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“HEY HEY HEY”
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition CD – a two CD set featuring the original motion picture soundtracks from two 1960s comedies, How To Murder Your Wife and Lord Love A Duck, music composed and conducted by Neal Hefti, including the world premiere release of Wife’s original film tracks.
How To Murder Your Wife and Lord Love A Duck were both written by George Axelrod, who’d had great success on the stage with The Seven Year Itch and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, and as a screenwriter for two all-time classic films, Breakfast At Tiffany’s and The Manchurian Candidate. How To Murder Your Wife (directed by Richard Quine) starred Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas, Eddie Mayehoff, and Claire Trevor, and Lord Love A Duck (directed by Axelrod) starred Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, and Ruth Gordon. Wife was a hit, but is barely thought of today because in today’s world it’s quite an un-PC film, while Duck was a flop that became a cult classic over the years, despite it being a wildly uneven film. Both share Mr. Axelrod’s quirky, iconoclastic comedic voice, and both, especially when viewed in the context of the decade they were made in, are still quite funny.
Providing the scores for both films was the great Neal Hefti. For How To Murder Your Wife, Hefti wrote one of his most sublime scores, one filled with one incredibly catchy theme after another, and for Lord Love A Duck he wrote a fun and funky score that perfectly captures the whole mid-1960s Southern California scene perfectly. During that period, Hefti also wrote the classic theme for TV’s Batman, and the scores for Duel At Diablo, Barefoot In The Park, Harlow, Synanon, Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You In The Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad, and, of course, his classic theme and score for The Odd Couple.
How To Murder Your Wife was previously released on CD as part of a very big and very expensive box set called The MGM Soundtrack Treasury from Film Score Monthly – that set sold out very quickly, so for people who missed it, or may have wanted only one or two scores, it was a lost opportunity. Therefore, we’re very pleased to bring out this single release of Wife, coupled with the CD premiere of Lord Love A Duck. Wife receives a brand new, fresh transfer from the original stereo album master, and Duck has been mastered from its stereo album master.
But the big news is our discovery of Wife’s original film score tracks. The album version was a re-recording, much in the style of what Henry Mancini was doing back then – the film’s themes, but in more pop-oriented versions and which were nowhere near as good as the original film tracks. Recorded in mono, all the film tracks, believed to have been lost to time, actually survived in excellent sound, and we are thrilled to present the entire original film soundtrack on one CD, and the album presentation and Lord Love A Duck on a second CD. Hearing those original score tracks will be a revelation and goes to prove that Neal Hefti was an amazing and unique film composer. And, best of all, this two CD set is available at our normal one CD limited edition price.
This release is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98 plus shipping.
CDs will ship by the second week of September – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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It's not expanded - it's the world premiere release of the complete film tracks (about fifty-three minutes) - no one seemed to know they existed, but there they were when I picked up the tapes. I thought they were the mono album masters and had actually told them I didn't need them, but they tend to just give all the tapes of a particular title - I just happened to glance at the log on the box front and realized immediately it wasn't the album master at all, but the original tracks - couldn't believe it. Originally, my plan was to include about sixteen minutes of them as bonus material, but I just love them so much that I decided to do the whole thing and make it a two CD set. And then I thought why not just keep it priced at our usual one CD price, just to make it more fun and attractive for people. The original tracks are fantastic and I'm thrilled we found them, saved them, and that others can now enjoy for the first time.
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Wow, this might become my favourite release of this year. Although I do already have the MGM box, it's kind of nice to have How to murder your wife on a seperate disc. I used to have an lp of Lord love a duck and thought it was a very fun album. Hefti's soundtracks always have these very uncluttered deciptively simple and very melodic tracks on them. The guy's music has an unique voice. I can't wait to hear the original soundtrack of wife. There were some great pieces in the movie that should have been on the soundtrack.
Lots of Hefti releases the last couple of years, that's a good thing. It's very unfortunate he didn't score movie in the years after the sixties, he might have had a bigger audience which he deserves.
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Neal Hefti is the best. I have nearly every recording of his released on vinyl over the years.
This is a good one.
I'd like to see a release if possible of an early 70's television film called "The 500 Pound Jerk" starring Alex Karras as well as "Last Of The Red Hot Lovers" and "Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood".
It's always special to hear a Hefti recording for the first time. One of my favorites is the Harry James recording "Harry James Plays Neal Hefti", reissued as "Harry Not Jesse". There are so many and they're all good. Have to mention his work with Steve Allen, Count Basie and Benny Goodman.
His death about a year ago left me feeling a bit sad.
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I'm thrilled about the film tracks of How To Murder Your Wife being released. And there can never be enough Hefti, so many thanks to The Kritz!
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I'm very excited about the discovery of the original tracks for "Murder". "Lord" is one of my favorite films and soundtracks -- the lp is just about worn out from so many plays over the years.
Thanks for this wonderful release.
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Well, after just receiving a copy of the The MGM Soundtrack Treasury, being new here and
reading a lot of threads, I believe the proper statement is, "I do not need this watermelon!"
