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"Tribute: John Barry", in Keyboard Player, Issue 0357
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"Tribute: John Barry", in Keyboard Player, Issue 0357.
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Submitted by Alan More.
France Musique, the classical radio channel of Radio France is doing a 3 part "John Barry So British" special in the Sunday programme Easy Tempo.
First broadcast was Sunday night March 6 and the programme is detailed here and available for replay the next 30 days.
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There will be 2 showings of "Across The Sea Of Time", Saturday, March 19, 2011, Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center of Gateway National Park, 120 New York Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305. The visitor's center located under the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Bridge. Showtimes at daytime 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM Eastern Time.
Also on the bill 1967 documentary "Island Called Ellis" at 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM.
Screenings won't be IMAX 3D, will be Dolby Stereo to fully experience John Barry's glorious music.
More information:
718 354 4500
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www.nps.gov/gate
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'Never Let Go' is showing at BFI London Wednesday 13th April, at 2045.
Barry is mentioned in the film description in the programme booklet.
"Composer John Barry under-represented at 83rd Academy Awards"
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Mark Morton of Soundtracks Examiner observes the fact that John Barry's mention in the Oscars In Memoriam segment was “blink and you’d miss it”. More...
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SCOREKEEPER: A TRIBUTE TO COMPOSER JOHN BARRY
On March 10 - 30, 2011
American Cinematheque's Aero and Egyptian Theatres
American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave at 14th St
Santa Monica, CA 90403
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Hats off to Pete Walker who has just discovered a hitherto unknown John Barry composition. "Pray to The Lord" was written for an album of Organ music in honour of Dr. Francis Jackson's 90th birthday, in 2007.
The CD (and accompanying organ sheet music in book format) containing a recording by John Scott Whiteley can normally be ordered from Banks Music Publications in York, but apparently they are fresh out of them. Not much of a cheese shop really, is it?
However, they say it is being reprinted/pressed and further copies will be available in a few weeks.
http://www.banksmusicpublications.co.uk/
BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s - tribute to John Barry "March 19"
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BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s - tribute to John Barry "March 19"
The Bees Knees (The EMI Years 1957-1964) (3CD)
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Following hard on the heels of the Adam Faith box-set news, EMI has announced a John Barry box-set. That's the good news. The not so good news is that this appears to be an exact reissue of the three volumes of "The EMI Years" from the early 90s. So no additional tracks and no new remastering. It does look to be cheap, though!
The Bees Knees (The EMI Years 1957-1964) (3CD)
Due for release on 11 April 2011
Track Listing
Disc 1
1. Let's Have A Wonderful Time (1993 - Remaster)
2. Rock-A-Billy Boogie (1993 - Remaster)
3. Zip Zip (1993 - Remaster)
4. Three Little Fishes (Remake)
5. Every Which Way (1993 - Remaster)
6. You've Gotta Way (1993 - Remaster)
7. Big Guitar (1993 - Remaster)
8. Rodeo (1993 - Remaster)
9. Pancho (With Latin American Accompaniment) (1993 - Remaster)
10. Hideaway (With Latin American Accompaniment) (1993 - Remaster)
11. Farrago (1993 - Remaster)
12. Bee's Knees (1993 - Remaster)
13. When The Saints Go Marching In (1993 - Remaster)
14. Pancho (1993 - Remaster)
15. Long John (1993 - Remaster)
16. Snap 'N' Whistle (1993 - Remaster)
17. Little John (1993 - Remaster)
18. For Pete's Sake (1993 - Remaster)
19. Bee's Knees (1993 - Remaster)
20. Little John (1993 - Remaster)
21. Rebel Rouser (1993 - Remaster)
22. Mab Mab (1993 - Remaster)
