Holloway/Tempo/Condor German tracks

[apmnut]

Making this thread because lately, I've been intrigued by a specific batch of German library cues that were distributed here in the States in a few different ways, mainly released commercially on the Tempo and Condor labels, but also included as easy listening background music on the 3M Cantata tape system and on a set of three reel-to-reels released by Ampex as "The Cascading Strings" (despite in reality being recorded by several different uncredited orchestras), but ASCAP's databases reveal several more tracks than released here as being under Holloway, as well as several listings for "cues" for various productions I can't find anything about credited to the Hans Conzelmann/Delle Hanesch duo. Alshire Productions, who owned the Tempo label at the time, is labeled as "producing" these albums - maybe they were the ones who distributed these?

These tracks were published in the States under Holloway Music Publishing, and were licensed from a number of different German labels:
Briliant Musik (the album "Martini Time" has a few tracks credited to Tautz and Kiessling, plus ASCAP has one track labeled "Rendez Vous at Tivoli" composed by Heinz Kiessling. , most likely the same track as "Meeting in Tivoli"/"Captain's Table")
Budde Musik
Dehace
Edition Dux
Europhon/Koch Musikverlag
Gogo Edition
Hohner Records (one Deiter Reith track performed by Rolf Schneebiegl's orchestra, "Bossa Nova Boy", can be found on the album "Echoes of the Great Band Era")
Melodia Edition
Mozart Edition (various Orchestra Raphaele tracks specifically, credited as "Raphael Conducts Strings Unlimited", alongside cues from the Bobby Guetsha and Erich Sommola orchestras)
Ring Musik
Schacht
Sedina E.K. Edition
Star Musik Edition
Tip Top/Edition Studio Ton (the source of two albums' worth of tunes performed by the [Swinging] "Andi Bauer Orchestra", later reissued on AGM in the 70s)

What I'm curious about is this: Does anyone have any further information about these tracks being sold as background music for film/TV, or were these strictly sold either commercialy or as BGM for vendors like Seeburg or 3M? Has anyone heard these being used in films or television? Any information about this mystery "Frankenlibrary" of various German cues is appreciated.

[Lord Thames]

There's a track on one of the Ampex tapes called Tender Letter, which I believe is a Europhon piece called Zartlicher Brief in Germany - this was used in the BBC test card in the 1970s.

[apmnut]

Thanks for the info! Those Belvedere Orchestra tracks in general are pretty fascinating as far as Europhon goes. Not a ton of them were released on the main label in Germany, but some were released commercially on the Metronome label and on the Wild Cat label in Italy.

[Lord Thames]

That's interesting, yes - I wonder what the story is?

There was another track on the Ampex tape called Stereo Blues which I managed to pin down as being by Armin Rusch - do you know of any other releases of that one?

[apmnut]

I like to think the Belvedere tracks were all originally recorded specifically as "mood music" for the Europhon label sometime in the late 60s, but were probably not included on the main "ELP" series due to probably being seen as too "old fashioned" by the company compared to other more hip-sounding releases. There's even a few Wild Cat or Metronome never released themselves, but can be found on the Intervox album "Retro Movies"!

At least Koch/Europhon had the foresight to make sure these tracks got some release by shopping them around to other clients to see if they'd bite!

As for "Stereo Blues" - I'm afraid I don't know where that was originally released, at least currently. I'll make a follow up post if I ever do, though!

[apmnut]

Some random Holloway/Alshire cues that originated from the Ring Musik library as per ASCAP - anyone know the story on these cues? None of them are on the digital reissues of most, if not all of the Ring back catalogue that's been digitally remastered for the Happy Records label:
Calypso Violin - Werner Drexler
Cellar Bar - Werner Drexler
Holiday Trumpet - Heinz Schoenberger