Sara's Tune / A Tune For Lucy
* 250 copies * What a classic pair! "Sara's Tune" and "Tune For Lucy" were both commissioned as holding cues for the BBC's Schools And Colleges Broadcasts from the mid 1970s to the 1980s. Anyone in the UK who sat in front of a TV at school waiting for their 30 minute educational show about childbirth or maths would have sat through this music while the BBC "Diamond" pattern ate itself before the actual educational show started. "Sara" was used for junior schools broadcasts, "Lucy" for Senior sch…
Midnight in Tokyo Vol. 3
Midnight In Tokyo is a compilation series that aims to be the perfect companion to nights in Tokyo, collecting tracks by Japanese artists that sound best at night. Vol. 2 (STUDIOMUL 006CD/LP, 2018) focused more on '80s jazz fusion, but the latest installment, Vol. 3, picks up where Vol. 1 (STUDIOMUL 001CD/LP, 2018) left off, bringing together forgotten soul, disco, and new wave gems. The compilation opens with Japanese rare groove classic "More Sexy," a provocative song by Yoko Hatanaka. "Kimi N…
Sighs Whispers & Anguish (LP)
Flower Meg was a sexy dream pop icon of 70’s Japan fascinating the whole East first in late night television broadcasts, then as a model, actress and muse of Kaneto Shindō, and singer. The name Flower Meg means Flower of Meguro (the Tokyo district it came from). He begins by acting in the theater and with dance; then, still very young, in 1970 she made her appearance in the Go-Go Club show "Space Capsule" where she captured the attention of a well-known director who hired her as cover girl of th…
La Poliziotta
*In process of stocking* Welcome to another sonic treat from the Four Flies 45s series. This 7" combines for the first time ever the two grooviest and sexiest tracks from Gianni Ferrio's score to Steno's detective comedy La poliziotta (The Policewoman), only one of which ("Step by Step") was included in the original (and now very rare and sought-after) 7" released in 1974.Starting the party is the blaxploitation-influenced funk-blues "Rhythm & Sex" on side A, a tune chock-full of killer drum bre…
Love Me Or Leave Me
Fully licensed re-issue on 678 Records /// Produced in analogue form directly from the original master. It is a minor miracle how this reissue came into being. In 2010 I got in touch with Milou, Rita Hovink’s daughter, with a plan to try and create a little more interest in her mother’s music. From Milou's attic came a removal box full with various tapes from Rita. It was a literally a mixed bag, the legacy of a very diverse music career that ended far too soon.
Among the tapes I found the origi…
Greece Goes Modern
B-otherSide records proudly present the rerelease of the album “Greece Goes Modern” by Mimis Plessas & The Orbiters, after 55 years from his first release and 10 years after label’s official release on black, white and clear vinyl. “Greece goes modern” is an album that managed to join the Mediterranean shake with jazz improvisations creating a perfect, solid music body and brought a fresh and dynamic sound. The talent and the incredible skills of the musicians gave us a modern project that still…
The Scary of Sixty-First
Eli Keszler’s score meets at the confluence between the visceral electro-acoustic Giallo style and brooding acoustic drones, which feature his abstract and textural percussion playing he has explored in his solo music
La Novizia
Oops, Four Flies did it again! Like other rare Italian gems, Berto Pisano's La Novizia was long thought lost before the FF team rescued, restored and remastered it from the original tapes. And wow, it's just one of the best things, if not the best thing, about the 1975 film it was written for – an erotic comedy with melodramatic overtones directed by Pisano's long-time collaborator Giuliano Biagetti (they previously worked together on Interrabang and La Svergognata) and starring a young and mesm…
Mensenwerk / Een spoor van Carla
Pieter Verlinden (1934-2002) was an exceptional composer responsible for hundreds of scores and soundtracks for television, ballet, theatre and film. Only some of his soundtracks were released at the time, like De 5 van de 4-daagse (The Five Are Marching In, 1974), Een mens van goede wil (A Man of Good Will, 1974) and De dood van een non (Death of a Nun, 1976). Most of his work was only preserved on the original master tapes in his personal archive, so the majority of Verlinden’s music has never…
Jambon D'Ardenne
Pieter Verlinden (1934-2002) was an exceptional composer responsible for hundreds of scores and soundtracks for television, ballet, theatre and film. Only some of his soundtracks were released at the time, like De 5 van de 4-daagse (The Five Are Marching In, 1974), Een mens van goede wil (A Man of Good Will, 1974) and De dood van een non (Death of a Nun, 1976). Most of his work was only preserved on the original master tapes in his personal archive, so the majority of Verlinden’s music has never…
Fused!