I guess there is a call for the individual scores to be released, and happy that others that missed out on the treasury are able to get them, but I just got the MGM Soundtrack Treasury cheap in trade because the previous owner was upset that these are starting to be released individually and will not be buying anymore sets. The 3 scores on the set that I wanted will probably be the last to be released, but it doesn't matter, because I have them now and am enjoying them, especially since I basically got the set for about $35!
I guess this is just proving that the score collectors out there are getting sick of being taken advantage of!
Limited Edition does not mean it will be limited at all anymore. I have read
posts here where people will not be buying set anymore due to these recent developments
and I totally agree with them. It is just a sales tactic. It is just too bad that the people that
are into this for the music have to suffer. Hurry and buy this, it might be your last chance! Yeah, right!
A good example is Intrada's FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA. Now sold out after a few days. I have
never heard of this movie or of composer Frank Cordell. I am new to the soundtrack world.
The score would be great to listen to (I have checked out the samples), except it is now sold out.
So, the music is lost to the newer people, because we are not going to pay the prices
that the limited edition go for, with the chances that they will show up on iTunes or re-released in a few months.
I am one that does not need the physical CD (although I prefer it), I just would like the music.
Isn't that what it is all about, the music!
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Aug 6, 2009 - 10:30 AM
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Well, after just receiving a copy of the The MGM Soundtrack Treasury, being new here and
reading a lot of threads, I believe the proper statement is, "I do not need this watermelon!"
I guess there is a call for the individual scores to be released, and happy that others that missed out on the treasury are able to get them, but I just got the MGM Soundtrack Treasury cheap in trade because the previous owner was upset that these are starting to be released individually and will not be buying anymore sets. The 3 scores on the set that I wanted will probably be the last to be released, but it doesn't matter, because I have them now and am enjoying them, especially since I basically got the set for about $35!
I guess this is just proving that the score collectors out there are getting sick of being taken advantage of!
Limited Edition does not mean it will be limited at all anymore. I have read
posts here where people will not be buying set anymore due to these recent developments
and I totally agree with them. It is just a sales tactic. It is just too bad that the people that
are into this for the music have to suffer. Hurry and buy this, it might be your last chance! Yeah, right!
A good example is Intrada's FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA. Now sold out after a few days. I have
never heard of this movie or of composer Frank Cordell. I am new to the soundtrack world.
The score would be great to listen to (I have checked out the samples), except it is now sold out.
So, the music is lost to the newer people, because we are not going to pay the prices
that the limited edition go for, with the chances that they will show up on iTunes or re-released in a few months.
I am one that does not need the physical CD (although I prefer it), I just would like the music.
Isn't that what it is all about, the music!
I can tell from what you say you were around so many years ago when none of this material was available. Since the money the studios make from film scores wouldn't pay for the maintenance of a corporate bathroom they were okay with all these scores rotting on the shelves. I can tell from the tone of what you say that you appreciate this small group of guys who decided this stuff needs to be out there and have dedicated their lives to doing just that. You were probably at the FSM gettogether and saw that these guys were not exactly rolling in money. I also like your understanding about how these guys try new tricks to keep themselves in business because you remember how many of these labels have gone down in flames. I can read between your lines how you KNOW none of this astounding stuff we have seen in the last few years would be available without these guys total commitment to this boutique/niche/limited marketplace that can't be any easier to maintain with this bad economy. It is refreshing I get all that from you. In between the lines  .
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Well, after just receiving a copy of the The MGM Soundtrack Treasury, being new here and
reading a lot of threads, I believe the proper statement is, "I do not need this watermelon!"
I guess there is a call for the individual scores to be released, and happy that others that missed out on the treasury are able to get them, but I just got the MGM Soundtrack Treasury cheap in trade because the previous owner was upset that these are starting to be released individually and will not be buying anymore sets. The 3 scores on the set that I wanted will probably be the last to be released, but it doesn't matter, because I have them now and am enjoying them, especially since I basically got the set for about $35!
I guess this is just proving that the score collectors out there are getting sick of being taken advantage of!
Limited Edition does not mean it will be limited at all anymore. I have read
posts here where people will not be buying set anymore due to these recent developments
and I totally agree with them. It is just a sales tactic. It is just too bad that the people that
are into this for the music have to suffer. Hurry and buy this, it might be your last chance! Yeah, right!
A good example is Intrada's FLIGHT FROM ASHIYA. Now sold out after a few days. I have
never heard of this movie or of composer Frank Cordell. I am new to the soundtrack world.
The score would be great to listen to (I have checked out the samples), except it is now sold out.
So, the music is lost to the newer people, because we are not going to pay the prices
that the limited edition go for, with the chances that they will show up on iTunes or re-released in a few months.
I am one that does not need the physical CD (although I prefer it), I just would like the music.
Isn't that what it is all about, the music!
