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News before 2003
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item of news ultimately prove not to be correct.
2002:
20 November: John
Barry and family were present at the Royal World Charity Premiere
of the latest James Bond film Die Another Day. Jonpatrick Barry
presented the souvenir brochure to The Queen.
10 November: Revised John Barry book "John Barry -
A Life In Music" delayed until 2003.
First CD release for "The Cool Mikado"
 First
CD release for "The Cool Mikado". "The Legendary
el Records Returns To celebrate the forthcoming reactivation of
el records, the label is pleased to be instigating a programme to
re-release authentic, stylish, highly regarded and long deleted
original film soundtracks from the sixties beginning with Michael
Winner's 1962 Gilbert & Sullivan film parody 'The Cool Mikado' (ACME
34CD).
T he
soundtrack features original music by the John Barry Seven, songs
performed in characteristic style by Frankie Howerd and comic sketches
involving Tommy Cooper, Mike & Bernie Winters, Pete Murray and Stubby
Kaye. Initially released on Parlophone, has been deleted almost
four decades and is a highly prized collectors item with original
copies (if they can be found at all) fetching in excess of £100.
Therefore, this stylish re-issue of 'The Cool Mikado' is sure to
be welcomed by film buffs, el aficionados and (indeed) the record-buying
public alike. " More official information in this Word document: The Cool Mikado
The cd is available through the online ordering service on the Cherryred website. It is of course available in all good record shops as well
(information provided by Cherryred).
25 June: John Barry was back
in York today where he became an Honorary Freeman of York, the
city's highest honour. (We hope this link lasts. I have been updating
it three times now. Please, let us know if it doesn't).
15 June: "The 2002 James Bond Celebrity Golf Classic
and Gala Dinner will take place on Friday 28th June at the prestigious
Stoke Poges, Stoke Park Club." The
Variety Club (click on 'News', then 'News Stories') "will
be presenting the prestigious GoldenEye award to John Barry, one
of the most well-respected and successful film composers of all
time, for his contribution to the music of Bond."
15 June: A review of The
Ipcress File UK CD release by Geoff.
10 June: For those interested, sleeves and tracks list for
THE IPCRESS FILE and MASQUERADE are now on the Silva
Screen web-site, although the IPCRESS FILE is not quite correct
as the dialogue tracks are not as yet listed. James Fitzp.
" Don't support this release, wait until the SILVA CD of IPCRESS
FILE comes out. And maybe in two or three years someone will be
able to revisit BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN." Ford A. Thaxton.
12 May: More from James FitzPatrick about The Ipcress File:
the "official" re-release of THE IPCRESS FILE - remastered with
a few choice dialogue extracts - is being released on the Silva
Screen Records label in August. This is the first release in Silva
Screen long-term deal with Carlton TV who own not only all the Rank
catalogue of titles but all the ITC TV.
11 May: Beware of an Ipcress File/Billion Dollar Brain CD.
This is a bootleg.
07 Apr: Luc vd Ven has news on Masquerade. MASQUERADE will
be released around 17 june, at the same time as the latest issue
of SOUNDTRACK magazine: "a new magazine, a new Prometheus 'club'
CD". The CD has 25 tracks (56 minutes). Keep an eye on http://www.soundtrackmag.com/ Also see below.
04 Apr: Stephen Woolston just heard that EMI are planning to re-issue
the Bond soundtracks in November, they will be remastered with new
artwork but at the moment there are NO plans for extra music.
24 Mar: James FitzPatrick of Silva
Screen Records announces that after two years of negotiation
with Carlton, Silva Screen have concluded a deal which includes
THE IPCRESS FILE.
20 Mar: Vic Flick spoke to John the other day and he confirms
JB is feeling very well after a successful hip operation!
13 Mar: Peter Greenhill found an hour long interview with
John Barry at the website of new York radio station WYNC which looks
as if it was recorded in August 1992 and repeatet several times
since. The real audio link is: rtsp://media.realimpact.net/realimpact/wnyc/soa/soabarry.ra
If there are any problems with the above the link is on the following
web page:
http://www.wnyc.org/new/music/spinning/SOAaudioarchive.html
24 Feb: Messrs Leonard, Bramley & Walker are now hard at
work on re-editing their book "John Barry
- A Life In Music". Set to be published to coincide with
the release of "Die Another Day", the new Bond.
18 Feb: New links added
21 Jan: We would like to wish John all the best for a speedy
recovery after his recent hip operation.
05 Jan: Which films did not end up in John Barry's filmography? The Filmnotgraphy
2001:
22 Nov: concert photos added.
And removed a few errors from the pages.
23 Nov: original 1999 concert
programme added (below photos)
 Masquerade
3rd March 2002: Ford A. Thaxton reported to the John
Barry discussion group that next week he is going into the studio
and edit and master the album. Right now the plan is to have the
CD contain the entire score and then a suite of original source
cues that Barry composed for the film (i.e like the HAMMETT CD).
After it's assembled, he is going to submit to both MGM and John
Barry for their approval.
Assuming they wish no changes, work begins on the artwork and such.
The CD will sound great!!! The the original 32 Digital masters were
discovered, so it will sound better then ever.
James FitzPatrick wrote: Having now spoken to "the horse's mouth"
- namely Luc of Prometheus Records, I can inform you that MAY will
be the official release month for Masquerade and that it is more
likely to be late May rather than early.
This is because Prometheus are releasing FLESH & BLOOD in March
and they like to have a bit of a gap between each release. This
also makes perfect economic sense as being a small label there is
always the cinsideration of outgoings, cashflow etc...
James Fitzp.
Ford A. Thaxton reports on the John
Barry discussion group "After a rather long search
we just this week found the digital multi-track masters to
the score and production on the master started on Friday.
It will be coming out very shortly, it will be the next
release from the PROMETHEUS Club right after the expanded
CD release of FLESH + BLOOD by Basil Poledouris.
The sound is INCREDIBLE!!! It will be well worth the wait."
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Silva
Screen "have no plans this year (2002) to record any more
John Barry. Silva Screen have now recorded about all the Barry music
that they want to (in excess of 600 minutes worth). So it will need
a generous benefactor, ala Geoff Leonard, to get any more Barry
albums done." (James
FitzPatrick, Silva Screen.)
Mr & Mrs John Barry have given their approval and support
for our up-dated book to be published in
autumn 2002!
"Release of PETULIA CD postponed indefinitely"
Walter from the JB Yahoo-group reports on Monday, November 19:
"Just got an e-mail from my record-shop telling me that they
have been informed by Warner-records that the release of PETULIA
has been postponed indefinitely :-(
There is also no sign of PETULIA anymore on the amazon.de - website..."
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland’ has been released on DVD
 Alice’s
Adventures In Wonderland’ has been released on DVD. That’s the
good news. The bad news is that the print is so bad, I’ve got a
ten-year old video taped from TV with a faulty aerial in better
shape! So, only get this if you are desperate (it is cheap) and
even then think twice and do without it.
The company concerned is Platinum Disc Corporation of La Crosse,
WI, USA, and may God have mercy on them for having the nerve to
put this out for public consumption.
It’s pan and scan, unsurprisingly and appears to be region free.
Pity the whole thing wasn’t! It’s such a shame that it’s not a
decent transfer as it’s an excellent film. In fact, I was quite
surprised to find so much music not on the original Warner Brothers
LP. This is definitely a candidate for some enterprising company
or person to re-record with all the songs and musical bridges intact.
See screen shots of the dvd here
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