Various - Now We Are Ten - A Trunk Records Sampler

this superlative budget-priced sampler is the result of ten years hard work. jonny trunk and his label, trunk records, have discovered some of the most beautiful music never heard. and just some of those musical highlights are pulled together for the very first time here. 'now we are ten' represents a great opportunity for cd buyers to discover the wonderful world of trunk records for a fiver. for this they get the full 22 tracks (including the 7 exclusives never released before), an eight page booklet which features a four thousand word history of the label and its maverick activities. and the front cover features a photo of jonny trunk, aged 10, with a tragically bad haircut and terrifying shirt. it doesn't get much better than that. this is the pastoral sound of film music, of great white sharks, maypoles, horror, space and even sex. no other label anywhere can find such timeless beautiful music in such extraordinary places, in skips, sheds, even under musicians beds. and no other label offers you such extraordinary sounds - serial killer folk, surf jazz, zombie moog, even lunar piano. in 1997 trunk records issued the first ever recording of the lost wicker man soundtrack, the lp that kickstarted the whole modern british folk movement. trunk records discovered and released the missing delia derbyshire electronic music from classic 70s tv series the tomorrow people and has been responsible for finding some of the great forgotten library music of all time - releasing the superb, spooky soundtrack to george a romeros 'dawn of the dead' zombie classic. trunk records have released several other amazing soundtracks that were previously thought lost - 'kes', 'psychomania' and the beautiful pastoral space music from the 'clangers' tv series. all albums have been critically acclaimed, the clangers even getting a cool 10 out of 10 in the nme. trunk records released the cult classic known as 'dirty fan male'. this unique recording of letters to page 3 girls went on to become an award winning show at the edinburgh festival. the cd was voted one of the top ten funniest albums of all time by time out. trunk records have just released the uks most valuable jazz lp. this hyper rare michael garrick recording sold out a week before issue. one of the cues is on this cd. over the last few years jonny trunk has brought maverick composer basil kirchin to a new audience worldwide. this man is the grandfather of ambient music, and a major influence on brian eno. an unreleased period kirchin gem is on this sampler. jonny trunk continues to find new and beautiful lost music, forthcoming albums include the awesome sound of british horror movie blood on 'satans claw'. a taster is on this cd. also forthcoming is a privately pressed herbie hancock jazz album from 1968. never commercially released this record, among other incredible sounds is previewed on this awesome sampler.