"The Sound Spectrum" from the curators of The Sound Gallery 1996

Superb easy listening / funk / soundtrack / jazz compilation that includes music from original Get Carter movie 1971, that was previously unreleased. Music from a golden age of UK soundtrack recording (with a handful from the US) featuring artists whose music was used in shows such as 'The Sweeney'. High production values, depth and dimension aplenty in both the music and the musicianship, with plenty of soundtrack tension and groove. Years later this still sounds fantastic and whisks you away to a London that i wish was still with us. - LionfaceThis collection of Brit lounge music is excellent. Part of a series that includes the House of Loungecore & the Sound Gallery, these little known cuts (on this side of the Ocean, anyway) will bring a smile to your face and joy to your day. Beautifully orchestrated and full of suprising instrumentation, this music is a little different from the sometimes bland type of music people sometimes associate with lounge. Who can resist a disco funk version of the theme from 2001? Or the swingin' tempo of Kinda Kinky? Plus Laurie Anderson, the man who composed The Avengers theme, and a rival to John Barry as a hip soundtrack composer. I completely recommend this. - R. Schaffertrax:

1. Get Carter - Roy Budd 2. Love Is a Four Letter Word - Roy Budd 3. Gettin' Nowhere in a Hurry - Roy Budd 4. Plaything - Roy Budd 5. Grow Your Own - John Schroeder 6. A Touch of Velvet, a Sting of - City of Westminster String Ban 7. Stiletto - Chico Rey 8. Heavy Water - Ray Davies - Button-Down Brass 9. Hurry to Me - Roy Budd 10. Headband - John Schroeder 11. The Loner - Milton Hunter Orchestra 12. Busy Boy - Ted Dicks 13. Birds - Tony Hatch 14. Mach 1 - Ray Davies - Button-Down Brass 15. Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30 - The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sound 16. Pegasus - Mike Vickers 17. Split Level - City of Westminster String Ban