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| This is a comments thread about Blog Post: R.I.P. Robert L. Smith—Collector’s Corner and Price Guide Author by Lukas Kendall |
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The second edition, although now almost 10 years old, is still a beautiful and valuable resource for anyone interested in soundtracks. Robert's occasional comments on scores proved that he was far more than a statistician; he was truly passionate about film music and perusing his book is like going on a tour with an expert guide. His wisdom and insight are much to be appreciated and will be greatly missed.
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I just looked in my collection and I have the first edition that was all black and white. I remember when I got this, I was SO delighted to see all the CD's and get an idea of how much stuff was worth. It also had lots of b/w photos and near complete Varese and Bay Cities CD's and others.
Very sad news indeed.
Thanks Smith for helping us fans out.
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So sorry to hear of Bob's passing. I was a contributor to his Second Edition of the U.S. SOUNDTRACKS ON CD book, mostly as a resource for information on rarities and promos as I had a very large CD collection at that time and was well connected in the CD collector circuit. I never actually had the chance to meet him in person, but we shared a lot of correspondence and phone calls, and he was a delightful person to share both film music and professional stories with. I'm a dentist, and he was a physician, so we bonded on several levels. Bob will certainly be missed in our world of film music. His family will be in my prayers.
SCOTT
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I tore a coupon out of the back pages of the then new 1997 Osborne price guide and sent for Dr. Robert L. Smith's pamphlet on the first ten years of soundtracks pressed on compact disc and received a hand numbered (497/1,000) booklet that laid everything that I'd been missing out on. In one felt swoop I discovered the alternative Universe of FSM, INTRADA, BAY CITIES, ( I was already a member of the first Varese Sarabande soundtrack club since I heard about (Cherry 2000) and, well, you already know how one thing leads to another-
There's just one thing I've always wanted to know- did Dr. Smith pipe film music into his reception area, and what kind of satisfaction did it bring him? My guess is "yes" he did, and "yes" he loved it.
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RIP
I have no. 94 of "US Soundtracks On Compact Disc 1985 - 1994".
I have been looking in it for years. When it was new there was no internet, so the info was most welcome.
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Am quite saddened by this. Robert was a fine person and humanitarian physician.
We traded and corresponded in the early days of FSM.
No wonder had not heard about him for long time.
My sincere condolences to family.
Alex
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I hope this is not in bad taste but in reviewing our inventory of the Price Guide 2nd Edition it seems we have only 24 copies left (7/13/09). We had been selling these at a buck each given how out of date they are. They are sort of collector's items in and of themselves now so we will sell off the remaining stock at the cover price, $17.95: http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=2244 - and continue to pass on Bob's share of the proceeds to the family.
Lukas
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I just bought a copy, I thought, I have the first edition and why not get the second, also to help out the family at this time will be a smile on my face.
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