Whatever happened to instrumentals?

[Cycleops]

We never seem to hear them much anymore. Back in their heyday of the 50/60/70s there were loads with many becoming classics.
What is your favourite instrumental ?
Here's a couple of mine:

View: https://youtu.be/BuAD_sQUgpw

View: https://youtu.be/ZIU0RMV_II8

 

[Drago]

Blimey, there are some good ones about.

Apache would be the obvious, but I'd actually plump for Guitar Tango by the Shadows. Great tunes great playing, very polished production for the time, very tidy background orchestral stuff.

The Jethro Tull version of Cats Squirrel, and also Bouree.

The original version of Walk Don't Run by the Ventures.

 

[ianrauk]

One of my favourites
Deep Purple - Grabsplatter

 

[Mark Grant]

Kool and the gang. Summer Madness.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjuorHVXgHw

 

[Threevok]

The last true instrumental I can remember being in the UK charts, was Robert Miles - Children (1995)

I can't say there have been any since (although there is so little singing on some of the music today - they would probably count).

here are two of my faves (apart from the above)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAUhSuI_8lU

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfAJLGFWxYo

 

[Threevok]

Oh and not forgetting Big Bad Barry

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPHmsEoLsL0

 

[Drago]

Jean Michel Jarre, Les Chants Magnetiques part 2. In particular some of the live versions are something else.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oEBes5YkJr4

And of course his Dad wrote the original version of Lara's Theme for Dr Zhivago.

 

[Ian H]

I seem to recall a few that were just like karaoke backing tracks.

 

[Dirk]

My favourite.
I saw the very first live performance of this back in 1970 (I think).

View: https://youtu.be/uUHb3cBvWMY

 

[Alex321]

There were 12 instrumental no 1's in the five years between 1958 and 1963. There have only been another 12 in the 60 years since then.

The most recent being 10 years ago - Animals by Martin Garrix, which reached no. 1 in November 2013.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kpAzC2Mja8

 

[Alex321]

Some of the ones I like best are Emerson Lake and Palmer

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2SdGedCs88

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2zurZig4L8

 

[EltonFrog]

Eye Level - Simon Park Orchestra
Dance with the Devil - Cozy Powell ( Suzy Quatro on bass)

 

[Alex321]

Eye Level - Simon Park Orchestra

I prefer the version with words - Matt Monroe

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFRtUQOinvg

 

[T4tomo]

One of my favourites
Deep Purple - Grabsplatter

That is quite niche, even as man with quite a lot of DP vinyl, hadn't come across that, but a google made me realise why. there is quite a bit of the riffs in I'm Alone, which is on on of my LP's (A's and B's compilation).

I also have this

which almost qualifies as instrumental, although there is a bit of Ian Gillan wailing in there IIRC

 

[Paulus]

We never seem to hear them much anymore. Back in their heyday of the 50/60/70s there were loads with many becoming classics.
What is your favourite instrumental ?
Here's a couple of mine:

View: https://youtu.be/BuAD_sQUgpw

View: https://youtu.be/ZIU0RMV_II8

From the same era, one of my favourite instrumentals.

View: https://youtu.be/JQcP8xhfjBo