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oh dear. WHO said they were previously unrecorded?
I did. And many others who researched the material and the cue-cards thoroughly. Shall we order a lynching party? How dare they not know? How dare they not have worked for major studios? They're inferior beings.
How dare they not know that the Lion album is mostly re-issues of the Savina? But... wait a minute .... it ISN'T. Oh dear. WHO told them that?
I'm guessing you had recordings of things like the spec 'Haroun al Rozsad' etc. in your garage.
Everyone knows about the boots and the MRSSS tapes. They don't cover all that's here, and the forensics and hunting to find this material ought not to be denigrated.
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I suppose I'll have to live with the Rhino release.
I've got you LeHah. It's been pre-ordered, and will be delivered to my office, which is in NJ. (I did one for me, and one for you.) You can either accept it is a gift, or pay me back whenever it is good for you.
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Lukas - Is there no chance of a box set a la Herrmann Concert Suites of Rozsa's 1970s re-recordings before you go?
This really is an urgent gap to be filled, and it would only require 2 CDs. I have a feeling Australian Eloquence (a division of Universal with a much more robust reissue program than their other divisions) might do it. They released the Rosza Phase 4s recently, and released a lot of Herrmann Phase 4s as well.
The three (1975, 1976 and 1977) Polydor recordings at Abbey Road in London were concurrently reissued (the 1975 and 1977 LPs only) by Deutsche Grammophon. Today their ownership is a big question:
Wikipedia: "In 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram and absorbed into its Universal Music Group. During the consolidation of these two music giants, Polydor's US operations were dismantled into Interscope-Geffen-A&M, while its overseas branch remained intact with its records continuing to be distributed domestically through Interscope and A&M. However, North American re-issues of pre-1998 Polydor pop/rock releases are handled through Mercury Records. Today, in America, the Polydor Records name and logo is mostly used on reissues of older material from its 1960s and 1970s heyday."
They were sonically astounding recordings, impeccably played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In the assessment of Rozsa's music assistant Christopher Palmer: "The three historic ‘RÓZSA CONDUCTS RÓZSA’ albums are particularly valuable since they preserve the composer’s own authoritative interpretation of his music.”
  
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