A bit awkward, but below is the content of our previous discussion forum which was hacked. Perhaps an Ctrl-F search can point you to the desired information.

"2","ef62a99cd0","David Hemmings","Sorry to hear about the death of actor David Hemmings. In 1977 he produced and appeared in a film called 'The Disappearance'. and Robert Farnon composed the score. Hemmings obviously recognised talent!"

"8","22c3929537","new Nelson Riddle CDs","I see that Capitol (EMI) in the UK have, at long last, paired Nelson

Riddle's 'Sea of Dreams' LP and 'Love Tide' LP together on a two

for one CD to be released on 15 March.

The catalogue number is 5970532 and the title of the CD naturally

is ""Sea of Dreams/Love Tide"".

The CD will be available from all the usual sources eg HMV etc

I have found out that the German record company MPS (part of

Universal) is reissuing two of its Nelson Riddle LPs on separate CDs

on 29 March 2004.

The LPs being reissued on CD are'Communication' (tracks are: My Life / Uptown Dance / Time And Space / Romantic Places / Volcano's Daughter / Rachel / Born Happy / A Night Of Love / Dedication / Greenwich Villa) and 'Changing Colors' (tracks are: My Life / My Sweet Love / Sao Paulo / Close To You / My One And Only Love / Lamento / When the World Was Young / Naomi / Just A Little Lovin' / Changing Colors).

The catalogue number for the Communication CD is

602498147955 and the catalogue number for the Changing Colors CD is

602498147948

I have found a few online CD retailers that are already listing them:

www.cybercd.de

www.amazon.de

www.hmv.co.jp

I expect other online CD retailers will list these CDs in due course

when the word gets out about their release at the end of March.

The original LPs are rare. Second hand copies do crop up on the

internet but usually for crazy amounts of money. MPS did release the two albums on a double CD called ""The Silver Collection"" way back in 1997. This double CD set has been deleted now for many years and is very difficult to find on the Web. It's good to see these two superb highly sought after LPs finally rereleased in the CD format. :?"

"4","c0336608d3","Light Music on BBC Radio 2","British members of The Robert Farnon Society may be aware of forthcoming changes at the top of BBC Radio 2. In recent years this network has drastically reduced the amount of quality vocal and orchestral 'popular' music broadcast during daylight hours, and it is to be hoped that this regrettable trend can be reversed. There is no national radio station in Britain which can be relied upon to broadcast regularly the kind of popular music enjoyed by the majority of the population aged 50 and over. You are urged to make your views known to the BBC (and any other broadcasters you consider appropriate). It does seem that the 'silent majority' need to stop being silent, because by doing so their interests are being ignored."

"5","25a8c0f335","Charles Williams","Although I regard Robert Farnon as the world's greatest exponent of light music, I have a tremendous regard for the music of the late Charles Williams.

I have just purchased the latest CD by the BBC Concert Orchestra of Mr. Williams' work and have certainly not been disappointed.

The 24 tracks provide a broad cross-section of his style from the frivolous to the dramatic.

This compilation would make an ideal Christmas gift if there's a light music ""tragic""(like me) among your circle.

Incidentally, one thinks of Charles Williams every time the ABC Radio news comes on air here in Australia. His ""Majestic Fanfare"" has been the signature tune (in various forms) since about 1950.

And congratulations to all concerned with the new-look Discussion Forum. I hope it will be well used.

Best wishes to all members for 2004.

Graham Miles

Moree NSW."

"6","764938dc1d","The Bingola - Vivian Ellis","On the link below is a clip of the Border Television Start-up sequence and I think that the first piece of music on the clip is 'The Bingola' by Vivian Ellis. Can anyone confirm this? - I know it has just recently been released on a CD of Boosey and Hawkes Libary Music:

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/itvborder/itvcumbriaandsouthscotland.html

It's the first file at the top of the page (real file not .wav file)

Hope someone is able to confirm this. If it isn't The Bingola does anyone have any ideas what it might be instead?

Many Thanks,

David Barton"

"7","7f499b948b",,"After researching various other sources after there were no replies on this forum (although nearly 50 people viewed the message) I can confirm that the piece is The Bingola by Vivian Ellis and has recently been released on a CD of Boosey and Hawkes Library Music Vol.1

David"

"9","dfb1a77261","Ronnie Aldrich and Stanley Black CDs","On 2 February, Universal Music released the following two CDs

in the UK on their budget Spectrum label:

Romantic Pianos Of Ronnie Aldrich, The - Ronnie Aldrich

Catalogue number: 5449842

Track Listings:

1. Feelings

2. My Cherie Amour

3. Windmills Of Your Mind (from Thomas Crown Affair)

4. This Guy's In Love Wth You

5. Love Theme

6. What The World Needs Now Is Love

7. Un Homme Et Une Femme

8. Whiter Shade Of Pale

9. It's Impossible

10. Yesterday

11. Love Is Blue

12. Something

13. Without You

14. Evergreen

15. Nights In White Satin

16. Can't Smile Without You

17. Killing Me Softly With His Song

18. Baby I'm A Want You

19. Just The Way You Are

20. She

Black Magic - Stanley Black

Catalogue number 5449882

Track Listings:

1. Ebb Tide

2. Canadian Sunset

3. April In Portugal

4. Lullaby Of Birdland

5. Blue Tango

6. Melody Of Love

7. It's Magic

8. Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing

9. Tammy

10. Be My Love

11. Three Coins In The Fountain

12. True Love

13. Around The World

14. Secret Love

15. When I Fall In Love

16. On The Streets Where You Live

17. Memories Are Made Of This

18. No Other Love

19. Limelight (theme)

20. Petite Fleur"

"10","c04c6038d0","Wine & Lovers CD by Maxwell King & His Orchestra","Record company Jaggar Records in Canada http://www.jaggarrecords.com/ have released the superb easy listening orchestral CD ""Wine & Lovers"" by Maxwell King & his Orchestra.

There are 12 tracks and you can listen to samples from 6 of the tracks at the Jaggar Records website. You can also order the CD from the Jaggar Records website. If you do order, please note that you can pay by Paypal and payment is in Canadian dollars.

I am sure this CD will appeal to many people. Very enjoyable and relaxing. Highly recommended.

More please!

Chris"

"11","e6899635fb","Biddu Orchestra","Cherry Red Records in the UK (www.cherryred.co.uk) have recently released a new compilation CD by the Biddu Orchestra. Details as follows:

Biddu

An Eastern Star In A Western Sky - The Very Best Of The Biddu Orchestra

CDMRED 246

Biddu is best known for producing big hits for Tina Charles ('I love to Love' - No 1), Jimmy James and The Vagabonds ('Now Is The Time' - No 5) and Carl Douglas (Kung Fu Fighting - No 1). This unique double CD, one disc Western songs, one disc Eastern songs (many of which have never appeared on CD before) contains the 3 hits singles, 'Summer of '42' (No15 August 1975), 'Rain Forest' (No 39 April 1976) and 'Journey To The Moon' (No 41 February 1978), making this a must have for both Eastern and Western fans alike.

CD1:

Summer Of '42 / Blue Eyed Soul / Exodus / Rain Forest / Northern Dancer / The Stud / Couldn't We Be Friends / Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon / Aranjuez Mon Amour

CD2:

Passage to India / Himalayan Sunrise / Dance Of Shiva / Winds Of Change / Eastern Journey / Taj Mahal / Palace On Wheels / An Eastern Star In A Western Sky / Goa / Unfinished Journey / Dance Of Shiva Pt. 2 -"

"12","fdb93059ff","Ron Goodwin","As briefly mentioned by Jeff Hall in the latest JIM, FSM (Film Score Monthly) in the USA www.filmscoremonthly.com released in January a double CD set of Ron Goodwin's scores to Where Eagles Dare and Operation Crossbow.

Price is US$ 24.95 and can be ordered directly from the FSM website. You can also listen to tracks from the CD.

This is a must purchase for all Ron Goodwin fans. As with all FSM releases, this is a limited edition release (only 3,000 copies), therefore if you intend buying the double CD, I suggest you do it sooner rather than later before they sell out."

"13","49a6de82c3","Henry Mancini's Thorn Birds........finally ona 2-CD release","Exciting news. Film music specialist's Varese Sarabande at www.varesesarabande.com are to release the original television soundtrack to the Thorn Birds on a double CD on 27 April 2004. You will be able to order directly from the Varese Sarabande website.

Not just for Mancini fans, this 2-CD release is a must for everyone who simply enjoys beautiful music. Personally, I can't wait! Details as follows:

THE THORN BIRDS

Original Television Soundtrack

Music Composed and Conducted by Henry Mancini

World Premiere Release

2 CD Set

Richard Chamberlain

Rachel Ward

Barbara Stanwyck

Jean Simmons

Richard Kiley

Christopher Plummer

Mare Winningham

Piper Laurie

Bryan Brown

DESIRE. PASSION. SCANDAL.

Based on Colleen McCullough’s best-selling novel, this romantic saga spans fifty years and three generations. Winner of 5 Emmy Awards, The Thorn Birds features a star-studded cast. Even after 20 years it remains the second highest-rated miniseries in television history.

In the rugged Australian Outback, three generations of Clearys live through joy sadness, bitter defeat and magnificent triumph – driven by their dreams, sustained by remarkable strength of character … and torn by dark passions, violence and a scandalous family legacy of forbidden love. Richard Chamberlain played the tortured priest Ralph de Bricassart and Rachel Ward was Meggie Clearly, the girl whose heart he broke, time and time again.

In addition to its own legendary status, The Thorn Birds featured what is inarguably one of the greatest and most-loved scores ever penned by the incomparable Henry Mancini. Amazingly, despite the extraordinary success of the mini-series, Mancini’s fame and a huge public outcry for the music’s release, no soundtrack album was ever forthcoming. Finally, in honor of what would have been Henry Mancini’s 80th birthday (April 16, 2004), and to coincide with the US Postal Service’s issue of a Henry Mancini stamp, we are thrilled to offer this spectacular score as a deluxe 2 CD set. Featuring the enormously famous themes from the 10-hour production, this is classic romance at its finest. As a score every bit as beautiful, romantic and famous as Somewhere In Time, Out of Africa or Doctor Zhivago, the release of The Thorn Birds is a major recording event not to be missed by anyone who saw the miniseries, still remembers Mancini’s enchanting melodies or simply loves beautiful music. Further raising current awareness of the television classic, The Thorn Birds has also just made its DVD debut to a vast and awaiting fan base.

At long last, this Mancini masterpiece comes to CD as a lavish two disc set!

Catalog #: 302 066 564 2

Release Date: 04/27/04"

"14","04433b2acc","Sidney Torch","As mentioned briefly in the latest issue of Journal Into Melody, there is a forthcoming Sidney Torch CD release from Sanctuary Classics Living Era label.

Both the HMV UK website and the Tower Europe website give a release date of 29 March 2004. Catalogue number is CDAJA5540 and the title of the CD is:

All Strings & Fancy Free: 1946-1953

Neither website give a tracklisting and interestingly the Sanctuary Classics website at www.sanctuaryclassics.com does not yet list the Sidney Torch CD under their new releases for March for some reason."

