VA: Weighty & Solid And Heavy & Light Harmonic ‎– CBO 665 from 1973

Despite the interest-arousing title, a mix of composers including Wilhelm plus others plays some very generic early sixties library styles (despite the lateness of the year).  A comment was helpfully added at the bottom of the above database page.

Typical track, Hartmeyer's Marching Robots:

More Ch. Brull Library: H. Thieme's Themes in Beat from 1973 [CBW 660]

I will return to the April Orchestras in a little bit, in the meantime, this just in.  A wonderful gift from my library collector friend which is sure to enchant all those fans out there of which I know there are many.

Information, a little sparse, can be found here.  Not a cheap LP as you can see (average 225 USD), making it quite costly an act of benefaction.

More Library from Brull: Beat Bach CBW 649 and G. Homburg's CBW 650

As the title indicates, very light Bach-influenced program music played by quasi-rock group.  Not at all at the level of Chris Hinze's Bach record, obviously.  A title like Round Again by Rauch can be quite listenable:





Many thanks to my library collector friend again for his generosity, in permitting us to hear this!

CBO 613's Mono 10-inch of the Industial Espionage Suite ("Trip to The Mars") by the famous Roland Kovac

I am so very pleased to be offering you this outstanding composition in advanced jazz big band mode, by Roland Kovac from his early days, 1968 to be specific.  A very atmospheric and interesting almost poetic title with the Mars mention perfectly describes the sheer interest of his composition.

Again we have to thank that same record collector of rare library material who shared the Mean and Dirty record and who owns the actual vinyl with its amazingly well-positioned grooves that hit by the diamond needle produce in us such an ecstasy, those of us, like you who read this, who love music more than anything else.  For this little piece is surely a treasure....

Here's the opening:





Note the unfortunate James Bond reference, which I thought a bit gratuitous.  But others may think it's a nice, well-integrated homage, brief as it is.

An ebay seller:

Now this is one of the "big" Library albums.... Issued in 1968 on Harmonic LP CBO LP 613 as "Industrial Espionage Suite" by Roland Kovac this later found fame as the soundtrack to "Trip To the Mars" which is itself a very collectable soundtrack, but it started life on Harmonic and is incredibly rare. It's also fantastic and could easily have been the soundtrack to a classic Bond film. The musicians, as per usual, aren't credited but it's known that Jimmy Deuchar, Derek Humble & Cliff Hardy were involved in the session. These 10" LPs were pressed in minute quantities, often as few as 50, and if a track or two took off then they might get reissued on a 12" LP but it is the 10" issues that are the true originals. The disc is in near mint condition and plays great. It has a plain card sleeve (not unusual for library LPs of this vintage) A rare opportunity to pick up a seriously rare slice of vinyl. Feel free to ask questions. I am happy to ship anywhere on the planet and operate a no-quibble refund policy.

From our beloved popsike: (Note the low price)

Industrial espionage suite : Roland Kovac
Brull CBO 613, UK, 1968

Big one here ! This is the 10 inch issue of "trip to the Mars" from 1968.... Included 11 tracks of the Saba lp (no names tracks but with blue dance !) from the Kovac session with Jimmy Deuchar (Trumpet), Cliff Hardy (trombone), Derek Humble (Alto), Charlie Drewo (tenor), Johnny Fisher (bass), Francis Coppetiers (piano), Jimmy Pratt (drums), Stuff Combe (percussion). 

E. Illin and G. Heinz - Mixed Shorties, Music for Television, Film, Radio, Brull CBW 669 (from 1976)

As you can see, the first side is all from Heinz and most of the second too.  Eugene Illin only appears in the last three tracks, and he was the reason I purchased this of course, on the strength of the great compositions he provided for the Drama in Rhythm library LP.  The bio from discogs says:

" Czechoslovak composer and saxophonist. 
Born 2 November 1924 in Biskupice pri Dunaji (former Czechoslovakia), died 12 March 1985 in West Berlin, West Germany. "

Notice that Heinz is more of a straightforward composer.
This would be one that would fit well in the dusty shelf blog, perhaps it already appeared in there once?

VA - Drama in Rhythm 1971 [Library]

First of all I would like to thank our old pnf friend Maestro for permission to use this record, which is his purchase.  The whole rip is in fact a group effort with the help of another pnf friend, pollux, to whom we give credit for the amazing clean-up job and repairing the cover scans to a pristine condition.

I am utterly amazed sometimes by the quality of composition on these library records.  Why did these composers write such brilliant material for merely occasional, nonce use, in some forgotten movie or TV show?  But clearly that is the purpose of our resuscitation, to help people hear some of these fantastic compositions from the past that really don't deserve to be forgotten...

There are a few composers here in the limelight, including R. Wilhelm, J. Haider (the famous German bandleader I presume?), R. Christoph, and E. Illin (who really stands out for me with his abstract modern works).  Illin is this guy, I presume?

Here is some more information on this record.  Maestro himself is an expert on this topic and can detail us more on the fascinating history of these records, and C. Brull Ltd. in particular.  I will open the floor up to his comments now, and thank him again for his impressive generosity and kindness.

As well, I know he is requested some missing entries in this series which I urge him to mention.

A wonderful selection from youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGfk118GoGA