Best Instrumentals To Hit The Top 40 ?
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Some more from the 70's
Machine Gun - Commodores
Dynomite - Tony Camillo's Bazuka
Pepper Box - The Peppers
Machine Gun - Commodores
Dynomite - Tony Camillo's Bazuka
Pepper Box - The Peppers
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Yes I like that one too Mike, quite a few of the old instrumental classics missing from you tube. Couldn't find an original for Duane Eddy - Peter Gun either.mikeg13 wrote:Did try and find vid of "Piltdown rides again" by the Piltdown Men but no luck
always loved the speeded up classical pieces
Did find this one though
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And if you like a decent acoustic guitar player...this is class
Al Di Meola
Splendido Sundance
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4C5umBuYw
Al Di Meola
Splendido Sundance
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4C5umBuYw
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Take Five still sounds as good today as it did back then, class.SamD wrote:Two personal favourites by the Dave Brubeck Quartet:
(Dave Brubeck - piano, Paul Desmond - alto sax, Eugene Wright - bass, Joe Morello - drums)
Take Five (top ten in '61):
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOgYw5-pNs
Unsquare Dance (1962):
maybe others will have more luck in locating a decent video performance of this...
Iv'e always loved Herb Alpert's Casino Royale but no doubting that track comes from the 60's
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All my favourites have already been bagged, but Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore is a good oldie. This arrangement is really cheesy but the clarinet playing is to die for ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jZeXvpyZQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jZeXvpyZQ
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Great stuff - but what's an old punk like you doing listening to Al di Meolaianovich wrote:And if you like a decent acoustic guitar player...this is class
Al Di Meola
Splendido Sundance
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4C5umBuYw
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Ive mellowedBilly Whiz wrote:Great stuff - but what's an old punk like you doing listening to Al di Meolaianovich wrote:And if you like a decent acoustic guitar player...this is class
Al Di Meola
Splendido Sundance
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0o4C5umBuYw
And dont forget - when I was a lad, if you went to clubs - they normally didnt play a lot of pistols
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I used that it in one of those mixes of mine that I posted on here a while ago... Great track.
Mixes perfectly with The Clash...
The Magnificent Seven
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If anyone wants to hear more Al di Meola you should try some of his jazz/rock stuff, and where better to start than this 9-minute instrumental masterpiece, Land of the Midnight Sun. This is in my Top 10 tracks of all time (sadly the link is not a live performance, just the music). Amazing musicianship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UizNaN6ptmk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UizNaN6ptmk
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Some cracking tracks here.
I love 'Stranger on the Shore', too, Billy.
A fav or two from my collection ....
Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova
Benny Goodman & Orchestra - 'Sing, Sing, Sing'
Unknown Band (any help?) - Unknown Track - Great - but WARNING - NSFW!. Video contains (really great ) nudity - but all done in the BEST posible taste!
(Ok, not a hit, I don't think - but it should have been! )
Again .... not a hit .... but divine ....
Eric Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1.
This one was a hit, though ....
Perez Prado & his Orchestra - 'Guaglione'
Does any one know the name of an instrumental track used extensively during one of the Apollo missions of the late '60s, early '70s? I think it may have incorporated 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', but had a beat to it and modern organ (hammond?).
I love 'Stranger on the Shore', too, Billy.
A fav or two from my collection ....
Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova
Benny Goodman & Orchestra - 'Sing, Sing, Sing'
Unknown Band (any help?) - Unknown Track - Great - but WARNING - NSFW!. Video contains (really great ) nudity - but all done in the BEST posible taste!
(Ok, not a hit, I don't think - but it should have been! )
Again .... not a hit .... but divine ....
Eric Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1.
This one was a hit, though ....
Perez Prado & his Orchestra - 'Guaglione'
Does any one know the name of an instrumental track used extensively during one of the Apollo missions of the late '60s, early '70s? I think it may have incorporated 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', but had a beat to it and modern organ (hammond?).
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On one music web site it mentions that:
The opening Sunrise section of his symphonic Tone Poem Also Sprach Zarathustra was used as the main theme of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Since then it has been used on television for the Apollo Moon Missions and other inspirational endeavours, and formed the basis for a few rock cover versions.
It doesn't mention that it was an alternative version used for the moon stuff.
I shall search further.
The opening Sunrise section of his symphonic Tone Poem Also Sprach Zarathustra was used as the main theme of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Since then it has been used on television for the Apollo Moon Missions and other inspirational endeavours, and formed the basis for a few rock cover versions.
It doesn't mention that it was an alternative version used for the moon stuff.
I shall search further.
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Was just thinking of the Prez Prado Guiness one, mainly due to this advertFlyman wrote: This one was a hit, though ....
Perez Prado & his Orchestra - 'Guaglione'
Does any one know the name of an instrumental track used extensively during one of the Apollo missions of the late '60s, early '70s? I think it may have incorporated 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', but had a beat to it and modern organ (hammond?).