"15","8abe66b86f","Ronlad Binge CD from Mozart Records","A CD called ""....still sailing by"" is available to buy from the record store at Mozart Edition's website at www.editionuk.co.uk

There are 22 tracks all composed by Ronald Binge. The tracks are:

01 SAILING BY 2.34

02 BORN ON SUNDAY 1.57

03 HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN 2.12

04 THE YELLOW PARROT 2.58

05 THE MOON LOOKS DOWN 2.14 (click for sample)

06 THE JOLLY SWAGMAN 2.14

07 LOVER’S FANCY 2.14

08 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 3.14

09 WATERLOO BRIDGE 3.00

10 THE LOOK IN YOUR EYES 2.55

11 AUTUMN DREAM 4.15

12 LITTLE DANCER 2.24

13 INAMORATA 3.03

14 ROYAL BLUES 2.46

15 THIS IS LIKE OLD TIMES 3.08

COSMORAMA - Panopramic Suite

16 DEEP SEA 1.20

17 OPEN COUNTRY 1.21

18 NIGHT SKY 1.20

19 CITY LIGHTS 1.26

20 SCOTTISH RHAPSODY 3.45 (click for sample)

21 FUGAL FUN 2.36

22 TO OUR NEXT MEETING 2.10

Be warned though, that seven of the tracks (1,5,10,11,13,20 and 21) also appear on the ASV 2-CD collection called The Music of Ronald Binge: Sailing By. Catalogue number ASV CD WLZ 245.

It appears the ""....still sailing by"" CD originally came out in 2000, however this is the first time I have heard of it.

For those that do not know, Mozart Edition is a Mood Music/Production Music Publisher that was recently bought by Heinz Herschmann of Apollo Sound fame (www.apollosound.co.uk). Apollo Sound are famous for releasing a series of Test Card Music CDs.

It would appear that Mr Herschmann has relaunched the Mozart Edition website. I am not sure whether he is selling off old stock or whether these are new pressings but it is interesting to note that the much sought after, long deleted, Mozart Edition compilation CDs MECD 1001, MECD 1003 and MECD 105 are also availabe to buy at £12 each.

Mr Herschmann is selling these CDs to the public. You can order directly from the www.editionuk.co.uk website.

Also available to buy for Mood Music collectors is a long list of Mozart Edition LPs. However they are expensive at £12 each so probably for mood music fans/collectors only!"

"16","d16e7e1221","Vocalion Spring 2004 CD releases","I've just received the Spring 2004 new CD releases catalogue

supplement from Vocalion. For those that enjoy the CDs released by

Vocalion, you might be interested to know of some of their

forthcoming releases. Exact dates for their release are not known at

this time except that they are due to be released sometime in April.

I note that the Vocalion website has also been updated with the

April new releases (www.duttonlabs.demon.co.uk)

I see, at long last, a Werner Muller CD is to

be released in April:

Werner Muller & his Orchestra - (from the Teldec

Archives) 'Percussion in the Sky & Wild Strings'. Catalogue number

CDLK4235.

Tracks taken from the original Werner Muller Percussion in the Sky

LP (Teldec PFS 34005 -1962)are:

You are my Lucky Star.

The High and The Mighty

Don't let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

I got the sun in the morning

Blue Moon

Look for a star

Moonlight Becomes You

Over The Rainbow

I'm sitting on top of the World

The Moon was yellow

Stairway to the Stars

When you wish upon a star

Tracks taken from the original Werner Muller Wild Strings LP (Teldec

SKL 4529 - 1963) are:

The Breeze and I

Dance, Ballerina, Dance

Hora staccato

Moonglow

Ritual Fire Dance

Alla en el Rancho Grande

T.D.'s Boogie Woogie

Granada

Villa

How High the Moon

Lady of Spain

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

Other releases for April include more Ronnie Aldrich, Stanley Black,

Cyril Stapleton, Frank Chacksfield, Johnny Keating, Edmundo Ros, Ted

Heath and Mantovani CDs all taken from the Decca Archives. There is also

another Robert Farnon CD taken from the Chappell Archives. Also a

light music CD 'Montague Phillips' - BBC Concert Orchestra conducted

by Gavin Sutherland - recorded at BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London

on 19-20 January, 2004.

Details of some of the CD releases that might be of interest are as

follows:

CDLK 4157 Mantovani: American Scene & Concert Spectacular

CDLK 4233 Mantovani: Collector's Mantovani - Volume 2

CDLK 4190 Edmundo Ros: Ros Mambos & Ros album of Sambas

CDLK 4222 Frank Chacksfield: Beyond the sea & The Victors

CDLK 4230 Ronnie Aldrich: Ronnie Aldrich & His Two Pianos & Melodies

from the classics

CDLK 4231 Stanley Black: Spain & The all-time top tangos

CDLK 4232 Cyril Stapleton: Come 'n get it & Songs you won't easily

forget

CDLK 4235 Werner Mueller: Percussion in the sky & Wild strings

CDLK 4236 Billy Cotton: Billy's your uncle

CDLK 4238 Robert Farnon: Showcase for soloists and other cameos

CDEA 6095 Roberto Inglez: Volume 2 - The Melody Maker

CDEA 6097 Mantovani & His Tipica Orchestra: At the cafe Continental

CDLK 4224 Ted Heath & Max Bygraves: The hits of the twenties and

thirties

CDLK 4236 Caterina Valente: Caterina Valente's Greatest Hits &

Intimate Valente

CDLK 4197 Johnny Keating: Temptation & Percussive Moods

CDLK 4228 Ted Heath & His Music: Pow! & Big Band Spirtuals

CDLK 4224 Ted Heath & Max Bygraves: The hits of the twenties and

thirties

There you have it. Quite a bumper release schedule from Vocalion

for April. As with previous releases from Vocalion, I expect these

new CD releases will be staggered over April with probably some of

them not being released until late April.

Chris"

"17","8d0c4a1755","Brillant Music Archives","For those interested in the instrumental easy listening music of German composers Werner Tautz, Heinz Kiessling and others, there appears to still be available to buy a series of three CD compilations of music taken from the Brillant Music Archives at Bliss Records release during the last couple of years.see www.brillant-music.de (FYI, BRILLANT-MUSIK was established in 1964 by the composers Werner Tautz and Heinz Kiessling, and the publisher Hans Gerig. The business specialised in the production and distribution of instrumental light music (Easy Listening, Mood Music, String Orchestras, Big Bands, and Combos) for use in radio, television, film, advertising etc).

The CDs in question have been released by the German record label Brigade Mondaine - see www.brigademondaine.com

The CDs released are:

Days of Summer - released in 2000 - catalogue number CD REF0046012.

Like a breeze - released in 2001 - catalogue number CD REF0046032

And the latest CD released in 2003 is Holiday in Brazil - catalogue number 9:PM021 BM002

It appears a new CD will be released in Spring 2004 called Dolce far Niente - '20 suave cocktail classics'.

Some of these CDs are available at www.amazon.de where you can listen to tracks. Also try www.moviegroves.com for availability. It's possible that the Days of summer CD may no longer be available but I am not certain."

"18","31a8869b55","Sidney Torch CD","Well the Sanctuary Classics website at www.sanctuaryclassics.com has been updated for April and now lists the new Sidney Torch CD. Details about the CD including track details are as follows:

All Strings and Fancy Free

SIDNEY TORCH & his Orchestra

(CD AJA5540)

British-born of Russian parents, Sidney Torch (1908-1990) was an enormously influential figure in Light Music of the 40s and 50s, and he follows on from such as Stanley Black, Percy Faith, André Konstelanetz, Leroy Anderson, Mantovani, Robert Farnon, Melachrino and Peter Yorke in Living Era’s acclaimed Light Music catalogue. Remarkably, although best remembered nowadays as a conductor and composer, Sidney Torch was also a superstar of the cinema organ before the war.

All Strings And Fancy Free (the title of a delightful Torch original) presents the sort of melodious fare that Sidney Torch used to provide for listeners to his countless radio broadcasts, most notably of Friday Night Is Music Night, an enduring institution from the 50s. The main billing goes to the maestro’s own compositions, such as On A Spring Note, Radio Romantic, Meandering, London Playhouse, Blue Night, Amore Mio, Fandango and Shooting Star. Also featured are many scintillating Torch arrangements, among them Coronation Scot, Destiny Waltz and Pan American Fantasy.

Despite his popularity there is next to nothing of Sidney Torch currently available, so this generously filled CD should find a warm welcome from Light Music enthusiasts.

Tracklisting:

1/1. ‘On a Spring Note’ – Sidney Torch

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1/2. ‘Siboney’ – Ernesto Lecuona

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1/3. ‘Magic Circles’ – Marshall Ross

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1/4. ‘Coronation Scot’ – Vivian Ellis

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1/5. ‘Radio Romantic’ – Sidney Torch

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1/6. ‘BeachComber’ – Clive Richardson

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1/7. ‘Destiny’ – Sidney Baynes

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1/8. ‘Cornflakes’ – Sydney Norman

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1/9. ‘All Strings and fancy Free’ – Sidney Torch

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1/10. ‘Without my Lover’ – Philippe Gerard

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1/11. ‘A Song by the way’ – Eric Coates

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1/12. ‘Meandering’ – Sidney Torch

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1/13. ‘Just one of those things’ – Cole Porter

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1/14. ‘High Heels’ – Trevor Duncan

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1/15. ‘Domino’ – Louis Ferrari

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1/16. ‘Elfinette’ – Guus Jansen

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1/17. ‘A Canadian in Mayfair’ – Angela Morley

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1/18. ‘London Playhouse’ – Sidney Torch

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1/19. ‘Blue Night’ – Sidney Torch

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1/20. ‘Out of the Blue’ – Robert Busby

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1/21. ‘Amore Mio’ – Sidney Torch

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1/22. ‘Fandango’ – Sidney Torch

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1/23. ‘Cresta Run’ – Claude Yvoire

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1/24. ‘Shooting Star’ – Sidney Torch

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1/25. ‘Pan American Fantasy’ – Sidney Torch

I understand that this CD was released at the end of March."

"19","17b6daee28","James Galway performs film themes - new CD","One of the world's finest flautists, James Galway, has recorded a new album featuring various film themes that I am sure will appeal to many.

Called ""Quiet on the Set:James Galway at the Movies"", the CD was released by BMG Red Seal in the UK on 9 February 2004. Catalogue number 82876579102. Total playing time is just over 45 minutes. There are 13 tracks listed below including James Horner's Braveheart, Ennio Morricone's The Mission and Andrea Morricone's Cinema Paradiso, Rachel Portman's Emma, John William's Far and Away, Alan Silvestri's Forrest Gump, Thomas Newman's The Horse Whisperer and Luis Bacalov's Il Postino.

This is actually Galway's second collection of themes and songs from popular films.

The CD retails in the UK for about £15.99.

All thirteen tracks are beautiful melodies expertly played by James Galway on his flute and backed by what the CD cover says is the ""London Mozart Players"" - which to my ears sounds like a full string orchestra.

Highly recommended.

Track listing:

1. The Horse Whisperer

2. Il Postino

3. Forrest Gump

4. Emma

5. Far And Away

6. Nature Boy [From Moulin Rouge]

7. You'll Be In My Heart [From Tarzan]

8. Cinema Paradiso

9. Stalia, Stalia [From My Big Fat Greek Wedding]

10. Braveheart

11. O Mio Bambino Caro [From A Room With A View]

12. She [From Notting Hill]

13. Angel Band [From O Brother, Where Art Thou?]"

"20","4d0049870f","Andre Kostelanetz CD news","Collectors' Choice in the USA - see www.ccmusic.com have released the following two CDs in March (available from the usual online sources including www.hmv.co.uk):

On 11 March 2004:

Sounds Of Today / Todays Greatest Movie Hits - catalogue number CCL76012

Track Listing:

1 Born Free

2 Dommage, Dommage

3 Games That Lovers Play

4 In The Arms Of Love

5 Summer Wind

6 Man And A Woman, A

7 Sounds Of Silence, The

8 Cabaret

9 Alfie

10 Strangers In The Night

11 Guantanamera

12 Two For The Road

13 Barefoot In The Park

14 Tara's Theme

15 Thoroughly Modern Millie

16 What To Do?

17 Eyes Of Love (carol's Theme), The

18 Doctor Dolittle

19 This Is My Song

20 Fabulous Places

21 Dreamsville

22 Happy Barefoot Boy

On 25 March 2004 :

For The Young At Heart / I'll Never Fall In Love - catalogue number CCL76002

Track Listing

1 Mrs. Robinson

2 Impossible Dream (the Quest), The

3 Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde, The

4 Happy Time, The

5 Young Girl

6 Theme From ""the Fox""

7 Lady Madonna

8 Gentle Rain, The

9 Valleri

10 Dawn Of Our Love, The

11 To Life

12 I'll Never Fall In Love Again

13 Jean

14 Arizona

15 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

16 Without Love (there Is Nothing)

17 Come Saturday Morning

18 Hey There Lonely Girl

19 Midnight Cowboy

20 Early In The Morning

21 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do / Blowing Away

22 Leaving On A Jet Plane"

"21","ef18f149c7","Nelson Riddle CDs","Just a quick note to say that the release of the two MPS Nelson Riddle CDs has been put back to 5 April 2004."

