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by pljms
Mon May 29, 2023 3:34 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Ed Ames 1927-2023
Replies: 5
Views: 3350

Ed Ames 1927-2023

Ed Ames's Bacharach connections go back to the mid-50s when he was part of the singing group The Ames Brothers and Burt was their MD. The singer and actor who has died aged 95 went on to record two albums of Bacharach and David material in the early 70s, including what remains to this day the only v...
by pljms
Mon May 22, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Replies: 1308
Views: 1248792

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

The Swinging Blue Jeans' version of 'Don't Make Me Over' was one of three UK hits that so-called Mersey Beat groups had with Bacharach & David songs in the mid-60s, the other two were by a group actually called The Merseybeats and they were 'Wishing And Hoping' and 'It's Love That Really Counts'...
by pljms
Wed May 10, 2023 8:09 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Upcoming Cherry Red 4 CD set release
Replies: 5
Views: 3678

Re: Upcoming Cherry Red 4 CD set release

While Bacharach would have been very gratified that Frankie Vaughan's version of 'Tower Of Strength' gave him his third UK no.1, he was reported as saying that he thought the tempo was too brisk. That was a common complaint from Burt over the years so did he ever think that the tempo had been too sl...
by pljms
Sat May 06, 2023 3:45 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Upcoming Cherry Red 4 CD set release
Replies: 5
Views: 3678

Re: Upcoming Cherry Red 4 CD set release

There can't be many compilations that feature not only the likes of 'Peggy's In The Pantry', 'Underneath The Overpass' and 'Three Wheels On My Wagon', but also works by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Henry Cowell! As for the three discs of early stuff, I should imagine that most if not all of the...
by pljms
Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:05 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Sheet Music for ALL of Bacharach's Songs?
Replies: 5
Views: 3432

Re: Sheet Music for ALL of Bacharach's Songs?

A songbook was publishsed in 1973 under the title Bacharach & David Greatest Hits which contained no less than 132 songs, so inevitably it features a lot of lesser known material. Of the two songs you mentioned only 'The Wine Is Young' is included. From my experience of hunting down books on the...
by pljms
Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:25 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Discography update
Replies: 2
Views: 2781

Re: Discography update

Davide, the sheer scale of the amount of unpublished and unrecorded material is pretty mind-blowing. A possible addition to the discography because it's a rarely covered Bacharach and David gem is Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch's version of 'Try To See It My Way'. This was released in the UK and Austra...
by pljms
Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:09 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Carole King article and other tributes to Bacharach
Replies: 17
Views: 10739

Re: Carole King article and other tributes to Bacharach

Also taken from the latest edition of Mojo, here's Jimmy Webb once again talking brilliantly about Burt: "When I heard Walk On By the first time, it was probably an 8.5 or 9 on the tectonic scale. In the songwriting world, everybody's ears perked up at the same time. It was like, 'Holy moly, wh...
by pljms
Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:29 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Carole King article and other tributes to Bacharach
Replies: 17
Views: 10739

Re: Carole King article and other tributes to Bacharach

Jackie DeShannon talking about Burt in the latest edition of Mojo: "Burt had all these sophisticated melodies, then he'd insert these chord changes with a rootsy, gospel feel. Think of Message To Martha or Reach Out For Me. Burt was in touch with the soul, and that brought listeners in. He tour...
by pljms
Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Carole King article and other tributes to Bacharach
Replies: 17
Views: 10739

Re: Carole King article and other tributes to Bacharach

Given how melodic and harmonically rich the songs of The Bee Gees often are, it comes as no surprise to me that Barry Gibb is a huge Bacharach fan, and this tribute is taken from the latest edition of Mojo. "He was the reason I started writing songs" Barry Gibb on his lifelong love of Burt...
by pljms
Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:23 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Steve Allen's Music Room in 1983 with Burt, Carole & Tony Newley
Replies: 6
Views: 3917

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

When Steve Allen brought out two albums recorded by Carole... why no mention of 'Sometimes Late At Night' the album she recorded with Burt in 1981? 'blue' Yes and with Burt & Carole both sat there seemingly too polite to mention its absence. As for 'The Dancing Fool', the mystery of whether or ...
by pljms
Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:48 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Steve Allen's Music Room in 1983 with Burt, Carole & Tony Newley
Replies: 6
Views: 3917

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

I see that this show was recorded at the time that Tony Newley was starring in 'Chaplin' at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles, which dates it to either August or September 1983 because the musical ran for only six weeks after opening on August 12th. Newley merely performed in this musica...
by pljms
Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:19 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Steve Allen's Music Room in 1983 with Burt, Carole & Tony Newley
Replies: 6
Views: 3917

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

It might have been posted here before, blue, but it was a while ago and I for one thoroughly enjoyed watching it again. This show really is one highlight after another with Bacharach singing 'Any Day Now' at the piano backed by Steve Allen's band; Carole Bayer Sager performing 'Come In From The Rain...
by pljms
Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:19 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Burt Bacharach & Carol Bayer Sager Live Concert October 1981 at the Roxy Theater on the Sunset Strip
Replies: 2
Views: 3275

Re: Burt Bacharach & Carol Bayer Sager Live Concert October 1981 at the Roxy Theater on the Sunset Strip

The sound quality is poor but it's an interesting and an enjoyable listen all the same. Nice to hear Burt and Carole duetting near the end on 'Arthur's Theme' and 'Close To You' and the fact that he was writing No.1 hit records again would have contributed in no small way to his obvious good spirits.
by pljms
Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023
Replies: 25
Views: 15612

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

Hearing 'Look Up Again' on the new collection reminded me that Herb Alpert cut an instrumental version a little while back. Was this really nearly seven years ago?

by pljms
Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:13 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Songs of Bacharach & Costello 4-album collection in 2023
Replies: 25
Views: 15612

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

Elvis Costello taking us through the box set that is released this week.