- Audio CD (30 July 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Trunk
- ASIN: B000PY4WWI
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 95,994 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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After ten years of scouring charity shops and thrashing out copyright negotiations, Now We Are Ten comes as a timely progress report from Trunk Records - purveyors of the eccentric and the long forgotten. But, if you're looking for an afternoon's listening, it's a dangerously inconsistent record.
Of course, Jonny Trunk - the man behind the madness - has never been known for consistency. Since 1997, Trunk's label has committed itself to releasing iconic film scores, the lost works of maverick composers and, most famously, a collection of fan letters received by his porn star sister.
Trunk's releases are many things - zany, intriguing, perhaps even perverted - but, as mentioned, they're far from consistent. And, admittedly, Now We Are Ten doesn't pretend otherwise, preferring to style itself as a 'decade' of strange and beautiful music rather than pretending to be a 'collection'.
But, upon hearing the estranged works of Herbie Hancock give way to the bittersweet opening score from Ken Loach's Kes, there are few who won't complain that this album feels disjointed. And even those with different expectations - Trunk's culty acolytes, for instance - will bemoan the absence of the Dawn Of The Dead and Deep Throat soundtracks - both of which are now the proud property of Trunk Records.
On the whole, there's plenty of endearing stuff here - Vernon Elliot's theme from The Clangers and the rabid elevator music of Sven Libaek, to name but two - and most will find Now We Are Ten charmingly twisted. But, with each offering seemingly unrelated to the last, one suspects the only one who'll really be able to love it will be Jonny Trunk himself. --Robert Jackman
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A cracking collection of oddities, with some truly beautiful stuff - Kes soundtrack excerpt, The Vernon Elliot and the Douglas Wood track in particular. Really delightful. Unfortunately Jonny has seen fit, nay, hilarious to include some rather puerile stuff about porn. Porn, you know, it's hilarious innit? This is a real pity because it means a lot of people who enjoy music with their kids, or older people, or well anyone except sniggering schoolboys, will be really put off. And this material won't get the interest it should. I know Danny Baker thinks it's funny, but he'd not always right you know.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A nice collection of long forgotten library music, theme tunes, off kilter jazz, ad jingles and musical porn, salvaged, in the main, from the archives by Jonny Trunk, who contributes a couple of tunes himself. The secret lies in how it is put together so that all these diverse ditties fit together seamlessly. Very enjoyable!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a must for anyone who shares a love for the obscure and hard to find sounds from the sixties and seventies. Ranging from obscure horror film soundtracks (Blood On Satans Claw) to the delightful sounds from the Clangers. Much praise as well must go to John Camerons theme to Kes which is such a beatiful piece of music.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
now we are ten
I don't understand what mr trunk was trying to prove with this one, the 'funny' tracks don't really fit with the rest of the album. Read more
Published 6 months ago by E. Williamson
DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOUR EXPECTING BBC RADIOPHONIC TYPE MUSIC
Now We Are Ten: a Trunk Records Samplerfair enough i didnt know much about the album before i brought it and beleive me i wish i had now. Read more
Published 14 months ago by theturquoisesound
A Good Sampler of the Trunk Canon
Samplers are by definition rather patchy affairs and this is no exception. However, if you're going to buy it for one track alone, it'll be for the opener "I Start Counting" (by... Read more
Published on 27 May 2010 by Chris M.
Nostalgia Junk (56 mins) with Text on CD
This nostalgia sampler contains 21 Tracks and not 22 as stated on the cover. The CD has 15 Instrumentals and 5 Vocal with 1 Advert track on Timex Watches. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2008 by Derrick Page
Well worth the money
Trunk Records have been around for a while now (What's that you say? Ten years? How do you know that? Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2007 by Nick Sydenham
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