"22","257eb03fad","Vocalion Spring 2004 CD releases","It appears that most of the Vocalion new Spring CD releases will not be released until 26 April 2004"

"23","b7bf92e3fe","Classy The Easy Listening Best Collection","On 24 March 2004, Universal Music in Japan released a 2-CD set titled Classy The Easy Listening Best Collection (catalogue number: UICY-4140)

Track Listing:

Disc 1:

01. THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE / THE PERCY FAITH ORCHESTRA

02. SUMMERTIME IN VENICE / MANTOVANI ORCHESTRA

03. LIMELIGHT / FRANK CHACKSFIELD

04. GODFATHER / PAUL MAURIAT

05. AUTUMN LEAVES / FRANK CHACKSFIELD

06. THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES / HENRY MANCINI AND HIS ORCHESTRA

07 THE THIRDMAN / ANTON KARAS

08. AS TIME GOES BY / MANTOVANI ORCHESTRA

09. UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME / JAMES LAST

10. JOURS EN FRANCE / PAUL MAURIAT

11. LOSS OF LOVE / MANTOVANI ORCHESTRA

12. EAST OF EDEN / VICTOR YOUNG

13. PLEIN SOLEIL / STANLEY BLACK

14. JEUX INTERDITS / NARCISO YEPES

15. ELVIRA MADIGAN / FRANK CHACKSFIELD

16. FASCINATION / STANLEY BLACK

17. ALFIE / BURT BACHARACH

18. THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE / THE PERCY FAITH ORCHESTRA

19. C'EST MAGNIFIQUE / MANTOVANI ORCHESTRA

20. AROUND THE WORLD / VICTOR YOUNG

Disc 2:

01. MOON RIVER / HENRY MANCINI AND HIS ORCHESTRA

02. SOME ENCHANTED EVENING / MANTOVANI ORCHESTRA

03. LOVE STORY / PAUL MAURIAT

04. THE APARTMENT / HELMUT ZACHARIAS

05. SMILE / FRANK CHACKSFIELD

06. TARA'S THEME / VICTOR YOUNG

07. LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND / BILLY VAUGHN

08. LA VIE EN ROSE / MANTOVANI ORCHESTRA

09. LILI MARLENE / JAMES LAST

10. MADEMOISELLES DE PARIS / ALFRED HAUSE

11. OVER THE RAINBOW / BERT KAEMPFERT

12. GENERIQUE-THEME DU FILM ""LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG"" / PAUL MAURIAT

13. AMAPOLA / EDMUNDO ROS

14. CAVATINA / SOLLSCHER

15. MIDNIGHT COWBOY / JOHN BARRY

16. MANDOLIN SERENADE / STANLEY BLACK

17. WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR / FRANK CHACKSFIELD

18. LARA'S THEME / JAMES LAST

19. THE WAY WE WERE / PAUL MAURIAT

20. EDELWEISS / MANTOVANI ORCHESTRA

The price is approx Yen 3,238 ( or approx US$30). I have found at least two on-line retailers that stock this CD:

www.hmv.co.jp

www.cdjapan.co.jp

Both of these retailers have english websites"

"24","c9174da19a","British Light Classics","Barry Wordsworth conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a new CD titled ""British Light Classics"" from Warner Classics to be released in the UK on 19 April 2004. Catalogue number is 2564614382

Track listing:

1. English Dance-Sir Malcolm Arnold

2. Calling All Workers / The Sleepy Lagoon / Dam Busters March-Eric Coates

3. Three Dale Dances / Yorkshire Moors Suite / Barnsley Fair / Barwick Green-Arthur Wood

4. Coronation Scot-Vivian Ellis

5. The Bandstand, Hyde Park-Haydn Wood

6. Cornish Rhapsody-Hubert Bath

7. A Portrait Of A Flirt / Westminster Waltz-Robert Farnon

8. March (From Little Suite)-Trevor Duncan

9. Rhythm On Rails / Heart O’ London / Devil’s Galop-Charles Williams

10. Jamaican Rumba-Arthur Benjamin

11. Puffin’ Billy-Edward White

12. Vanity Fair-Anthony Collins

13. Chanson De Nuit-Sir Edward Elgar"

"25","9106842bbd","The Golden Age of Light Music - Guild Music's new CDs","I recently received the three CDs in the Guild Light Music series as mentioned in the March 2004 issue of JIM - see also the Journal Into Melody pages on the RFS website for full details.

[url]http://www.rfsoc.org.uk/jim15.shtml[/url]

These CDs are an absolute delight to listen to. The sound quality is superb - Alan Bunting has done a fantastic job with the audio restoration. Congratulations must go to both Alan and David Ades who have obviously spent many hours working on these CDs for our listening enjoyment.

Anyone who has any interest in 'our' type of music should buy these CDs without hesitation. They deserve to sell very well. I look forward to the next three CD releases in this light music series."

"26","3d0c2adb70","Guild Music's New Light Music CDs","I understand that the next new CD releases in this excellent series should be available by the middle of May:

GLCD 5104 Great British Light Orchestras

GLCD 5105 Great American Light Orchestras

Further releases will highlight the 1930s, film music and the production music libraries.

Further information and sound clips on the first three CDs in this light music series are available at the Guild Music website at www.guildmusic.com"

"27","5d78453057","Francis Lai new limited edition 14 CD boxset now available","Editions 23 have released a unique project, the Francis Lai Story. It's a limited edition of 14 unique CDs, bringing over 15 hours of famous French composer Francis Lai's legendary beautiful melodic compositions including the Oscar winning Love Story, A Man and A Woman, Le Voyou, Bilitis, Vivre Pour Vivre, Les Uns et Les Autres and many more, in their original editions on 5 CD's. The other CD's contain songs from films, international performers, Francis Lai sings Francis Lai, French performers and instrumental music. There is an opportunity to request a personalized autographed CD boxset from the composer.

This unique limited edition 14 CD boxset is retailing for £97 pounds sterling. For more info including soundclips and ordering, visit 121Music at http://www.121music.com/pages/cd6/story.html"

"28","8178d6e07e","The romantic melodies of Stephen Schlaks-new CD-'In Love'","US composer Stephen Schlaks has recently released in the USA a CD that was originally released in Italy in 1995. The CD is called In Love and you can find it for sale at www.amazon.com for US$17.99. You can also find further information as well as listen to soundclips at Stephen Schlaks website at http://www.europesgreatestmusic.com/ which is still under construction.

For those that don't know who Stephen Schlaks is, to date Stephen has recorded fourteen (14) albums featuring his original music. Several of these albums have reached top forty success in many countries especially Italy where Stephen lived for many years and was hugely popular. His music has been used as themes for many radio and television programs and has been used as featured background music in over 200 radio and television commercials

Album Description from Stephen Schlak's website:

""200 MILLION EUROPEANS CAN'T BE WRONG! Finally, by special arrangement with his European Record Company we can now bring you the Romantic Melodies of Stephen Schlaks.

Stephen Schlaks has been the Artist and Composer of more top selling albums enjoyed by Europeans for the last 20 years. Richly Orchestrated Melodies that will take you on a voyage filled with the aura of Romance and Intrigue. Music played and recorded by musicians hand picked from Italy's famed orchestras of Milan and Rome.

You will fall in Love again. You will find Romance again. Listen!!!!!!.""

All the music on Stephen Schlaks albums are his own,mainly instrumental, compositions. Stephen who now lives in Florida definitely has a knack for writing beautiful piano led melodic music. If you like musicians like Frank Mills, you will definitely like Stephen Schlaks. Check out the soundclips on his website, you will not be disappointed."

"29","9a4b61eb72","Material for performance","I'm an amateur singer who'd like to include a little of Haydn Wood's vocal music in my repertoire but am having difficulty locating printed score for performance purposes. Second hand music shops are a hopeful but an unreliable way of proceeding and a search of on-line music shops has yielded no fruit. I have a very good local library but music scores are not borrowable and photocopying is seldom allowed. Can anyone point me to sources?

Don Giovanni"

"30","f3ee83b4e6","The Thorn Birds","This double CD is now scheduled for release on 4 May 2004."

"31","2e149ad1b3","New Nelson Riddle CDs","I have had confirmation from Amazon in Germany that the two new MPS Nelson Riddle CDs - Communication and Changing Colors have definitely been released.

I ordered both CDs from www.amazon.de who have e.mailed me to confirm that the Changing Colors CD was shipped to me on 21 April and the Communication CD shipped on 23 April."

"32","fb441ce57a","Vocalion Spring 2004 CD releases","According to the HMV UK - www.hmv.co.uk website most of the Vocalion Spring 2004 CD releases were issued on 19 or 20 April."

"33","4a30572b99","Stephen Schlaks - The Best of the Best Vol.1","Sony Italy released a best of CD back in 1997 which still appears to be available.

The CD is titled ""The Best of the Best Stephen Schlaks Vol.1"" As far as I can tell, there has never been a Vol.2.

The catalogue number is 4971382. The CD is available from a number of online CD retailers including CD Express in Holland at www.cdexpress.com

There are twelve tracks on the CD:

1. Blue Dolphin

2. Destinies of love

3. Magic Dreams

4. Casablanca a ballet

5. Composition in Venice

6. Fantasy Girl

7. 3rd Melody

8. New temptations

9. Twenty ninety five

10. Sensitive and delicate

11. Cinema part 11

12. Bolero four four

Superb CD. Highly recommended."

"34","bf9f9c3e03","Franck Pourcel - The Movie Collection Vol.2 CD","EMI Brazil (see www.emi.com.br where the CD is listed) released a new Franck Pourcel CD in January 2004. The CD is titled ""The Movie Collection Vol.2"". If there was a Vol.1, I suspect it was deleted a long time ago as I cannot find any mention of it on the Web.

There are nineteen tracks on the Vol.2 CD as follows:

1- THEME FROM PAPILLON

2- THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

3- LA DANSE DE ZORBA - THE GREEK

4- JOHNNY GUITAR

5- LOS CANHOES DE NAVARONE

6- IL ETAIT UNE FOIS...LA REVOLUTION

7- ""COLONEL BOGEY (FROM """"THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI"""")""

8- THE GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER

9- AROUND THE WORLD

10- VIVRE POUR VIVRE

11- THE LONGEST DAY

12- LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG

13- LIMELIGHT

14- UNCHAINED MELODY

15- STRANGER IN PARADISE

16- CONCORDE

17- LA FONTAINE DES AMOURS

18- THEME FROM LOVE STORY

19- MANHÃ DE CARNAVAL

Most of the Brazilian online CD retailers stock this CD. Unfortunately, the vast majority of these online retailers do not have English websites for ordering.

