Well, this occurs on a regular basis - esp. on video, etc. If a label =
doesn't want to pay royalties on a song used in the film, they simply =
remove it or have it replaced. =20
I don't know if this is the case with the Bacharach tune but I know the =
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" song at the end of The Incredible Dr. Phibes" =
has been removed for this reason. =20
- - Nate
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Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 12:04:55 EDT
From: LTepedino@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Worst vocal performances
Excuse me but am I the only one who thinks this wors vocalists thread is somewhat belabored? I mean we have several volumes of "Golden Throats" don't we?
Ashley
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Date: 01 Sep 2000 12:14:59 -0500
From: Laura Taylor <laura_taylor@wgbh.org>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Worst vocal performances
On Friday, September 1, 2000, LTepedino@aol.com wrote:
>
>Excuse me but am I the only one who thinks this wors vocalists
>thread is somewhat belabored? I mean we have several volumes of
>"Golden Throats" don't we?
>
>Ashley
>
Well, perhaps, if you are talking about the obvious "bad" singing(even =
though TRANSFORMED MAN is GODlike to me)...But until today, I never knew =
that Chrisopher Lee made records...I find that valuable.
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Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 11:41:59 -0500
From: Matthew Marchese <mjmarch@charter.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Worst vocal performances
LTepedino@aol.com wrote:
> Excuse me but am I the only one who thinks this wors vocalists thread is somewhat belabored? I mean we have several volumes of "Golden Throats" don't we?
And there are plenty of Les Baxter CDs and records on the rack as well. Does that mean we shouldn't discuss his music anymore? There are lots of topics that
cross this list that I have absolutely no interest in. I just delete them and move on.
As for the alleged GT connection, a careful reading of my deviation from the original thread will reveal that I was looking for worst vocal performances in
a *film musical*. The "Golden Throats" series is primarily a comp of various celebrity vanity recordings of popular songs, most of which originally appeared
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Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:25:15 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <Quiet@village.uunet.be>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Green Hornet
Billy May: The Green Hornet
CD, Max Entertainment BLXL-1001, Japan, 199
The "Green Hornet" soundtrack sounds as if mastered from vinyl. The
CD adds 9 bonus tracks to this soundtrack: some fit in with the
"Green Hornet" soundtrack, some don't. The first bonus simply
duplicates the closing track from "Green Hornet", under a different
song title. Then there are 3 versions of the title theme: one
performed by Al Hirt, another is the TV version and the third is (I
guess) the radio series' theme song -- both in not so Hi-Fi sound.
Then come a couple of bonusses of unknown origin: "Fury of the
dragon", "Flight of the bumblebee" and=8A the "Batman" theme!
"Longstreet" -- music + a dialogue snippet -- sounds as if it comes
from a TV series, maybe even from the "Green Hornet", who knows? And
the last track (almost 12 minutes long!) is just a filler: some
classical thing called "Adagio in G minor" by one Tomaso Albinoni.
Liner notes in Japanese only!
Johan
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Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 14:48:56 -0400
From: nytab@pipeline.com
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Harold Lee Clayton,Mort Ruby
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Harold Lee Clayton, a soul musician who co-wrote the 1980s R&B hit ``Take Your Time (Do It Right),'' was killed Thursday in a hit-and-run crash. He was 53.
Clayton was pronounced dead at the scene after the collision. Police said a sport utility vehicle struck his car at an intersection.
A Los Angeles native, Clayton wrote or collaborated on dozens of R&B songs since the 1970s. ``Take Your Time (Do It Right)'' was his most enduring hit, selling 2 million singles for The SOS Band and frequently copied by other artists.
During his 30-year career, Clayton has been listed as a writer on albums by such artists as DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt N Pepa, ex-Fugee Wyclef Jean and the late Eddie Kendricks, former lead singer for The Temptations.
Most recently, Clayton had been recording songs with his nephew Darryl Jones for an album on Joclay Records. Jones plans to finish the album.
Mort Ruby
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mort Ruby, who managed Nat King Cole early in the singer's career, died Monday. He was 97.
Ruby had worked as an advance man for Spike Jones and other entertainers when he saw Cole playing piano at the Swannee Inn in Los Angeles in the early 1940s.
As Cole's road manager for five years, Ruby helped guide the young pianist toward his lasting career as leader of the King Cole Trio and as a singer.
Ruby wrote a book, ``The King and Me,'' about the experience.
Ruby, who owned his own theatrical booking agency in Hollywood, worked as a volunteer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after retiring.
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Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 15:00:37 -0400
From: Will Straw <wstraw@po-box.mcgill.ca>
Subject: (exotica) Manchester
Hi, folks -- I'm off to Manchester, UK for a week on Monday, and while I
know it ain't exactly a music-free city, I'm wondering if there are
shops/clubs/events there of the sort we're interested in here. I'd be
grateful for any hints.
Will
Will Straw,
Associate Professor, Communications
Department of Art History and Communications Studies
McGill University
853 Sherbrooke Street W.
Montreal, QC H3A 2T6
Canada
Phone: (514) 398 7667 Fax: (514) 398 4934
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