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TV Sound and Image
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedJuly 3, 2012 (2012-07-03)
GenreLibrary music
Length110:04[1]
LabelSoul Jazz
CompilerStuart Baker, Pete Reilly, Steve Platt[2]

TV Sound and Image, British Television, Film and Library Composers 1956-80 is a 2012 compilation album released by Soul Jazz Records. The album consists of a style of music known as Library music, music developed by production houses with the intent that the recordings would be licensed to various film, television, and radio programs.[1]

Release

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TV Sound and Image was released by Soul Jazz Records on July 3, 2012 by Soul Jazz Records.[1] It was released on compact disc and as two separate vinyl releases.[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Irish Times[4]
New Zealand Herald[5]

From contemporary reviews, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found the album contained "a fair chunk of the classics from this golden age" with "sometimes perhaps tipping a little too heavily into the recognizable" but declared that it led to the soundtrack being not "only an entertaining nostalgia trip -- either for those who lived through the era or those who have always romanticized it -- but a good introduction to the pleasures of Library Music".[1] Jim Carroll of The Irish Times gave the album a four-star review, noting that the music and themes have "endured long after plotlines or story arcs have been lost in the mists of time." and that how "the set of themes and incidental music is how downright funky some of those breaks were, a fact which has not escaped crate-diggers over the years."[4] The review in the New Zealand Herald proclaimed it as a "inspired, head-nodding, and groove-generating stuff, though it sure owes a debt to Issac Hayes's 1969 classic Hot Buttered Soul."[5] The review concluded that "every track is a killer, and other highlights, apart from Spiral and many of the well-known catchy ones, include Keith Papworth's fun-loving funk and bubbling bass tune Hardhitter and the lounge soul of Bullet's The Contract Man. This is more than just music to mooch too."[5]

Track listing

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Track listing adapted from back of album sleeve and liner notes.[2]

No.TitleCredited PerformerLength
1."Condition Red"Barry Stoller2:01
2."Light Flight"Pentangle3:13
3."Three Days of The Condor"Geoff Love and his Orchestra3:12
4."Man Alive"The Tony Hatch Sound2:01
5."Tomorrow's World"Richard Denton And Martin Cook4:10
6."At the Sign of the Swingin' Cymbal"Brian Fahey and his Orchestra2:05
7."The Contract Man"Bullet2:27
8."Man Friday"Syd Dale2:35
9."The Laurie Johnson Orchestra Echo Four-Two"The Laurie Johnson Orchestra2:12
10."Hard Hitter"Keith Papworth2:53
11."The Persuaders"John Barry2:07
12."Getting Nowhere In A Hurry"Roy Budd3:08
13."Dawn to Dusk"The Simon Park Orchestra3:07
14."Fiesta Numero Uno"The Marylebone Orchestra2:15
15."Sort of Soul"Birds 'N Brass2:47
16."The Avengers"Johnny Gregory And His Orchestra2:06
17."Fragments of Fear"Johnny Harris4:07
18."Get Carter"Roy Budd2:58
19."Guide Path"Neil Richardson1:43
No.TitleCredited PerformerLength
1."Condition Red"Brian Bennett2:34
2."Death Line"Wil Malone4:11
3."Huckleberry Fine"Syd Dale3:28
4."Spiral"The Harry Roche Constellation10:36
5."Jungle Fire Dance"The Ivor And Basil Kirchin Band2:36
6."The New Avengers Theme"The Laurie Johnson Orchestra2:21
7."Folk Song"James Clarke3:10
8."Strike Rich"The Reg Tilsley Orchestra2:49
9."Joe 90"The Barry Gray Orchestra1:57
10."Soul Thing"Keith Mansfield3:15
11."Whole Lotta Love"C.C.S.3:32
12."Artful Dodger"Syd Dale2:34
13."Jaguar"John Gregory and his Orchestra3:37
14."Down Home"Nick Ingman2:59
15."Steam Heat"Barbara Moore2:53
16."Angels"Alan Parker2:58
17."Fragments of Fear"Johnny Harris4:07
18."Face Up"Alan Moorhouse2:30

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Erlewine.
  2. ^ a b TV Sound And Image (British Television, Film And Library Composers 1956-80) (Media notes). Soul Jazz Records. 2012. SJR CD257.
  3. ^ "TV Sound and Image - British Television, Film and Library Composers 1956-80". Soul Jazz Records. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Carroll 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Album review: TV Sound and Image - Various". New Zealand Herald. July 13, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

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