You can listen to sound clips from all these tracks by going to online Brazilian CD retailer www.livrariasaraiva.com.br

If you wish to buy this CD, I have found a Brazilian online CD retailer that has an English website and stocks this CD. The retailer is called S'Music CDs at http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/laerciojr/

S'Music also advertise their entire catalogue on www.gemm.com

Also at www.netsoundmusic.com and also at www.musicstack.com"

"35","5dcf765a2c","George Melachrino - 'L'Amour Toujours L'amour' CD","This is not a new CD but I have not seen it mentioned anywhere before so it maybe of interest to some people. It was released in November 2001 in Brazil on the Revivendo record label. It appears the CD is still available as I have found that many Brazilian online CD retailers stock it.

The title of the CD is 'L'amour Toujours L'amour' by George Melachrino and his Orchestra. There are 21 tracks on the CD as follows:

1.Fascination

2.Estrellita

3.Domino

4.Lover, Come Back to Me

5.Autumn Leaves

6.Souls Le Ciel de Paris

7.Too Young

8.September Song

9.L'Amour Toujours L'Amour

10.Charmaine

11.Solidão (Canção do Mar)

12.By The Sleepy Lagoon

13.Tesoro Mio

14.Mam' Selle

15.Diane

16.The Desert Song

17.Padam...Padam

18.La Golondrina

19.These Foolish Things

20.The Champagne Waltz

21.""Warsaw"" Concert

You can listen to sound clips of all these tracks at http://www.livrariasaraiva.com.br/

Just do a search for the CD under artist name.

The CD is available from S'Music Records in Brazil at http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/laerciojr/"

"36","f2199cb67d","Joseph Lanza's revised Elevator Music book","Full name for this paperback book published by the University of Michigan Press is ""Elevator Music : A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong"". ISBN: 0472089420.

This book was originally published in the USA back in I believe 1994 and also published in the UK in 1995.

The book has been revised and expanded. The revised version of the book was published in the USA on 26 January 2004 by the University of Michigan Press.

Although I haven't seen the revised version, the first edition is an excellent overview of the history of easy listening, mood music, light music and I recommend it to anyone interested in this type of music. Don't let the title of ""Elevator music"" put you off, this is a very interesting, easy to read book. According to Amazon, there are 329 pages (first edition had 280 pages). Obviously in a book of 329 pages, you cannot expect an indepth look at the history of this genre of music (you would need at least a thousand pages or more) but as an overview, it is highly recommended.

The book is available from Amazon.com for US$13.27. For you information, the publisher's book description is as follows:

Elevator Music

A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong; Revised and Expanded Edition

Joseph Lanza

5-1/2 x 8-1/4. 12 photographs.

Paper 0-472-08942-0 $18.95T

Noted music historian Joseph Lanza seriously appraises an American musical tradition.

For a sound intended to be comforting, unobtrusive, and inoffensive, ""elevator music"" --i.e., easy listening, mood music, ""Beautiful Music,"" and ""Music by Muzak®"" --has ignited strong and often heated opinions.

With an arsenal of historical anecdotes and facts, Joseph Lanza sings seriously, with healthy doses of humor and wit, the praises of this misunderstood musical genre. Lanza traces mood music's mystifying presence from the mind-altering sirens who lured Odysseus to the harp David played to soothe King Saul, but the tale gets more intriguing in the early twentieth century, with Erik Satie's ""furniture music"" experiments, the birth of the Muzak® Corporation, and various science fiction stories that featured mood music as a futuristic staple.

Lanza also chronicles the parallel development of the ""easy listening"" instrumental, discussing such ""mood maestros"" as Ray Conniff, Percy Faith, Andre Kostelanetz, and Mantovani. More recent ""ambient"" soundscapers like Brian Eno and practitioners of what some still call New Age also enter the picture. Along the way, Lanza addresses mood music's social and even governmental uses, raising questions about music's role in modern life while challenging aesthetic assumptions.

This revised and expanded edition delves deeper into the surreal phenomenon of ""metarock"" --the art of reinterpreting rock songs into dreamlike, string-laden, easy-listening alternatives. The author also adds an afterword about some of the actual musicians who arranged and conducted Muzak® sessions --respected names like Nelson Riddle.

Elevator Music confronts the criticisms of elites who say that elevator music is ""dehumanizing"" or less than music. These reactions, Lanza argues, are based more on cultural prejudices than honest musical appraisal. In a current climate where the noises are louder, and the background beats are ever more aggressive, this history of music intended as a pleasing background makes for a captivating read.

Joseph Lanza is currently writing an impressionistic history of romantic pop ballads. He has served as an independent consultant for Time Life Music and was executive producer for the two-disc collection Music for TV Dinners (Caroline Records). His most recent book is about the legendary crooner Russ Columbo"

"37","192b9ff183","The OTHER "Forgotten Dreams", we think.","We think there is a ""Forgotten Dreams"" that is not Leroy Anderson's, and is not any of the newer post-1980 songs of the same name. Google helped me find your site, but did not help me find this song.

My wife recently heard it played on TV, and saw it on the sheet music the piano player was using. She thinks it was from the 50's, it was played on the American Airlines ""Music 'til Dawn"" (As for me, I don't remember it).

But, since I cannot attach sheet music here, I'll do my best to write out the melody (it's an instrumental -- and much of our memory is poor about this).

All the notes are below HighC, but the C above middle is designated as +C, and the F above is designated +F. The metre is straight 4/4 time.

Thus, this should be playable on the piano or elsewhere.

Here is our best guess:

First Line:

&, 1 & 2 &, 3 & 4 &, 1 & 2 &, 3 (& 4)

C, +C C D C, +C C D C, +C C E G, F - -

Second line: Repeat first line (approximately)

&, 1 & 2 &, 3 & 4 &, 1 & 2 &, 3 (& 4)

C, +C C D C, +C C D C, +C C E G, F - -

Third line: repeat same line using F as base note:

&, 1 & 2 &, 3 & 4 &, 1 & 2 &, 3 (& 4)

F, +F F G F, +F F G F, +F F A? +C?, Bb? - -

Last line: repeat patternuntil the end

&, 1 & 2 &, 3 & 4 &, 1 & 2 &, 3 (& 4)

C, +C C D C, +C C D C, G F A +C +F - - -

(we think - it gets fuzzy at the end.)

Can you help us figure out what this is?

It is possible that the man was playing a song OTHER than the sheet music on the piano (which said ""Forgotten Dreams"")

Good luck! If anybody figures this out they ought to win themselves a million pounds or dollars somewhere!

Larry Gott"

"38","cd471d7b68","British Light Music Discoveries Volume 6","For June, Sanctuary Classics have released on their mid-price White Line label a further volume in the delightful "British Light Music Discoveries" series. Volume 6 is full of world-premiere recordings and features the Royal Ballet Sinfonia under Gavin Sutherland (CD WHL 2149).

Gramophone wrote of an earlier volume (CD WHL 2131): "All this music is played freshly and spiritedly and is excellently recorded".

British Light Music Volume 6

Royal Ballet Sinfonia / City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra / Gavin Sutherland / London Symphony Orchestra / Neil Thomson

(CD WHL2149)

Features composers such as David Fanshawe, composer of the world-famous African Sanctus, as well as Sir Hamilton Harty, whose moving Londonderry Air is an arrangement of "Oh, Danny Boy"

Tracklisting:

1/1. ‘MARCH PAST OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE (1919)’ – Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)

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1/2. ‘LEGEND OF THE LAKE - Suite for small orchestra (1984 rev.2002) - 1. Prologue’ – Gareth Glyn (b. 1951)

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1/3. ‘LEGEND OF THE LAKE - Suite for small orchestra (1984 rev.2002) - II. Night Flight’ – Gareth Glyn (b. 1951)

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1/4. ‘LEGEND OF THE LAKE - Suite for small orchestra (1984 rev.2002) - III. Remembrance’ – Gareth Glyn (b. 1951)

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1/5. ‘LEGEND OF THE LAKE - Suite for small orchestra (1984 rev.2002) - IV. Manhunt’ – Gareth Glyn (b. 1951)

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1/6. ‘LEGEND OF THE LAKE - Suite for small orchestra (1984 rev.2002) - V. Spirit of the Lake’ – Gareth Glyn (b. 1951)

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1/7. ‘LONDONDERRY AIR (1924)’ – Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941)

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1/8. ‘RONDO in Ab’ – John Field (1782-1837) ed. P.Lane

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1/9. ‘OVERTURE 1912 (1958)’ – Iain Hamilton (1922-2000)

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1/10. ‘TARKA THE OTTER (1978) extended theme’ – David Fanshawe (b. 1942)

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1/11. ‘SERENATA: MOTHER AND CHILD (2002)’ – David Fanshawe (b. 1942)

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1/12. ‘FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SUITE (2002) -I. Fallingwater’ – Christopher Slaski (b.1974)

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1/13. ‘FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SUITE (2002) –II. Guggenheim NYC’ – Christopher Slaski (b.1974)

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1/14. ‘FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SUITE (2002) –III. Solar Hemicycle’ – Christopher Slaski (b.1974)

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1/15. ‘FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SUITE (2002) –IV. Wingspread’ – Christopher Slaski (b.1974)"

"39","5fe7d90d59","The Christmas Collection-Robert Farnon","Hi,

I'm trying to trace a copy of one of Robert's recordings. The details are:

Jingle Bells

composer: Trad

Arranger & Composer: Robert Farnon

CD: Christmas Collection track 35

Chappell Music Publishing

Is anyone able to advise me how I could go about tracking a copy down?"

"40","5d6136d37f","Decca Phase 4 CDs 2 on 1","On 12 July, Decca are releasing the following 2 on 1 CDs:

1. Ronnie Aldrich ""Soft & Wicked/Come To Where The Love Is"". Catalogue number 4756147

2. Frank Chacksfield ""Beyond The Sea/New Limelight"". Catalogue number 4756149

3. Edmundo Ros ""Hair Goes Latin/Caribbean Ros"". Catalogue number 4756148

You may want to shop around for these CDs as www.hmv.co.uk has them listed for preorder at £10.99 each while www.towereurope.com lists them at a price of £5.47 each."

"41","e00d5b4db9","Instrumental Memories: 2 CD","Virgin have a 2 CD set for release on 12 July called Instrumental Memories(price is about £15). Track listing is as follows:

Disc : 1

1 Stranger On the Shore 15 Sucu Sucu

2 A Summer Place 16 Guaglione

3 A Swingin' Safari 17 Wheels Cha Cha

4 I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman 18 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

5 Apache 19 Dick Van Dyke Theme

6 Midnight In Moscow 20 Devil's Galop

7 The Pink Panther Theme 21 Barwick Green

8 James Bond Theme 22 Theme From '633 Squadron'

9 At The Sign Of The Swingin' Cymbal 23 Dragnet

10 Telstar 24 The Man With The Golden Arm

11 Nut Rocker 25 Theme From 'Z Cars'

12 On The Rebound 26 A Touch Of Velvet - A Sting Of Brass

13 Unsquare Dance 27 Town Talk

14 Guitar Boogie Shuffle 28 The Poor People Of Paris

Disc : 2

1 Chi Mai 14 Man Of Mystery

2 Albatross 15 Tom Hark

3 Petite Fleur 16 Side Saddle

4 African Waltz 17 Marching Strings

5 Sleep Walk 18 Cast Your Fate To The Wind

6 Love Is Blue 19 A Walk In The Black Forest

7 Hit And Miss 20 Love At First Sight

8 Classical Gas 21 Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor (1st Movement Allegro Molto)

9 Walk Don't Run 22 Concierto De Aranjuez (Theme From 2nd Movement)

10 McDonald's Cave 23 Theme From Exodus

11 Yakety Sax 24 Sleepy Shores (Theme From Owen M.D.)

12 The Cruel Sea 25 By The Sleepy Lagoon (Valse Serenade)

13 Saturday Nite At The Duck-Pond"

"42","c1b4b1ce77","Laurie Johnson","On 5 July, Castle are issuing another CD compilation of Laurie Johnson's cult tv themes. Called appropriately enough ""Cult TV Themes"", the catalogue number is CMQCD944 (price approx £13) and the track listing is as follows:

1. The Avengers

2. The Professionals

3. The New Avengers [Single Version]

4. Jason King

5. West End [Whicker's World]

6. Theme From The Deputy

7. No-Hiding Place

8. Echo Four -Two

9. The Avengers [Rigg/Thorson Theme]

10. Sucu Sucu [Top Secret]

11. Latin Quarter [Riviera Police]

12. Las Vegas [Animal Magic]

13. Gala Performance [This Is Your Life]

14. Shirley's Theme [Shirley's World]

15. The New Avengers

16. The Lady And The Highwayman

17. A Hazard Of Hearts

18. A Duel Of Hearts

19. A Ghost In Monte Carlo

20. A Flavour Of The New Avengers"

"43","efdd6c7456","Bobby Richards","Hello, I'll try this enquiry again.

