The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Wonderful, wonderful song. Melodically and rhythmically, I find it to be a bit of a precursor to "Knowing When to Leave"...

Joe

Thanks to all for your interest in my feature "Back Tracks: Burt Bacharach" at The Second Disc, and most especially for your kind words. I've posted here about The Second Disc before, but for those of you who missed it: founder/editor Mike Duquette and I are committed to full coverage of t...

Hi all, I wanted to let everybody here know of a new interview I've just conducted with Kritzerland's own Bruce Kimmel. You can find it at: http://theseconddisc.com/2010/08/04/the-second-disc-interview-2-from-hollywood-its-bruce-kimmel/ Bruce was kind enough to chat about his lengthy career and what...

Read more on the new PROMISES London Cast Recording reissue at http://theseconddisc.com/2010/07/26/breaking-news-more-promises-kept-from-kritzerland/ and bravo, again, to Bruce Kimmel for getting this long-awaited CD finally released!! I hope everybody here is able to snap up a copy; it's a very dif...

Thanks, Bill. I'm thrilled that PROMISES is, indeed, doing extraordinarily well despite some of the poorest (and in my opinion, most unfair) reviews of the season. It continues to gross over $1m a week, which is no small feat in today's Broadway economy. The real test shall come after the stars leav...

The new pressing from Kritzerland is only of the second disc of the PROMISES release, i.e. the brand-new mix. The original LP mix was only available in the first pressing. So everybody, make sure to read very carefully when placing your order so there's no disappointment. That said, I'm really glad ...

Please see The Second Disc's review at:

http://theseconddisc.wordpress.com/2010 ... recording/

Davide, will we ever hear these WB tracks? I remain hopeful...

And my friend blue, Dionne did indeed record "Everybody's Out of Town," but I understand that an exhaustive search of the WB vaults still came up empty as to a copy.

Joe

Mark, I believe screenarchives.com and footlight.com both still have copies available at retail price. I have no connection this release, but I have to give it my highest recommendation; to anyone familiar with the album, it's like hearing it for the very first time. For those interested, I'll link ...

I was going to post comments on the new PROMISES, PROMISES cast album, but theatre critic Peter Filichia sums it up wonderfully in his column here:

http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/broa ... ises-lands

Enjoy!

It's a sad reality that no musical goes from page to stage in a short period of time, anymore. I once worked with a famous Broadway lyricist who lamented to me that 40 years ago, he'd write the show, it would be in rehearsal 6 weeks later, and open 4 weeks after that. The show I worked with him on w...

See http://theseconddisc.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/bacharach-reissued-remastered-and-remixed/ for my article on this release, and some thoughtful comments. I would encourage ordering soon, as Kritzerland's 1000-copy pressings usually sell out early. Looking forward to hearing what everyone here on th...

This duet was recorded a few years back; I'm very happy to hear it will finally see the light of day!

Burt's been in the news a lot lately! So on the occasion of his 82nd birthday, he's gotten a bit of coverage at the terrific site dedicated to expanded & remastered music news, The Second Disc. TSD's terrific webmaster Mike Duquette recently posted a look at Naked Eyes' "(There's) Always So...

Hal wrote quite a number of songs with Albert Hammond in the 1970s, my favorite of which is "99 Miles from LA"...just a beautiful song in every way. He also wrote lyrics for the musical BRAINCHILD to Michel Legrand's music. Unfortunately, BRAINCHILD closed out-of-town and its score was nev...