• Tod Dockstader – Recorded Music for Film, Radio & Television: Electronic [vol.2]

LP, Boosey & Hawkes, 1981 (SBH 3082)

In 1979, noted electronic music pioneer Tod Dockstader recorded a lovely disc of library music for Boosey & Hawkes, in their Recorded Music for Film, Radio & Television series. Two years later, he made an even better second volume, which B&H in their infinite wisdom decided to release with the same title, in the same cover design, and with only the catalogue number and track titles to tell the two apart. Twenty-three little tracks, all perfect in their own way, many destined to turn up in kids’ cartoon shows, science radio programmes, and maybe even mid-period Doctor Who and the like.

You’ll find volume one on the fabulous Library Hunt blog, a necessary destination for anyone interested in the deep madness that is library music collecting.

SIDE ONE
1. Floatdown (1:29)
2. Snowbell Waltz (2:17)
3. Rotary (1:21)
4. Binary Song (1:04)
5. Stardrift in Two (1:21)
6. Gentle Retrieval (1:17)
7. Ion Armada (2:57)
8. Ion Drive (1:05)
9. Stately Bones (1:26)
10. Bellstomp (2:07)
11. Knockwhistle (1:48)
12. Silver Float (2:13)

SIDE TWO
1. Chuffa (2:45)
2. Boingo Background (1:42)
3. Khiss Dance (2:19)
4. A Little Quiet (1:34)
5. Tictic (2:32)
6. Windbuzz in Two (1:32)
7. Brass Slipnslide (1:53)
8. Machine Brass (1:26)
9. Slambrass (1:24)
10. Soft Wow (1:50)
11. Knockgliss (1:32)

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