Bumping the thread to post a link to a fun discussion of the Bruton Music Library, here:
https://wearethemutants.com/2017/06/08/the-bruton-music-library-1977-1989/These guys really do a good job at describing the charm of this music, the packaging, etc. You can see the weird mix of utilitarian and wacky creative design in the many album covers shown on that web page. As I’m currently re-organizing my album shelves, the vibrant, color-coded Bruton library looks particularly nice on a shelf.
The Bruton Music Library comprises the bulk of my purchases, as I just seem to like their sound so much. And I have of course some KPM. But my foray in to Library Music has spread, virus-like, into other libraries:
Music De Wolfe, Rouge Music Ltd, Chappell, Tele, Themes International, and others. Not to mention delving in to movie soundtracks, often foreign, that share the same DNA - funky, gritty, jazzy horns, strings, bold analog synthesizers, etc. Much of this music just comes charging out of the speakers with such vitality, and a sort of goofy confidence.
It’s been the most fun I’ve had in exploring music in a long time.
There are many collections of Library music as well. Show Up Records has put out some nice collections. I’ve had this one for a while:
https://showuprecords.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-dramatic-funk-themes-vol-2-thrilling-rare-grooves-from-...A bunch of moody and funky music often use in crime movies. I really love cuts like #3 on the album above,
Frank McDonald & Chris Rae - Soul City Drive.
Here’s another page with a bunch more of their collections.
https://showuprecords.bandcamp.com/At this point I either own or have ordered all of those albums (my bank account groaning)!
As I mentioned in my first post, many Library albums, especially some of the Bruton and KPM, are just beautifully produced and recorded. When I play them I just sink in to the analog days gone past....