The Sound Gallery, Vol. 1

Sound Gallery

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 1996)
• Original Release Date: March 26, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Scamp
• ASIN: B000000IAK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,416 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Oh, Calcutta! - Dave Pell

2. Black Rite - Mandingo

3. Punch Bowl - Alan Parker

4. Night Rider - Alan Hawkshaw

5. Riveiera Affair - Neil Richardson

6. Jet Stream - John Gregory

7. Half Forgotten Daydreams

8. Jaguar - John Gregory

9. Life of Leisure - Keith Mansfield

10. Girl in a Sportscar - Alan Hawkshaw

11. Young Scene - Keith Mansfield

12. It's All About the Co-Op Now - Alan Hawkshaw

13. Funky Fever

14. Shout About Pepsi - Denny Wright & the Hustlers

15. Headhunter - Mandingo

16. Blarney's Stones - Alan Hawkshaw

17. Earthmen - Paddy Kingsland

18. I Feel the Earth Move - John Keating, Johnny Keating

19. Penthouse Suite - Syd Dale

20. Snake Pit - Mandingo

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Agreed: the best collection of its type, October 29, 2003

By	Mig P. "just some dude" (Sunnycupertoga, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I seek out music like this, and although I am by no means an expert-- nor do I have an exhaustive collection-- this is still the best one BY FAR. I've got some of the Easy Tempo collection; Cinematic Soul Punch; a few Italian ones; a few other British ones (e.g. Sound Gallery v2 and Sound Spectrum); a couple German ones; the "TV Dinners" album; Shake Sauvage and Beretta 70; and some more that I'm forgetting. AND THIS ONE STILL SETS THE CURVE. So check those out, but again, do not miss this one. Unlike other albums which have some hits and some misses, each song on this one is a prize waiting to be discovered. You will not be disappointed.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best lounge/instrumental collection on the market!, September 22, 2002

By A Customer

This CD contains the (in my humble opinion) best instrumental ever written: The Riviera Affair/Neil Richardson. Picture David Janssen and Diana Rigg cruising in a turquoise convertible along the open highway with the wind in their hair and the glorious possibilities of the future before them. This will give you just a small idea of how glorious and transcendent this tune is!! For this alone, I would have paid for the CD. But wait... there's more! The quality of the stereo is amazingly good--in fact, wonderful. Other great instrumentals are: Oh Calcutta (corny but suave -- touches of Brian Wilson instrumentals at his best); Black Rite (cool Bond-like theme style with electric guitar and horns; Jaguar (wow--this will sweep you away!! big bass beat, organ, strings); Life of Leisure (melody a bit like "Walk on By" -- amazingly beautiful mellow horn and strings--you'll float away); The Penthouse Suite (this one does it all--really rips--get out the go-go boots and start snapping your fingers!!); Music to Drive By (theme-type tune with happy strings, xylophone, flute--transcends typical themes). The others tunes are okay to excellent--depends on your taste. Some are TV themes or game show types. Some are groovy pseudo-psychedlic (Jesus Christ Superstar). Some are funky, jazzy (Carol King's "I Feel the Earth Move"), commercial (Shout About Pepsi). Yes, there's a lot here -- something for every taste! If you own only one instrumental/lounge CD, make this the one!! (BTW, Volume Two of this series is also very good and worth owning, but not quite as sublime as this first volume.)

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy YES, background NO!, August 11, 2001

By	Stavros Zanos (Thessaloniki, Greece) - See all my reviews

Much props to the three compilers (Martin Green, Patrick Whitaker & Tristram Penna) for digging into the crates of Sound 2 Stereo music library, and unearthing these late 60s/early 70s orchestral gems! This album will fuel your apetite for British library music, which is somewhat under-researched in comparison to its French and Italian counterparts. You will find tracks by the likes of Alan Hawkshaw, Keith Mansfield, Alan Parker, Syd Dale, Mandingo, all excellent studio musicians that surpassed genres in their quest for catchy, quality music.

Look also for these similar titles (British library tunes): Sound Gallery Vol 2, Sound Spectrum, Setting the Scene, Sound Book, Bite Hard, Morphine Mambo Jazz Club, Music for Dancefloors (KPM), Music for Dancefloors (Chapell) etc.