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This set is only 8 minutes longer than the movie.
The more you know...
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I'll admit that my feelings about the film are colored by my love for the show. My mother took my brother and me to see Zero Mostel in the revival when I was twelve. It was an amazing experience, and so the film has always disappointed me.
This release finally got me to see the movie for the first time. I've been avoiding it, I guess, for fifty years. So here is just another perspective.
I first saw Fiddler with my mom in probably 1967 with Herschel Bernardi, in Omaha of all places. I was only 6, but man did it imprint on me (just as Schiffy mentioned later in the post I quoted). My first favorite musical, only supplanted years later by Sondheim. (Just found Bernardi's one-man-band album running through the songs on Spotify - enjoyable in its own right.)
And then we saw Mostel in the revival tour in '76, the year before he died. I was doing local theater by then (in Denver), and I was actually shocked and disappointed by how much mugging and improvising Mostel did to get easy laughs from the audience. It felt disrespectful to the show and the rest of the cast - but I'm talking about a couple of bits, otherwise who could be disappointed by Tevye himself.
So I had no desire to see the movie ever, and was like so many miffed that they went with Topol instead of Mostel. But now I've seen it and been listening to the astonishing new release, and I feel much more warmly toward the film and Topol's performance than I expected. And am frankly glad this release finally got me to see the movie.
I can easily understand the issue of loss of intimacy that Schiffy raises, and it's true, a good performance on stage will have power in this show that the movie won't match. But I'm so glad of this release and of finally catching up - and I'll see the movie again. Would have loved to have seen Topol on stage.
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LLL has not made those available to the public.
You'd have to find some willing willing to scan their purchased set and post that online
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Just have to say this is an extraordinary release, and the booklet is one of the best I have ever seen. Mike's commentary is fantastic.
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FYI they played the playback version of Sunrise, Sunset, which is monaural and does not have Isaac Stern on the recording.
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Yes, to clarify this wasn’t Mike’s error. I’m partly to blame for not being as clear as I was with Classic FM and their coverage.
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Track 11, "First Act Finale," sounds very much like "Trapped" from "The Towering Inferno." Without the interpolation of "We May Never Love Like This Again."
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Jan 1, 2022 - 12:54 PM
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Mike0072022
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I know this blog on Fiddler has ended somewhat, but I’ve just got my copy of it delivered here in the UK and I have to say that it is everything I would expect of the hard work that went into creating ,or should I say, recreating and improving the sound as it was recorded and Mike Matessino is the right man , in the right place and at the right time to bring us these expanded soundtracks ,especially of John Williams .
I met Mike for the first time in the UK with my good friend Tim Burden (Legacy of JW) a few years back when the maestro was supposed to play at the Royal Albert Hall but was incapacitated .
And I have to say after chatting and listening to Mike it is clear that we owe a debt of gratitude to this man for all the hard work and dedication he puts in to every expanded score. I’m sure that the 9 Star Wars Films and The Indiana Jones films will eventually be the subject of full restorations by him, but in the meantime I always await patiently any expansion that comes from Mike’s studio.
I think that in the distant future we should have a website dedicated to Mike ( The Legacy of Mike Matessino perhaps ) showcasing all his hard work and all the soundtracks that he has touched and made phenomenally better than when we first heard them whether it be on vinyl, tape or CD all those years ago.
I wish him all the very best for 2022 and I , like many fans out there of his work, look forward to his next John Williams expanded soundtrack with bated breath.
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My copy still sits with Intrada (with some other titles) and will probably get to me sometime in January, so I will be back with my ramblings when that day comes to pass.
Glad to read all the positive plaudits so far.
And yes, we owe great thanks to Mike M and Chris Malone and James Nelson (amongst others) who do sterling work in preserving and improving the music we love so much.
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I wonder why there is no version of Tradition without the spoken dialogue, included on the set though? I know it's integral to the construct of the song, but it sometimes deviates from the wonderful orchestral performance.
But first and foremost, I love the release. Everything sounds so very crisp and colourfull. Even though the songs are by Brock, you can clearly already tell Williams' trademarks that are seeping through in some of the arrangements.
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This release is just overwhelming. Endless unheard riches, impeccable sound, and a practically novella-length booklet on all aspects of the musical production, and so much gorgeous artwork throughout. This has to be one of La-La and Mike's greatest accomplishments. I'll be listening to this intensely for weeks to come, and I know I'll return to it for the rest of my life.
This is the release of the year in my opinion.
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