.99
One of the best records ever from the Gruppo D'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza – an obscure side project of Ennio Morricone and other Italian composers – working here in a freaky, psychedelic setting! The album mixes sonic experiments with fuzzy guitars, freaky keyboards, and some ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the album on CD!)
Cometa (Italy), 1971. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99
Rare work from this legendary Italian improvisational group – a lineup that features famous modernists Mario Bertoncini, Egisto Macchi, and Walter Bianchi – as well as soundtrack genius Ennio Morricone! The sounds are quite dark and abstract – often somewhere out in the space of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 300 – on clear vinyl!)
Gemelli/Loneos Editions (Italy), 1977. New Copy (reissue)... $31.99
A sound library album from the Italian 70s scene – but one that's more like a jazz record overall, given that it's the product of musician Sandro Brugnolini, working under an assumed name – a cat who gave the world plenty of great jazz records in his day! There's a nice mix of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Alan Hawkshaw —
Mo' Hawk – The Essential Vibes & Grooves 1967 to 1975 ... CD RPM (UK), Late 60s-Mid 70s. Used ... $19.99
A treasure trove of funk from one of the greatest unsung heroes of the genre! Alan Hawkshaw was one of the coolest cats in the British studio scene of the 60s and 70s – a period that had him doing countless recordings for TV, radio, film, and other commercial sources. Alan's probably best ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
KPM/Be With (UK), 1977. New Copy (reissue)... $19.99
A fantastic set from sound library keyboard genius Alan Hawkshaw – one that's got a very positive, upbeat mix of acoustic and electric elements – and some mighty nice keys from the man himself! Alan's got ears here that open up channels of sound through territory that includes catchy ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
GAD (Poland), 1979. New Copy ... $16.99
A selection of work for a Polish TV show at the end of the 70s – music that's partly in a familiar sound library mode, but which also has some great sound library touches too – a nice sense of variety that really makes for an overstuffed set! Some of these tracks are clearly scene-setti ... (Soundtracks, Sound Library) read more CD
Elektra, Late 60s. Very Good+ ... $1.99
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(Cover has a split bottom seam and some wear.)
Elektra, 1964. Very Good+ ... $2.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a light wear.)
KPM/Be With (UK), 1976. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99
Nick Ingman's known to some for his groovy guitar instrumentals of the 60s – but here, he's at the top of the sound library game – serving up bigger group instrumentals in two different styles! Side one features "distinctive themes" – and has Ingman working a big band ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Jim Keltner/Sheffield Labs, 1980. Used ... $14.99
Sheffield Drum Record is a fantastic album full of open drumbreaks ripe for sampling! (Jazz, Sound Library) CD
(Out of print.)
Trunk (UK), 1970s. New Copy ... $23.99
Rare work from the archives of Basil Kirchen – very appropriately titled, given the madness of the legendary UK composer! As Jonny Trunk explains in the notes, Kirchen left the music behind with little in the way of information – but that hardly detracts from the quality of the music, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Gottfried Michael Koenig/Deutsche Grammophon/Avant Garde (Germany), 1970. Near Mint- ... $16.99
A great entry in the Deutsche Grammophon Avant Garde series – four electronic pieces all developed at the Studio Of Electronic Music At Utrecht State University – with a depth and darkness to rival the best of the French scene of the 60s! (Out Sound, Sound Library) LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a small index label on back.)
GAD (Poland), Late 60s/1970s/1980s/1990s. New Copy ... $16.99
A great celebration of the rich career of Polish soundtrack and sound library composer Andrzej Korzynski – a package issued on the 80th birthday of the artist, and which features well-collected tracks from four decades of recording, plus some unreleased material too! Korzynski's been ... (Soundtracks, Sound Library) read more CD
GAD (Poland), 2019. New Copy 2CD ... $8.99
A more recent soundtrack from Polish composer Andrzej Korzynski – put together for a film by the son of his old partner, director Andrzej Zulawski – and in a way that continues their cinematic legacy from previous years! The roots of the music like in older Korzynski recordings, but ... (Soundtracks, Sound Library) read more CD
Folkways, 1982. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99
Beautiful sounds from the overlooked minimalist composer Craig Kupka – a set that features two very different tracks, each issued by Folkways Records – with a presentation that's both far away from the more academic records of the time, and some of the self-released work of the growing ... (Out Sound, Sound Library) read more CD
Also available Crystals – New Music For Relaxation 2 ... LP 18.99
Folkways, 1982. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99 24.99
Beautiful sounds from the overlooked minimalist composer Craig Kupka – a set that features two very different tracks, each issued by Folkways Records – with a presentation that's both far away from the more academic records of the time, and some of the self-released work of the growing ... (Out Sound, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Crystals – New Music For Relaxation 2 ... CD 12.99(Beautiful heavy reissue – done just like an original Folkways album!)
