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Curious about the two versions of "Are You In There?" by Andy Williams, based on the love theme from King Kong? Of course you are! Well, now you can get them, at a reasonable price on one CD:

"Andy Williams" - including 8 bonus tracks
Released September 24, 2002 Label: Collectables
ASIN: B00006LHZ1

1. Yellow Beach Umbrella, 2. Sailin', 3. Thank You, Baby, 4. Since I Fell For You, 5. My Lonely Room, 6. Put Your Blues To Bed, 7. If You Ever Believed, 8. Groovin', 9. Tryin' To Forget I Loved You, 10. The Poem, 11. Love Said Goodbye (Bonus Track), 12. One More Time (Bonus Track), 13. Tell It Like It Is (Bonus Track) , 14. Goin' Through The Motions (Bonus Track), 15. Are You There? (Main Theme From 'King Kong') (Bonus Track), 16. Are You There? ((Main Theme From 'King Kong') (Disco Version) (Bonus Track), 17. Jason (Bonus Track), 18. I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore (Bonus Track).

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This double CD released at a bargain price contains two tracks from the Barry/Black team - The Me I Never Knew and This Way Mary. It also contains many more Walker "classics", if you're a fan.

Classics and Collectables
Scott Walker (Mercury), Our Price: £9.99
This item will be released on October 3, 2005.

Disc: 1: 1. If You Go Away, 2. I Will Wait For You, 3. In My Room, 4. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, 5. It's Over, 6. Joanna, 7. Angels Of Ashes, 8. Mathilde, 9. Winter Night, 10. Orpheus, 11. Jackie, 12. The Bridge, 13. It's Raining Today, 14. Once Upon A Summertime, 15. Such A Small Love, 16. Rhymes Of Goodbye, 17. Big Louise, 18. Next, 19. Til' The Band Comes In, 20. Plastic Palace People, 21. Butterfly, 22. Just Say Goodbye.
Disc: 2: 1. The Me I Never Knew, 2. We Could Be Flying, 3. I Have Dreamed, 4. The Gentle Rain (Stereo), 5. I Still See You, 6. Loss Of Love, 7. Do I Love You, 8. Country Girl, 9. Come Saturday Morning, 10. When The World Was Young, 11. That Night, 12. This Way Mary, 13. Someone To Light Up My Life, 14. The Impossible Dream, 15. Who (Will Take My Place), 16. When You Get Right Down To It, 17. Face In The Crowd, 18. Cowboy, 19. If She Walked Into My Life, 20. All My Love's Laughter, 21. Speak Softly Love, 22. Easy Come, Easy Go, 23. Lost In The Stars.

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Kenny Clayton is releasing a tribute to Petula Clark and Matt Monro that is scheduled to be released on November 21st, 2005.

The new album that Kenny has recorded is a heartfelt tribute to Petula Clark and Matt Monro. The album is entitled: "Kenny Clayton Plays Tribute to Petula Clark and Matt Monro - My Pet Sounds / A Portrait Of Matt". The catalogue number is: KENCC CD001. The album is now available to pre-order from Dress Circle .

The album was recorded at the start of August - the finished product sounds amazing with Kenny at a grand boudoir piano playing the timeless music of both Matt and Petula. Kenny was Matt's musical director between 1967 and 1969 and has been Petula's MD since 1962.

The CD comes complete with extensive liner notes featuring photos of Kenny with Petula and Matt. Kenny has also written a small tribute to Petula and Matt that is featured on the back of the CD booklet.

The tracks on the album are as follows:

My Pet Sounds: Who Am I / I Know A Place / My Love / Sailor / The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener / Romeo / A Sign Of The Times / I Couldn't Live Without Your Love / Here For You / Downtown / Give It A Try A Portrait Of Matt: My Kind Of Girl / Portrait Of My Love / Wednesday's Child / As Long As I'm Singing / Walk Away / Born Free / From Russia With Love / Yesterday / On Days Like These / Softly As I Leave You

Total Tracks: 21; Total Playing time: 77m: 18s

Tim Hutton writes: After long conversations with Kenny we decided that the time was right to release a properly produced CD of Kenny playing piano of songs made famous by Petula Clark and Matt Monro.

The first song to be recorded that day was "A Portrait Of My Love" which reduced Kenny to tears as he has such wonderful memories of working with Matt. He misses Matt very much. Kenny arrived at the studio with no sheet music and played straight from the heart - the sound engineer commented that day that a pianist of Kenny's calibre is extremely rare.

Recently Kenny was thrilled to find that the Matt DVD "One Voice" featured himself as Matt's MD. What a find!

