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We are trying to gauge likely support for a Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds for a new recording of John Barry's TV Scores by Nic Raine and James Fitzpatrick.

We would need £15,000 and Tadlow music would provide the other half.

We would like to be assured that there is a reasonable chance of support for such a campaign before launching it.

So if you are *likely* to contribute, please visit this Facebook page.

[What is Kickstarter?]

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Highly detailed review of the Blu-Ray / DVD of Beat Girl:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_71/beat_girl_blu-ray.htm

Review by Gary Tooze

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Dances With Wolves has been released on vinyl. More info on the Music on Vinyl website.

• 180 gram audiophile vinyl
• PVC protective sleeve
• First pressing of 1000 numbered copies on purple & gold mixed vinyl

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We are delighted to announce that Beat Girl, which contains John Barry's first ever film-score, will receive its premiere DVD/blu-ray release on 25th April.

The extras will prove of interest to Barry fans because it includes a few minutes of additional/alternative footage, which might feature music never heard before.

Beat Girl (Wild for Kicks)

25 April, 2016
BFI, Dual Format Edition Blu-ray + DVD, BFI Video , 1960, 89 min, Region B

Special features

• Newly remastered in 2K and presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
• Original theatrical version (87 mins): from the negatives, preserved by the BFI National Archive
• Alternative version (92 mins, Blu-ray only)
• Alternative sequences (3 mins, DVD only)
• Extended version (92 mins): featuring additional sequences with David Farrar and Noëlle Adam
• An Interview with Gillian Hills Interview (2016, 25 mins): the film’s star recalls her experience of working on Beat Girl
• Cross-Roads (John Fitchen, 1955, 25 mins): supernatural short, starring the legendary Christopher Lee
• Beauty in Brief (c.1955, 4 mins): forgotten saucy 1950s pin-up short which recalls the milieu of Beat Girl
• Goodnight with Sabrina (c.1958, 3 mins): glamour short starring 1950s TV bombshell Sabrina, aka Norma Sykes
• Illustrated booklet with new writing by Gillian Hills, Vic Pratt, Jonny Trunk and Jo Botting, and full film credits

Product details
RRP: £19.99/ Cat. no. BFIB1240 / BFI Flipside No. 030 / Cert 15
UK / 1959 / black and white / English, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles / 87 mins / original aspect ratio 1.66:1 // BD50: 1080p, 24fps, PCM mono (48kHz/24-bit) / DVD9: PAL, 25fps, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (320kbps)

More information on the BFI website

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Any residents of London should note that in conjunction with its release on DVD/blu-ray this month: A special screening of Beat Girl takes place at the Regent Street Cinema, London, W1 on Wednesday 20 April at 6.30pm followed by a Q&A with Gillian Hills, hosted by BFI National Archive Fiction Curator, Vic Pratt. Tickets are available now.

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Shadowing John Barry by the Brian Bennett Orchestra, to be released by Dramatico on 8 April, features impressive new interpretations of some of the best-known film themes by the late and great British composer...

Read the entire article here...

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Australia: 'Peggy Sue Got Married' is being broadcast Wednesday 2nd March on SBS 2 at 10:10pm.

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Walkabout
Saturday 20th February 2016
Australia
NITV
9:30pm

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Saturday 20th February 2016
Australia
NITV
9:30pm

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The Music of James Bond

The Orchard Theatre, Dartford
Sunday 14 February
at 7:30pm

Website

Goldfinger, Thunderball, Diamonds are Forever, You Only live Twice, The Man With the Golden Gun, Golden Eye, Casino Royal, Live and Let Die, Skyfall and many, many more.