Play Time (France), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy ... $32.99
Some of the funkiest, grooviest sounds we've ever heard from Francis Lai – the French film composer who gave the world the soundtracks for Love Story and A Man & A Woman – but who comes across here in a style that's more like some of the best British and Italian sound library ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition!)
Fifth Dimension (Germany), 1969. New Copy ... $6.99 16.99
Fantastic funky electronics – a rare sound library set from Cecil Luter, done in a mad mod style that's not unlike some of the cosmic breaks you'd get from fellow Frenchmen Jean-Jacques Perrey or Pierre Henry! Cecil moogs it along fast and funky on a dozen tracks – backed by a small ... read more CD
Festival/Trunk (UK), Mid 60s-Early 70s. Used ... $11.99
Incredible work from one of our favorite soundtrack artists ever – Sven Libaek, a Norwegian-born composer who recorded some of his grooviest work on the Australian scene of the 60s and 70s! Sven might have sounded fine in his homeland, but when he got to Oz he really opened up a lot – ... (Soundtracks, Sound Library) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Peer/P-Vine (Japan), 1974. New Copy ... $26.99
Sublime sound library work from mid 70s Australia – one of the greatest records ever from soundtrack genius Sven Libaek, done in collaboration with a host of the greatest Aussie jazz players of the time! The groove here is laidback, but funky – almost dreamy at times, in the manner of ... read more CD
Project 3, 1973. Near Mint- Gatefold ... $11.99
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(Cover has a cutout notch and some small stains on front.)
Coloursound Library/Be With (UK), 1983. New Copy (reissue)... $19.99
Percussive underscores, but for the now generation – specifically the one that wants a bit more electronics in their percussion – as most of the set seems to focus more on electric drum styles than the acoustic instruments on the cover! That's hardly a problem, though – as the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cinedelic (Italy), 1977. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99
An experimental sound library set from Egisto Macchi, but one that's got a really organic sort of vibe – as the music was done for a film that looked at the rites and superstitions of the south of Italy – and gets some really well-deserved spooky sounds in the process! Some moments ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition.)
Columbia (Japan), 1970s/1980s/1990s. New Copy 2CD ... $16.99
Unusual later work from Norio Maeda – the Japanese jazz arranger who did some very groovy work in the 60s, then went on to handle a whole different array of sounds in the Japanese scene – a good deal of which are collected in this set! The double-length package features Maeda music ... (Jazz, Sound Library) read more CD
AMS (Italy), Late 70s. New Copy (pic cover, reissue)... Just Sold Out!
A tremendous trio from the Italian soundtrack scene of the 70s – Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi, and Vince Tempera – all great talents on their own, but a real powerhouse of grooves when they got together on work like this! The Bixio-Fizzi-Tempera name always meant something extra-groovy ... (Funky 45's, Sound Library) read more 7-inch, Vinyl record
(Special Record Store Day 2020 release – now bumped into regular rotation!)
KPM/Tummy Touch (UK), 1969. New Copy (reissue)... $14.99 22.98
One of the grooviest sound library records ever made – a whopping batch of funky Hammond heavies from British legends Keith Mansfield and Alan Hawkshaw! The rare set was recorded right at the tail end of the 60s – and it's got a mod sort of style that mixes funky rhythms with some ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Cenacolo/Intervallo (Italy), 1983. New Copy (reissue)... $14.99
Percussion and effects – wrapped up together beautifully in this rare Italian sound library set! The album's got a groove that's exactly what you'd expect from the title – acoustic percussion mixes with electronics that are sometimes spare and stark, sometimes production effects, and ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Sonor (Italy), 1972. New Copy (reissue)... $48.99
If you can forgive the title of this one, you'll find it to be a very groovy record! The album's a killer batch of funky instrumentals ("black sound") recorded in Italy in 1972 by Augusto Martelli ("white people") – and it's got the groove and swing of some of the best ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Folkways, 1979. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99 24.99
A really beautiful record from Ann McMillan – one of the lesser-known talents in the female legacy of electronic music – but one we'd put right up there right next to Daphne Oram for her inventive genius! The set was recorded at the legendary Princeton Center For Electronic Music ... (Out Sound, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful heavy reissue – done just like an original Folkways album!)
Moggi (Piero Umiliani) —
Double Face ... LP Overdrive (Italy), Late 70s. New Copy (reissue)... $28.99
The cover here looks a bit 80s, but the sound of half the record is much more rich and organic – and maybe more in the kind of mode you'd know from the film score work of Piero Umiliani – who's working here under his Moggi pseudonym! Side one is orchestral – and most tracks have ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
KPM/Tummy Touch (UK), 1970. New Copy (reissue)... $15.99 19.99
The big beat here is plenty darn funky – but in some really weird and wonderful ways too – thanks to the genius talents of the mighty Alan Moorehouse, the legendary British maestro featured on this rare sound library album for KPM! Moorehouse is even more compelling than some of his ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
EMI/P-Vine (Japan), 1974. New Copy (reissue)... $34.99
A crucial bit of keyboard funk from the 70s – a wild album of many moods, recorded in 1974, and featuring the talents of keyboard whiz Marc Moulin! Moulin's since been resurrected and given the credit he deserves – but at the time of release, this rare gem was somewhat lost – ... (Jazz, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese pressing – with obi!)
