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May 17, 2012 - 1:19 AM
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MusicMad
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I think I still have the vinyl LP in the garage. When I transferred it to CDR (many years ago) I was selective and I think if I was doing that today I wouldn't add any tracks.
The problem with the score, for me: it's such a mixed-bag, incorporating some of the worst material by Henry Mancini I've heard (Don't Call it Love (with chorus) and Get it On), the awful joke song: I Have an Ear for Love (okay for a laugh in the film, but on record/CD? No thanks!), Dudley Moore ruining his duet with Julie Andrews (again, okay in the film but not on the album) and a truly awful version of Ravel's Bolero ... the first couple of minutes are okay but it deteriorates so suddenly and becomes unlistenable.
So, I'm left with HM's main title (very short and very nice), the amusing Hot Sand Mexican Band and the best track: Jule Andrews singing He Pleases Me with the remaining tracks being take 'em or leave 'em ... I was never taken with Dudley Moore's piano interpretation of It's Easy to Say.
So, for me: I'd buy the CD only if very cheap.
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The problem with the score, for me: it's such a mixed-bag, incorporating some of the worst material by Henry Mancini I've heard (Don't Call it Love (with chorus) and Get it On), the awful joke song: I Have an Ear for Love (okay for a laugh in the film, but on record/CD? No thanks!), Dudley Moore ruining his duet with Julie Andrews (again, okay in the film but not on the album) and a truly awful version of Ravel's Bolero ... the first couple of minutes are okay but it deteriorates so suddenly and becomes unlistenable.
So, I'm left with HM's main title (very short and very nice), the amusing Hot Sand Mexican Band and the best track: Jule Andrews singing He Pleases Me with the remaining tracks being take 'em or leave 'em ... I was never taken with Dudley Moore's piano interpretation of It's Easy to Say.
I think MusicMad is a little harsh, but only a little. I have the LP and played it many times as a teenager, but I had fewer things to choose from and was easier to please back then. "He Pleases Me" is indeed the best track and it still holds up today.
10 is no match for VICTOR VICTORIA (obviously) or BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, but it stood out in 1979 as a pleasant alternative to disco and other pop music. It was a welcome throwback to the days of adult easy listening, an album from an imaginary culture unlike the real and often crappy one of the time. Dudley's character popped an 8-track tape into his car stereo and on came Julie Andrews singing a cool song that should have been contemporary but really wasn't. It was musical escapism for the rock-weary.
I got a similar, culture-defying pleasure from the Rita Coolidge songs in OCTOPUSSY and SPLASH.
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Good news , good score.
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They do factory-pressed CDs. The owner of Real Gone used to run the Collector's Choice CD label.
I've been pleased with the thing's I've gotten from Collector's Choice, so that's a good recommendation.
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