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XSound library funk, grooves, and breaks -- from Italy, France, England, and beyond -- on labels like KPM, DeWolfe, and Bruton!


JuJu/Broc (France), Late 60s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold
A really rare slice of work from the funky genius Janko Nilovic – not the sound library grooves which have gained him fame over the decades – but instead a batch of rare cuts from his own short-lived record label, which he formed in 1968 with soul singer Davy Jones! Nilovic and Jones ... LP, Vinyl record album

Zyklus

Stimulacra
Buried Treasure (UK), Late 80s/1990s/Early 2000s. New Copy
Over 20 years worth of unheard recordings from the writer/producer of The Delaware Road – work that's been pulled from an assortment of cassettes, DATs, and minidiscs – and which represent a similar evolution in electronics as the technology on which it was recorded! Some of the tracks ... CD
Vedette/Holy Basil (Italy), 1972. New Copy (reissue)
A keyboard-heavy groover from the great Italian sound library label Vedette – one that features loads of sweet organ and piano lines in many flavors – all mixed with the kind of lovely instrumentation we find in our favorite Italian soundtracks too! Lee Selmoco is actually one of the ... LP, Vinyl record album
678 Records (Netherlands), 1977. New Copy
A really great soundtrack from Dutch composer Pieter Verlinden – a set of short little tracks that's plenty heavy on keyboard work, and which features a fair bit of funky moments too! As with most non-commercial soundtrack recordings, the tracks here weren't given proper titles, as no record ... LP, Vinyl record album
678 Records (Netherlands), 1976/1980. New Copy
Two sweet slices of work from Dutch film score genius Pieter Verlinden – who also turns out to be a hell of a keyboardist too! Side one features music from Mensenwerk – a documentary, but one that's scored like some of the hip Italian ones of the decade – with a groovy mix of ... LP, Vinyl record album
Tele Music/BMG (France), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP
A second stunning helping of grooves from the overlooked Tele Music sound library of the 70s – home to some of the most fantastic work that was being cut on the French scene at the time – much of it by artists who also had a fair bit of backing in jazz! The grooves here are heavy on ... LP, Vinyl record album
Tele Music/BMG (France), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP
Great grooves galore – a sweet selection of tracks from the late 60s onwards, none of which were made available to the public at the time! The French Tele Music company was one of those secret sound library labels – recording top shelf tracks during the 70s, but then only passing them ... LP, Vinyl record album

Branislave Zivkovic/Andre Tschaskowski

Emotionally
Coloursound Library/Be With (UK), 1986. New Copy (reissue)
A record from the more electronic years of the sound library scene – yet one that's also got a nicely sensitive side too, in a way that really lives up to its title! Both artists get plenty of space to serve up their songs – mostly shorter numbers in variations for most tracks – ... LP, Vinyl record album

Hardy's Jet Band/Klaus Wuestoff/Jan Troysen/Gary Pacific

Blue Butterfly
Selected Sound/Be With (UK), 1971. New Copy (reissue)
An early gem on the German Selected Sound library series – one that features work by a number of different artists, and is all the groovier because of that! Hardy's Jet Band dominate the first part of the album – and turn in these killer cuts that mix together fuzzy guitar and funky ... LP, Vinyl record album
Coloursound Library/Be With (UK), 1981. New Copy (reissue)
Drummer Klaus Weiss gave the world some great funk and jazz in the 70s, but on this early 80s set, he's in a nicely different mode – using a fair bit of (then) contemporary keyboards along with his rhythms – at a level that ties this sound library work into some of the same shift in ... LP, Vinyl record album

Piero Umiliani (Zalla)

Paesaggi
Liuto/Four Flies (Italy), 1971. New Copy
One of the most seductive sound library albums ever recorded by Piero Umiliani – a set that was originally issued under his Zalla pseudonym, but which has all the best jazzy grooves of some of his famous soundtrack material from the end of the 60s! As on those records, Umiliani plays a host ... LP, Vinyl record album
Four Flies (Italy), 1970s/Early 80s. New Copy
The first-ever collection to look at the lost sound library work of Ezy Minus – born Enzo Minuti, and a very self-contained talent who worked out of his own Studio 67 on the scene in Bologna! There's a scope of material here that's really great, and a bit different than some more familiar ... LP, Vinyl record album