Fonit Cetra/Sonor (Italy), 1973. New Copy (reissue)... $19.99
A split set of sound library instrumentals – recorded by two more famous artists, each working here under a pseudonym! Narassa is Sandro Brugnolini – an artist you might know for darker, moodier music on other records – but who turns in some very cool tracks on side one – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 600!)
Gemelli/Loneos Editions (Italy), 1972. New Copy (reissue)... $31.99
Some of the darkest work we've ever heard from Bruno Nicolai – an Italian soundtrack composer who's usually in the more groovy side of the spectrum – but who here proves that he can be as moody and offbeat as his frequent musical partner, Ennio Morricone! The tunes have some occasional ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 400!)
Capitol, 1960s. Very Good+ ... $14.99
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Capitol, Early 60s. Very Good ... $11.99
A cool entry in the early 60s sound library series from Capitol Records – with bossa nova instrumentals on side one! LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Durium/Mannequin (Germany), 1983. New Copy (reissue)... $11.99 24.98
Doris Norton really moves out of the sound library shadows with this mid-80s set – a record that's got lots of tight electro-soul grooves – served up with plenty of beats, Roland keyboards, and even a bit of vocoder material as well! Doris works alongside Antonious Rex – who did ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition!)
Cometa (Italy), Early 70s. New Copy ... $19.99
Cool keyboards, moogy moments, and lots of other sweet electric touches – all served up in this rare album of sound library grooves from the Orchestra Cometa – a larger ensemble made of players who worked for the legendary Italian studio outfit! The music here is in a mid 70s funky ... read more CD
EEE ZEE, 2019. New Copy ... $13.99
We've heard some funky sounds from Misha Panfilov in the past, but this record is something else entirely – more like a groovy set of sound library electronics from the 70s – the tuneful sort, not the noisy kind – served up in ways that are wonderfully tuneful and extremely ... (Deep Funk, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
MusiCues/Wah Wah (Spain), Early 60s. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99
Fantastic spacey sounds by the young Jean-Jacques Perry – heard here before his more famous American recordings with Gershon Kingsley – in a mode that's maybe even more abstract and modern overall! The sounds are an unusual link between the musique concrete scene in France and some of ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500!)
Veals & Geeks (Belgium), 1972. New Copy LP + 7" (reissue)... $22.99
Kind of an offshoot of the Marc Moulin world of the early 70s – the self-titled album from Plus, a group made up of musicians from the funky combo Placebo! The vibe is much more open than Placebo, but still shares lots of that group's great talent for mixing together jazz, funk, and trippy ... (Rock, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes a bonus pic sleeve single – with the tracks "Kentucky Woman" and "Changing".)
Chappell (France), 1969. Very Good+ ... $11.99
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(Cover has some peeling at the top flip-back.)
Carosello/Schema (Italy), 1974. New Copy LP & CD (reissue)... $26.99 32.99
A legendary sound library set from the 70s Italian scene – exactly the kind of record that got so many folks digging for sound library funk so many years ago! The record's a masterpiece of funky rhythms, jazzy instrumentation, and warmer touches – served up with plenty of Fender Rhodes ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes bonus CD.)
Folkways, 1959. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99
Tony Schwartz must have been one of the coolest cats working on the New York scene in the 50s – not a musician, or a singer – but instead a sound artist whose legacy was dedicated to documenting the city in a very poetic way! This album may well be Tony's masterpiece – a long ... (Spoken Word, Sound Library) read more CD
(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)
Roundtable (Australia), 1972. New Copy ... $29.99 31.98
A beautiful underwater fantasy of sound library grooves – a set that's almost the Italian equivalent to the Inner Space soundtrack from Australia by Sven Libaek! Like that set, this one uses waves of instrumental energy to create an almost watery vibe – strings mixed with keyboards, ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Vedette/Roundtable (Australia), 1974. New Copy ... $18.99 26.98
The definitely got the title right on this one – as the album's got plenty of violin, but never in the way you might expect – as the instrument is used in all these weird and wonderful ways that really make the record a treat! There's neither classical nor jazz-based violin approaches ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Modern Harmonic, 1950s/Early 60s. New Copy 2CD ... $25.99
A really cool side of work from the enigmatic Raymond Scott – the legendary midcentury figure who did a wealth of creative work in jazz, soundtrack, and electronic music fields! Turns out, Scott also recorded a heck of a lot of commercials in his studio – all in ways that embrace all ... (Now Sound, Sound Library) read more CD
(In a hardbound style book!)