Please, is there anybody out there who can give me any information about Bobby Richards who used to record for World Record Club?"

"44","4f4f8e4680","Vocalion Summer 2004 releases","Vocalion's Summer 2004 releases include:

Two new double LPs from the Decca archives:

CDLK 4241 Ronnie Aldrich: Two Pianos in Hollywood (1967) & Invitation to Love (1978)

CDLK 4242 Edmundo Ros: Latin Melodies (1956) & Standards a la Ros (1956)

A new series of twelve single LPs from the Decca archives are available:

CDLF 8100 Harry James: The Golden trumpet of Harry James (1968)

CDLF 8101 Les Paul: Les Paul Now! (1968)

CDLF 8102 The Ted Heath Band: 'Live' in concert from the Fairfield Hall

1977

CDLF 8103 Vic Lewis: Mulligan's music (with Gerry Mulligan) & Progressive Jazz (1954-55)

CDLF 8104 Kismet: Mantovani, Kenneth McKellar, Adele Leigh et al. (1964)

CDLF 8105 David Hughes: Sixteenth to eighteenth century Songs of Love (1962)

CDLF 8106 Josef Locke: The world of Josef Locke today (1969)

CDLF 8107 Bing Crosby: Feels Good, Feels Right (1977)

CDLF 8108 Anton Karas: Vienna, City of Dreams (1963)

CDLF 8109 Johnny Keating: Swing Revisited (1964)

CDLF 8110 David Snell: The subtle sound of David Snell (1966)

CDLF 8111 Jeannie Carson: The Girl with S.Q. (1968)

Full details at Vocalion's website at http://www.duttonlabs.demon.co.uk/"

"45","7e2cbecc88","Debbie Wiseman Concerts with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra !","Debbie Wiseman will be conducting an evening of her film and TV scores with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday 13th November 2004. The concert will be held at Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, London SW3 - the brand new venue which is the new home of the RPO.

The concert will include her music from many of her most popular scores, as well as premieres of music from her latest films.

Films to be featured will include

WILDE

LIGHTHOUSE

TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN

BEFORE YOU GO

and the brand new epic action-adventure film ARSENE LUPIN

TV favourites will include

JUDGE JOHN DEED

HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT

MY UNCLE SILAS

WARRIORS

Tickets from £10 can be purchased from the Cadogan Hall Box Office on 0207 730 4500.

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FAIRFIELD HALL, CROYDON

Wednesday 15th December 2004, 8.00pm

with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Debbie Wiseman will conduct her orchestral work THE UGLY DUCKLING, narrated by Nigel Havers

Fairfield Hall Box Office: 020 8688 9291

Online Booking: www.fairfield.co.uk

Tickets from £8.50

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ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Sunday 5th June 2005, 7.30pm

FILMHARMONIC

with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Debbie Wiseman will conduct some of her recent film scores.

Telephone Bookings: 020 7589 8212

Online Bookings: www.royalalberthall.com

Tickets from £10.00

Details are also available from the official Debbie Wiseman website at http://www.debbiewiseman.co.uk

Don't miss this opportunity to see one of Britain's most talented film and tv music composer's. If you wish to hear some soundbytes of Debbie Wiseman's music, just go to her official website and click on 'Soundbytes' where you can listen to excerpts from six films she has composed music for."

"46","bf6c5fd6fa","New Henry Mancini 2 on 1 CD","On 16 August 2004, BMG in the UK are releasing another '2 on 1' Henry Mancini CD. The new CD combines Mancini's ""Our Man In Hollywood"" with ""Dear Heart and other Songs About Love"".

BMG in Spain has already released these two albums on individual CDs back in 1998/1999 (not sure if they are still available). However, in my opinion, the sound quality of previous '2 on 1' Mancini CD's released by BMG in the UK has, on the whole, been superior to the sound quality of those single Mancini CDs released by BMG in Spain."

"47","01dc3bf20b","New Raymond Lefevre CD","Victor Entertainment in Japan are set to release a new Raymond Lefevre compilation CD on 8 September 2004. The CD is titled ""Applause"" and catalgue number is VICP-62825. Track listing as follows:

01

CADET ROUSSELLEiRaymond Lefevre

02

CHANSON BOHEME CARMENhiBizet / Arr R.Lefevre

03

TONIGHT(L.Bernstein - S.Sondheim)

04

PENNY LANE (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)

05

HEY JUDE (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)

06

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER (Paul Simon)

07

MacARTHUR PARKiJimmy Web - P.Delanoej

08

PARIS CANNAILLEiL.Ferrej

09

L'ETE DUgLES QUATRE SAISONShiVivaldi / ArrFR.Lefevrej

10

MY WAYiJ.Revaux - C.Francois - C.Thibaut - P.Ankaj

11

HOKKAIDO SYMPHONIE 3eme mouvement CARNAVAL DES NEIGESiR.Lefevrej

12

LES FEUILLES MORTES (J.Prevert - J.Kosma)

13

LA VIE EN ROSE (E.Piaf-P.Louiguy)

14

HYMNE A L'AMOUR (E.Piaf - M.Monnot)

15

LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURGiM.Legrandj

16

LIMELIGHTiC.Chaplinj

17

THEME FROM STAR WARSiJ.Williamsj

18

LE CANON DE PACHELBEL (Johann Pachelbel ^ Arr.:Raymond Lefevre)

19

AI NO CORRIDAiC.Jankel - K.Youngj

20

PRELUDE EN MI MAJEURiBach / ArrFR.Lefevrej

21

ET MAINTENANT (P.Delanoe - G.Becaud)

22

4 eme MOUVMENT DE LA 9 eme SYMPHONIE DE BEETHOVENLudwig van Beethoven / ArrFRaymond Lefevrej

23

LA REINE DE SABA (Michel Laurent)

This CD cab be pre-ordered from CD Japan at http://www.cdjapan.co.jp

and at HMV Japan at http://www.hmv.co.jp Both these sites have english websites."

"48","788e4c1bd8","Out of Copyright - The Copyright Timebomb","""Music Week"" which is a long established weekly trade magazine for the UK music industry has recently launched a campaign to get the current term of copyright of 50 years extended. Within Europe, the term of protection for sound recordings is 50 years after initial release. This term compares to 70 years in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Turkey and 95 years in the USA (the USA's 95 years is the most generous of a range of variations worldwide). Europe's 50 year term was established on a pan-European basis in 1993.

The music industry in the UK are starting to panic because on 1 January next year, the first Elvis Presley recordings begin to move out of copyright and into the public domain. Other 50s classics from artists such as Bill Haley and Ray Charles will also fall into public domain.

Personally, I think that 50 years is more than enough. Record companies are just being greedy by wanting the 50 years extended. Let's face it, most of the large record companies are just not interested in releasing our kind of music as there is not enough profit for them to make it worthwhile. Extending the 50 years term will hit companies like Prism Leisure, Naxos and Guild (ie the new series of Light Music CDs). I sincerely hope the 50 years copyright term is not extended otherwise I fear I will not be able to live long enough to see some of my favourite light/popular orchestral music released on CD.

Article below taken from Music Week magazine:

""From January 1, 2005, classic recordings from artists such as Elvis Presley, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra will fall out of UK copyright.

The music industry is preparing for a year-long campaign to extend the term of copyright on sound recordings from 50 years across Europe.

Artists, labels, managers and industry associations are adding their voices to a growing lobby which is calling for a change to prevent some of the treasures of rock’n’roll moving into the public domain over the next few years.

The momentum is building in favour of a change in the European law. Last week, a coalition of artists revealed details of a petition, co-ordinated with the IFPI, to bring pressure in Brussels over the issue. The move came as representatives from Aim and EMI met to discuss the issue and the pan-industry Music Business Forum agreed to talk about its position for the first time.

Just a week before, BPI executive chairman Peter Jamieson used his AGM speech to call for the industry to step up its campaign within the European Commission. And, a fortnight before that, artist Mick Hucknall called for an extension at Aim’s AGM.

The process of pushing for change has quietly been underway for more than a year. The IFPI put in a formal request to the European Commission in June last year, asking for the term of copyright to be extended as part of the EC’s review of a series of copyright-related directives dating from the mid- to early-Nineties. The directives - covering Rental, Term Of Protection, Cable & Satellite, Database and Software - all include clauses recommending a review to ensure they are keeping up with technological advances.

Since then, the Commission has been working on the review; a staff working paper has since emerged, but, while it raises the issue, it does not commit the EC to a particular position.

While many suggest that the current wave of concern is overdue, it is not too late, by any means. With the European Parliament heading into recess through August, little significant is likely to happen until the new session begins in September. If the Commission submits a report this autumn, a full directive could be in place by next summer.

It could take until 2007 for any changes to come into force through Europe. This, stresses IFPI European regional director Frances Moore, leaves a 12-month window of opportunity for interested parties to ensure their voices are heard on the matter.

And, even though copyrights such as Elvis Presley’s That’s All Right and others would, in theory, have been public domain for two years by then, there are precedents for such works to come back into copyright. ""The problem is that during the couple of years they go out of copyright they can be exploited in ways that the artist might not like,"" says Moore.

How far back into history public domain recordings might be returned to copyright is unclear, but it would probably go back ""a few years"", says one observer.

There is little doubt that securing an extension will not come easy. As one Brussels source concedes, ""It will be an uphill struggle.""

Because of the UK’s traditional position as one of the key suppliers of repertoire for the world market - and rivalled only by the US as a source for the rock’n’roll industry’s most historic recordings - this market is likely to be the most strenuous advocates for an extension of term.

Peter Jamieson says, ""A lot of the smaller markets don’t have the same tradition in indigenous repertoire and will be less inclined to push for a change in the law.""

Although the decision will be taken in Brussels, the views of the EU members - including those of the UK Government - will be crucial. Past experience indicates that the Commission will be inclined towards retaining the status quo, unless the member states make a case for a change, says Moore.

The campaign to remove or lower the rate of VAT on music started with just France raising the issue and has snowballed to encompass the feelings of far wider support, she says. In turn, the recent enforcement directive and copyright directive were both published with wording which initially raised serious concerns, but which evolved through the lobbying process.

Early signs indicate that there is some interest in making a change; support has already been voiced for such a move by France, Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands and Belgium.

Jamieson says, ""It is an EU issue, not a UK in isolation issue, but we have to make sure that all the UK MEPs and UK MPS are abreast of the issue. I think it is a no-brainer that the UK has to come out firmly behind this.""

