Hi All !
I noticed a request from someone earlier in the week for a number of Bruton albums. Most have been shared on the site over previous years. Some links and posts have expired or been lost over time. Now, long term LMT'ers will have completed their Bruton run at some point. I had the majority of their albums, but annoyingly ripped in either 128kbps or VBR MP3's mainly due to disk space which over 15 years ago was still rather pricey.
The Bruton Music Library started in 1977 by Robin Phillips and was named so as it's offices were on Bruton Street in London. The library has been in the hands of a fair few in the past starting with the mighty ATV Music. When changes came at ATV, in 1982 Michael Jackson bought it. He then sold it on a few years later to Zomba Group. It moved again in 2002 to BMG Zomba and more recently Universal took over the rights to the library. Thankfully (not all will agree), they have looked after it and have re-released many of the original vinyl albums and re-mastered from the tapes to audition on the website. A book about Robin and Bruton is available titled 'The Mood Modern' which is an excellent read which will go into more info on this great library and KPM. Some of the very early Bruton albums were re-releases of works previously released on the Regency Line library label in the mid 70's.
For me, Bruton Music was the pinnacle in library music based on the famous composers including Alan Hawkshaw, Steve Gray, Brian Bennett, Keith Mansfield, Francis Monkman, Trevor Bastow, John Fiddy, John Cameron, Trevor Duncan et al. The music produced featured in lots of TV programmes I watched growing up including Prisoner Cell Block H, Sesame Street, Spongebob, and often used for TV themes and in the UK as test card music, idents for TV and video companies. The way the library was sectioned made it simple for those looking for a particular genre of music and the BR sections were born. Examples included BRB - Jingles, BRC - Neutral, Solo Instruments, BRH - Contemporary, Rock, Pop, BRI - Electronic and so on...
So, with the help of lots of contributors on this forum, we have as a collective completed the vinyl run and more. Therefore, below I present to you my Bruton Music Library collection. It's not complete as I've not got all of the CD's and as and if I want to obtain them, I'll add to the master folder on my Mega account. Due to the amount of space this collection takes, I'm only offering the live link for a maximum of 90 days, so feel free to take whatever you like. I'd like to point out that for the odd album, you can still ask members on the forum for help which is the preference and helps the longevity of this forum, and in particular when the link is taken down. There is just short of 200gb worth in over 23,000 tracks. All in FLAC, apart from the odd one which has popped up recently as a fake lossless copy. That said, this should satisfy the majority of library hunters. If this post and collected existed around 20 years for me, I think I'd have lost my mind. Enjoy everyone ! If you experience any issues with the links, please let me know and I'll do what I can to correct.
http$://mega.nz/folder/nol2VJBC#DrWDZPEMdsw5O5T3qSMk6Q