23. Good Rockin' Tonight (1993 - Remaster)
24. Twelfth Street Rag (1993 - Remaster)
25. Christella (1993 - Remaster)
26. Beat Girl (1993 - Remaster)
27. Hit And Miss (1993 - Remaster)
28. Rockin' Already (1993 - Remaster)
29. Beat For Beatniks
30. Big Fella (1993 Digital Remaster)
31. Blueberry Hill (1993 - Remaster)
32. Never Let Go (1993 - Remaster)
33. Walk Don't Run
34. I'm Moving On
35. Saturday's Child (1993 - Remaster)
36. Black Stockings
37. Get Lost Jack Frost
Disc 2
1. The Magnificent Seven (1993 - Remaster)
2. Skid Row
3. Dark Rider
4. Iron Horse
5. The Menace (1993 - Remaster)
6. A Matter Of Who
7. Rocco's Theme
8. Spinneree (1993 - Remaster)
9. It Doesn't Matter Anymore (1993 - Remaster)
10. Sweet Talk (1993 - Remaster)
11. Moody River (1993 - Remaster)
12. There's Life In The Old Boy Yet (1993 - Remaster)
13. A Handful Of Songs (1993 - Remaster)
14. Like Waltz (1993 - Remaster)
15. Rodeo (1961 Version) (1993 - Remaster)
16. Donna's Theme (1993 - Remaster)
17. Starfire (1993 - Remaster)
18. Baubles Bangles And Beads (1993 - Remaster)
19. Zapata (1993 - Remaster)
20. Rum-Dee-Dum-Dee-Dah (1993 - Remaster)
21. Spanish Harlem (1993 - Remaster)
22. Man From Madrid (1993 - Remaster)
23. The Challenge (1993 - Remaster)
24. Watch Your Step
25. Twist It (1993 - Remaster)
26. Watch Your Step (1993 - Remaster)
27. Satin Smooth
28. The Agressor
Disc 3
1. The James Bond Theme (1995 - Remaster)
2. The Blacksmith Blues (1995 - Remaster)
3. Cutty Sark (1995 - Remaster)
4. Lost Patrol
5. Theme From 'Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone'
6. Tears (1995 - Remaster) (Edit)
7. Blueberry Hill (1995 - Remaster)
8. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (1995 - Remaster)
9. Smokey Joe
10. Unchained Melody
11. The Party's Over
12. The Lolly Theme
13. March Of The Mandarins
14. The Human Jungle (Alternate Version)
15. The Big Safari (1995 - Remaster)
16. Mouse On The Moon (1995 - Remaster)
17. Twangin' Cheek
18. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time (1995 - Remaster)
19. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) (1995 - Remaster)
20. The Human Jungle (1995 - Remaster)
21. Onward Christian Spacemen
22. Seven Faces (1995 - Remaster)
23. Twenty-Four Hours Ago (1995 - Remaster)
24. Theme From 'A Jolly Bad Fellow' (1995 - Remaster)
25. Oublie Ca (1995 - Remaster)
26. Theme From 'Seance On A Wet Afternoon' (1995 - Remaster)
27. That Fatal Kiss (1995 - Remaster)
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Announced, from public domain specialist Filmophone, is another reissue of Beat Girl. This one is even cheaper at £5.99 and the bonus tracks are nearly all by the JB7.
1 Main Titles - Beat Girl
2 The Off Beat
3 I Did What You Told Me - Adam Faith
4 Lindon Home Rock
5 Time Out
6 The Sharks
7 The Beat Girl Song - Adam Faith
8 The City 2000 A.D.
9 The Stripper
10 The Cave - Beat Girl - Kids Stuff
11 Made You - Adam Faith
12 Car Chase- Night Chase
13 Chicken
14 Blues for Beatniks
15 It's Legal - Shirley Anne Field
16 The Immediate Pleasure
17 Blondie's Strip
18 End Shot - Slaughter in Soho – Main Title - Beat Girl
19 Johnny Comes Marching Home - Adam Faith
20 Never Let Go
21 Big Fella
22 Beat For Beatniks
23 Bee's Knees
24 Long John
25 Little John
26 Christella
27 Twelfth Street Rag
28 Hit & Miss
29 Rockin' Already
30 Blueberry Hill
31 Walk Don't Run
32 I'm Moving On
33 Saturday's Child
34 Black Stockings
35 Get Lost Jack Frost
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Original sheet music now online
Thanks to a kind donation we now have the actual 1960s/70s sheet music from From Russia With Love (The James Bond Theme, From Russia With Love), Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Born Free, Wednesday's Child (The Quiller Memorandum), and The Persuaders on our website, as PDF files. Enjoy.
Do you have John Barry sheet music and it's no longer commercially available, please help us.
John Barry Special, ClassicFM Sunday night 8pm, February 20
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There will be a two-hour John Barry tribute on Classic FM, UK, Sunday night at 8pm on the David Mellor's show.
N.B.! Slightly (slightly?) disappointing to us hardcore fans, he plays just six themes (covers too and not the best) and the rest all covers of famous film themes. "Dancing With Wolves"? Opps.
