List and bio courtesy of a.lief, additions by me.
British label under Carlton Facilities, Ltd., itself under Rediffusion International Music, based at Goodge Street, London.
Associated publishers are Rimusic, Lemmel Music Ltd. and Mason Music Ltd. For the Italian label of the same name, please see
this thread.
Rediffusion-Reditune was a background music service supplier for commercial and industrial applications such as supermarkets. The music was arranged by musical directors such as Gideon Boyar, Pete Moore, Alan Moorhouse, Tony Osborne, Keith Roberts, Peter Sander, Sam Sklair, etc. Among the recording sessions, that took place every month (likely at the Chappells studio in Bond Street, London), a couple of original compositions were recorded and later released as library LPs by Carlton Phonograph Limited, starting from 1971.
Some of the releases have been distributed by the Baltic International Music Recording label, from Antwerpen in Belgium, so you can sometimes find them in a different (cheap) Baltic cover.
Nowadays, some of those tracks are being reissued by Refuel Music.
sources: rediffusion.info/Reditune, discogs, verygoodplus, ex-LMT and my own copies
CF001 - Easy Listening 1. - Fred Ballerini Orchestra/Alan Moorhouse Orchestra/Cooper-Wright Quintet/Geoff Walker Orchestra/Keith Roberts Orchestra/Peter Sander Orchestra/Burnell Whibley Orchestra/Lew Warburton Orchestra (1971)
CF002 - Easy Listening 2. - Eric Winstone Orchestra/Johnny Howard Orchestra/Dominant Seven/Alan Moorhouse Orchestra/Pete Moore Orchestra/Burnell Whibley Orchestra/Tony OSborne Orchestra/The Wale-Shepherd Sextet (1971)
CF003
CF004 - Big Band Sound/Strings and Latin Sound - Freddie Staff Orchestra/Jack Nathan Orchestra/Bill McGuffie Orchestra/Ronald Binge Orchestra/Lou Whiteson Orchestra/Pete Moore Orchestra (1972)
CF. 005 - Flamenco Guitar/Lutes & Flutes/Period Pieces - Philip John Lee/Ike Isaacs Ensemble/Carlton String Ensemble/Pete Moore Orchestra/Carlton Viennese Quartet (1973)
CF. 006 - Small Orchestra/Piano Parade - Sam Sklair's Afro Mod/Pete Moore Combo/Sandy & Christine Blair/Dennis Wilson/Sydney & Ron (1973)
CF 007 - Selected Updated Jazz & Rock - Pete Moore Brass Rock/Colin Smith Jump Band/George Chisholm All Stars/Keith Roberts Soul Rock/Bobby Lamb Gentle Beat (1974)
CF 008 - Lush String Sounds - Frank Chacksfield Orchestra/New Windsor Strings/Robert Farnon Orchestra/Tony Osborne, His Piano and Orchestra (1974)
CF 009 - Bright and Brassy - Tony Osborne's Brass Buttons/Royal Artillery Band/Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers/Big Top Band/Happy Brass Brigade/Happy Brass Party (1975)
CF 010 - Vocals and South of the Border - Barry Kent/Jay Fallen/Johnny Janis/Don Hill/Ray Martin Orchestra/Peter Sander's Bossa Flutes (1975)
CF 011 - Music of the African Continent - Southern Stars (1975)
CF 012 - Mixed Moods - no artist listed (1978)
CF 013 - Mod: Rhythmic: Pop - The Disco Ten (1976)
CF 014 - Programme Music - no artist listed (1976)
CF 015 - Moog and Electronic/Fanfares - Mike Vickers/Ernest Berk/Bill McGuffie (
UNCONFIRMED)
CF 016 - An Album of Contemporary : Disco : Reggae and Happy Holiday Tracks - no artist listed (1978)
Composers:
CF001 - Sandy Blair (Alexander Black)/Aurelli (Anna Berg)/Jean Kenn (Przemyslaw Drzewiecki)/Joe Davis/Denny Wright/Bill? Jackman?/Charles? Berman/Peter Sander/Burnell Whibley/Fred Ballerini/Lew Warburton/Alan Moorhouse
CF002 - Eric Winstone/Geoff Alderson/Alan Moorhouse/????/Pete Moore/Burnell Whibley/Tony Osborne/David Law (Reg Wale)/David Shepherd/Ray? Martin
CF003
CF004 - Freddie Staff/Ernie Ponticelli/Alan Moorhouse/Roy Budd/Jack Fishman/Bill McGuffie/Ronald Binge/Harry Kogen/Jaime Yamin/Joe Davis/Charles Berman/Herbert Friedman/Pete Moore/Robin Cree (Charles Berman)
CF. 005 - Philip John Lee/Bach arr. Ike Isaacs/Chopin arr. Ike Isaacs/Rusty Oliver/Bach arr. Pete Moore/R. Jones
CF. 006 - Sam Sklair/Charles Berman/Pete Moore/Sandy Blair (Alexander Black)/Robin Cree (Charles Berman)/D. Wilson/C. Payton/Frank Horrox/R. Price
CF 007 - Pete Moore/Colin Smith/Arthur Parr (William Fenton)/Ed Margolis (Gideon Berman)/George Chisholm/Kenny Baker/Keith Robers/Sack?/Bobby Lamb/Ray Denny (Charles Berman)/Sam Sklair
CF 008 - Norman Warren/Frank Chacksfield/Dave Carey/Robin Cree (Charles Berman)/Ray Denny (Charles Berman)/Sam Sklair/Burnell Whibley/Robert Farnon/Tony Osborne/Alec Wilder/Arthur Jackson
CF 009 - Tony Osborne/Charles Berman/Roy Budd/Jack Fishman/Robert Quinn/Alf Young/Ray Denny (Charles Berman)/Pete Moore/trad. arr. Alan Moorhouse/Pete Winslow/Keith Roberts/trad. arr. Cy Payne/Ed Margolis (Gideon Berman)
CF 010 - David Bailey/Alec Wilder/Arthur Jackson/Robin Cree (Charles Berman)/Dave Carey/Nick Gomm/Tony Evans/Patrick Adamson/Denny Wright/Barbara Wright/Ray Martin/trad. arr. Ray Martin/Peter Sander/Ed Margolis (Gideon Berman)/Ray Denny (Charles Berman)/Sam Sklair
CF 011 - Sam Sklair/Ed Margolis (Gideon Berman)
CF 012 - Sam Sklair/G. Boyar (Gideon Berman)
CF 013 - Alan Moorhouse
CF 014 - Ladislav Staidl/Vlastimil Kloc/Slava Eman Novacek/Bohuslav Sedlacek/Jiri Jirmal/Zdenek Marat/Mojmir Smekal/Frantisek Prochazka/J. Sidlo/Lagizo arr. Vaclav Zahradnik/Vladimir Popelka/Alfons Jindra (Alfons Langer)/Jiri Bazant
CF 015
CF 016 - Alan Moorhouse/Ray Denny (Charles Berman)/Maria Ghiozzo (Sheelagh Gudgeon)/Charles Berman/Peter Sander/Ed Margolis (Gideon Berman)/trad. arr. Alan Moorhouse
