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"The Concert John Barry" original Polydor LP, 1972

Producer Stephane Lerouge (Universal, France) has confirmed "The Concert John Barry" is due for release in April/May.

It has been remastered from the original tapes which were traced, after much searching, to Universal's Tokyo office.

The CD will contain four bonus tracks, as yet unnamed.

The new artwork will be added as soon as we have it.

Original track LP listing:

The James Bond Suite: (Goldfinger / The James Bond Theme / From Russia With Love / Thunderball / 007 / You Only Live Twice / On Her Majesty's Secret Service / Diamonds Are Forever) / Born Free / Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: Suite - (Curiouser & Curiouser / I've Never Been This Far Before / The Me I Never Knew); Midnight Cowboy / Mary, Queen Of Scots / The Adventurer

(The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barry) ;
Leader of the R.P.O. - Erich Gruenberg, who is also the soloist on Mary, Queen Of Scots.

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Of some possible interest is a forthcoming double CD: Great British Rock 'n' Roll Instrumentals Vol. 1, which will contain recordings by The John Barry Seven.

It seems likely this will be a "public domain" release since the sub-title is "The original rock 'n roll recordings 1949-1959".

Track details are not known at this time but we'll update as soon as possible. 

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 The Mail on Sunday will give away a CD of Shirley Bassey's Greatest Hits, includes 'Our Time Is Now'.

The UK newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, has announced that with their issue of 29th November they will give away a CD of Shirley Bassey's Greatest Hits. The tracks will include Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Our Time Is Now, the new composition from John Barry & Don Black.

The full listing is:

* Goldfinger, * Diamonds Are Forever, * I (Who Have Nothing), * Big Spender, * Something, * Climb Every Mountain,
* What Now My Love, * Tonight, * Reach For The Stars, * What Kind Of Fool Am I?, * For All We Know, * Don't Cry For Me Argentina, * Our Time Is Now, * Apartment 

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Western Motion Picture Concert in Berlin, Germany, includes Dances With Wolves (Suite)

On 27 and 29 November 2009 the "Rundfunk Symphonie Orchestra Berlin" plays film music from Western. There will be played rare classics but also musics from modern Western. Specifically for these purposes, original notes of the composers have been organized. Film music specialist Frank Strobel will conduct the 120 min concert.

Dimitri Tiomkin: Alamo - Overture & Prologue / Gunfight At The OK Corral - Main Title Rio Bravo - Main Title & De Guella / Rawhide - Theme / Elmer Bernstein: The Sons Of Katie Elder - Suite / Magnificent Seven - Suite / Jerome Moross: The Big Country - Main Title / Ennio Morricone: Once Upon A Time In The West - The Man with The Harmonica, Farewell To Cheyenne, Main Theme / Bruce Broughton: Silverado / Tombstone / John Barry: Dances With Wolfes (Suite) / Alan Silvestri: The Quick And The Death / Marthy Stuart/Kristin Wilkinson: All The Pretty Horses / Michael Kamen: Open Range

Haus des Rundfunks - Großer Sendesaa, Masurenallee 8-14, 14057 Berlin
27.11. 2009 20:00 Cest, 29.11. 2009 16:00 Cest
Direct ticket order

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update November 26, 2009

• Photos and video collage on Hollywood in Vienna website; click on 'galerie'.
• ORF news, Austrian news
• ATV TV (main part at 16:30) - available in Austria only
• Wiener Bezirksblatt, photos 28.10.2009 - Hollywood in Vienna

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Photos taken by Walter Landgraf, Wien.
Before the concert started.	Composer David Arnold.
James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli.	James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli.
John's daughter, fashion photographer Kate Barry receives the Max Steiner award on behalf of her father.	Composer David Arnold.
Composer Bruce Broughton and conductor Nicholas Dodd.

Photos taken by Damian Soltysik , Poland
Composer David Arnold.	James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli.
During the concert.	During the concert.
During the concert.	During the concert.
During the concert.

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A message was put on the Hollywood in Vienna website this morning, October 12, with the following news:

"John Barry very sadly cannot accept his award in person, as his wife, Laurie, suffered from an acute illness that could not be foreseen and is not allowed to fly via plane.

Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and David Arnold will accept the Max Steiner award in behalf of John Barry.

And John Barry will take part via video connection from NY. James Bond conductor Nicholas Dodd conducts the Barry tribute."

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“Americans was a thrilling experience, a record with the concept of an imaginary soundtrack: for the very first time, instead of appearing on a screen, the images came from inside me."

John Barry interviewed by Stéphane Lerouge on the release of Americans on CD

Read the article here...

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Original as-used-in-the-series recordings such as The Persuaders! and The Adventurer released on CD

"The Music of ITC is an exceptionally cool collection of theme and incidental music from series such as

• Man in a Suitcase,
• The Protectors,
• Strange Report,
• Department S,
• The Prisoner,
• Gideons' Way,
• The Baron,
• Strange Report,
• The Persuaders!,
• The Adventurer
• and more."

Two discs. Sound is mono. 

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*John Barry / Americans

*Universal Music Jazz France
CD release on November the 9th

Walking a tightrope between the wide-screen spectacular and the /film/ /d'auteur/, John Barry is a sensitive and sophisticated composer whose most famous scores (say, action movies, the Bond films and "The Persuaders"), were poor camouflage for a more secret form of inspiration whose character was introspective.

In Barry's career, "Americans" stands out clearly. In 1975, Polydor Records gave John Barry the opportunity to freely record a quite personal 12" LP that was his first album outside films, and Barry structured his "Americans" concept: a vast album that reflected his visual and sound-impressions of The United States in six original compositions, including a sumptuous 'Yesternight suite' some eighteen minutes long. "It's like an imaginary soundtrack," says the composer. "Instead of appearing on a screen, the images come up from inside me." Combining some of the best soloists in jazz (Dick Nash, Ronnie Lang, Tony Terran) with a symphony orchestra, "Americans" is a permanent firework display that constitutes a peak in the composer's opus, a work whose swing allows glimpses of an overhanging melancholy tinged with lyrical 'tristesse' and disillusionment. With this first issue of "Americans" on CD, John Barry makes his entrance in the "Ecoutez le cinéma!" series.

More than a simple reissue, it's an event. 

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 Bobby Graham, legendary drummer and former leader of the John Barry Seven dies

September is becoming a bad month for deaths. We are very sad to announce that Bobby Graham, legendary drummer and former leader of the John Barry Seven has died after losing his battle against cancer.

Bob was one of the finest rock 'n' roll drummers the UK has ever seen. He played on countless hit records (and many misses, too) both as a session musician and as a member of groups like Joe Brown & The Bruvvers and the JB7.

It's especially sad for me because Bob was a great help when I was writing the first biography of John Barry. He had a fund of very amusing stories about life as a musician, but the most interesting one concerned the closely-guarded secret that he had played drums on all the Dave Clark Five recordings, while Clark himself, who was not a technically proficient drummer, masterminded the recordings.

Bob had accepted a larger than usual session fee to keep this to himself but after so many years decided it was time to make it public!

During one of our conversations he even offered to fix me up with a Filipina wife (he had just married one himself) but I told him I was too used to being on my own!

He will doubtless be sorely missed by all his friends and family and it is fortunate that so many of his performances will live on in the form of records and CDs.

His autobiography, The Session Man, is still widely available at a bargain price. It's a fitting memory and tribute to his lengthy career.