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Complete Faith (His HMV, Top Rank & Parlophone Recordings 1958-1968) (6CD)
In a surprise move which will fill John Barry fans with some hope, the website Play.com has listed an Adam Faith box-set as being released on 4th April.
We don’t know everything yet because Play.com only list details for four of the six CDs, but we’ll update as soon as possible. The other CDs probably contain tracks from the albums, On The Move & Faith Alive!. The good news is that there are many tracks previously unreleased and many others are newly remastered. It’s also very cheap at £13.99!
It’s not easy to tell just from the titles listed, but it appears that John Barry would have been involved in some of the previously unreleased tracks, such as Rivers Run Dry, I Know What I Want, That's What Love Will Do, and La Bamba. There is no sign of "What a Whopper" which suggests it might not have been an EMI recording.
Here are the details we have to date:
Disc 1
- (Got A) Heartsick Feeling
- Brother Heartache And Sister Tears (2011 - Remaster)
- High School Confidential
- Country Music Holiday
- Runk Bunk (2011 - Remaster)
- Ah Poor Little Baby
- Say Mama (2011 - Remaster)
- C'mon Everybody (2011 - Remaster)
- Believe What You Say (2011 - Remaster)
- From Now Until Forever
- What Do You Want
- Made You
- I Did What You Told Me (2011 - Remaster)
- Poor Me
- The Reason
- The Beat Girl Song (2011 - Remaster)
- Big Time (2011 - Remaster)
- Carve Up (2011 - Remaster)
- Someone Else's Baby
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- How About That
- With Open Arms
- A Girl Like You (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Turn Me Loose (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Hit The Road To Dreamland (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Summertime (Porgy & Bess, Act 1, Scene 1) (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Wonderful Time (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- So Many Ways (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- I'm A Man (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Singin' In The Rain (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Diamond Ring (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Fare Thee Well My Pretty Maid (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
Disc 2
- Piper Of Love (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Greenfinger (1997 - Remaster (Stereo Version))
- Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) (1960 Version)
- Who Am I
- This Is It
- Wonderin'
- Easy Going Me
- My Last Wish
- Don't You Know It?
- You And Me And The Gang (2011 - Remaster)
- If I Had A Hammer (If I Had A Dollar) (2011 - Remaster)
- Little Yellow Roses (2011 - Remaster)
- Sho' Know A Lot About Love (2011 - Remaster)
- I'm Coming Home (2011 - Remaster)
- As Long As You Keep Loving Me (2011 - Remaster)
- All These Things (2011 - Remaster)
- I've Just Fallen For Someone (2011 - Remaster)
- Come To Me (2011 - Remaster)
- It's All Over Now (2011 - Remaster)
- A Help Each Other Romance (2011 - Remaster)
- I'm Gonna Love You Too (2011 - Remaster)
- Second Time (2011 - Remaster)
- The Time Has Come (2011 - Remaster)
- Lonesome
- Watch Your Step (2011 - Remaster)
- Rivers Run Dry (Previously Unreleased)
- I Know What I Want (Previously Unreleased)
- That's What Love Will Do (Previously Unreleased)
Disc 3
- You Can Do It If You Try
- As You Like It
- Face To Face
- La Bamba (Previously Unreleased)
- Mix Me A Person
- Don't That Beat All
- Swimming In Tears (2011 - Remaster)
- I Ran All The Way Home (2011 - Remaster)
- I Got A Woman (2011 - Remaster)
- The Kings Highway (2011 - Remaster)
- I'm Going Home (2011 - Remaster)
- Going Up (2011 - Remaster)
- Learning To Forget (2011 - Remaster)
- Ballad Of A Broken Heart (2011 - Remaster)
- Baby Take A Bow
- You 'N' Me (2011 - Remaster)
- Knocking On Wood
- While I'm Away (2011 - Remaster)
- Butter Wouldn't Melt In Your Mouth (2011 - Remaster)
- What Have I Got
- What Now
- Just Mention My Name
