The Analogue Laboratories Company produced electronic library music for business use from 1971-1974. Unfortunately their unusual recordings comprising of analogue synthesisers and banks of oscillators did not find a niche in the commercial sector due to their eccentric in-house composers unmelodic and frankly uncommerical sound. The company went in receivership in May of 1974 after issuing only 3 annual lab reports - Future 71, Future 72 and what is regarded by collectors as their best recordings Future 73 on their own label Analogue Laboratories Recordings.

Frank Tildsley an intern at the company (9172-1973) recalls his time there – “the pressing plants would often contact us concerned that there were ‘technical problems’ with the master tapes and I had to assure them that the ‘strange bleeps’ were an intentional part of the recordings.”

David Dadd | NOT QUITE GENERIC – forgotten library music recordings | Black Plastic Press 1986

TRACK LISTING

01 |  MOONBASE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

02 |  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REPLY

03 |  ASSURANCE FOR THE FUTURE

04 |  BOARDROOM XL07

05 |  TOMORROW WORLD

06 |  OBRITAL ENVIRONMENTS

07 |  BINARY #101

08 |  ELEVATOR FAILURE MUZAK

09 |  OPEN PLANNING

10 |  SCHEMATIC

11 |  DIAL TONE

12 |  EMPLOYMENT PRINCIPLE

13 |  ELECTRONIC MAIL DELIVERY NETWORK

14 |  LAB REPORT #23

15 |  SLINKY

16 |  STANDARDISED UNIT #01

17 |  INVEST FOR TOMORROW TODAY

18 |  FUTURE 73

Originally issued on Analogue Laboratories Recordings 1973