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That would be one helluva box set! The question about if it is doable has to do with 1. The costs 2. What tapes are available and their condition? and 3. How many people would buy it? You can count me in one this one.
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Even a 2-CD sampler newly recorded would be very welcome.
But Basil is right. For the moment (and we are not getting any younger), LP-to-CD transfers seem to be all we can realistically expect.
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That looks ace. Lots of great scores.
The only Golden Age item that might excite me more is an Andre Previn box, but he's a bit more represented than Skinner on CD. Actually scratch that. The only Golden Age item that would definitely excite me more is a Roy Webb box. But I think Frank Skinner has about 100x better chance than THAT happening sadly...
Yavar
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Jun 29, 2015 - 11:21 PM
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Any Skinner score listed above would be a WONDERFUL release, especially my favorite, "Portrait in Black." A box set would be spectacular of course, though I find it hard to imagine a producer going through with it.
About five years ago Douglas Fake, when asked about the possibility of a few specific Skinner scores, wrote this on an Intrada thread about Skinner:
"All the titles you mention are controlled mostly by UMG (not Universal). As you know, we work a lot with UMG. I've looked into a lot of Skinner possibilities because so many of them were originally on Decca (now UMG), especially SHENANDOAH but also including MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES, IMITATION OF LIFE, BACK STREET, MADAME X, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION and so on. He had a lot of LPs! Anyway, at the moment there are (curiously) a lot of missing Skinner album masters."
No word that I'm aware of since, but there's been scant discussion on Skinner too so maybe some progress has been made.
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Great idea! I'd buy it for sure.
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Do we know what they are? And if we'll ever see them on CD?
I suppose they are BACK STREET (1940 version), THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES and ARABIAN NIGHTS because these three have been floating around among collectors for some time.
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ARABIAN NIGHTS is the longest one and even has a duration of almost 60 minutes. Sound quality is quite acceptable considering the age and of course there is some crackling.
I don't know if any of our specialized labels will ever officially release one of these three scores. Maybe one of them could come from Intrada in their current Golden Age series as they have a working relationship with Universal?
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Arabian Nights is a damn good score to a damn silly movie. I would definitely buy an official release.
Of course, it's not quite Sinbad the Sailor by Roy Webb...but it had to accompany much more silly goings-on.
Yavar
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There's no market. Period.
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