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Mar 15, 2011 - 11:35 PM
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filmusicnow
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.....There was a cover version of 5 cuts from the score issued by MGM Records (SE-4417) in 1966 with the Metropolitan Pops Orchestra, conducted by Henri Rene I believe. The tracks were: Theme from The Bible, Cain and Abel, Abraham, Noah;' Ark, and Eve. The second side of the LP had music from The Ten commandments, Ben-Hur, King of Kings, and The Greatest Story Ever Told.".....
Gee.....I haven't thought about that or listened to it in 40 years. I'll have to dig it out and listen again, Bob.
When balanced against the soundtrack recordings, these kinds of cover LPs (including DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, LOST HORIZON-The Musical, HAWAII, THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS and more) almost always come off as second best, but some are fairly listenable.
I thought that Henri Rene's version of the main title from "The Greatest Story Ever Told" was one of the best cover versions I ever heard.
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