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Title: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: tezeta on August 17, 2018, 09:43:27 PM
This looks mighty interesting!
https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=978-1-9996796-1-3
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: stackjackson on August 17, 2018, 10:28:58 PM
Looks great. Thanks for the tip, tezeta.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Greta on August 17, 2018, 11:37:01 PM
Cool. Thanks.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: tuneboy on August 18, 2018, 06:49:17 AM
Great news! I ordered it at once.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Retronic on August 18, 2018, 08:17:17 AM
Excellent- ordered!
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Poljakov on August 18, 2018, 12:36:36 PM
Looks like a good one! Thanks for the info!
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: roope on August 18, 2018, 03:42:24 PM
Thanks for the tip! I ordered one too.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: tezeta on August 18, 2018, 10:17:03 PM
Thank you all for the thanks! Nice to know people still read. May very well buy myself a copy for X-mas.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Col Wolfe on August 19, 2018, 05:59:00 PM
...but de Wolfe is the greatest music library  :D

Wonder how many more library publications are in the pipeline?

We’re doing something with Standard at the moment as it’s their 50th anniversary and have a few things lined up later this year but not sure a book is amongst them?
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Retronic on August 20, 2018, 05:42:44 PM
Keep us posted Col. I’m a fan of Standard - some great well known UK tunes & themes on there.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Mr on August 20, 2018, 07:56:46 PM
Nice! Thanks for sharing.

I think there are definitely a few interesting stories to be told within Standard's catalogue - like for instance how the Third Ear Band somehow had some of their earliest work released on there.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: tezeta on August 20, 2018, 08:17:17 PM
Now that's a cool fact! Thanks for the thanks!

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

I think there are definitely a few interesting stories to be told within Standard's catalogue - like for instance how the Third Ear Band somehow had some of their earliest work released on there.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: roope on August 21, 2018, 04:10:37 PM
Nice! Thanks for sharing.

I think there are definitely a few interesting stories to be told within Standard's catalogue - like for instance how the Third Ear Band somehow had some of their earliest work released on there.

really?! give us numbers please!
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Mr on August 21, 2018, 07:40:28 PM
Nice! Thanks for sharing.

I think there are definitely a few interesting stories to be told within Standard's catalogue - like for instance how the Third Ear Band somehow had some of their earliest work released on there.

really?! give us numbers please!

That'd be on ESL 112 "National - Balkan Ensemble/Comedy Links & Bridges".
The A-side cues are attributed to "Sweeney/Coff/Minns/Cartland". Glen Sweeney, Richard Coff and Paul Minns should be names familiar to those who know TEB, but Ben Cartland, specifically, is an odd one. Disregarding the LP copyright date of 1970, it's a name that helps date the recordings a bit, actually, as Cartland left the band very early on, before they recorded their first LP "Alchemy", released 1969. These cues seem to predate the LP.

Note that these often(-ish) seem to erroneously be attributed as being performed by "National-Balkan Ensemble". This is the side A title (essentially "National: Balkan Ensemble") and not intended as a group name.


That's not all, though - Sir George Martin has some cues on Standard. You know, the Beatles guy?
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Lord Thames on August 22, 2018, 02:20:12 AM
The Third Ear Band recordings ended up on Standard via Ron Geesin, who apparently passed on the tapes to Essex Music  - there was a commercial release which talks about this in the sleevenotes (though the author seems unaware of what library music is, or the Standard label in general, which makes it more confusing than it really needs to be).

Anyway, the book sounds excellent - when we met him a couple of years back, James Clarke mentioned he'd done an interview for it, and Mr Lomax is an excellent writer and compiler of CDs, so this is bound to be good!
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: roope on August 22, 2018, 11:18:38 AM
Thanks for the info! Now it would be very interesting to hear ESL 112! Do you have it and is it possible to share it?
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: Retronic on August 22, 2018, 01:59:35 PM
Book's arrived!  Nice and fat.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: stackjackson on August 22, 2018, 08:07:15 PM
Book's arrived!  Nice and fat.

Good deal. Here in the States, I've gotta wait until the end of September :(
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: tezeta on August 24, 2018, 11:40:24 PM
The Third Ear Band recordings ended up on Standard via Ron Geesin, who apparently passed on the tapes to Essex Music  - there was a commercial release which talks about this in the sleevenotes (though the author seems unaware of what library music is, or the Standard label in general, which makes it more confusing than it really needs to be).

Anyway, the book sounds excellent - when we met him a couple of years back, James Clarke mentioned he'd done an interview for it, and Mr Lomax is an excellent writer and compiler of CDs, so this is bound to be good!
Interesting stuff. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for the info! Now it would be very interesting to hear ESL 112! Do you have it and is it possible to share it?
I'll keep an eye out!
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: ericmivalstoothbrush on September 01, 2018, 10:55:35 AM
Thanks for the heads-up, just ordered a copy! That postage cost hurt, though... :-o
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: tuneboy on September 06, 2018, 05:02:58 PM
This looks mighty interesting!
https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=978-1-9996796-1-3

I have read it! I always thought "why don't this Lomax guy write a book about library music" when I read his liner notes to the Vocalion library reissue CDs. Well, he did, and what a book! A better book about KPM could not have been written. It may be too detailed to be to everyone's liking, but for guys like me, always curious to know all about how the great UK library music came into being, this is the bible.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: tezeta on September 06, 2018, 08:59:39 PM
This looks mighty interesting!
https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=978-1-9996796-1-3

I have read it! I always thought "why don't this Lomax guy write a book about library music" when I read his liner notes to the Vocalion library reissue CDs. Well, he did, and what a book! A better book about KPM could not have been written. It may be too detailed to be to everyone's liking, but for guys like me, always curious to know all about how the great UK library music came into being, this is the bible.

Glad to hear it! I'll definitely look into getting it myself sometime. Dutton Vocalion also has some great surround SACD releases they've been doing lately, for all you hi-fi nerds out there.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: stackjackson on September 13, 2018, 03:35:34 AM
Copy received today. I think I'm going to enjoy reading this one.
Title: Re: Debut publication from Dutton Vocalion Books on KPM/Bruton libraries
Post by: ericmivalstoothbrush on September 14, 2018, 08:33:25 PM
... and my copy arrived today. I've just flicked through it but from what I've seen this will be an enjoyable read!