Monofuture
Evanescent lights in the night. Dirty cities. Cruel concrete buildings soaring in an ashen sky. On the paths of our imagination, dreams and fears intersect, generating accidents and strange mythologies of a near future. Cavern plays with the anguished fantasies of retro-futuristic sci-fi to compose deep and pulsating music that conveys a sense of agonizing wait. Here in the HDK headquarters we immediately fell in love with Cavern's music and decided to publish a cassette anthology entitled "Mon…
The Wind is Strong...
Cindytalk is the mercurial, expressionist outlet of Scottish artist Cinder. An evolution of her early 1980's Edinburgh-based punk band The Freeze, she launched the project upon moving to London, inspired by the crossroads of exploratory UK post-punk and early European industrial. Her work thrives on chance and transformation, collaging elements of noise, balladry, soundtrack, catharsis, and improvisation. After a series of celebrated albums for the Midnight Music label as well as collaborations …
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
** Edition of 500. Pressed on 180 GM Black Vinyl Specially Mastered for Vinyl by Chris Malone ** Quartet Records and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer present a remastered, limited-edition reissue of the electrifying funk/jazz/groove masterpiece score by David Shire (The Conversation, All the President's Men, Retrun to Oz, Zodiac) for Joseph Sargent’s famous classic urban thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Hector Elizondo.
Based on the …
Barocco / Les Soeurs Brontë
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, presents the CD release of a Philippe Sarde and André Téchiné double-header: Barocco and Les Soeurs Brontë. Barocco (1976) stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Dépardieu in a Hitchcock-like thriller, strongly inspired by the doppelgänger plot of Vertigo. As a blackmailing plot goes south, a young woman finds a strange fascination with a man who looks just like her boyfriend whom he had just killed. Sarde’s score is Herrmann-inspired with repetit…
Liza / La dernière Femme
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, presents the CD release of a Philippe Sarde and Marco Ferreri double-header: Liza and La dernière Femme. Liza (1972) is an ultimate and bizarre erotic Italian-French collaboration, starring Marcello Mastroianni as reclusive artist Giorgio who gives shelter to the submissive Liza (Catherine Deneuve) after a boating incident. Sarde’s singularly maniacal soundtrack for this crazy love story incorporates both romantic and jazzy elements, beautifu…
Il Cittadino Si Ribella
*Ltd. ed. Crystal vinyl* In 1974, when the movie “Il cittadino si ribella” was released in theaters, the so-called ‘poliziottesco’ genre was at its peak, and this film rightfully belongs to the most successful works of the aforementioned kind. Enzo Castellari, as in his previous “La polizia incrimina, la legge assolve”, sets the stage in Genoa and confirms Franco Nero as the main character, this time in the shoes of a simple individual who, finding no help from the police, decides to take justic…
La via della droga
** Crystal Clear LP ** The term 'cult', in reference to artistic productions, can have two meanings: the first concerns those works that have become so famous by crossing the barriers of a specific genre of belonging and being part of a global culture, something that 'one can't be unaware of'; the second one refers to what was unjustly neglected at the time of its release, and that has only recently been rediscovered and re-evaluated by a small group of enthusiasts. In this second sense, "La via…
Mark il poliziotto
*Ltd. ed. Crystal vinyl* "Mark il poliziotto" (Blood, Sweat and Fear) is a 1975 movie directed by Stelvio Massi, the first of a successful trilogy featuring Franco Gasparri as main character in the role of drug squad commissioner Mark; the actor had been borrowed from the world of photonovels, typical Italian photographic stories published on several magazines that saw him as protagonist for several years. The film is one of the most successful examples of the 'Italo-crime' genre under many poi…
Aerobics
In the early '80s, Japan was in a flourishing bubble, becoming the world's second-largest economy, threatening to overtake the West with its cutting-edge innovation. Middle class Japanese citizens indulged in luxury clothes, imported wine, and international travel, enjoying unorthodox freedom. City pop emerged as the soundtrack to this cosmopolitan lifestyle: an ode to bright colors, sunny beaches and naive romances, with a clear West influence. Such influence also brought together the first hea…
Fresh World of Scott Walker
1968 Japanese-only Scott Walker release from 1968. Deluxe reissue with Obi
I Malamondo
Restored & Remastered From The Original Master Tapes On 2LP! Another great Morricone score to the 1964 "mondo film," a type of sensationalist pseudo-documentary (also known as a "shockumentary"). The film, directed by Paolo Cavara, dealt with bizarre activities in Europe, including a cemetery orgy and nudist skiing in the Swiss Alps.
