
For my second guest mix at the long running music blog I Heart Noise, I decided to focus on that ever-present pastoral side of 70s-80s library music: tender, nostalgic tunes full of strings and timid flutes. The soundtrack for nostalgic daydreams at your local farm or your grandmother's old cottage.
As you can see, I aimed to give the cover a distinctly 'dusty old novel your mom might have read as a kid' look with the size and Jessie Willcox Smith artwork!
This is a little more accessible than my eighties mixes too: not only is it just 43 mins long, but it's available on Mixcloud, much more reliable these days than 8Tracks. Take a look here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/iheartnoise/cottage-lullabies-guest-mix-2-by-moons-and-melodies/In Youtube PL form too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLB0qm7266sOO_kIFo2OIGK8ndvz1CDxI2&v=PMLmNIS3mowJohn Cameron & Paul Martin Moment Of Warmth (Little Creatures, Bruton)
Fiachra Trench Reminiscence (Pastorale, KPM)
Paul Williams Wistful Dreams (Memories, Parry Music)
Eugene Cines Natures Colours (Seeds In The Wind, KPM)
Brian Bennett Drifting Shapes (Tone Poems, Bruton)
Richard Harvey The Water Garden (life cycles 2, KPM)
James Clarke Running Waters (Nature Study Vol. 1, Bruton)
Dick Walter & Eugene Cines Quiet Reflection (Seeds In The Wind, KPM) [YouTube Only]
James Clarke Midsummer Haze (Country Calendar, Music House) [YouTube Only]
Joel Vandroogenbroeck Romantic Garden (Open Air Impressions, Coloursound)
David Snell Recollections (Reflections, Bruton)
Adone Grossi Fiumi e Salici (Agreste/Bucolico, Commenti Musicali) [YouTube Only]
Andre Tschaskowski Personal Mood 2 (Emotionally, Coloursound)
Volker Kriegel & The Groove-Combination The Gentle Old Man (Leaf, Biton)
Johnny Pearson Autumn Reverie 60-Second Edit (Piano and Orchestra 1, KPM)
John Fiddy & Norman Candler Tender Feeling 2 (Softly, Sonoton) [Mixcloud Only]
Andre Tschaskowski Sentimental View 1 (Emotionally, Coloursound)
Keith Mansfield Wonderlust (Soft Horizons, KPM)
Brian Bennett Summer Reverie (Loves Themes, KPM)
Robert Viger Limpidite (Climats, Musique Pour LImage)
Paul Williams Pretty Flowers (Electric Piano Solos, Bruton)
Jim Lawless Rest (Reflections, Bruton)
Nino Nardini Morning Dew (Nature Nocturne, LIllustration Musicale)
John Tender & Mladen Franko Sweet Dreams 2 (Children Pets And Clowns, Coloursound)