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=69MpLiYhsXw
Think the other one is this track - Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wY_S3oQTY4w
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Dont remember an instrumental as such but there was "In the year2525" Zager and Evans thinkFlyman wrote: Does any one know the name of an instrumental track used extensively during one of the Apollo missions of the late '60s, early '70s? I think it may have incorporated 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', but had a beat to it and modern organ (hammond?).
The theme from 2001 is "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) - The Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert Von Karajan dont remember a hammond on it though but may have been
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Suprised no one's mentioned this topical one
Oakenfold - BB Theme
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cEHlRGWPLss
A few more
Rob D - Clubbed to death
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PMq4akUZr8c
Vangelis - To the Unknown Man (used on snooker highlights years back)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZSIAks4c3s
Frankie Knuckles - Whistle song
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mflARiQGLOM
Oakenfold - BB Theme
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cEHlRGWPLss
A few more
Rob D - Clubbed to death
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PMq4akUZr8c
Vangelis - To the Unknown Man (used on snooker highlights years back)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZSIAks4c3s
Frankie Knuckles - Whistle song
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mflARiQGLOM
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Great link, but can't help you on the band. In fact I didn't notice there was any music playingFlyman wrote:Unknown Band (any help?) - Unknown Track - Great - but WARNING - NSFW!. Video contains (really great ) nudity - but all done in the BEST posible taste!
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Yes that is it, totally brilliant have the album somewhere had forgotten all about it, must find it, whole album just stunning, how could I have forgotten itHammertime wrote:
Think the other one is this track - Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wY_S3oQTY4w
Another good organ one The cat by Jimmy Smith
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Good thread. Lieutenant Pigeon - quality
Here's a few more :-
Nut Rocker - B Bumble and the Stingers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7RtftC7XYA
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richmond & The Modern Lovers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg7WG6tCbrw
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Ennio Morricone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKlxyoPNaFI
Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out - Bentley Rhythym Ace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWl77o3l50
and one with just a little bit of talking on it but a great tune.
Hoots Mon - Lord Rockinghams XI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Ymov6JhRE
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Here's a few more :-
Nut Rocker - B Bumble and the Stingers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7RtftC7XYA
Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richmond & The Modern Lovers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg7WG6tCbrw
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Ennio Morricone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKlxyoPNaFI
Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out - Bentley Rhythym Ace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWl77o3l50
and one with just a little bit of talking on it but a great tune.
Hoots Mon - Lord Rockinghams XI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Ymov6JhRE
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Ahh! That's the one! Many thanks, Hammertime, and thanks to spinynorman and mikeg13 for thinking for me!mikeg13 wrote:Yes that is it, totally brilliant have the album somewhere had forgotten all about it, must find it, whole album just stunning, how could I have forgotten itHammertime wrote:
Think the other one is this track - Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wY_S3oQTY4w
Another good organ one The cat by Jimmy Smith
This one's going on my video jukebox!
I was just ten in '72, and that's one name that passed me by. Can't think how else I'd have found it without you guys - and. believe me, I have looked for it before. Cheers!
It was used for the Apollo 16 tv coverage, I now think.
Btw, if you want to, you can save YouTube vids to your hard drive easily from this site:
http://www.videodownloadx.com/
Just remember to rename the file to .flv when you're downloading or after you've saved it.
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loads of recent(ish) dance music ones, a few of my favourites:
Robert Miles - Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZFrFqXqc4c
William Orbit - Barbers Adagio for String
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nPAkX1oot0
Brainbug - Nightmare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yZHJhpFLg
Robert Miles - Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZFrFqXqc4c
William Orbit - Barbers Adagio for String
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nPAkX1oot0
Brainbug - Nightmare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yZHJhpFLg
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Brubeck
From BBC today:Two personal favourites by the Dave Brubeck Quartet:
(Dave Brubeck - piano, Paul Desmond - alto sax, Eugene Wright - bass, Joe Morello - drums)
Take Five (top ten in '61):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2In5a9LDNg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Unsquare Dance (1962):
maybe others will have more luck in locating a decent video performance of this...
Slim Gaillard introduces the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet in a restored, re-edited 1964 programme at 19:30 on BBC4 tonight (Fri 27th). Songs include Take 5, the first jazz record to sell over one million copies.
Hope Unsquare Dance also features in the half-hour set; still not found a 'live' version online...
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Re: Best Instrumentals To Hit The Top 40 ?
A couple from the dance import top 40
Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYibWXlBgCE
Kasso - Walkman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bws48PufsWs
Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYibWXlBgCE
Kasso - Walkman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bws48PufsWs
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Re: Brubeck
Well done for posting this, would have missed it, do hope others will try and see, Brubeck did as much as any to make jazz understandable (well to me at least) brilliant musiciansSamD wrote: From BBC today:
Slim Gaillard introduces the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet in a restored, re-edited 1964 programme at 19:30 on BBC4 tonight (Fri 27th). Songs include Take 5, the first jazz record to sell over one million copies.
Hope Unsquare Dance also features in the half-hour set; still not found a 'live' version online...
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