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I read here the fact that there is virtually almost nothing by Billy Goldenberg available. So, based on that, I did a Billy Goldenberg - a really good Billy Goldenberg - Busting. Eventually we did sort of okay with it but it's taken a VERY long time for us and it's finally down to a fairly low number of copies. But where are all those people who needed to have some Goldenberg?
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Bruce, does this mean that for your 1000 copy releases to be successful they need to sell out in a short space of time?.
'Busting' came out a few months ago and you seem luke warm at best about it's market performance despite being down to a 'fairly low number of copies'
With so many new releases recently plus the economic situation around the world, instant sellouts seem rarer now.
Pete
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Thanks for the answer to my question about the "rights" issue (by the way, I'm positive that all those themes on the TVT CD Vol 5 are indeed the original recordings).
I've read this before, that it's frustrating to calculate what a good seller will be. I think it's great that labels like FSM jump in occasionally with things like EYE OF THE DEVIL (which sold 50 copies), and of course I appreciate the release of BUSTING very much (although I haven't bought it yet. See? I'm one of the culprits).
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Apr 16, 2011 - 1:33 PM
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Dana Wilcox
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How often have I read here the fact that there is virtually almost nothing by Billy Goldenberg available. So, based on that, I did a Billy Goldenberg - a really good Billy Goldenberg - Busting. Eventually we did sort of okay with it but it's taken a VERY long time for us and it's finally down to a fairly low number of copies. But where are all those people who needed to have some Goldenberg?
I supported Goldenberg and your label by purchasing BUSTING, but it's not a favorite and won't get too many repeat plays. I think title choice has a lot to do with it. I gotta believe that COLUMBO or DUEL or HELTER SKELTER (not Universal) would sell well.
I also bought BUSTING, as an article of faith, hoping that it would sell well enough to persuade one of our labels to go forward with some Goldenberg tv stuff. Not much of the quirky, spooky, suspenseful Goldenberg of COLUMBO to be found in BUSTING, alas, which may account for its tepid reception. It has not lessened my enthusiasm one iota for those tv scores, however.
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Does anybody know anything about this "Law Beat album, Contour Records 2870 369"?
EDIT: I found this and it apparently features a track from COLUMBO
http://www.norrortvinyl.com/bilder/IMGP6368.jpg
It's an old vinyl album released in England, long out of print.
The 'Columbo theme' has been on various albums covered by various artists - certainly here in the UK; John Gregory for instance also did a jazzy big band version.
I think this is the tune that Jon Burlingame (in his book TV's Greatest Hits) says was chosen when Universal received requests for a 'Columbo theme' from both listeners and recording artists. Burlingame says that music executives "chose a jazzy 6/4 tune that Goldenberg had written as Columbo's introduction in 'Ransom for a Dead Man' and published it as the 'Columbo theme' (even though Gil Mellé had written his own signature motif and used it in four first-season mysteries)"
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I'd like to declare myself as someone else with the Columbo scores on my holy grail list (and if I could have just one it would be Murder By The Book by Billy Goldenberg). I can't see how they couldn't sell well. Comparing Busting to Columbo (or Duel) is futile as Busting is very much an obscure title that people weren't familiar with, which is obviously not the case with Columbo.
N.p. Novecento (Morricone)
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