The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Billboard has full coverage of the event, and the article indicates that the Phil Ramone-produced CD will offer Dionne's performances of two songs written by Bacharach without David, and two songs written by David without Bacharach. Nothing about "new" material, as we suspected: http://www...

Dionne's official Facebook page indicates "a couple" of new Bacharach and David songs will appear on the Phil Ramone-produced CD, and links to this article describing "some new original songs" by the team: http://www.etonline.com/news/119911_Dionne_Warwick_on_What_She_Thinks_Kill...

Quartet Records has released the full specs on its upcoming CASINO ROYALE reissue...you can read more info here:

http://theseconddisc.com/2012/02/22/dou ... red-again/

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Joe

Thanks, friends. For those interested, I thought I might share the song list from SOME LOVERS: Molly Aren't We? Some Lovers Aren't We/Another Start Love Me for an Hour Living with a Ghost A Hit for You Window Shoppin' and Dreamin' Dreams The Only Music I Understand The Girl Who Sang My Songs Hold Me...

Sadly, the reality in musical theatre nowadays is that it takes years to get a musical to NYC; just ask Stephen Sondheim or John Kander and the late Fred Ebb, all Broadway legends who in recent years have had shows close out-of-town or take circuitous paths before finally arriving. Andrew Lloyd Webb...

More details on The Maestro's new compilation here: http://theseconddisc.com/2012/01/17/a-grande-cup-of-burt-starbucks-brews-music-by-bacharach/ Ron, the CD did, indeed, make it to the Billboard chart at No. 59 (the same info VVN was reporting): http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?begin=41...

Thanks, B2B. I, too, have long hoped this material will finally see the light of day, as well as the rest of the unreleased music promised by David Nathan in the Rhino Handmade liner notes for future volumes that, alas, never arrived...fingers crossed. Thanks, too, to David for getting Dionne's WB c...

Has anybody here actually heard the fruits of those 1974 Bacharach/Warwick sessions? They've long been my true Bacharach holy grails. It's been said that the songs recorded were: "Plastic City" (Bacharach/Russell; registered 1974), "And Then You Know What He Did" (Bacharach/Russe...

For today's Friday Feature at The Second Disc, we're celebrating Burt Bacharach and Hal David's music of LOST HORIZON. Check it out!

http://theseconddisc.com/2011/09/09/fri ... izon-1973/

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Joe

It looks like LOST HORIZON will arrive, packed with extras, on DVD on October 4. The downside? It appears to be part of Sony's made-to-order DVD(-R) program rather than a pressed DVD. Some details here: http://www.oldies.com/product-view/1441ED.html Now, if only the laserdisc's isolated score track ...

LOST HORIZON was released on a fantastic laserdisc, complete with isolated score track. Rumors emerge every year or two about a DVD/Blu-Ray release, but nothing's come of them...keep your fingers crossed, everybody, and that such a release includes the music-only track and more!

Joe

More on Jackie's (fantastic) new record, due next month:

http://theseconddisc.com/2011/07/27/wha ... t-records/

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Joe

Lee has unearthed a number of treasures over the years. I urge readers here to check out the "Tuesday Morning Burt" post, especially, for two songs that weren't even catalogued in the main section of the Serene Dominic book. Lee has located recordings of: CRYIN', SOBBIN', WAILIN' (Bacharac...

I can't recommend Nikki Jean's new album enough. "Pennies in a Jar" (the title track) and Nikki's co-write with Thom Bell (who hasn't been nearly as prolific as Burt in recent years), "How to Unring a Bell," will both linger with you way beyond the first listen. But the entire al...

More details here:

http://theseconddisc.com/2011/05/12/wha ... -reissued/