Feargal Sharkey, the former Undertones frontman who currently chairs the DCMS-backed Live Music Forum, believes government ears are open to issues of copyright and that it could well be open to the music community’s point of view on the issue of term.

""The industry has an incredibly good argument right now,"" he says. In an era when margins are shrinking both in the physical world, where retail prices are falling, and in the digital world, where retailers - such as Apple - are increasingly dictating terms, the music industry’s ability to continue investing is in question, he says.

""Some 13% of annual revenues goes back into new artists - that’s a huge investment in research and development - and 85% to 90% of that will never generate a penny of profit. Extending the term will give the music industry a much better chance of recouping its investment.""

In other words, failure to extend the term - in the light of prevailing market conditions - could force some companies to scale down their investment.

It is not just about benefiting corporations, however. Sharkey cites Musicians Union data which indicates that 60% of all musicians make less than £10,000 a year. ""In that light, extending the term for sound recording may be a reasonable thing to do, to give some opportunity for creators to gain some benefit for what they have created,"" he says.

And, as an increasing number of artists gain control of their masters - as Sharkey and the rest of the Undertones did in the mid-Eighties - this argument becomes all the more potent.

There are plenty of other arguments for an extension in the term, too. ""50 years is really the international minimum - there are many other countries going towards a much higher level,"" says Moore. ""The EU is supposed to be strong on culture and yet it only has 50 year protection for producers of sound recordings.""

When the 50-year term was first established, many years ago, it was intended to reflect life expectancy and thus constitute a pension, says Moore. ""Life expectancy is longer now,"" she adds.

The arrival of rock’n’roll recordings into public domain also creates a more acute international rights issue, says Moore. ""If you have countries all around the world at 95 years and 80 years and 70 years and 50 in Europe, you have the potential for a quite substantial problem arising in infringement in the international environment.""

The comparable protection of authors - of life plus 70 years - further highlights the anomaly. """

"49","a351ad6818","Reel Chill","This film music compilation double CD might appeal to some people. It is released on 2 August by Silva Screen Records in the UK. Catalogue number: FILMXCD373. Performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Details as follows:

""A SUPERB UP-TO-DATE COLLECTION OF 30 GREAT

CHILL-OUT TUNES FROM CLASSIC FILMS FINALLY MADE AVAILABLE AS A MID-PRICE 2-CD COMPILATION

SOOTHING FILM THEMES THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE

AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE THROUGH REPEATS, VIDEO

AND DVD

Featuring music from best-loved film composers -

John Barry • Ennio Morricone • Craig Armstrong • Thomas Newman • Michael Nyman • Ryuichi Sakamoto • John Williams James Horner • Hans Zimmer

Including themes from - The Lord Of The Rings • Gladiator American Beauty • Midnight Cowboy • Cinema Paradiso • Diva Romeo & Juliet • Once Upon A Time In America • The Deerhunter • Death In Venice • The Piano

Performed by the critically acclaimed City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and 120 voices strong Crouch End Festival Chorus.

tracks on this album

001 BARRY LYNDON - Sarabande (Handel) 4:02

002 MIDNIGHT COWBOY - Main Theme (John Barry) 3:56

003 DIVA - Promenade Sentimentale (Vladimir Cosma) 2:30

004 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

005 BARRY LYNDON - Women of Ireland (Sean O'Riorda) 4:27

006 GALLIPOLI - Adagio for Strings & Organ (Albinoni) 8:01

007 ROMEO & JULIET - Romeo / Love Theme (Nino Rota) 6:26

008 ROMEO + JULIET - Balcony Scene (Craig Armstrong) 5:36

009 CHARIOTS OF FIRE - Main Theme (Vangelis) 3:29

010 BILITIS - Main Theme (Francis Lai) 3:23

011 MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE - Main Theme (Ryuichi Sakamoto) 4:40

012 CINEMA PARADISO - Main Theme (Ennio Morricone) 3:28

013 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST - Maria's Theme (Ennio Morricone) 6:01

014 ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - Deborah's Theme (Ennio Morricone) 4:35

015 THE MISSION (Ennio Morricone) 8:47

016 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (John Barry) 5:21

017 THE PIANO - The Heart Asks Pleasure First (Michael Nyman) 3:40

018 PLATOON - Agnus Dei (Samuel Barber) 6:09

019 HANNIBAL - Vide Cor Meum (Patrick Cassidy) 2:57

020 DEATH IN VENICE - Adagietto from Symphony No.5 (Mahler) 10:28

021 AMERICAN BEAUTY - Any Other Name / Dead Already (Thomas Newman) 7:01

022 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING - Into the West (Howard Shore) 4:33

023 A.I. : ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Where Dreams are Made (John Williams) 3:43

024 SOMEWHERE IN TIME - Main Theme (John Barry) 6:09

025 ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE - We Have All the Time in the World (John Barry) 3:28

026 PATRIOT GAMES - Electronic Battlefield (James Horner) 3:37

027 GLADIATOR - Now We Are Free (Hans Zimmer / Lisa Gerrard) 6:32

028 RAGING BULL - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) 3:17

029 THE DEERHUNTER - Cavatina (Stanley Myers) 3:11

030 OUT OF AFRICA - Main Theme (John Barry) 4:31"

"50","2d9a0c6c2b","New Japanese CDs by Chacksfield and Mantovani","On 21 May 2004, the following were released in Japan:

1. Immortal Serenades by Frank Chacksfield. Catalogue number UICY1570

This Frank Chacksfield album was originally released in 1958!

14 Tracks total:

1. Toselli's Serenade

2. Fair Maid Of Perth - Serenade

3. Student Prince - Serenade

4. Don Giovanni - Deh, Vieni All Finestra

5. Pierne's Serenade

6. Barcarolle (Tales Of Hoffman)

7. Romeo And Juliet

8. Les Millions D'Arlequin

9. Don Pasquale - Com' E Gentil (Serenata)

10. Schubert's Serenade

11. Angels Serenade

12. Serenade To A Mandarin

13. Mephistopheles' Serenade (Damnation Of Faust)

14. Cavalleria Rusticana - Siciliana

2. New Ebb Tide by Frank Chacksfield

This Frank Chacksfield album was originally released in 1964! Catalogue number UICY1569

1. Ebb Tide

2. How Deep Is The Ocean

3. Deep River

4. Stranger On The Shore

5. Moonlight On The Ganges

6. Sea Mist

7. Shenandoah

8. La Mer

9. Moon River

10. Sleepy Lagoon

11. Victory At Sea

3. Mantovani Magic by Mantovani

This Mantovani album was originally released in 1965.

12 Tracks total. Catalogue number UICY1567

1. Misty

2. Red Roses For A Blue Lady

3. Chim Chim Cheree

4. Love Me With All Your Heart

5. Goodnight Sweetheart

6. Cara Mia

7. I Wish You Love

8. Lover

9. Stardust

10. Mona Lisa

11. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

12. Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart

4. The Mantovani Touch by Mantovani

This Mantovani album was originally released in 1968.

12 Tracks total. Catalogue number UICY1568

1. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

2. Alfie

3. Release Me

4. A Man And A Woman

5. Almost There

6. What Now My Love (Et Maintenant)

7. Edelweiss

8. A Day In The Life Of A Fool

9. My Cup Runneth Over

10. The Days Of Wine And Roses

11. The Impossible Dream

12. Puppet On A String"

"51","45244aeebe","New Japanese CDs by Chacksfield and Mantovani","On 21 May 2004, the following were released in Japan:

1. Immortal Serenades by Frank Chacksfield. Catalogue number UICY1570

This Frank Chacksfield album was originally released in 1958!

14 Tracks total:

1. Toselli's Serenade

2. Fair Maid Of Perth - Serenade

3. Student Prince - Serenade

4. Don Giovanni - Deh, Vieni All Finestra

5. Pierne's Serenade

6. Barcarolle (Tales Of Hoffman)

7. Romeo And Juliet

8. Les Millions D'Arlequin

9. Don Pasquale - Com' E Gentil (Serenata)

10. Schubert's Serenade

11. Angels Serenade

12. Serenade To A Mandarin

13. Mephistopheles' Serenade (Damnation Of Faust)

14. Cavalleria Rusticana - Siciliana

2. New Ebb Tide by Frank Chacksfield

This Frank Chacksfield album was originally released in 1964! Catalogue number UICY1569

1. Ebb Tide

2. How Deep Is The Ocean

3. Deep River

4. Stranger On The Shore

5. Moonlight On The Ganges

6. Sea Mist

7. Shenandoah

8. La Mer

9. Moon River

10. Sleepy Lagoon

11. Victory At Sea

3. Mantovani Magic by Mantovani

This Mantovani album was originally released in 1965.

12 Tracks total. Catalogue number UICY1567

1. Misty

2. Red Roses For A Blue Lady

3. Chim Chim Cheree

4. Love Me With All Your Heart

5. Goodnight Sweetheart

6. Cara Mia

7. I Wish You Love

8. Lover

9. Stardust

10. Mona Lisa

11. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

12. Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart

4. The Mantovani Touch by Mantovani

This Mantovani album was originally released in 1968.

12 Tracks total. Catalogue number UICY1568

1. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

2. Alfie

3. Release Me

4. A Man And A Woman

5. Almost There

6. What Now My Love (Et Maintenant)

7. Edelweiss

8. A Day In The Life Of A Fool

9. My Cup Runneth Over

10. The Days Of Wine And Roses

11. The Impossible Dream

12. Puppet On A String"

"52","e7bb69655f","Debbie Wiseman soundclips","If you want to hear more sound clips by Debiie Wiseman, then go the website of music publishers Screen Music Services at http://www.screenmusicservices.com

Click on the 'Composers' link and then click on Debbie Wiseman's name in the list of composers that Screnn Music Services represent. You are then presented with a selection of 18 sound clips from various film and television music composed by Debbie Wiseman."

"53","b0b6aacd69","This Compact Disc will self destruct in.......!","There is an interesting article on the BBC News website (Entertainment section) about Compact Discs and how they are not quite as durable as people have been led to believe. If you think compact discs will last forever or even 100 years or so then think again and read the article. Personally, I have a couple of old CDs in my own collection that have suffered from the so-called ""bronzing"" effect.

Interesting to note that the most vulnerable part of the CD is the side with the label on and not the underside as most people think.

The article makes for interesting reading highlighting the fact that compact discs are not quite the long live products that people have been led to believe.

I have reproduced the article below for ease of reference. You can also access it at the following address

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3940669.stm

where you can also read other peoples comments on how the CDs in their own collections have faired. You can also leave your own message.

""Is music safe on compact disc?

By Tom Bishop

BBC News Online entertainment staff

Compact discs were sold as the durable alternative to vinyl - but anyone who opens the case of an ageing CD may be in for a nasty surprise.

Earlier this year, US web designer Dan Koster found 15% of his 2,000 CDs had begun to rot, and were unplayable and worthless as a result.

Holding his CDs up to the light, he said: ""I was shocked to see a constellation of pinpricks, little points where the light was coming through the aluminium layer.""

As we increasingly convert CD tracks for use on portable digital players and copy songs and photos onto CDs, there is renewed interest in the format's longevity. What causes CDs to deteriorate, and how wide is the problem?

Still vulnerable

Soon after compact discs came onto the market in 1983, owners realised that - while they were indeed more durable than vinyl or cassette tape - the CD was by no means indestructible.

Each CD comprises an aluminium layer which holds its data, sandwiched between polycarbonate and a protective lacquer.

The inlay booklet that came with your copy of the first big-selling CD, Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms, warned that the disc remained vulnerable to heat, cold, light, dust, fingerprints and scratches.

Stacking discs horizontally was bad for them, as was any Tomorrow's World stunt involving jam, drills or bulldozers. By obeying these rules, we were promised ""a lifetime of listening pleasure"".

