For the follow-up to their Sound Gallery collection, compilers Martin Green and Patrick Whitaker turn to the Pye label vaults for this superb retrospective of British Now Sound cuts from the late '60s and early '70s -- like its predecessor, The Sound Spectrum manages to straddle the line between nostalgic appreciation and kitschy irony with genuine aplomb, and remains one of the most engaging easy listening compilations to appear. Credit the disc most for its work in rehabilitating the reputation of the fashionable film ...
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For the follow-up to their Sound Gallery collection, compilers Martin Green and Patrick Whitaker turn to the Pye label vaults for this superb retrospective of British Now Sound cuts from the late '60s and early '70s -- like its predecessor, The Sound Spectrum manages to straddle the line between nostalgic appreciation and kitschy irony with genuine aplomb, and remains one of the most engaging easy listening compilations to appear. Credit the disc most for its work in rehabilitating the reputation of the fashionable film composer Roy Budd, who contributes five tracks, most notably his inimitable title theme for the classic gangster thriller Get Carter. Other highlights: the sinister funk of John Schroeder's "Headband," the Tony Hatch Orchestra's 1968 Eurovision theme "Birds," and Cecil Holmes' hallucinatory take on "Also Sprach Zarathustra," a clear antecedent to Walter Murphy's Saturday Night Fever entry "A Fifth of Beethoven." ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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Add this copy of The Sound Spectrum to cart. $3.52, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Ziriguiboom Brasil.
