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by Blair N. Cummings
Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:06 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Open Letter to Keith Burke
Replies: 16
Views: 13105

Open Letter to Keith Burke

Keith, Just under six months ago you joined this forum expressing your frustration with what was then a tangle of political arguments mostly stemming from right-wing web-sites over-reacting to Burt`s rather gentle chiding of the current administration. Your response was to clear the air by making av...
by Blair N. Cummings
Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:48 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: A Digression and a Plea
Replies: 4
Views: 4304

Partial Answer

Seldom do I answer my own question, but a search of ASCAP reveals that the song in question was composed by Graeme Kronsberg and Michael Randall, but indicates no recording. So is that out-of-print version by Steve Lawrence the only one ever? I know there are more knowledgeable pop experts than me o...
by Blair N. Cummings
Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:15 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: A Digression and a Plea
Replies: 4
Views: 4304

Thanks!

Thanks, Musical Guy! I even ordered the whole album (since I couldn`t find a site that would allow me to download the song). While we`re on the (taboo) subject, What has been Roger Nichols been up to since his (in my opinion) disappointing Be Gentle With My Heart project? Did the reunion with Paul W...
by Blair N. Cummings
Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:38 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: A Digression and a Plea
Replies: 4
Views: 4304

A Digression and a Plea

I brought this up a year or so ago without success and have again checked relevant websites and done searches with no better results, so if I may be indulged... Does anyone know of currently available recordings of these songs I long ago had on a vinyl copy of RCA`s This Is Steve and Eydie Vol. 2: Y...
by Blair N. Cummings
Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:06 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Whatever Became Of... (Vol. II)
Replies: 3
Views: 3159

Jill!

I can`t thank you enough for that one, Keith! I, for one, would listen to her sing the entire score ... and every other B&D song,too! Too bad the only available cd of recent vintage has her doing less than apt material. Then again, she probably would have something to say regarding my recent act...
by Blair N. Cummings
Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:15 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Whatever Became Of... (Vol. II)
Replies: 3
Views: 3159

Whatever Became Of... (Vol. II)

Since Keith Burke so fully supplied the answer to my first query regarding Joanie Sommers, I`m back with another regarding...Jill O`Hara. With respect to everyone else who covered the songs she debuted in "promises...", I have always preferred her vocals. I know she did "Cohan!" ...
by Blair N. Cummings
Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:31 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Geico Insurance ad
Replies: 28
Views: 27866

All hits all the time

Keith, you make the point I most recently made last fall after seein Burt in Buffalo. Sure, it`s nice to be In the Presence as he performs and conducts music that will surely live decades after his (and our) demise; but I think a bit more variety is called for. Especially for those of us of a certai...
by Blair N. Cummings
Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:07 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Barbra & Burt perform "Be Aware"
Replies: 7
Views: 7854

Agreed

I agree, Mario. It`s almost a fool`s game - choosing a "best" or "favorite" from a catalogue like Burt and Hal`s, but at gunpoint I`d go with Be Aware, too. As for the three versions here, I`ll take Dionne`s just for the improved arrangement and instrumentation. I was a huge fan ...
by Blair N. Cummings
Wed May 24, 2006 12:53 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Reminder: Please post only rare or out-of-print recordings
Replies: 12
Views: 12085

file-sharing

My take on this whole matter rests on two considerations on which I`m not wholly clear. First, the legality of it. If it`s flat-out illegal to publically trade copyrighted material, I can understand not wanting to be exposed to the possiblity of facing a ludicrously huge fine (never mind a prison se...
by Blair N. Cummings
Thu May 18, 2006 5:37 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Let's Hear It For The Boys!
Replies: 6
Views: 5998

Instrumentals to vocals

You`re obviously among the many fortunate who have never heard Where There`s a Heartache(There Must Be a Heart) a wholly unnecessary desecration of Come Touch the Sun which may also have been recorded by Ames.
by Blair N. Cummings
Tue May 16, 2006 5:40 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Obscure song found
Replies: 2
Views: 3603

Obscure song found

I`ve never been particularly fond of Kenny Rogers, Carole Bayer-Sager or Wal-Mart but at long last the latter`s music download service has made available They Don`t Make Them Like They Used To, a song I`ve had an unaccountable attachment to since I first heard it in a chain-store Muzac tape twenty y...
by Blair N. Cummings
Sat May 13, 2006 10:45 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: scranton, pa?
Replies: 1
Views: 2439

rarities

Send My Picture to Scranton, PA (originally on Thomas` Everybody`s Out of Town lp, never issued on cd) appears on Rare Bacharach Vol. 1 from the Australian label Raven Records. I don`t have the tech savvy to transcribe and upload these things, but the disc should still be available. Try their websit...
by Blair N. Cummings
Mon May 08, 2006 6:27 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: demos
Replies: 5
Views: 6969

demos

I may have done myself and others a disservice by burying this greedy, sniveling post deep in an earlier one, so I`m shamelessly repositioning it here: Posts: 75 Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject: demos -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keit...
by Blair N. Cummings
Mon May 08, 2006 2:35 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Lost Horizon Instrumental Score
Replies: 10
Views: 10269

demos

Keith: At the risk of placing myself in the analogous position of Erwin in Nabokov`s A Nursery Tale (snooty lit reference, I know)--if you could part with the rest of Burt`s Lost Horizon demos I, for one, will ask for no more. Even if you can`t , thanks again for all you`ve done!
by Blair N. Cummings
Fri May 05, 2006 2:29 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Lost Horizon Instrumental Score
Replies: 10
Views: 10269

rarity

A beautiful little gem; thanks again!