But as the 1970’s rolled along and the popularity of Marital Arts and Kung Fu films began to take over urban theater markets and Grind houses like New York’s 42nd Street Times Square area, these sounds would be introduce to a different audience. Most people who are familiar with Library records know the importance that they have played not only in film but also during the 1990’s within in Hip Hop culture, record collecting and of course sampling. Many of the shows that I would watch, sourced their background music from industry composers and session players who would record Library records for houses including KPM, Bruton and Music De Wolfe to name a few of the many that existed. Shows like Space 1999, The Avengers, Department S, Streets of San Francisco, The Rookies, Mannix and more would stay in constant viewing on late night television. Growing up in the 1970’s, most of the TV shows that I would watch were centered around Sci-Fi, detective dramas or spy and secret agents, all which had funky and quirky soundtracks that completed the picture to whatever was happening on the screen. Records and film have gone hand in hand for 50+ years with many movies and television shows using Library records as their go to source for music that sets the tone or mood in particular scenes.
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