This soundtrack has been restored and remastered from the original master tapes. It features seven unreleased tracks and two tracks released on vinyl for the very…
Under Pompelmo
* Yellow vinyl. Holographic cover * Giuliano Sorgini is one of the most mysterious composers of soundtracks and sonorizations, the latter being a particular line of music compositions created specifically for the accompaniment of audiovisual productions such as television programs, advertisements, documentaries and films; these are works made in total artistic freedom, without limits imposed by a specific musical genre.Sorgini's name is linked to a wide series of records and music works, among w…
The Hanged Man: Alan Tew's Music from The TV Series (1975)
Vocalion presents The Hanged Man: Alan Tew's Music from The TV Series (1975). 'The Hanged Man' was one of the finest dramas to hit British television screens in the 1970s. The music was originally conceived as library music and issued on two very rare Themes International LPs - 'Drama Suite Part I' and 'Drama Suite-Part II'. This CD comprises the complete 'Hanged Man' score plus 24 additional cues from the 'Drama Suite' albums, as well as a compilation of some of the best titles in the Themes In…
Filmmusik: Classical Concussion / Predictions
The albums Classical Concussion and Predictions, both from 1979, represent Vocalion’s latest voyage into the archives of the KPM 1000 Series, one of the world’s leading recorded music libraries and the home of such famous TV themes as News at Ten, Grandstand, Wimbledon, All Creatures Great and Small and Owen M.D The work of brilliantly gifted composer-keyboardist Francis Monkman – a founder member of progressive bands Curved Air and Sky – Classical Concussion and Predictions are from the same er…
Girl On The Beach & KPM Library Gentle Sounds
** 2021 Stock ** Here the spotlight is on library music legend James Clarke, whose absolutely gorgeous 'Girl on the Beach' album (1969) forms part of this CD. Originally issued on the short-lived Aristocrat label, which was in fact a commercial offshoot of the famed KPM 1000 Series of library music recordings, 'Girl on the Beach' gave James the opportunity of writing nine original compositions. Enchanting, romantic and lyrical, each composition is scored for small orchestra; they are augmented b…
Liquid Sunshine - Easy Listening From The KPM 1000 Series (1970-78)
** 2021 Stock ** Wicked funky, jazzy groovacious fender rhodes, string-laden 70s library music from all the library music kings. This release marks Vocalion's fifth foray into the seemingly endless vaults of the KPM 1000 Series, without doubt the world's greatest library music series. Expertly compiled and annotated, and with all the music remastered directly from the original analogue stereo tapes, these 28 tracks demonstrate the talents of some of the UK's finest arranger-composers. Spanning t…
Big City Suite & KPM 1000 Series Compilation (1972-78)
Deep, funk breaks, wah wah-guitar action soundtrack music and big jazz arrangements. This release marks Vocalion’s third compilation of music taken from the archives of KPM, the world’s leading library music company. As with the previous titles in this series, the focus is on the funky ’70s, and this release opens with arranger-composer David Gold’s superb ‘Big City Suite’, originally recorded in 1977 and issued in KPM’s legendary 1000 Series. Blending funk and jazz with exquisite orchestral wri…
The Mood Modern: KPM 1956-1977 and Bruton Music 1978-1980 -
** Wicked new book about KPM and Bruton Music – two of the world’s greatest recorded music libraries! Introduction by the great Keith Mansfield! This book rocks! 100% Essential! 450+ pages!!! Includes wicked exclusive pix too! ** Book about killer library soundtrack and TV music at KPM - featuring legendary library composers - Keith Mansfield, Johnny Pearson, Syd Dale, Alan Hawkshaw, James Clarke, David Lindup, Brian Bennett and more! Features interviews, biogrpahies with many of the composers, …
The Zodiac Variations / The $1,000,000 Collection
Vocalion presents The Zodiac Variations / The $1,000,000 Collection by John Dankworth His Orchestra & Guests. John Dankworth: Most of the world knew John Dankworth best as Cleo Laine’s longtime husband and accompanist, but he was a steady player for many decades. He started his career in a novelty and traditional ensemble called the Garbage Men, led by Freddy Mirfield. Dankworth studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1944 to1946. He began the Johnny Dankworth Seven in 1950, and from 1953 to …
Easy Listening From The KPM 1000 Series (1970-76) - Time To Fly
This compilation comprises twenty-eight tracks from the legendary KPM 1000 Series of library music, recorded during the golden era of 1970-76. Whereas Vocalion's previous KPM compilations have focused on the company's funky output, this one concentrates on the beautiful, relaxed easy listening grooves that composers such as Keith Mansfield, Steve Gray, James Clarke, Neil Richardson wrote for KPM. There are the luxurious, '70s sounds of Keith Mansfield's Husky Birdsong, Life of Leisure, Whistle S…