luke vibert Library Music

You know, stuff like this. Music made in the 50s, 60s, and 70s for commercials, TV, radio, movies, or generally whatever. There's a lot of it out there, and most of it is really obscure and hard to find. So those of you WATMMers who are into this style of music, please post your favorites!

Luke Vibert did a couple compilations of Library music:

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Nuggets-Luke-Viberts-Selection/master/121687

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Luke-Viberts-Further-Nuggets/master/54394

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMNG_X-7ZzA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vgmN5XPH8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwJSb44hhU

too busy 4 sentences, random thoughts

library music is great, so fucking great.

check out the music library (book pub by fuel).

mrx got me the fuck into piero umiliani, gamechanging motherfucker.

you can find library records most commonly at record conventions.

wfmu record fair had a booth last year for $5 library recs.

easily one of the foundations of ghost box

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edit: almost all of those are sentences—periods added where relevant

kpm 1000 series

de wolfe

chappel

its endless

all available on many blogs

here are the rarest ones

http://collectorsfrenzy.com/Default.aspx?ctl00%24SearchKey=library+lp&SortKey=3&SearchPageTB=1&OldSearchKey=library+AND+lp&TotalPages=53&x=31&y=13

loooooooooove this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhhpvAZCnwo

and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8k6unZP3A

awesome youtube channel

oh yeah shit bruton music

i only have a few library music lps, but of those, half are bruton. solid stuff.

interesting essay in that book, the music library by (i think) andy votel of finders keepers/etc. explains how both the music and graphics exist within and outside pop music. really worth buying that book, seriously. it comes with a cd compiling some great library music as well.

Everything I'm hearing from Burton records sounds fantastic. I'll be downloading more from that label tonight.

  On 6/28/2011 at 5:33 AM, KY said:

interesting essay in that book, the music library by (i think) andy votel of finders keepers/etc. explains how both the music and graphics exist within and outside pop music. really worth buying that book, seriously. it comes with a cd compiling some great library music as well.

I just read up about it. The book sounds amazing! Unfortunately it's quite expensive (from what I see from Amazon and Ebay) so I don't think I'll be buying it.

ack forgot about that. i think i snagged an oddly cheap copy at one point, or i found a lot of money on the ground or something.

until Capsaicin's post I thought KY was being viciously sarcastic this whole thread

I came across a label that had a few volumes of great synthy pieces which I think were mostly science and technology themed. In fact the albums might have been called Science & Technology. I'll find the details when I get home

fake edit:

I found it, the label is Parry Music (http://www.discogs.com/label/Parry%20Music%20Ltd, seems to be active from late 70s to mid 80s and they have all types of albums listed, I don't know how easy they are to come by but I'd love to get some more. The albums I've got are called New Technology. Volume 1 I can certainly vouch for:

http://www.discogs.com/Various-New-Technology-Volume-1/release/2858209

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty5KbsH071I&feature=related

Klaus Weiss is my hero...

love this shit KPM, Bruton L'Illustration Musicale, Southern, Chapell... wicked shit.

  On 6/28/2011 at 9:10 AM, ganus said:

until Capsaicin's post I thought KY was being viciously sarcastic this whole thread

haha damn, i hope i don't always come off that way.

btw i'll just leave these here

http://36-15-moog.blogspot.com/

http://pornotrond.blogspot.com/

http://librarymusicrarities.blogspot.com/

http://old-junk-or-treasure.blogspot.com/

http://retro-teque.blogspot.com/

http://valverdemusic.blogspot.com/

though i dont think i'm actually following any library music blogs that are still getting updated.

here's an awesome documentary on library music, presented by jonny trunk of trunk records

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01061hr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svv2O2TYJQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyflIK8NAo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hI1jhDiccg

I fucking love wattm

lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrFRYqF9yWU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ5AGtbDQj0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVoWWA5OBbQ

  On 6/28/2011 at 6:18 PM, KY said:

  On 6/28/2011 at 9:10 AM, ganus said:

until Capsaicin's post I thought KY was being viciously sarcastic this whole thread

haha damn, i hope i don't always come off that way.

 

btw i'll just leave these here

http://36-15-moog.blogspot.com/

http://pornotrond.blogspot.com/

http://librarymusicrarities.blogspot.com/

http://old-junk-or-treasure.blogspot.com/

http://retro-teque.blogspot.com/

http://valverdemusic.blogspot.com/

 

though i dont think i'm actually following any library music blogs that are still getting updated.

Holy shit. Thanks for this.

I just downloaded a bunch from this guy's blog. He has a lot of great stuff from his 2009/2010 posts.

http://djmarselluswallace.blogspot.com/

this thread is a good place

more people should get in the library room on soulseek, i used to get loads of stuff from there.

That blog, Dusty Shelf, is unbelievable.

john zorn.

john zorn.

john zorn.

john zorn.

is God.

is God.

is John Zorn.

then again his stuff is a 'knockoff of library music.' but still.

'The Gift.'

'The Dreamers.'

'O'o.'

'Alhambra Love Songs.'

those are my favorites of his new 'Library music' phase. There are many, many more where that came from. He's my favorite artist ever, probably.

I tend to make really obvious observations. I'm not very into library music yet but this thread seems like a fantastic place to learn. Hope the Zorn rec was helpful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfTube__vgk