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Welcome to Weirdomusic.com, your first step in exploring the darkest corners of the musical universe. We have been travelling the spaceways since 2001, reporting on Exotica, Space Age Pop, Easy Listening, Library Music and weird sounds in general. Over the years our focus has expanded, and we now cover anything from iconoclastic rockers to the wackiest outsiders.

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The John Barry Seven - DrumbeatThe John Barry Seven - Drumbeat
The John Barry Seven take pride of place above the title on this 40-track CD, called Drumbeat after a BBC TV series that enjoyed a one-off 22-week run in the summer of 1959. Buddy Holly, Cliff Richard, Russ Conway and Connie Francis were in the top ten that hot summer, and Barry’s guest artists, though not of that elevated status, did feature singers who were about to become stars and remain household names, including Adam Faith and Dusty Springfield, one of the Lana Sisters.

To replicate the atmosphere of the TV studio, Drumbeat was recreated live at Abbey Road, by Parlophone, Barry’s record label, before an uninhibited crowd of screaming teenagers. A number of other tracks come from a different label, Fontana, direct from the television soundtrack and without an audible audience presence. Read full review...


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Gypsyliana - Sonus NomasWe have been releasing music on our label WM Recordings since 2004. Our releases are available from all major download stores, but we also offer over 100 freely downloadable albums in mp3 format.

Our latest release is now available from all major download stores:

Happy Elf - It's A Wonderful World
Happy Elf is the alter ego of multi instrumentalist Jeroen Elfferich from Delft, the Netherlands. He is one of the most productive artists on our label. The music of Happy Elf can be labeled as electropop, but actually it is much more than that: it’s pop music made with analogue synthesizers. More...

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