Some Trevor Bastow Library Music: 1976 Double Exposure, 1978 Rhythm Stick, 1980 The Video Age, 1980 Kinetic Vision

 

Trevor Bastow:

British composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Brother of Geoff Bastow and Phil Bastow.

Born: 20th February 1945, in Spen Valley, Yorkshire, England.

Died: 15th June 2000, in Lambeth, London, England.

You can see from his discography he was highly prolific, although almost entirely in the sphere of library music, but I didn't venture into the danger territory of the later 1980s or even the earliest 1980s, it might be there are treasures there I wouldn't know.

Winds of Change, from Double Exposure (1976) is so sweet, so innocently a part of those naive, open-minded seventies:

Looks like this was his first album, made in conjunction with brother Geoff.

The gorgeous electric piano sound of Shades, so percussively crisp and tight, absolutely takes me to heaven every time I hear it, especially on top of that funky rhythm section, on Rhythm Stick (1978)

Simple chords, but I'm sure you'll agree it's the overall sound that makes it.  I wish the whole album was that good, but then it would've been a library masterpiece we would've encountered before, I think.  No matter, worth it for that one selection.

From the Video Age (1980), Autocue:

Lovely stuff.