The Petula songs featured on the album are very much part of what Kenny does today and has been doing since 1962. Currently Kenny is in America with Petula and Andy Williams at the Moon River Theatre performing in a series nightly concerts for 6 weeks.

Kenny Clayton
www.kennyclayton.co.uk

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There will be a 'special' radio programme "John Barry - From Bond To Beyond" on Monday 29th August, Bank Holiday, 12:00 - 13:00, on BBC Radio Bristol, at noon, including contributions from the man himself. Presented by Steve Massam.

Rob Snow lets us know: "This programme was recorded just after The Beyondness Of Things was released and first aired on Radio Humberside back in 1999." Thank you Rob.

Listen to the announcement. MP3.

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John Lasher has informed us that "the SACD is hybrid, so it will play on anything." We are checking Hot Records for the exact release date.

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In a surprise move, John Lasher’s Didgeridoo label has decided to re-release John Barry’s Frances score, this time in SACD format. Whereas it is unlikely to contain any additional music, this might prove an opportunity for those who were unable to obtain copies of the previous ‘Gold’ CD release of a few years ago.

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Vic Flick has told of his involvement in the forthcoming From Russia With Love video game. Apparently he has lent his distinctive guitar sound to the score by Chris Lennertz, who is looking to recapture the style and sound of the original film score. Welcome back Vic, things have been awfully dull without you!!

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We can exclusively reveal that the BBC are preparing a one-hour documentary on the life of the late, great Matt Monro.

The programme is tentatively scheduled for broadcast in September on BBC 2 / BBC 4 and should include contributions from George Martin, John Barry, Don Black amongst many others.

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We are delighted to announce that the soundtrack specialist FSM are releasing John Barry's 'King Kong' on CD. This will be a premiere (legal) release for the album, and although there is no extra music, the sound quality is excellent.

The booklet also benefits from liner notes written by Geoff Leonard, Pete Walker & Steve Woolston.

King Kong (1976) Composed By: John Barry
Item #/Label: FSMCD Vol. 8, No. 8
Available from Screen Archives $16.95

track list:

Music Composed and Conducted by John Barry

1. The Opening 2:14
2. Maybe My Luck Has Changed 1:48
3. Arrival on the Island 2:43
4. Sacrifice -- Hail to the King 7:06
5. Arthusa 2:18
6. Full Moon Domain -- Beauty Is a Beast 4:22
7. Breakout to Captivity 4:06
8. Incomprehensible Captivity 2:52
9. Kong Hits the Big Apple 2:33
10. Blackout in New York/How About Buying Me a Drink 3:20
11. Climb to Skull Island 2:26
12. The End Is at Hand 1:41
13. The End 4:24

Total Time: 42:30

King Kong is one of Hollywood's most legendary creations, from the groundbreaking 1933 original to the highly anticipated Peter Jackson remake. In 1976 producer Dino De Laurentiis struck box-office gold with his own incarnation of the story, starring Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, and a colossal forty-foot model of Kong. The film was a massive production with ambitious special effects.

Scoring the remake of one of the most famous films in Hollywood history was one of the few composers with the clout and talent to forge ahead with his own style: John Barry. The original's Max Steiner had practically invented the film score genre with the project, yet Barry was known for a completely different approach -- eschewing "Mickey Mousing" in favor of melody, mood and large-scale symphonic structures.

De Laurentiis had sought out Barry for the composer's romantic touch, and Barry responded by making the centerpiece of his score a gorgeous love theme that evoked the "beauty and the beast" angle of the story rather than the widescale destruction -- although Barry's James Bond experience helped in casting the tragedy, menace and suspense with symphonic grandeur. The score produced one of Barry's loveliest themes and is one of his signature works of the '70s, completely different from the Steiner score but with an avid following all its own.

This premiere CD of the 1976 King Kong features the original Reprise Records program of the soundtrack, running 42:30. Although collectors may have acquired a CD of this title on the "Mask" label, that album was an unauthorized edition believed to be mastered from an LP -- FSM's release is the first official CD mastered from the original 1/4" stereo album tapes.

King Kong (1976) is an example of a soundtrack where the album rights are held by a different corporate family than that which distributed the film itself; therefore, we are unable to expand or remix the music beyond the original LP edition. We are offering the CD at a lower price ($16.95) as a result, and have made every effort to ensure the best-possible sound. This is, at last, the first authorized CD of one of John Barry's best-known works. Liner notes are by Barry experts Geoff Leonard, Pete Walker and Stephen Woolston.

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The Platinum Disc Corp people who ruined that first Alice's Adventures release appear to have given the same treatment to Svengali. It will be cheap but extreme caution is advised. We cannot guarantee that this is a legitimate release.