Aphex Twin: [mostly mellow] for Supreme

Fairy Tale

Unspeakable Visions

Little Star

Moonlit Mirage Night

[R&B Azzurra Bmin 78bpm @BeatsByPap

Drum Allegory

From the album 'Soothing Sounds for Baby Vol. 1', Basta 3090642

Sleepy Time -  Raymond Scott

15 - Trama Nella Metropoli - I Marc 4.mp3

Roberto Musci - Nexus On The Beach (06:10)

KPM 1159 The Pleasures of Life 

Clive Hicks - Think Twice (KPM 1159) 1975

Viva Boma

Cos - Flamboya

Rhythm Study 8 - Henry Jacobs (Magic Mashroom Remix)

Ivor The Engine And Pogles Wood

Effects: Ivor chuffing

Brian Bennett & Alan Hawkshaw - Mermaid

Rubba - Way Star

In the heyday of low-budget television and scrappy genre filmmaking, producers who needed a soundtrack for their commercial entertainments could reach for a selection of library music: LPs of stock recordings whose contents fit any mood required.
 
Unusual Sounds is a deep dive into a musical universe that has, until now, been accessible only to producers and record collectors; a celebration of this strange industry and an examination of its unique place at the nexus of art and commerce.
 
The perfect companion to the David Hollander curated book Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music (out now on Anthology Editions), these 20 tracks, encapsulate the niche and fascinating subculture of library music. Genres were spliced, conventions dispensed with, and oftentimes hybrid music of astonishing complexity was produced. Elements of rock, jazz, soul, even twentieth-century avant-garde composition were all utilized, and no stone was left unturned. As a result, some of the best library music defies all categorization, reflecting the individualistic quirks and artistry of the various musicians who made it.

Unusual Sounds

Stringtronics - Tropicola

Tropicola

Fairy Tale

Joel Vandroogenbroeck

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