What IS this music?

[magval]

Hello all.

I've been listening to this album for years - https://www.discogs.com/Various-Fromage-A-La-Funk/release/3134937

Here's the Spotify link for those that can play it - https://open.spotify.com/album/3tbpa9fNLhqE8IJksLSCoQ

Brief story - I heard the Neil Richardson song "Another Happening" in a BBC4 clip show full of archive footage from the 1960s. Might have been about trains. Shazamed it, or whatever the primitive form of backwards-searching-by-sound was, and ended up finding this album. I've only really listened to the second disc, 'Funk', but I'm hopelessly dependent on it. At least one song will come on shuffle a day and I've probably never skipped it. I'm always in the mood for this sort of music, right, no matter if I'm listening to something that's far more up- or downbeat than it. Whatever precedes it, I'll always welcome it.

But I don't really know what it is, or how to find more of it. I know a lot of these folks did music for television and movies (like Richardson did the Mastermind theme, for example), but what is THIS music? What's it from?

Any authorities on what seems to be obscure period British TV background music on here? Are these library cues, and how would I go about finding more of it?

Ta buds.

[hedgehog90]

I don't know, but a surface level search brought up a single customer review on Amazon by a 'mr roy lyu' comparing it to 60's porn music. Similarly he found it by shazaming a BBC documentary called 'Britain on Film'.
In his last review (for a Philips Sonicare HX6731/02 HealthyWhite Deluxe Rechargeable Toothbrush) he calls his daughter 'a dirty little cow' and remarks on his expensive veneers, which made me chuckle.

[the]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_music

Originally, was normally supplied in volumes that weren't for general sale, for propective licencees (ie. people in TV/radio/film production) to listen to and select tracks from. (Original copies of these volumes are often highly prized due to their rarity value.)

Over time though, there have been more and more compilation albums produced for general listener consumption. No doubt someone will post some recommendations.

And because the music library's business model is still based on the aforementioned idea of browse-then-licence, most music libraries have wholeheartedly enabled the ability to peruse their tracks online.

APM Music, for example: https://www.apmmusic.com. Type something in, get a list up, and hit the play button to hear the whole track.

[magval]

Class.

Britain on Film was indeed the name of the documentary I heard that piece in.

If anyone chances across the's comment and DOES have any album/compilation recommendations, I'd be glad of them.

Thanks folks.

[BlodwynPig]

Stuff like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJDKpjVCXU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cb2XHKjQhY

[magval]

Aye, that's deadly gear.

[BlodwynPig]

Aye, that's deadly gear.

Well, here is a real treat...sex in music form

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WrruFyhtVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z02eSRoVs5U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAxe-aXYd-Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCmDEmyae8

[Brundle-Fly]

Here's a good thread on it started by Blodders

CaB Library Music thread 2012
https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,33450.0.html

23 Daves KPM thread 2008
https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=18279.0

[Brundle-Fly]

Library Music doc coming soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgOMibjOJcw