Raymond Scott
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This Time With Strings (vinyl)
3090 851
€ 18,95
Scott musically re-invents eleven of his compositions for full orchestra and strings on the 1957 album THIS TIME WITH STRINGS, now available on 12" vinyl (replicating the original LP sleeve). Many RS Quintette favorites get spectacular makeovers under the baton of the legendary maestro.
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The Secret 7
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The Unexpected (vinyl)
3090 751
€ 18,95
We reissued Raymond Scott's 1960 Secret 7 jazz romp on CD in its common mono format. Now Basta is releasing the extremely rare STEREO mix on VINYL LP ONLY. As with all Basta Essentials, the front and back cover replicate the 1960 original 12" LP.
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Various Artists
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Anthology of Dutch Electronic Music 1999-2010
3093 042
€ 18,95
This double-cd, Anthology of Dutch Electronic Music 1999-2010, displays the diversity of the more recent Dutch electronic music: sharpening, statics, dramatic, loud, subtle, detailed.....
26 tracks represent different to approach tape music, concert music for accoustical instruments en electronic...
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Gordon Jenkins
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Seven Dreams
3091 902
€ 12,95
Gordon Jenkins (1910-1984) was a renaissance music figure: composer, arranger, conductor, and musician; recording artist, label executive, producer, talent scout, and hitmaker. He worked with such legends as Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Nat "King" Cole, and Harry Nilsson. Yet one resume entry has...
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Russ Garcia
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Fantastica
3091 912
€ 12,95
FANTASTICA is a 1950s exotica classic that stylistically defines the genre
"Space Age Pop." The era of manned space travel began in 1959, but in
musical terms, composers had been exploring interplanetary vistas for
centuries. Garcia's accomplishment was to merge compositional sophistication
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Various Artists
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Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol. 2
3091 832
€ 18,95
This second and last volume of the Anthology of Electronic Tape Music contains works composed after 1966, during a period when electronic music broadened its horizons and established links with other disciplines, a period when the studios opened their portals to influences and involvement from outsi...
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Various Artists
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Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Vol. 1
3091 822
€ 18,95
Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Volume 1 Electronic music has been the subject of intense activity in the Netherlands since 1955, and the variety of this activity is reflected in the histories of the large number of electronic studios. The aim of Anthology I is to illustrate both the work o...
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Raymond Scott
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This Time with Strings
3091 872
€ 12,95
Raymond Scott (1908-1994), who was both musician and inventor, musically re-invented eleven of his compositions for full orchestra and strings on the 1957 album THIS TIME WITH STRINGS. It is now being released as part of Basta's Essential Reissue Series -- the first time the album has appeared on CD...
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Dave Harris & The Powerhouse Five
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Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals
3091 892
€ 12,95
Dave Harris played tenor sax in Raymond Scott's legendary late 1930s six-man "Quintette." Over a long career as a sought-after session musician in New York and L.A., Harris (1913-2002) released only one record as a bandleader.
That was DINNER MUSIC FOR A PACK OF HUNGRY CANNIBALS in 1958, and it was...
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The Secret 7
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The Unexpected
3091 062
€ 12,95
This is the same Raymond Scott who gave the world "Powerhouse," "The Toy Trumpet," and dozens of jazz novelties of the 1930s long associated with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons. He was later an inventor of electronic instruments. During the period he recorded this album, he was deep into modern ...
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André Popp
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Holiday for DJ`s
3090 912
€ 12,95
'Holiday for DJs' is the second André Popp album on Basta in the 'Essential Reissues' series.
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Langley Schools Music Project
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Innocence & Despair
3091 102
€ 12,95
The Langley Schools Music Project is a 60-voice chorus of rural school children from western Canada, untrained but captivated by melodic magic, singing tunes by the Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, The Bay City Rollers, and others. The students accompany themselves with the shimmering gamela...
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Dean Elliot & his Swinging Big Band
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Zounds! What Sounds!
3091 112
€ 12,95
Working with cartoon sound effects wizard Phil Kaye (Tom & Jerry), the resulting Zounds! is perhaps the zenith of orchestral easy listening records with sound effect accompaniment -- an inspiration for novelty music dating back to Leroy Anderson's experiments in the early 50's. Elliot's tour de forc...
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