I put my iTunes on random this afternoon as I work on something that is neither interesting or relevant. It played a track from Now We Are Ten, an album celebrating the tenth anniversary of Trunk Records.
Trunk Records
Trunk Records is a one-mand band (excuse the pun) run by Jonny Truck. He rediscovers cult material mainly from the 70s such as the soundtracks to films like Kes, Deep Throat and the Wicker Man. He’s unearthed music from UK television series such as The Tomorrow People, UFO and Vernon Elliot’s wonderful scores to The Clangers, Ivor the Engine and the creepy Pogle’s Wood. He’s also eeked out a nice little sideline in records associated with 60s and 70s pornography such as Deep Throat and Mary Mary Millington Talks Dirty.
Recommendations
I suppose I’m of the age to get nostalgic about Jonny Trunk’s stuff. I’ve discovered wonderful little snippets of incidental and library music, particularly on Now We Are Ten. If you’d have told me when I was 16 that in a future life I’d be listening to the Mike Sammes Singers I might have topped myself there and then, but now they have a kitsch charm about them.
Apart from the Vernon Elliot records, Trunk Records also recently unearthed Edward Williams’ music to David Attenborough’s Life on Earth. The original record was produced as only 100 vinyl copies for the members of the orchestra played on it. The music is very much of its time, eerie, stark and very atmospheric. This is how the re-release came about. It’s a story of a collector’s zeal and determination, as he says “(so) we can all enjoy some of the most beautiful music made for some of the greatest TV ever produced”.
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