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I'm assuming it's because Mark Banning has a relationship with the Harnell Estate (and a prior relationship with Harnell himself). If I'm not mistaken, these are not recordings from the Universal vault, but from Mr. Harnell's personal copies (V has been released and that is Warner Brothers). I'm sure Ford will correct or clarify where I'm wrong.
Without a similar relationship with the Nelson Estate (if he indeed had copies of his scores), it would require Universal to do some work. I've spoken with one of the people who worked on the DVD set and the subject of the music did come up. He said that it was met with stony silence from the Universal folks. It's a shame, since the fan and label interest is there, but being Universal, it's the same old story.
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Dec 14, 2010 - 12:46 PM
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I'm assuming it's because Mark Banning has a relationship with the Harnell Estate (and a prior relationship with Harnell himself). If I'm not mistaken, these are not recordings from the Universal vault, but from Mr. Harnell's personal copies (V has been released and that is Warner Brothers). I'm sure Ford will correct or clarify where I'm wrong.
Without a similar relationship with the Nelson Estate (if he indeed had copies of his scores), it would require Universal to do some work. I've spoken with one of the people who worked on the DVD set and the subject of the music did come up. He said that it was met with stony silence from the Universal folks. It's a shame, since the fan and label interest is there, but being Universal, it's the same old story.
Universal is missing out on licensing it. There must be someone who can contact the Nelson estate to see if any of his original recordings still exist. Come on, FSM, Intrada, La-La-Land...
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I think the best SMDM score was "The Bionic Woman" Parts 1 and 2. Top Nelson material.
I can't say why I don't care for BW and its music...maybe it was Jaime and her bionic housework...or her strange speech impediment, which Lindsay did not have on a "Rockford Files" episode I found on Netflix.
The network wanted Jaime to be "Steve Austin with bosoms," an approach we now know would have been way ahead of its time (XENA, ALIAS, Starbuck on new GALACTICA...), but Lindsay insisted on portraying a feminine personality and kept Jaime from being tough and manly. The uncertain stammer was part of Wagner's approach to the character.
While she may have hit the stammer button a little too often, I think she was right about the character. Back then, over thirty years ago, the male audience would have hated a tough-as-nails woman who oozed too much confidence while routinely besting men.
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Mar 1, 2011 - 6:53 PM
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Hey, here's a website that agrees with me regarding the origins of Baja Bossa:
from http://www.dougpayne.com/on_rev.htm
Skull Session / January 7-10, 1975 / Flying Dutchman
Hardly up to snuff for the talented yet overworked Nelson, who was far too busy at the time giving Steve Austin a new soundtrack each and every week. The album is something of a mixed bag, with some good funk ("Skull Session"), some truly awful funk ("Dumpy Mama"), beautiful new ballads ("Baja Bossa", "In A Japanese Garden" and "Flight For Freedom") and rather stiff ambles down memory lane ("125th St. And 7th Ave." and "One For Duke"). Like most Bob Thiele productions during this time, the whole thing just never gels or holds together as a cohesive listen. It's a rollercoaster with twists and turns that don't sound quite right from one point to the next. There are a lot of talented LA studio musicians on hand here, but none of the great musical statements that were heard in the old days, even from Oliver Nelson, who in a pleasant turn, is heard on alto sax on all tracks. Surely more material was recorded during these sessions, some of which showed up on the posthumous sampler, A Dream Deferred. But this set probably combines the best of what was recorded. Worth it for "Skull Session", "Baja Bossa" (which is derived from a Steve Austin episode) and the seemingly too-short "In A Japanese Garden".
He hates our favorite Six Million material, but so goes it for our unsung material.
Here's another one:
Baja Bossa: Originally written as the predominant theme to the SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN episode, "The Peeping Blonde", which first aired December 20, 1974, and used in subsequent episodes as a romantic cue, this song was recorded as an enchanting bossa nova by Nelson on his 1975 album, SKULL SESSION, with solos by Nelson on alto sax and Mike Wofford on electric piano.
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I'd love a release of this show on cd. I liked the music for the battle between Lee Majors and John Saxon, where the latter was a robot if I remember correctly. Also liked the original opening/closing theme song. Dusty Springfield?
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I certainly didn't read anything in Doug Payne's review of Skull Session which dissed either the material derived from SMDM or Oliver Nelson himself. But he's right - Skull Session is a somewhat uneven album, in my opinion.
As for the SMDM scores, I would imagine it's been Universal that's been the main stumbling block for such a long time, although their walls are now breached. If the material exists, I'm sure it will be released at some point - although I would think there is quite a lot of material to wade through.
It's bound to happen in time, I'd have thought.
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