Janko Nilovic & The Soul Surfers

Maze Of Sounds
Broc (France), 2020. New Copy
A great pairing of funky talents old and new – 70s sound library legend Janko Nilovic on keyboards, and the totally hip Soul Surfers combo on rhythms – providing these great backdrops for some surprisingly wonderful work on organ, piano, and Rhodes from Janko! We'll confess, we didn't ... LP, Vinyl record album

Gruppo Sound

Dreams For Sax
Flipper/Holy Basil, 1987. New Copy (reissue)
A rare later set on the Italian Flipper sound library label – much later than most of the 70s funk classics we know from Flipper, and a record that's equally groovy in its own sort of way! There's definitely plenty of the sax promised in the title – blown with a sharper edge than most ... LP, Vinyl record album
Leo/VM (Italy), 1969. New Copy (reissue)
Warm and wonderful sound library music from Oronzo De Filippi – not nearly as cold as you might expect from the Meccanizzazione title! The tunes are all in the range of two to three minutes, and have these really lovely keyboard parts – gentle grooves that are sometimes jazzy, ... LP, Vinyl record album
Selection/Sdban (Belgium), Late 70s. New Copy (reissue)
An album that really lives up to its name – as the music here definitely has a sense of shape in space – really careful construction of tracks with keyboards and electronics, in ways make for a very unique project overall! The album's got a headier vibe than you'd expect from work on a ... LP, Vinyl record album

Mario Molino

Beat Gregoriano
Leonardi/We Are Busy Bodies, 1971. New Copy (reissue)
An album that really takes the "beat" in its title seriously – as the set's got plenty of heavy drums, right from the start – and at a level that's very different than the usual Italian sound library set of the time! The vibe is more rock than jazz or easy – and the ... LP, Vinyl record album
Cavendish/BBE (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy 2CD
Brilliant funky instrumentals from the UK Cavendish Sound Library – a company who could sometimes recorded more staid music, although that certainly wasn't the case with the gems on this collection! The music is by a handful of British studio talents of the time – most of whom come ... CD
Polskie Radio/GAD (Poland), 1974. New Copy
Very groovy work from the 70s Polish scene – served up by the legendary Henryk Debich, an artist with an equal talent for jazz and soundtrack material! Here, Henryk meets nicely in the middle – providing funky backings for some larger orchestrations, at a level that often recalls some ... CD

Henryk Debich/Orkiestra PRiTV

1978 – City (with bonus tracks)
GAD (Poland), 1978. New Copy
A really cool collection of work from Polish sound library talent Henryk Debich – all 70s material that was designed to evoke the feel of the modern city – including many tracks that were issued in a special cassette series for daily commuters! The material was recorded at the Polish ... CD
Polskie Radio/GAD (Poland), 1979. New Copy
Sweet funky work from Henryk Debich – a soundtrack composer by fame, but one who could get nice and groovy when he wanted – which is definitely the case here! The tracks are all upbeat instrumentals done by a Polish radio ensemble – and they've got a style that's a lot like some ... CD

Piero Umiliani (Zalla)

Paesaggi
Liuto/Four Flies (Italy), 1971. New Copy
One of the most seductive sound library albums ever recorded by Piero Umiliani – a set that was originally issued under his Zalla pseudonym, but which has all the best jazzy grooves of some of his famous soundtrack material from the end of the 60s! As on those records, Umiliani plays a host ... CD

Arawak

Explosive
Golden Pavilion (Portugal), 1980. New Copy (reissue)
A sweet set of keyboard-heavy tracks – a relatively obscure Italian sound library set from the start of the 80s, and one that's got a stark sound that's very much in the spirit of its cover! The tunes are mighty lean – often keyboards with just a bit of rhythm – a setup that's ... LP, Vinyl record album
Real Gone, 1978. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)
A really heady record from British drummer Brian Bennett – an artist known for both jazz and funky sound library work – here stretching out in a mode that really fits the image on the cover! The tunes are longer than some of Bennett's earlier sound library material – almost a mix ... LP, Vinyl record album
Black Cat (Italy), Early 70s. New Copy
Excellent obscure jazzy groovers from the groundbreaking team of Cicci Santucci and Enzo Scoppa! Cicci plays trumpet and Enzo plays tenor – and the pair had chops sharp enough to play with the best of the Italian jazz scene of the 70s, but which also graced more than a fair share of private ... CD

