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DW 3262CLR-LP
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"Originally released in 1973, Black Pearl's overall sound is the epitome of cool, orchestral funk/dramatic styles of the 1970s (e.g. 'Next Stop LA', 'Collect', 'Oh! Militia', 'Choctaw', 'Black Pearl', and 'Blue Shadow'). Also featured are several more romantic, laid-back, emotive pieces such as 'Miraculous Dream', 'Tryst', 'Sunny Monday', 'Melody and Lace', 'Monochrome', 'No Return'. Not to mention a couple of surprise solo honky-tonk piano jaunts -- 'The Vamp' and 'Night of the Garter'. An eclectic mix that is sure to pique anyone's interest. The album was produced by Alan Parker and Alan Hawkshaw, who is perhaps best-known for composing 'The Champ', which has been widely sampled and emulated by hip hop artists." "Library records are a collection of little one-minute pieces for soundtracks recorded by session musicians for movies, TV, student films, whatever. I don't actually know the story behind when, why, or where they were made but... there were a bunch of different labels that made them [and still probably do], and I was on the hunt for any recorded between 1969 and 1976. They all have random song titles like 'Bouncy Strut' with descriptions like 'hard-driving beat with percussion.' So, imagine how much funky shit is on them. For me, De Wolfe Music was the best." --Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz of the Beastie Boys
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"Originally released in 1978, the title Mean & Dirty describes this album to a T. Let this record play with any '70s cop drama, spy-thriller, or blaxploitation film and it will act flawlessly as the soundtrack. Dramatic funk rock dominates this album ('Moving Target', 'Flying Squad', 'Arrival Time'), but room is left open for the mellower pieces ('Slow Fuse', 'Blue Mood', 'Night Moves'), the super-fast ('Dragster'), and the surprisingly jaunty ('On Yer Bike', 'Guv'). Founded in 1909, de Wolfe Music's legendary production music catalog has gained cult status among vinyl collectors and crate diggers worldwide. Featuring music from a roster of composers including Reg Tilsley, Roger Webb and duo Frank McDonald & Chris Rae, it also includes performances from iconic musicians such as Jimmy Page and Herbie Flowers. De Wolfe Music has provided the soundtrack to countless feature films including Monty Python and The Holy Grail, The Witchfinder General, Dawn Of The Dead, and more than twenty of the Shaw Brothers' kung fu classics. Major recording artists who've sampled the collection in recent years include Beyonce, Drake, Jay Z, Lily Allen, Gorillaz, K. Michelle, Jay Electronica, Cam'ron and Ja Rule, to name just a few."
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DWCR 004CD
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...1960-1982. This is the fourth album in the De Wolfe "commercial" series, collecting many well-loved British TV and radio theme tunes specially remastered from the original tapes. The album's content spans the complete spectrum of vintage broadcasting. From cult comedy sitcoms such as "Man About The House" and "Never The Twain" to kid's favorites like "Vision On" and "Roobarb," to oddball obscurities like "Angling Today" and "Queenie's Castle," this is the first time that these 5 lost incidental themes have been collected together on one volume. Also included are some exclusive unreleased cues that have never seen the light of day before ("Henry's Cat"/"Delia Smith's Cookery Course," etc). The catalog of music libraries such as De Wolfe have proven a treasure trove of unearthed soundtrack material for fans of cult film and TV. De Wolfe Music is the longest running and most important film music resource library in the world, having scored the likes of Dr. Who, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Sweeney, Shaw Brothers kung fu flicks, Emmanuelle, the list is endless. Top Dog has been lovingly compiled by Joel Martin of Quiet Village, who heads the De Wolfe commercial/reissue department, which also released the critically-acclaimed Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Infamous TV Soundtrack 1969-1974 (DWCR 003CD).
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DWCR 001CD
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...Volume 2. In collaboration with Joel Martin (Quiet Village), the De Wolfe Music Library compiled (with love) some rare slices of original soundtrack ephemera from their 100 year-old vaults. Their catalog is a thing of legend, with tracks being sampled in recent years by Mark Ronson, Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Gorillaz and Lily Allen. This volume collects some rare, unreleased slices of psychedelic rock, steel band funk, cosmic prog, Afrobeat and beyond. Includes original tracks as sampled by Beyoncé, Kool G. Rap, M.O.P., High & Mighty, and Cam'Ron. Apart from the core movie music fans, there has been an outgrowth of both the soul/funk scene and the hip-hop/breaks scene, with a significant collector's market for rare soundtrack and library music. Bite Harder is the long-awaited follow-up to the daddy of all library albums, Bite Hard, originally released on BBE back in 1997 and now out-of-print. It was the first album of its kind and this second volume is equally as killer. Includes detailed liner notes.
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