The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

I recently acquired 2 reel recordings from a lot that came out of Sceptor Studios. 60 mins Dionne at Garden State and Dionne at Copa. 7.5 IPS, wonderful quality. I guess the G.S. recording is covered by Rhino. This tape has live Promises, Promises and includes all of the banter between songs. I jus...

Anyone want to hear a new Burt Bacharach song?

Coming March 3...

The Songs of Bacharach & Costello celebrates three decade songwriting partnership between composers Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello with lavish new box set

From The Elvis Costello Home Page : In the February 2023 issue of Uncut, Elvis reveals a few details about Songs Of Bacharach And Costello, a four-album collection of his work with Burt Bacharach expected in 2023: It's Painted From Memory [1998] and Taken From Life, which is a collection of songs th...

You can hear "Don't Look Now" at 1:52:00.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/m0000mzb

The songs are "Don't Look Now," "Photographs Can Lie," and "He's Given Me Things." Elvis recently told an audience in Belgium that Burt plays piano on two songs. I don't know if Elvis misspoke and it's really all three songs or if Burt plays on only two of the three. Ei...

Costello played one of the new songs — 'He's Given Me Things' — in Wilmington, Delaware, the other night.

http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... Wilmington

This is what I came up with when I did a similar compilation. 1. Make It Easy On Yourself 2. It's Love That Really Counts 3. The Love Of A Boy 4. Don't Make Me Over 5. I Smiled Yesterday 6. This Empty Place 7. Wishin' And Hopin' 8. I Cry Alone 9. Make The Music Play 10. Please Make Him Love Me 11. A...