Bruce Haack & Miss Nelson

Dance, Sing, & Listen
Aurora Rising (Germany), 1963. New Copy
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One of the first albums ever made by Bruce Haack – the mad musician who's best known for his electronic work, but who also left behind a huge legacy of self-produced work for children! This album was done in collaboration with Miss Nelson – Esther Nelson, a dance instructor who worked ... CD

Piero Umiliani

To-Day's Sound
Schema (Italy), 1971. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue)
A gem of a record from the great Piero Umiliani – and maybe one of his funkiest, grooviest projects ever! The set is more sound library funk than soundtrack – and features some very strong keyboard work in the lead on most track – including Fender Rhodes, moog, Hammond, and even ... LP, Vinyl record album

Piero Umiliani (Rovi)

Pianofender Blues
Omicron/Dialogo (Italy), 1975. New Copy (reissue)
A great set of keyboard work from the legendary Piero Umiliani – and one that's definitely heavy on the Fender Rhodes promised in the title! Piero first started out with a more jazz-based sound in the 60s, and that definitely returns here – but updated nicely with a sweet set of 70s ... LP, Vinyl record album

Klaus Weiss Rhythm & Sounds

Sound Inventions
Selected Sound/Be With (UK), 1979. New Copy (reissue)
A rare sound library treasure from the great Klaus Weiss – a German drummer who worked heavily in the worlds of jazz, funk, fusion, and prog during the 70s – all experience that he certainly brings to bear on this great little set! The album's full of funky drums and electronics – ... LP, Vinyl record album

Armando Sciascia

Sea Fantasy
Roundtable (Australia), 1972. New Copy
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, ... LP, Vinyl record album

Vuolo/E Grande

Desert
Giraffa/Strut (UK), 1979. New Copy
A hip bit of sound library funk from the Italian Giraffa label – a batch of tunes that's almost a mix between horror soundtracks and jazz funk – served up with all the right keyboard and guitar touches of both! There's a slight electro vibe to the record at points – almost a mode ... LP, Vinyl record album

Keith Papworth

Hard Hitter
De Wolfe (UK), 1976. New Copy (reissue)
A heavy funk gem from the UK sound library scene – exactly the kind of record that makes digging for sound library records so great – filled with grooves that never saw the light of day on the mainstream market back in the 70s! Heavy drums rule the scene on many cuts – making the ... LP, Vinyl record album
BBE (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold
Brilliant funky instrumentals from the UK Cavendish Sound Library – a company who could sometimes recorded more staid music, although that certainly wasn't the case with the gems on this collection! The music is by a handful of British studio talents of the time – most of whom come ... LP, Vinyl record album
Cavendish/BBE (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy 2LP Gatefold
Brilliant funky instrumentals from the UK Cavendish Sound Library – a company who could sometimes recorded more staid music, although that certainly wasn't the case with the gems on this collection! The music is by a handful of British studio talents of the time – most of whom come ... LP, Vinyl record album

Alessandro Alessandroni & Rino De Filippi

Vacanze
SR/Sonor (Italy), Early 70s. New Copy (reissue)
A sweet summer vacation from two Italian sound library maestros – both working here together at the height of their powers – in the kind of blend of funk, bossa, and jazz that you could only find in the Italian scene at the time! The rhythms are lively, but nice and light too – ... LP, Vinyl record album

Piero Umiliani (Zalla)

Paesaggi (original 1971 cover)
Liuto/Four Flies (Italy), 1971. New Copy (reissue)
One of the most seductive sound library albums ever recorded by Piero Umiliani – a set that was originally issued under his Zalla pseudonym, but which has all the best jazzy grooves of some of his famous soundtrack material from the end of the 60s! As on those records, Umiliani plays a host ... LP, Vinyl record album

