In 1970 Austrian composer and arranger Gerhard Narholz - so far only known to library fans - presented a new identity to a broader European audience: Norman Candler and The Magic Strings were born and earned British Orchestra of the Year Award - BBC 3-Star 1971. German public radio stations played the strings almost daily and the sound became a serious programmatic entity in instrumental shows. 48 Violins, 16 Viola, 16 Celli and Harp built the front end of the orchestra which mainly comprised musicians of the Munich Philharmonic. Electronic keyboards, guitars, flutes and hand-made rhythm make up the whole picture and numerous stereophonic gags gives the sound its wonderful uniqueness as the strings steadily flow from one side to the other.
The Norman Candler Magic Strings survived more than a decade. Narholz launched twelve originals and did instrumental accompaniment for Acker Bilk, Harald Winkler, Mladen Franko, Guiseppe Solera and Francis Goya . In 1980 he closed the contract with Telefunken and continued on his own library labels Sonoton and Intersound.
Now enjoy the Magic Strings with their first release on Telefunken Royal Sound starting off with the unmistakable Many Times. In addition to that, the collection also includes the ´75 release of Japan's London Full Frequency Spectacular Stereophonic (FFSS) Laboratory, Volume 7, which was Strings - surprisingly by Norman Candler.