To say they will last for 100 years simply isn't true

Jessica Ross,

Computing Which? editor

That claim has since been questioned by CD owners including Jessica Ross, editor of Consumer Association magazine Computing Which?

""I have several that are unplayable a few months after buying them,"" she said. ""To say they will last for 100 years simply isn't true.""

Yet manufacturers maintain that bad handling is the main cause of problems with compact discs.

""Most people believe the underside of the CD is its most vulnerable part, when in fact it is the side with the label on,"" said Roy Varley, managing director of CD manufacturer Spool Multi Media.

""A slight scratch on the label side can damage the metal and cause the CD to skip or become unreadable.""

However, this does not explain why careful CD owners have found discs in a worse condition than when they left them.

Eleven years ago thousands of compact discs in the UK became unplayable after they changed colour from silver to gold in a process known as ""bronzing"".

This was initially blamed on a reaction between the CD's lacquer and chemicals within the cardboard cases which housed them at the time.

But two months later, CD manufacturer PDO said all affected discs had been made in the late 1980s at its plant in Blackburn, Lancashire, which had used a silver coating on its discs instead of the standard gold.

Rusting effect

Spool Multi Media said while ""most CD manufacturers aim for high standards"", faults still occasionally develop.

""When the CD is made, protective lacquer is dropped onto each disc, which is spun to spread the lacquer to its outer edges,"" said Mr Varley.

""If this is not done properly, the lacquer may not cover the disc, enabling air to penetrate and oxidise the aluminium. Over time, this rusting effect can ruin the CD.""

Millions and millions of compact discs have been made and problems have only been found with an absolute minority

Jeannet Harpe, Philips communications manager

Record companies Warner Music, EMI, BMG, Sony and Universal declined to comment on the deterioration of compact discs.

Similarly, a spokesperson for CD manufacturer Sonopress would only say: ""We tend to distance ourselves from being linked with CD deterioration.""

But Philips, which co-developed the compact disc with Sony, said CD deterioration was an isolated problem.

""The reason for the huge success of the compact disc is its robustness, durability and quality,"" said communications manager Jeannet Harpe.

""Millions and millions of compact discs have been made and problems have only been found with an absolute minority of them. This can happen with any product.""

Digital duplicates

Philips and Sony list the specifications of audio CDs in a manual known as The Red Book, which all compact disc manufacturers are required to adhere to.

""There is no problem with those specifications,"" said Ms Harpe. ""If they are followed when a compact disc is made, it will last a lifetime.""

No matter how remote the threat, the possibility of losing treasured albums, singles or digital photos will inspire many to duplicate their digital information onto a computer hard drive or recordable compact disc as a precaution.

""But recording your own CDs is not an exact science because home technology is not as sophisticated as professional CD manufacture,"" said Mr Varley.

""Computers can also develop faults - no format is completely 100% reliable. With that in mind, the compact disc is still the best format there is."""

"54","dc123bac28","Town Terminal by Bill (Brian) Fahey","In the course of my work as Editor of the EPM (Encyclopedia Of Popular Music) I have a number of biographical entries on British Light Music composers. Most of the entries were written by David Ades and the late John Martland. Throughout this time I have searched for a particular performance by the BBC Radio orchestra leader Bill (Brian) Fahey. The piece was 'Town Terminal', certainly performed up to the mid 60s. I have not been able to track it down via the composer.

Can anybody help?

Many thanks.

Colin Larkin :?"

"55","f31560b700","new David Rose CD","Due for release on 30 August 2004 is a CD titled ""Holiday For Strings 1942-1952"" by David Rose and his Orchestra. Sanctuary are releasing the CD on their Living Era label. Catalgue number is CDAJA 5499.

Track listing not yet known.

HMV UK have this CD for pre-order at £8.99 whilst www.mvc.co.uk has the CD listed at £6.99."

"56","dde27d766d",,"Interesting to see that Frank Chacksfield's 'Immortal Serenades' is being re-issued in Japan. This has always been one of my favourite Chacksfield discs and I had hoped that Vocalion might be resurrecting it for home consumption."

"57","6fcd8ca430",,"Interesting to see that Frank Chacksfield's 'Immortal Serenades' is being re-issued in Japan. This has always been one of my favourite Chacksfield discs and I had hoped that Vocalion might be resurrecting it for home consumption."

"58","f658022f47","Cyril Stapleton","I am delighted to find this site and have forwarded it to my two brothers Gary and Jonathan. I am Cyril's daughter and would like to point out a couple of little items that were not quite right in his CV. He was born on 31 January 1914 (I was born on 31 December 1951) and he started playing at 6. He was the only survivor of three children and he started work to support his family at 11 years old. His feet were damaged all his life due to the ill fitting shoes he wore as his father never had a job really, he also never owned a toothbrush until he began work and it was one of the first things he bought. He paid for his violin lessons by saving his bus money and running to school behind the bus. He studied in Prague and had never seen the sea before going to Czeckoslovakia. He rarely talked about his early career years so there are things on this site I did not actually know about. I know he was married to a singer called Beryl for 10 years but they divorced and I do not think I ever knew her. We have loads of press cuttings at home and photos and recordings and things like that but from the fifties. I do not know if copies of these would be of any interest.

Carole Stapleton"

"59","d7affc9f03",,"As far as I know Vocalion plan to continue releasing double LPs on 1 CD from the Decca easy listening catalogues for the foreseeable future, so I imagine there is every possibility that they might well release Immortal Serenades at some point. Who knows!"

"60","386887bc47",,"Hi Carole

Many thanks for your interesting posting about your father. David Ades (who is the Robert Farnon Society Secretary/ Treasurer and Magazine Editor) wrote the biography on your father that appears on the RFS website. I am not sure how often David checks this Forum so I have taken the liberty of forwarding your message to him as I am sure he will want to know you have been in contact and that he will also want to take the opportunity of updating the biography.

Regards

Chris"

"61","ddb78ac9b0","The Golden Age of Light Music - Guild Music's new CDs","Guild Music have just notified me of two new CD releases in their superb Light Music series. Details as follows:

1. GLCD 5106 - The 1930s

The 1930s witnessed many advances in entertainment for the masses. Films were now talking, radio was making great strides in the home, and the electrical recording that had been fully developed as the 1920s drew to a close meant that records no longer sounded 'hissy' and 'tinny' - provided that you owned a reasonable gramophone on which to play them. Light music was thriving, not only through the afore-mentioned modern miracles, but also at the seaside, in public parks and in theatres throughout the land where ensembles, large and small, were in their hey-day. The record companies reflected this wide diversity of musical choice, and the recordings in this collection offer many contrasting styles. Today's restoration techniques are revealing just how far the art of sound recording had progressed by the 1930s. :D

2. GLCD 5107 - Charles Williams & The Queen's Hall Light Orchestra

During the 1940s and 1950s, the Chappell Recorded Music Library was the world's leading provider of quality background music. Radio and television signature tunes often had their origins in this library, and Chappell could call upon the talents of many of the finest composers working in light music. Much of it was performed by the legendary Queen's Hall Light Orchestra, and for the first few years it was Charles Williams who waved the baton. He also wrote a wide variety of works to cover the needs of films, radio and particularly wartime newsreels. But there was also plenty of other tuneful music committed to 78s, as this collection spanning the years 1942 to 1945 surely proves.

For more information including a track listing, please visit Guild's website/e-shop http://www.guildmusic.com where you can also listen to a couple of sound clips from each CD. On the Guild website, there are also full details of the artists/composers appearing on the CDs.

As with all the other CDs in this series, these two new CDs have been compiled by David Ades with audio restoration and remastering in the expert professional hands of Alan Bunting. It's no exaggeration to say that this series of Light Music CDs would not exist without the tireless dedication of these two gentlemen. We owe them our deepest gratitude.

Enough said. I'm placing my order immediately!"

"62","8b9e58186b","Light Film & Television melodies from Eric Ferstl","As well as light music, my music tastes also encompass film and televiosn music. Occasionally, I come accross a soundtrack CD which I think will appeal to my fellow RFS members. This is definitely one such CD.

The CD is called ""Film- und Fernsehmelodien"" (or Film and television melodies). This is a German film and television music compilation CD. There are 18 tracks and all the compositions are by Mr Ferstl.. The running time is not a particularly generous 48 minutes approx! The catalogue number is CST 8090.2

Further details as follows:

""31-Jul-2004 - Colosseum Records (NB a German specialist soundtrack producer/distributor) has released a unique compilation CD, Film- Und Fernsehmelodien from a rather unknown German composer, Erich Ferstl, who was born on May 4, 1934 in Munich, Germany. He grew up in a musical family, studied piano, guitar and composition and has been involved in a number of productions. On this CD tracks from several German TV series and movies like the famous Riekes Melodie from the ZDF-series Ein Mann Will Nach Oben, a happy Chicken's Dance from the movie Die Konferenz Der Tiere, and the main theme from the movie Whisperin' Death.""

Track listing:

1. RIEKES MELODIE (Ein Mann will nach oben) (3:14)

2. DIE ANTWORT KENNT NUR DER WIND (2:42)

3. LIEBE IST NUR EIN WORT (2:57)

4. ALLE MENSCHEN WERDEN BRÜDER (3:12)

5. WHISPERIN‘ DEATH (3:00)

6. RAINBOW (Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen) (3:42)

7. MOONLIGHT ON THE REED (Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt) (2:29)

8. ORIENTALISCHE IMPRESSIONEN (Abu Simbel) (2:33)

9. EUNUCHENTANZ (1001 Nacht) (2:06)

10. ALI‘S TANZ (1001 Nacht) (2:09)

11. CHICKEN‘S DANCE (Die Konferenz der Tiere) (2:24)

12. ANOTHER LOVE (Der sanfte Lauf) (2:38)

13. POOR MAN‘S SHUFFLE (Alle Menschen werden Brüder) (2:20)

14. CRAZY ALTO (Alle Menschen werden Brüder) (1:27)

15. WIDOW‘S HABANERA / Traurige Witwe (Die Konferenz der Tiere) (2:25)

16. BASTIAN (2:42)

17. AFRICAN BUMP (Whispering Death) (2:32)

18. DER MANN IM SCHILF (2:45)

For more info and ordering, visit http://www.colosseum.de/newincin.htm

where you can also listen to 6 sound clips from this CD.

German composer Erich Ferstl maybe unknown to a lot of people but he is definitely a talented, versatile and creative composer as well as having an ear for melody. All the tracks are instrumental played by a full string orchestra (NB the ""Monaco Strings"" is credited to most of the tracks).

All the tracks are melodic and very enjoyable. This is attractive beautiful light/easy listening melodic music. You certainly do not need to be a fan of soundtrack music to enjoy this CD. I really enjoyed this CD and am sure it would appeal to a lot of RFS members. Just listen to the sound clips on the Colosseum website.

One minor criticism apart from the short running time is that on a few tracks some surface noise is evident although this is not that bad and doesn't detract from the overall sound quality and enjoyability.

I bought my copy of the CD from www.amazon.de where it cost approx Euros 16 + postage and packing. You can also buy the CD direct from Colosseum and no doubt from other online sources on the Web.

Hopefully there will be another CD compilation of Mr Ferstl's music in the near future."

"63","209f32ef4b","Harmony-Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Classical Album","Well with the Olympics about to start, EMI Classics have brought out a compilation CD featuring Maksim, Adiemus, Sarah Brightman, Nigel Kennedy, Maria Callas, André Rieu, Placido Domingo, Libera, Vangelis, Kiri, Celtic Tenors, Vanessa Mae, Charlotte Church, Julia Thornton, Izzy,

Karl Jenkings, Helmut Lotti.