Otakar Olsanik/Jan Martis

Advanced Process
Coloursound Library/Be With (UK), 1986. New Copy (reissue)
A synth-heavy sound library set, and one that really lives up to the cover image of a spaceman on the front – a record that soars through the skies on waves of pulsating sonic energy – lean enough to achieve liftoff, but with enough force to keep on soaring through the cosmos! The ... LP, Vinyl record album

Andrzej Marko/Andre Mikola

Fly Me To The Sun
Coloursound Library/Be With (UK), 1983. New Copy (reissue)
A sweet 80s take on the sound library style – one that has both artists in the lead handling plenty of keyboards over basslines – all with the lean instrumental style that was really coming into vogue at the time! As with most sound library records, the approach here is very well-suited ... LP, Vinyl record album

Tonio Rubio

Rhythms
Tele Music/Be With (UK), 1973. New Copy (reissue)
A record that really lives up to the promise of its title – and one that delivers not just in the world of funky rhythms, but Latin modes as well! There's some great percussion on the cuts at the bottom – so that even if there's some wah wah guitar or sweet electric keyboards, there ... LP, Vinyl record album
Liuto/Schema (Italy), 1972. New Copy 2LP Gatefold & CD (reissue)
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 ... LP, Vinyl record album

Piero Umiliani (Zalla)

Africa
Liuto/Dialogo (Italy), 1972. New Copy (reissue)
A totally wonderful set of sound library work from the legendary Piero Umiliani, working here under the name of Zalla – a set that mixes his great ear for electronic elements with some warm acoustic instrumentation too – a blend of percussion, baritone flute, and even a bit of marimba ... LP, Vinyl record album

Puccio Roelens

Research Of Sound
Sounds From The Screen (Italy), 1976. New Copy
We're not sure how much research went into the album – but we can definitely say that's got the sound just right – this sublime variation on Italian studio funk, served up here with all the right elements! The record's got an electric slink that would be right at home on the CTI/Kudo ... LP, Vinyl record album
Neuilly/Farfalla (France), 1971. New Copy (reissue)
Mad mad work from the great Nino Nardini – one of the greatest keyboard players to ever grace the sound library scene! This album was never officially issued, but is an incredibly strong bit of "commercial music", created initially for use by radio and TV stations, but just as good ... LP, Vinyl record album
Leo/BTF (Italy), Late 70s. New Copy (reissue)
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 ... LP, Vinyl record album
Montparnasse 2000/Le Tres Jazz Club (France), 1976. New Copy (reissue)
One of the funkiest records of the French scene of the 70s – a now-legendary sound library album from Jacky Giordano – and one that's filled with amazing keyboards throughout! Jacky stars with grooves that are like some of the best Lalo Schfrin crime/cop modes of the early 70s – ... LP, Vinyl record album

Silvano Chimenti

Disco Music
Usignolo/Holy Basil (Italy), 1980. New Copy (reissue)
A set that's definitely got some of the disco promised in the title, but one that's got an approach that's nicely different than American club too – more in the European sound track style, with lots of instrumental passages that open up in very cool ways! Instrumentation includes both ... LP, Vinyl record album
Stella/Saar Milano (Italy), 1973. New Copy (reissue)
Beautiful sounds from one of the coolest Italian composers of all time – one of our go-to favorites for both soundtrack and sound library material! This set has Alessandro Alessandroni hitting some sweet 70s modes – funky at times, slinky and sexy at others – all with this ... LP, Vinyl record album
Leo/Redi (Italy), 1970. New Copy (reissue)
A really unusual sound library session from the start of the 70s – a record with a number of very short tracks, each of which might make a sort of theme for a TV show – although there's a unified quality to the record that maybe makes every single track work together more as a whole ... LP, Vinyl record album

Sandro Brugnolini/Stefano Torossi

Musica Per Commenti Sonori (with bonus CD)
Carosello/Schema (Italy), 1969. New Copy (reissue)
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 ... LP, Vinyl record album
Liuto/Schema (Italy), 1973. New Copy (reissue)
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 ... LP, Vinyl record album
 
Updated March 25, 2023


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