**2022 stock** Davani's solo 1960s album (billed to "the Dave Davani Four) was a very respectable instrumental soul-jazz effort, with Davani's Hammond organ backed by the sort of sleek electric guitar and sturdy rhythm section one would have expected from mid-'60s Prestige soul-jazz sessions. Davani was a little (but not much) more pop-slanted than the average such Prestige act, particularly on the cover of "Big Boss Man," which with its harmonica and tambourine shows the influence of mid-'60s B…
Mousiques Pour L'Image
Maurice Lecoeur could be considered as France’s best kept secret composer. Although hardly known outside of « digging-nerds » circles, he produced an incredible number of themes for movies, TV programs and commercials. Inspired by his friend and mentor François de Roubaix, he managed to create his own print, juggling freely with genres, harmonies, tonalities and string arrangements.This fine compilation gathers together the cream of his 70s-to-mid-80s work ; a journey overflowing with pop fantas…
Soundtracks
* Limited Edition Clear Purple Vinyl * Soundtracks is a compilation album, first released in 1970, consisting of tracks written for film. The album marks the departure of the band's original vocalist Malcolm Mooney, who sings on two tracks, to be replaced by new member Damo Suzuki. "She Brings the Rain", originally appearing in the 1969 film Bottom – Ein großer, graublauer Vogel by Thomas Schamoni, was later featured in Wim Wenders' 1994 film Lisbon Story, the 2000 Oskar Roehler film Die Unberüh…
Il Giudice e il suo Boia - End of the Game
* Much-needed repress, blue vinyl ** End Of The Game (aka Il Giudice e il suo Boia) finally on vinyl for the first time. One of the most wanted and mysterious scores by the maestro Ennio Morricone. With the help of the magical voice of Edda Dell'Orso (Sul Ponte di Istambul) this score follows the steps of the most famous soundtrack composed by the maestro combining melancholic melodies with wild funky tunes, such as the brilliant "Shake del Giudice". End Of The Game (aka Il Giudice e il suo Boia…
Une histoire d'Etron Fou Leloublan (Book)
*bilingual French/English* The crazy story of the mythical avant-garde rock band Etron Fou Leloublan (1976-1985), pioneers of the European Rock in Opposition movement. "My whole life has been built on a childish lie. It's strange for me to think back on it now, looking at it from this angle, more than 50 years later. I'm 12 years old... I fall in love with a girl in my class, whose name I will not mention. And to shine in her eyes, I invented a story and told her that I was a drummer in a rock b…
Dark Star (Expanded & Remastered) LP + 7"
* 2022 Repress Edtion, Original Art, LP Vinyl +7" * An underground classic! Limited edition of 500. The original motion picture soundtrack for John Carpenter's Dark Star (1974), with added bonuses that are sure to satisfy all cult sci-fi soundtrack completists of the galaxy (and beyond). This limited-edition release includes an LP and a 7". The former is a remastered version of the original motion picture soundtrack consisting of incidental music, sound effects, John Carpenter's synth experiment…
Saving One Who Was Dead / Little Crusader
Music for movies by Václav Kadrnka. "Absence of the loved one is a theme running through both films, but during the creative process we never discuss with the Havels the themes, symptoms or attributes of the characters. We do not specify any meanings. Our collaboration is intuitive, based on interconnectedness. We neither explain things to each other nor analyse. From the outset we have a common goal: to quieten the viewers’ perception, to attune them to certain vibrations by visual, musical and…
Quando Le Donne Persero La Coda
*2022 stock. 300 copies limited edition* Originally C.A.M. had never released any disc with the OST by Bruno Nicolai from the movie "When Women Lost Their Tails," although Ennio Morricone had released an LP for the film "When Women Had Tails" in 1970 (SAG 9032). Finally in 2000 C.A.M. rereleased Morricone’s OST from the first film for the first time on CD (CAM 495375-2), which was combined with six tracks from Maestro Nicolai, inspired by the sequel. We should start by saying that "When Women L…
Maschera Di Cera - Wax Mask (Original Soundtrack)
*2022 stock* In order to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the film "Maschera di Cera-Wax Mask" directed by Sergio Stivaletti from an idea of Lucio Fulci, the Digitmovie produced the special edition of this sinfonica soundtrack of the M° Maurizio Abeni in occasion of the fourth Alternatives Film Festival of Picciano (Pescara). Sound digitally remastered, four extra tracks never publishes before and a deluxe booklet with an exclusive gallery of rarest photos from the Making Of by the famous phot…
L'invasione (LP, Purple)
*Limited of 500 edition.* Quartet Records presents the world premiere vinyl release of Riz Ortolani’s obscure killer masterpiece for the equally obscure home invasion drama directed by Yves Allégret, L’invasione. Starring Michel Piccoli and Lisa Gastoni, the plot centers around an architecture professor who invites close to a dozen students to his home for a discussion. The meeting soon turns into a home invasion as the students refuse to leave and threaten their bourgeois teacher; even his wife…