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Hello.
Im thinking about cd releases of wonderful Rozsa albums recirded in 70 for Polydor with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Year after year, and those wonderful recordings still aren't released on cd.
We are close to 2020 and still dont know nothing about possible releases of this recordings.
Maybe someone from Rozsa society or from soundtrack labels knows something about this topic?
Are they any chances for cd releaes? Tapes are lost or maybe some right issues?
It is sad, because those albums are fantastic performances.
Michal
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There were three. The Angel album was earlier.
They are:
1975 MR conducts His Great Film Music
1976 MR Conducts the RPO
1977 Rozsa Conducts Rozsa
All first-rate.
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I think these are on Intrada's agenda. There was some discussion on this before but can't recall which forum.
I've read that for so many years, & I just don't believe it anymore. I'm sure Mr Fake would love to release these recordings, & they wouldn't be on the back burner for 20 years if there wasn't a good reason; legal stuff? Lost tapes?
I'd love to be wrong.
These three Polydor albums & Francis Lai's Hello-Goodbye are the only soundtrack LP's I'm waiting for now.
Rights issues.
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Insurmountable rights issues, or is there still hope Roger?
Yavar
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Roger Feigelson mentioned "rights issues", which I take to mean issues regarding the original movie studios and music publishers...
...which I'm guessing means that the current owner of these titles (Universal Music Group, if I'm not mistaken) would be the only commercial entity poised to issue these titles without further hassle.
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Rights issues.
I don't know why Roger would say that, as the album masters have gone missing for decades, so there'd be no real reason to even inquire about the rights.
Gordon Gray, who produced the second and third Polydor albums, told me years ago that he dearly wanted to put them on CD but couldn't locate the masters.
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There are many reasons that this releases might be held up
1.) they can't find the masters, very possible but if a label wanting to license it would be willing to rip it from the LPS wouldn't be unheard of and could be done quite well today.
2.) Lost Paperwork
It's also possible they just can't find the paperwork for these releases and it's vastly safer to just say no then chancing a law suit if someone comes out of the woodwork.
3.) Ownership
It's also possible that the ownership of the masters is a little murky and there is a question as to who currently owns it. Also if the paperwork is indeed misplaced UMG just feels it's just not worth the time and effort to resolve any of these issues.
these are just wild guesses on my part based on my experience, as far as I'm concerned these are stunning releases that deserve to be released.
Ford A. Thaxton
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As to Ford's comments that doing these releases from pristine lps I will say this:
A few years ago I purchased from a reputable mail-order dealer 2 Rozsa cds that I knew contained the exact same suites as the 3 Polydor releases. When I received the the discs it was obvious from the packaging that the cds were either boots or low-budget affairs. However, the sound is quite good, if not up to 2019 re-mastering standards.
The suites are the same, though not in the same order as on the lps.
So, yes, using pristine lps for these releases will definitely work.
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