Leo/BTF (Italy), 1972. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99
A fantastic little record, and one that really lives up to the "elettro" promise in its title – as Giuliani Sorgini uses lots of offbeat electronics, in a mode that's almost a link between the musique concrete experiments of the 60s, and some of the more electronic-based sound ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Sonor/Musica Per Immagini (Italy), 1973. New Copy ... $23.99
A never-issued album from Italian composer Giuliano Sorgini – and one that's very much in the best spirit of some of his better-known sound library albums from the 70s! Like some of those, Sorgini does a great job here of balancing more experimental modes with more familiar ones – ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Vocalion (UK), Mid 70s. Used ... $16.99
A legendary TV soundtrack – music for a show that only ran for 8 episodes, but which has lived on for decades past the original program! The Hanged Man features some of the funkiest grooves to ever come from the Themes International sound library label – cuts scored by Alan Tew, and ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
Cometa (Italy), 1970. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99
A record that definitely lives up to its title – an obscure Italian sound library session that blends instrumental touches that evoke an America at the start of the 70s with some of the hipper, deeper currents you'd expect from the team of Stefano Torossi and Giovanni Tomasso! There's plenty ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 300 – on colored vinyl!)
Yan Tregger —
Catchy ... CD BBE (UK), 1978. New Copy ... $8.99 14.99
The cover looks gothic, but the sound is plenty darn groovy – a sweet set of sound library instrumentals from the 70s scene in Paris – most of them served up with an upbeat, clubby sort of vibe! Yan Tregger may not be one of those names that immediately comes to the lips of underground ... read more CD
Also available Catchy ... CD 11.99
BBE (UK), 1978. Used ... $11.99
The cover looks gothic, but the sound is plenty darn groovy – a sweet set of sound library instrumentals from the 70s scene in Paris – most of them served up with an upbeat, clubby sort of vibe! Yan Tregger may not be one of those names that immediately comes to the lips of underground ... read more CD
Also available Catchy ... CD 8.99
Yan Tregger —
Ducks & Drakes ... CD BBE (UK), 1979. New Copy ... $8.99 14.99
An underground funky gem – one that never made it past the collections of the elite sound library audience in the 70s – but which is well deserving of global acclaim! Yan Tregger works here in this style that's every bit as funky as his contemporaries on bigger library labels, but ... read more CD
Magic Touch/Wah Wah (Spain), 1983. New Copy (reissue)... $29.99
Yan Tregger gave the world some funky sound library work in the 70s – but here, he's in much darker territory – definitely in the land of no return, which he explores with waves of really moody electronics! The tunes are still rhythmic – as with Yan's previous work – but ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500!)
Omicron/Schema (Italy), 1968. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99
We're not entirely sure what "fischiando" means, but we can definitely testify that the album lives up to the "beat" in its title – those kind of groovy, mod tunes we love so much in Italian 60s soundtracks from the great Piero Umiliani! This set's even more obscure than ... read more CD
Liuto/Schema (Italy), 1972. New Copy 2LP Gatefold & CD (reissue)... $29.99
Percussion and special effects – a really wonderful blend, especially in the hands of Italian maestro Piero Umiliani! The album's one of Piero's more experimental and electronic outings – done for the Liuto sound library label, with lots of cool production techniques that make the ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Piero Umiliani —
Psichedelica ... CD Omicron/Schema (Italy), 1971. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99
Not the sort of psychedelic music you'd expect from an American rock band of the late 60s – and instead, a stunning set of funky genius from Italian soundtrack maestro Piero Umiliani! The record's actually a precursor to Umiliani's famous global score for Sweden Heaven & Hell (Svezia ... read more CD
Also available Psichedelica (with bonus CD) ... LP 26.99
Omicron/Schema (Italy), 1971. New Copy (reissue)... $26.99
Not the sort of psychedelic music you'd expect from an American rock band of the late 60s – and instead, a stunning set of funky genius from Italian soundtrack maestro Piero Umiliani! The record's actually a precursor to Umiliani's famous global score for Sweden Heaven & Hell (Svezia ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Psichedelica ... CD 12.99(Includes bonus CD of full album!)
Piero Umiliani —
Sweden – Heaven & Hell (Svezia – Inferno E Paradiso) ... LP Omicron/Schema (Italy), 1968. New Copy (reissue)... $22.99 28.99
One of the greatest soundtracks ever from the mighty Piero Umiliani – sounds initially written for a film that was an international "sexpose" of daily life in Sweden – but which have grown to even greater fame on their own over the years – thanks to the talent of the ... (Soundtracks, Sound Library) read more LP, Vinyl record album