I can tell from what you say you were around so many years ago when none of this material was available. Since the money the studios make from film scores wouldn't pay for the maintenance of a corporate bathroom they were okay with all these scores rotting on the shelves. I can tell from the tone of what you say that you appreciate this small group of guys who decided this stuff needs to be out there and have dedicated their lives to doing just that. You were probably at the FSM gettogether and saw that these guys were not exactly rolling in money. I also like your understanding about how these guys try new tricks to keep themselves in business because you remember how many of these labels have gone down in flames. I can read between your lines how you KNOW none of this astounding stuff we have seen in the last few years would be available without these guys total commitment to this boutique/niche/limited marketplace that can't be any easier to maintain with this bad economy. It is refreshing I get all that from you. In between the lines .
And I can read between his lines that he understands that this release is quite different than what he has in the box set and includes one entirely different score he doesn't have at all, plus the first-ever release of the Wife original film tracks, plus the bargain price, and that none of that matters one or two whits to him because, well, I don't know why, but I'm sure it's there somewhere between the lines.
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And I can read between his lines that he understands that this release is quite different than what he has in the box set and includes one entirely different score he doesn't have at all, plus the first-ever release of the Wife original film tracks, plus the bargain price, and that none of that matters one or two whits to him because, well, I don't know why, but I'm sure it's there somewhere between the lines.
I guess I do not understand what you are seeing in between the lines that I wrote?
Maybe you are just scrapping to find something that isn't there, but you are wanting others
to believe there is!
The subject header is "NEW KRITZERLAND LIMITED EDITION! A HEFTI CD!", which lead me
to believe that some unreleased Batman might be released, because I knew he wrote that
music, but no, it is a CD with music already released, plus a another unreleased.
When I bought the MGM Treasury, I did not buy it for the music on your new release or your last release,
those will actually be listened to once, maybe twice.
You need to list what the release is in the subject heading.
I have gone onto the Kritzerland website and there may be 2-3 CDs I would have been
interested in, but look, limited editions, sold out, oh, well, too bad no one else will be able
to hear them either! I had never heard of Kritzerland before I became a member of this board,
which if I remember right, Mr. Kimmel, you agreed with another poster that Star Trek II
would not bring any new people to the FSM Message Board, or did I not read that.
Well, I am here because of Star Trek II, the new world of LIMITED EDITIONS.
Maybe the writing is on the wall with your Adoph Deutsch's "The Apartment" w/ Andre Previn's "The Fortune Cookie" CD release, not sold out yet? Why? Oh, yeah, they were already released, forgot that! 
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And I can read between his lines that he understands that this release is quite different than what he has in the box set and includes one entirely different score he doesn't have at all, plus the first-ever release of the Wife original film tracks, plus the bargain price, and that none of that matters one or two whits to him because, well, I don't know why, but I'm sure it's there somewhere between the lines.
I guess I do not understand what you are seeing in between the lines that I wrote?
Maybe you are just scrapping to find something that isn't there, but you are wanting others
to believe there is!
The subject header is "NEW KRITZERLAND LIMITED EDITION! A HEFTI CD!", which lead me
to believe that some unreleased Batman might be released, because I knew he wrote that
music, but no, it is a CD with music already released, plus a another unreleased.
When I bought the MGM Treasury, I did not buy it for the music on your new release or your last release,
those will actually be listened to once, maybe twice.
You need to list what the release is in the subject heading.
I have gone onto the Kritzerland website and there may be 2-3 CDs I would have been
interested in, but look, limited editions, sold out, oh, well, too bad no one else will be able
to hear them either! I had never heard of Kritzerland before I became a member of this board,
which if I remember right, Mr. Kimmel, you agreed with another poster that Star Trek II
would not bring any new people to the FSM Message Board, or did I not read that.
Well, I am here because of Star Trek II, the new world of LIMITED EDITIONS.
Maybe the writing is on the wall with your Adoph Deutsch's "The Apartment" w/ Andre Previn's "The Fortune Cookie" CD release, not sold out yet? Why? Oh, yeah, they were already released, forgot that!
Let's see - our release is a Neal Hefti double bill - I believe the name Neal Hefti appears in the subject header, which only allows a certain number of letters, and there are way too many letters to list the complete titles of both. So, sorry it cost you a keystroke to come see what they are. And, you'll be happy to know, that The Apartment has done swell and will be sold out by tomorrow or Saturday - down to the last few copies. I'm happy it didn't sell out in a day, like many of our releases have. And, again, I'm happy to make these new Hefti tracks available to his fans - if you're not one of them, great. I think you've said what you wanted to say - Morricone was having fun with your response, and I, in fact, responded to him, not you - and was also just having fun. Furthermore, I did agree with another poster that I thought Star Trek II would not bring new people to the board - are you people, or are you person? Glad you found the board, though, and I will follow your postings with great interest because you remind me of some other posters who aren't around anymore, and I loved following their postings - if you get my meaning.
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The only problem that I see with all these new releases is that it's nearly impossible to keep up with them all if you're on a budget. But, that's a far better problem than not having them released at all. I welcome Kritzerland's re-issues (anybody's re-issues, actually) of out-of-print material; doubling the amount of copies out there is a good thing for everyone but the speculators.
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