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by Sara D
Sat Nov 11, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: The Bacharach Sound: 1965 TV Special
Replies: 3
Views: 1653

Re: The Bacharach Sound: 1965 TV Special

Burt wasn't joking when he stated on the show that London had become a second home to him in 1965 because apart from filming that special he also recorded his 'Hitmaker!' album here that year and then wrote and recorded the soundtrack to 'What's New Pussycat', all in between walking around Hyde Park...
by Sara D
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Katriona Taylor sings Bacharach in Barnes, SW London
Replies: 1
Views: 1321

Re: Katriona Taylor sings Bacharach in Barnes, SW London

I've never been to one of her gigs but Katriona Taylor has been a regular at The Bull's Head for several years now, although I believe this is the first time she's based a show on Bacharach songs. As for her famous tennis playing dad Roger, I can remember him beating Rod Laver in the fourth round of...
by Sara D
Sat Jun 17, 2023 2:29 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Dionne's Upcoming Album
Replies: 2
Views: 2207

Re: Dionne's Upcoming Album

In listening to Dolly and Dionne's new duet "Peace Like A River" from Dionne's forthcoming album "Songs of Inspiration", I couldn't help but marvel at how good the both of their voices sounded and blended together, given that both are in their eighties! I can't imagine that Doll...
by Sara D
Mon May 22, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Replies: 1308
Views: 1249043

Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)

When I think of The Merseybeats I remember my elder sister playing their hit 45 'I Think Of You' on her pink Dansette record player several times a day. Watching them lip-syncing and miming to the record on TV in 1964 takes me back to the time when pop groups smiled inanely at the camera no matter h...
by Sara D
Tue May 09, 2023 1:12 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Upcoming Cherry Red 4 CD set release
Replies: 5
Views: 3680

Re: Upcoming Cherry Red 4 CD set release

However, it's curious that while 'Tower Of Strength' by Gene McDaniels is absent from this compilation, its answer record, 'You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength' by Gloria Lynn, is included. An oversight on the compilers' part? Even if there was a licensing problem with the Gene McDaniels recor...
by Sara D
Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:43 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III
Replies: 41
Views: 45115

Re: Traincha Sings The Burt Bacharach Songbook Vol III

Listening to Trijnte Oosterhuis's latest release got me wondering just how many artists have recorded entire albums of Bacharach songs over the last sixty years? Concentrating exclusively on singers and excluding all the various orchestra leaders and jazz musicians who've recorded instrumental albu...
by Sara D
Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:42 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Steve Allen's Music Room in 1983 with Burt, Carole & Tony Newley
Replies: 6
Views: 3919

Re: Steve Allen's Music Room in 1983 with Burt, Carole & Tony Newley

I must have missed this the first time it was posted because it's completely new to me. I've heard a lot about Bacharach and Newley touring as a kind of double act back in the 1970s so I especially enjoyed the two songs they performed together. It was also interesting seeing and hearing Burt accompa...
by Sara D
Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:58 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023
Replies: 25
Views: 15616

Re: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023

As charming and touching as Burt's recording of 'Lie Back And Think Of England' undoubtedly is I'd have been happier if both it and the song itself didn't sound so incomplete. As for 'Look Up Again' and 'Taken From Life', I think they're both excellent.
by Sara D
Fri Mar 03, 2023 6:10 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023
Replies: 25
Views: 15616

Re: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023

That Elvis Costello is enormously proud to have collaborated with Bacharach is obvious from that video of him unveiling the box set. For inspiring Burt to write some of his best music of the past fifty years he has my upmost respect and eternal gratitude.
by Sara D
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:15 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Thanks For Everything
Replies: 30
Views: 14086

Re: Thanks for everything.

I'm sure we've all formed such an emotional attachment to his music that we were bound to be deeply affected by the news of his passing. When somebody of a great age dies the standard response is to say that they've had a good innings, but of course in Burt Bacharach's case the innings could never h...
by Sara D
Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:29 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023
Replies: 25
Views: 15616

Re: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023

Me Japanese Boy wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:12 am Anyone want to hear a new Burt Bacharach song?

What a tonic it's been in this saddest of weeks to listen to this extraordinary 'new' song.
by Sara D
Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:53 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Desert Island Discs
Replies: 2
Views: 3451

Re: Desert Island Discs

I only listen to Desert Island Discs if I have a particular interest in the guest, which these days is only very occasionally. From my experience of listening to the show, classical musicians have tended to stick to their own genre for their eight choices, as have pop and rock musicians, although I'...
by Sara D
Wed Jan 25, 2023 2:35 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Do You Know the Way to San Jose Cover Search
Replies: 6
Views: 3991

Re: Do You Know the Way to San Jose Cover Search

I remember listening to both editions of this very well made documentary and I believe it was broadcast in February 2004. It was presented by singer Michael Ball who was soon to release an album of Bacharach songs and featured contributions from Angie Dickinson, Hal David, Carole Bayer Sager and lon...
by Sara D
Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:15 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023
Replies: 25
Views: 15616

Re: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023

It seems that all 4 CDs are only available in the very pricey super deluxe edition along with the 2 LPs and the booklet. However, a 2 CD set will be available consisting of discs 1 & 2 from the super deluxe and at a very reasonable price.
by Sara D
Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:25 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Anita Pointer 1948 - 2022
Replies: 4
Views: 3325

Re: Anita Pointer 1948 - 2022

I believe Anita Pointer sang lead on the majority of their hits and her passing leaves Ruth as the sole surviving sister. 'The Love Too Good To Last' sounds like classic Bacharach to me now but I'm not sure if I thought that when I first heard it in the early 1980s.