- Little Bit Of Love (Previously Unreleased)
- So Long Baby
- A Little Bit Of Soap (Previously Unreleased)
- Walkin' Tall
- Made For Me
- The First Time
- This Is The Feeling (2011 - Remaster)
Disc 4
- The Wanderer (2011 - Remaster)
- My Kind Of Girl (2011 - Remaster)
- Forget Him (2011 - Remaster)
- Forget Me Not (2011 - Remaster)
- Let There Be Love (2011 - Remaster)
- Lazy River (2011 - Remaster)
- Hello Mary Lou (2011 - Remaster)
- Ginny Come Lately (2011 - Remaster)
- Things (2011 - Remaster)
- Take Good Care Of My Baby (2011 - Remaster)
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore (2011 - Remaster)
- Bye Bye Love (2011 - Remaster)
- Talk To Me
- The Promise Of Love
- We Are In Love
- If He Tells You
- Only One Such As You (2011 - Remaster)
- She's Smiling At Me (2011 - Remaster)
- Come Closer (2011 - Remaster)
- Come On Dream (2011 - Remaster)
- Tomorrow (Previously Unreleased)
- Here's Another Day (2011 - Remaster)
- You've Got A Way With Me (2011 - Remaster)
- Mighty Fine Girl (2011 - Remaster)
- Don't You Dig This Kind Of Beat (2011 - Remaster)
- I Do (2011 - Remaster)
- It'll Never Happen To You (2011 - Remaster)
- I Gotta Get Going (2011 - Remaster)
- I Love Being In Love With
Disc 5
1. It's Alright (Mono Version) (2011 - Remaster)
2. I Just Don't Know
3. Don't You Know (2011 - Remaster)
4. I Could Fall In Love With You (2011 - Remaster)
5. A Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)
6. It Sounds Good To Me
7. Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself
8. I'll Stop At Nothing (2011 - Remaster)
9. I've Gotta See My Baby
10. Talk About Love
11. Hand Me Down Things (2011 - Remaster)
12. I Can't Think Of Anyone Else
13. Lady Oh Lady (2011 - Remaster)
14. High Heel Sneakers (2011 - Remaster)
15. Talk About Love (2011 - Remaster)
16. Look Out Baby (2011 - Remaster)
17. Everybody's Talking 'Bout A Thing Called Love (2011 - Remaster)
18. Night Time Is The Right Time (2011 - Remaster)
19. I Wanna Be Your Man (2011 - Remaster)
20. Little Queenie (2011 - Remaster)
21. Hey Little Lovin' Girl (2011 - Remaster)
22. Hey Baby (2011 - Remaster)
23. I Can't Think Of Anyone Else (2011 - Remaster)
24. You Can't Blame Him (2011 - Remaster)
25. Heartbreak Hotel (2011 - Remaster)
26. I Need Your Loving (2011 - Remaster)
Disc 6
1. Someone's Taken Maria Away
2. To Make A Big Man Cry
3. If Ever You Need Me
4. I Don't Need That Kind Of Lovin'
5. I'm Used To Losing You (Mono Version) (2011 - Remaster)
6. Idle Gossip
7. Cheryl's Goin' Home
8. Funny Kind Of Love
9. Daddy What'll Happen To Me
10. What More Can Anyone Do
11. Something Beginning With You (I Want Money) (previously unreleased)
12. To Hell With Love
13. Cowman Milk Your Cow
14. Close The Door
15. So This Is Love (previously unreleased)
16. You Make My Life Worthwhile
17. What Now (2011 - Remaster)
18. It's Alright (Stereo Version) (2011 - Remaster)
19. To Make A Big Man Cry (Stereo Version) (2011 - Remaster)
20. I'm Used To Losing You (Stereo Version) (2011 - Remaster)
21. Wie Heisst Dein Boy (The First Time) (2011 - Remaster)
22. Ich Bin Verliebt (We Are In Love) (2011 - Remaster)
23. Oh Caroline (2011 - Remaster)
24. Rien Ne Peut Plus M'empecher (It's Alright) (2011 - Remaster)
25. Parler D'Amour (Talk About Love) (2011 - Remaster)
26. Quelque'un M'a Vole Marie (Someone's Taken Maria Away) (previously
unreleased)
27. Ne Plus Penser A Toi (Only One Such As You) (previously unreleased)
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This week’s episode of The Classic FM Podcast features a tribute to John Barry, including an interview Anne-Marie Minhall did with him in 2006, as well as an interview with David Arnold from Monday. It’s available for download from iTunes, and at classicfm.com:
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/on-air/podcasts/the-classic-fm-podcast/
There’s also more John Barry content on the Classic FM website, which we
added as a tribute to him on Monday, at the link below:
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/music/
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