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General Sharing & Discussion => Requests => Topic started by: sj_beat on April 11, 2024, 10:10:40 AM

Title: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: sj_beat on April 11, 2024, 10:10:40 AM
WANTED  8]
Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra – Stereo Discotheque
hxXxs://www.discogs.com/ru/release/589786-Chicken-Curry-And-His-Pop-Percussion-Orchestra-Stereo-Discotheque
(https://i.discogs.com/MJj0YGOayHXHKXOxecYzRMFXwMPOVOG3UXjUR-cHNlI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:592/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTU4OTc4/Ni0xNTI3NDI4ODAz/LTg2MTEuanBlZw.jpeg)
Thanks for watching  ;)
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: nidostar on April 11, 2024, 11:43:43 AM
Is this library music sj_beat?
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: Greta on April 11, 2024, 11:50:49 AM
Actually it's not, and the request shouldn't be fulfilled.
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: sj_beat on April 11, 2024, 11:55:49 AM
Ok , Greta , im sorry  :-[
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: Greta on April 11, 2024, 11:56:53 AM
NP, SJ
;)
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: bardwell64 on April 11, 2024, 01:42:13 PM
Actually it was used by the BBC in compiling their test card music tapes in 1975.
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: nidostar on April 11, 2024, 03:01:53 PM
So, library music can be test card music but music featured on test cards is not always library music?
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: Greta on April 11, 2024, 03:24:36 PM
Yeah, kind of a mine field, as everyone can see.
For me test card music is not to be considered library music because it can host whatever type of music, yet it could be considered "library-related" somehow.
Not even a genre actually, it just takes its name from that particular telecast (we used to have that also here in Italy and it was called "musica monoscopio RAI").
Something like the elevator music, it could be any tipe of music...
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: nidostar on April 11, 2024, 05:51:38 PM
Yes, I thought it worth clarifying. It wasn’t unusual for the BBC test cards to feature commercial recordings. One that springs to mind was Henry Mancini’s Visions Of Eight album. As you say it’s a difficult one.
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: Malcyb on April 14, 2024, 08:33:48 AM
It has to be said that a good bulk of Test Card Music WAS Production Library Music In The UK. More so in the 1960's when most of the Mozart Edition Library was used and then Anglo Continental Music in the 1970's. Maximus, Trevor Lyttleton, Fay Gibbs and Funtastik Music all followed. Plus a lot of other libraries too. So whereas ITV in the UK used commercial discs, this was hardly the case on the BBC.
 
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: bardwell64 on April 14, 2024, 12:50:31 PM
It has to be said that a good bulk of Test Card Music WAS Production Library Music In The UK. More so in the 1960's when most of the Mozart Edition Library was used and then Anglo Continental Music in the 1970's. Maximus, Trevor Lyttleton, Fay Gibbs and Funtastik Music all followed. Plus a lot of other libraries too. So whereas ITV in the UK used commercial discs, this was hardly the case on the BBC.

I think BBC1's tape Soul Coaxing has to be greatest odd one out, with the majority of tracks being from commercially available sources, including Herb Alpert & the TJB!
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: Marx900 on April 14, 2024, 09:44:01 PM
Here u go :)

https://we.tl/t-IVkBMXEBHz
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: sj_beat on April 15, 2024, 05:49:30 AM
Thank you , Marx900 ) I think my version will be a little better in quality, but still MP3 ( Who has the FLAC - share) At least in a personal message  :)
hxXxs://we.tl/t-d37c84nHBs
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: John_Fred on April 26, 2024, 01:11:49 PM
Just as an addition bit of information in regard to the use of music via the test card by the BBC; there were instances of them using what seemed to be commercially available music, (something they tried to avoid due to the policies regarding, 'needle time'), but was actually slightly different, 'takes', or recordings that weren't commercially available.  Whether this applies to Mr. Chicken Curry's output found on this album, is debatable.  But there's many other instances of music by well-known artists being used that are, 'takes', of popular songs which weren't commercially available.  The BBC Radioplay albums being a prime example.
Title: Re: Chicken Curry And His Pop Percussion Orchestra
Post by: bardwell64 on April 27, 2024, 10:30:33 PM
Just as an addition bit of information in regard to the use of music via the test card by the BBC; there were instances of them using what seemed to be commercially available music, (something they tried to avoid due to the policies regarding, 'needle time'), but was actually slightly different, 'takes', or recordings that weren't commercially available.  Whether this applies to Mr. Chicken Curry's output found on this album, is debatable.  But there's many other instances of music by well-known artists being used that are, 'takes', of popular songs which weren't commercially available.  The BBC Radioplay albums being a prime example.

I've never been convinced about the "out-takes" theory. The commercial tracks were often simply taken from commercially available LPs, with the only stipulation being that those particular LPs were not commercially available in the UK at the time the tracks were copied onto tape.