Guild Music’s first ‘Musical Kaleidoscope’ (GLCD 5139) could not accommodate all the special requests and ‘leftovers’ from previous collections, so this second volume had to follow. There are two special features this time, the first being a selection called “Short and Sweet”; this offers five brief pieces from production music libraries by leading composers which each became familiar through their frequent use particularly in radio and television around fifty years ago - one of them is still regularly heard today. The second feature is a collection of four moody, serious works entitled “Drama, Menace and Excitement”, with the final track being the closing music for the first two series of the BBC’s famous “Quatermass” back in the 1950s.

Artists

Reg Owen Orchestra, Wilfred Burns Orchestra, Telecast Orchestra, Dolf van der Linden Metropole Orchestra, Alfonzo D'Artega Orchestra, Arturo Chaite Orchestra, Camarata Orchestra, Danish State Radio Orchestra, Dolf van der Linden Orchestra, Don Felipe Cuban Caballeros, Felix King Orchestra, George Liberace Orchestra, George Melachrino Orchestra, Harmonic Orchestra, Jackie Brown Orchestra, Lansdowne Light Orchestra, Leighton Lucas Orchestra, London Promenade Orchestra, L'Orchestre Devereaux, Monty Kelly Orchestra, New Century Orchestra, New Concert Orchestra, Queen's Hall Light Orchestra, Ray Ventura Orchestra, Dolf van der Linden, Reg Owen, Felix King, George Melachrino, Jackie Brown, Sidney Torch, Wilfred Burns, Walter Collins, Don Felipe, Leighton Lucas, Charles Williams, Alfonzo d'Artega, Arturo Chaite, Elliott Mayes, Frederic Curzon, George Liberace, Georges Devereaux, Hans May, Monty Kelly, Ray Ventura, Robert Farnon