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- Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:05 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Country Songs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4395
Re: Country Songs?
Bacharach did a few "western" sounding tunes for Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance); there were also some quasi country-western tunes (Three Wheels on My Wagon, The Story of My Life, and even Perry Como's Magic Moments would have sounded country if done by Robbins) done for Mar...
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:42 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Extended Versions of Bacharach/David/Warwick Songs?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10375
Re: Extended Versions of Bacharach/David/Warwick Songs?
In the Land of Make Believe was recorded in the same session as Walk On By and Anyone Who Had A Heart. Both Make Believe and Walk On By had taken up the majority of the session because Burt got upwards of 20 or more takes on each tune. According to accounts from Burt, Hal, Dionne and others, there w...
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:43 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Extended Versions of Bacharach/David/Warwick Songs?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10375
Re: Extended Versions of Bacharach/David/Warwick Songs?
There are alternate takes of Who Is Gonna Love Me, Here Where There Is Love, A House is Not a Home, Do You Know the Way to San Jose, In Between the Heartaches and a couple of others which escape me now. Who is Gonna Love Me alternate take has appeared in a couple of English compilations, Here Where ...
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Burt`s book
- Replies: 36
- Views: 27025
Re: Burt`s book
I can tell you that there are still many around who were there either on the periphery, or working or contracting in some capacity with these good folks (many of the good folks at Scepter who worked closely with Dionne such as Paul Cantor survive). However, only Burt and Dionne can specifically spea...
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:48 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Who Get The Guy chords/sheet music?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5391
Re: Who Get The Guy chords/sheet music?
The sheet music is available on e-bay from time to time.
- Thu May 30, 2013 8:59 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Dionne's Catalogue Expanded and Remastered...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31496
Re: Dionne's Catalogue Expanded and Remastered...
I had always heard that Burt, Hal and Dionne had gone into the studio after the release of the Dionne album in January 1972 to start recording for the follow-up album and this would coincide with Burt and Hal beginning work on Lost Horizon. If it is indeed true that Dionne went back into the studio ...
- Wed May 29, 2013 10:21 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Dionne's Catalogue Expanded and Remastered...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31496
Re: Dionne's Catalogue Expanded and Remastered...
I heard rough mixes of all three tunes in 1974 and particularly remember "And Then He Walked Through the Door" simply because it was a great tune and Dionne was superb on that recording as well as the other two. There was a lot of excitement when Dionne and Burt went back into the studio t...
- Thu May 23, 2013 10:36 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Burt`s book
- Replies: 36
- Views: 27025
Re: Burt`s book
I liken Dionne's reaction to, I feel, Burt's ad nauseum chatter about Karen Carpenter this way: when you are making love to your wife, you don't drone on and on excessively about your mistress. He was in the studio to record Dionne and anything other than some passing chatter about Close to You (whi...
- Wed May 22, 2013 5:05 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Burt`s book
- Replies: 36
- Views: 27025
Re: Burt`s book
I was sorely disappointed with the book simply because there was really no depth regarding the songs themselves and the dynamic in the studio when the tunes were recorded. No real backstory about the creative process and how Dionne fit into all that. Considering that Dionne was so important to Burt,...
- Wed May 15, 2013 1:45 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Burt`s book
- Replies: 36
- Views: 27025
Re: Burt`s book
The book is a quick read. I liken it to Dionne's autobiography with more substance...it's certainly more interesting than the lightweight pap that Dionne's book was. One nugget I found really interesting was something I knew back in the 1960s but was never explained in any great depth and just accep...
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:28 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Burt in New York city May 6, 2013
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8574
Re: Burt in New York city May 6, 2013
So many reviewers get that wrong, don't they. Many reviewers also used to attribute Theme From Valley of the Dolls to Burt and Hal instead of Andre and Dory Previn too.
- Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Burt in New York city May 6, 2013
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8574
Re: Burt in New York city May 6, 2013
KIRKUS REVIEW Reminiscences of a master songwriter. Compiled from interviews conducted by journalist Greenfield (The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun, 2011, etc.) with Bacharach and his associates, this oral memoir provides a congenial overview of a life devoted to music. Bacharach b...
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:21 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Signed Hal David Lyric Book On Ebay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3848
Re: Signed Hal David Lyric Book On Ebay
I have the book enscribed to Florence Greenberg from Hal David with a nice personal note from Hal...it's the second edition. Dionne also signed the forward. It's something I wouldn't part with. The book sold well enough to have several printings and even paperback. Hal achieved a fame in the 1960s t...
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:35 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
- Replies: 1308
- Views: 1254081
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Blair I agree that PFM was probably the last great work Bacharach did and I also agree that the Isn't She Great soundtrack was outstanding. Isn't She Great elicited the last wonderful recorded performance Bacharach and David got from Warwick. Her vocal limitations were very apparent but somehow, the...
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:36 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: I rest my case:-)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12971
Re: I rest my case:-)
I agree Enormous. This is a discussion forum and I, like others here have written about the good, the bad, and the ugly regarding Burt, Hal and Dionne. I am sorry Andreas feels the way he does. I am not a cheerleader for BB/HD/DW and never have been and there are fan forums for that type of thing. I...