HARMONIC MUSIC LIBRARY '78s'

The Harmonic Music Library is a British label, recorded under Charles Brull. The Harmonic Music Publ. Co. Ltd. and C. Brull, Ltd. The Library went under a couple of different names during the catalogue, notably 'A Private Recording' 'A Harmonic Private Recording' and 'Mood Music Library'

Charles Brull: A Private Recording started with matrix numbers C.B.L 34, C.B.L 35 and C.B.L 36 (knowingly)

The Label then changed to:

Charles Brull: A Harmonic Private Recording, which continued its matrix numbers from C.B.L 37 and ended with C.B.L 60 (knowingly)

Another change went ahead with the 'EMI, The Harmonic Music Publ. Co. Ltd, A Private Recording' Which had a totally different matrix number that started with H.M.P 257 and ran for a short few releases, ending with H.M.P 287

Despite keeping the same matrix number, another changed happened of sorts, well more the label reverted back to Charles Brull: A Harmonic Private Recording, whereby the matrix numbers started with H.M.P 288 and ran 10 releases to H.M.P 298. And continuing the same label structure, the matrix number changed back to the C.B.L Prefix with numbers running from C.B.L 299 and ran through to C.B.L 520: A small change took place here too, for some reason, the matrix numbers jumped for a small batch of releases from C.B.L 1001 and ran 11 releases to C.B.L 1011

The last known label change was with 'Harmonic Mood Music' The picked up with the same prefix of C.B.L and continued from number C.B.L 521 and ran a few releases up to C.B.L 597. With the same number jumping oddity here too, a small number of releases came to the end of the labels 78 releases with C.B.L 2001 and ran only till C.B.L 2006.

Harmonic had some of the worlds best composers to compose for the label:

Ronald Hanmer (1917-1994)
Wilfred Burns (1917-1990)
Ludo Philipp
Len Stevens (Died 1989)
Allan Gray [Jozef Zmigrod] (1902-1973)
Cecil Milner (1905-1989)
Clive Richardson (1909-1998)
Frank Chacksfield (1914-1995)
Red Kyle
Jack Jordan
David Francis
Trevor Duncan (1924-2005)
John R. Arthey
Maynard Nelson
Leonard Marco
Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
Ray Martin
Charles Pierre
Gaston Roland
Lester B. Hart

And many others....

With 4 principal conductors:

Wal-Berg conducting 'The Harmonic Orchestra'
Hans May conducting 'The Harmonic Orchestra'.
David Johnson conducting 'The Harmonic Orchestra
and
Curt Anderson conducting 'The Symphonia Orchestra'.

THE MUSIC:

C.B.L 533 - Romantic Vista/Ocean Idyll
Year: 1963
1. Romantic Vista (Cecil Milner) 2:55
2. Ocean Idyll (Clive Richardson) 2:51

C.B.L 535 - Latin Lover/Dapper Don
Year: 1963
1. Latin Lover (Frank Chacksfield) 2:42
2. Dapper Don (Frank Chacksfield) 2:37

C.B.L 538 - Start To Finish/Q Cars/Little Red Trumpet/Little Red Herring
Year: 1963
1. Start To Finish (Jack Jordan) 1:40
2. Q Cars (Jack Jordan) 1:26
3. Little Red Trumpet (Red Kyle & Wilfred Burns) 1:29
4. Little Red Herring (Red Kyle & Wilfred Burns) 1:21

C.B.L 542 - Vital Statistics/Cycle Rally/Cycle Rally End Sequence
Year: 1963
1. Vital Statistics (Wilfred Burns) 2:41
2. Cycle Rally (Wilfred Burns) 2:42
3. Cycle Rally End Sequence (Wilfred Burns) 0:07

C.B.L 561 - Braziliana/Latinesque
Year: 1964
1. Braziliana (David Francis) - 3:14
2. Latinesque (David Francis) - 2:58

C.B.L 577 - Active Industrial/Dynamotor/Industrial Breakthrough/Epicycle/Triumph of Industry/Triumph Fanfare
Year: 1966
1. Active Industrial (Trevor Duncan) 1:19
2. Dynamotor (Trevor Duncan) 0:58
3. Industrial Breakthrough (Trevor Duncan) 1:00
4. Epicycle (Trevor Duncan) 1:15
5. Triumph of Industry (Trevor Duncan) 0:20
6. Triumph Fanfare (Trevor Duncan) 0:08

C.B.L 591 - Points of View/Turn of the Tides
Year: 1966
1. Points of View (Sam Fonteyn) 2:32
2. Turn of the Tides (Sam Fonteyn) 2:55

C.B.L 592 - Thursday Bustle/ Temp 2/4
Year: 1966
1. Thursday Bustle (John R. Arthey) 2:20
2. Tempo 2/4 (John R. Arthey) 2:46

C.B.L 593 - Today's Tempo/Topics of Today/In Town Today/Up To Speed/Speeding Up/ Constant Repetition
Year: 1966
1. Today's Tempo (Sam Fonteyn) 1:04
2. Topics of Today (Sam Fonteyn) 1:07
3. In Town Today (Sam Fonteyn) 1:04
4. Up To Speed (Maynard Nelson) 0:32
5. Speeding Up (Maynard Nelson) 0:31
6. Constant Repetition (Maynard Nelson) 0:30

C.B.L 594 - In A Tearing Hurry/Vivace Scintillante/Sad Occasion
Year: 1966
1. In A Tearing Hurry (Wilfred Burns) 1:28
2. Vivace Scintillante (Wilfred Burns) 1:16
3. Sad Occasion (Wilfred Burns) 2:46


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