This is the official classical Olympic CD. Catalogue number is 7243 5 57819 2 5

Track listing:

1 Maksim: Olympic Dream (Eden Mix). Composed by David Essex.

2 Adiemus: Adiemus

3 Sarah Brightman: Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiró)

4 Nigel Kennedy and the Kroke band: Adje Jano

5 Placido Domingo: Maria Elena / Corazón, corazón / Fina estampa

6 André Rieu: Romeo and Juliet: A Time For Us

7 Maria Callas: Qui Radamès verrà…O patria mia*

8 Libera: Voca Me

9 Vangelis: Chariots of Fire

10 Vanessa-Mae: Happy Valley – The 1997 Re-Unification Overture

11 Kiri Te Kanawa: Po Karekare ana

12 The Celtic Tenors: Mull of Kintyre

13 Charlotte Church: Pie Jesu

14 Julia Thornton: Sarabande and Variations

15 Izzy: Song of our Homeland

16 Karl Jenkins: Agnus Dei

17 Helmut Lotti: Auld Lang Syne

The following is the official press release from EMI:

""EMI Classics is proud to be releasing Harmony, the official classical album for the world’s most important sporting event, the 2004 Olympic Games which are being held in Athens this summer.

This release is one of three official albums all being produced by EMI Music to support the Games: Unity, the official pop album, PHOS, the official Greek album, and the classical album, Harmony. This compilation features some of EMI’s finest artists performing their best-loved classical and crossover music, including Vanessa Mae, Nigel Kennedy, Plácido Domingo and Maria Callas. There is a beautiful selection of music on this disc, with some of the most famous tunes from the classical and crossover repertoire. Maria Callas sings Qui Radames verra from Verdi’s opera Aida and it is this piece which will open the Games at the official ceremony in Athens. Also among them is Sarah Brightman singing Time to Say Goodbye, which caused such a storm when it was first released in the late nineties, Auld Lang Syne sung by Helmut Lotti and Happy Valley performed by Vanessa Mae, the piece which accompanied the celebrations around the arrival of the Olympic torch in Bejing this year. There are also some classical favourites: Handel’s Saraband of Levi’s advert fame, performed by British harpist Julia Thornton and the magical Pie Jesu sung by Charlotte Church. It also features a movement from the stunning new Mass, The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace, by British composer Karl Jenkins, whose popular compositions for Adiemus have featured in adverts around the world. This is also the first opportunity to hear the beautiful voices of EMI Classics’s newest signing, Libera, in Voca Mei. Finally, this album presents a new piece Olympic Dream, a homage to the Games, by the acclaimed crossover pianist, Maksim, whose album The Piano Player has gone Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum all over South-East Asia and in his home country of Croatia. Vangelis’s famous Chariots of Fire rounds things off in true Olympic style.

The sheer range of music and great variety of nationalities appearing on this album are in the true spirit of the Olympic Games – bringing together people from all over the world to strive for and celebrate the greatest of human achievement – this is the true definition of Harmony and the very essence of this album. In association with the release of Harmony, and the other two official Olympic albums, EMI Music will be making a donation to UNICEF’s work with young people, with a minimum of US $180,000 guaranteed for HIV/AIDS programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.""

For further information go to http://www.emiclassics.com/ where you can listen to three sound clips.

The CD is available worldwide from your local CD shop and from all the usual online CD retailers."

"64","1c242090d3","Russ Conway/Geoff Love - new 2 on 1 CD","On 19 July 2004, EMI in the UK released a Russ Conway 2 on 1 CD (tracks 14 to 28 are with Geoff Love and his Orchestra). The CD is titled: Concerto For Lovers/Pop-a-conway 1966

Catalogue Number: 4732692. www.mvc.co.uk have this CD listed for £6.99.

Track listing:

1. Concerto For Lovers

2. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

3. Love Is The Sweetest Thing-With Tony Osborne & His Orchestra

4. I Wish You Love

5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream

6. They Didn't Believe Me (Tonight's The Night)

7. Our Waltz

8. More Wonderful Than You-With Tony Osborne & His Orchestra

9. If Ever I Would Leave You

10. My Funny Valentine-With Tony Osborne & His Orchestra

11. Ruby

12. Embraceable You

13. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (From 'Lili')

With Geoff Love And His Orchestra

14. Elusive Butterfly

15. Tears

16. Things

17. A World Of Our Own

18. All My Loving

19. The More I See You

20. Spanish Flea

21. Everyone's Gone To The Moon

22. One Of Those Songs (Girls Of The Folies Bergere)

23. Second Hand Rose

24. Strangers In The Night

25. Promises

26. I'll Never Find Another You

27. Happiness

28. It's Not Unusual"

"65","926e070316",,"I have suddenly realised that I have Immortal Serenades on CD after all. I have a Japanese CD that appears to have been released in 1990 on Decca's Eclipse label.

I suspect the CD I have was deleted at some point and now Decca in Japan have decided to re-release it. I've had another listen to it and agree with you Peter that it is a superb album. One of Chacksfield's finest."

"66","641f0951de",,"If you want to order these new Guild light music CDs (as well as any others in this series) online using your credit card then I recommend using Guild Music's own online shop/store at http://www.guildmusic.com/shopindex.html

Each CD costs £5.10 (five pounds sterling and 10 pence) or US dollars 9.33. This excludes sales tax (VAT) which is applied at 17.5% if you live in the European Union. Price also excludes postage and packing. I have used the Guild Music online store before and can highly recommend it. The service is courteous and fast. Their online store is encrypted so you can use your credit card safely. The other advantage if like me you live outside the EU is that you can buy the CDs without paying any sales tax.

If you do not want to buy online using your credit card, you can of course order all these Guild CDs from David Ades at the RFS Record Service (see details on the RFS website)."

"67","b739e137f6","Cyril Stapleton","Thanks Chris

I appreciate that.

Carole S"

"68","42a584252d","Chris","The two relatively new MPS Nelson Riddle CDs - Communication and Changing Colors are now available from http://www.hmv.co.uk

priced at £10.99 (British pounds sterling each)."

"69","056fb1d76a",,"Hello.

Perhaps someone could give me some information about any CD recordings that are currently available in the UK.

Cyril Stapleton was a musician / bandleader that i admired greatly.

Regards.

Chris."

"70","fc03acc57a","Recent STANLEY BLACK cd issues ??","I looking for the most recently issued CD's of the STANLEY BLACK ORCHESTRA, hopefully some more of the latin tunes that he recorded.

Any information, would be greatfully recieved.

Regards.

Chris."

"72","79a9b53ff3","Cavaet Digital","I have suffered disappointment with digital media. I've had both audio digital and movie DVDs ""stutter,"" skip, ""wow,"" and still frame/stick in the grooves on me! Digital ""stutter"" is as it sounds. The audio or video medium will creep ahead in the case of a DVD movie or make a rather stuttering sound as it tries to progress. Very annoying. The rest of the digital woes are self-explanatory. And indeed, vinyl records will ""wow,""which is mainly attributed to the turntable motor or sometimes a record out of round. There's one more digital ill. It sounds like analog playback ""flutter."" In analog it's caused by slight variatiions in the turntable motor. This can occur in the recording or playback phase. However there's one remedy for CDs and DVDs from the aforementioned ills. That's the go over the surface of the disc with a cloth. However you should use one that's been washed many times. Of course, this method works on vinyl very well. But sometimes the digital product won't respond. Alas! If you think I'm a vinyl fan, you're RIGHT! :) I love to scour the Salvation Army and second-hand record shops for some real bargains in old vinyl. For instance, I found a ""Frank Chackesfield and His Orchestra"" used record in excellent shape. I had a couple of unexpected finds: ""Dancing Princess"" and ""High Feather,"" both of which were used a lot as production cues in old radio shows. :) :)"

"73","d51e811d1b","Cyril Stapleton Childhood","Hello Carole, Sorry to hear about father's childhood. I am fortunate to have a vinyl LP of his ""Strings On Parade."" Cuts from this album were played frequently on the radio when it first came out. Those were the days when light music was indeed part of record programming. My favorite cuts are the ""Theme from ""The Man Between',"" ""Eleanora,"" and

The Italian Theme."" Even then, all the music on the LP is wonderful. Thanks for sharing the information on your father. Best, Jim Stokes, Minneapolis, USA. Light Music Forever!!!"

"74","f4f43451b6","test","test from webmaster"

"75","2782cec7e2","testing ..and saying hello","Hello all:

I'm happy to rejoining the RFS after a lapse of several years due to a relocation to the Pacific NW over in the states ..

I'm a ""semi-retired"" professional composer/arranger, and you can find out probably more than you want to know about me by visting the website below:

glad to be back!

Phil Kelly

www.philkellymusic.com"

"76","af5d6d896e","Light Music","I agree wholeheartedly. A few friends and I continue to lobby the BBC about this, but to little/no avail. How I miss the days of the glorious BBC Radio Orchestra and other light music shows.

I am starting up a website called ""ReviveRadio"" with a view to pushing for a station dedicated to light music/dancebands/big bands. Ideally we'd like to see the Beeb open up its archives and give us a ""radio gold"" station but this seems unlikely or, if it was done, would be messed up by the realms of rentapresenters and dic jokeys who now occupy the airwaves. We were lucky to have experienced the likes of Alan Dell, Benny Green and Steve Race.

I have a number of personal recordings and have been trying to track down more, in particular the BBC Radio Orchestra. Let me know if you would like copies, as I am remastering them onto CD for personal use.

Well done for your posting and keep in touch.

Paul Langford

(Langford1@blueyonder.co.uk)"

"77","b8c0252241","BBC Radio Orchestra / BBC Radio 2","I miss so much the wonderful BBC Radio Orchestra, which was axed due to cost cutting by the BBC in 1990.

Does anyone have any recordings? I have quite a few of Steve Race's Radio Orchestra Show, a couple of String Sounds, and a concert presented by David Jacobs featuring the glorious music of Farnon.

Does anyone else have anyhting? I've tried every avenue available, but to no avail. I suspect someone somewhere must have some old cassettes in the loft or something.

I also have lots of Alan Dell and some Benny Green and other recordings. If you loved the glorious days of Radio 2 and would like to share memories, I should be grateful if you would drop me a line at: langford1@blueyonder.co.uk.

Thanks to all

Paul Langford"

"78","b040677a01","New compositions","I have recently bought the Sibelius music programme and have been typesetting music I have written. There are some light style compositions already up and lots more I still have to typeset and upload. You can find them at

members.sibeliusmusic.com/dcmbarton

I think you can join a mailing list which lets you know when I upload new scores.

David"

"79","6b62744fb8","Three new Guild Light Music CDs - now available","There are three new CDs now available in the superb The Golden Age of Light Music series. Each CD is priced at £5.10 (or US$9.20) which excludes VAT or sales tax. Full details of each CD including track listings, sound clips and full CD liner notes are available at the Guild website where you can also purchase the CDs from their E-shop. Go to http://www.guildmusic.com/

1. GLCD 5108 - British Cinema & Theatre Orchestras

For centuries theatrical productions have often been accompanied by some kind of music, and by the time the 20th century dawned an orchestra 'pit' below the footlights was part of the stage furniture. When cinemas arrived on the scene, music was considered an essential ingredient to accompany the silent flickering images on screen: the music also helped to drown out the clutter of some noisy film projectors! During the period up to World War II large orchestras were expected in the top theatres, and even in cinemas the orchestras managed to survive for some years after the 'talkies' had arrived. Many cinemas also boasted a resident organist, occasionally alongside the orchestras. This CD reminds us of some of the top musicians and ensembles from that fascinating period.

2. GLCD 5109 - Light Music from the Silver Screen

From the earliest days music was considered essential to accompany silent films. The arrival of talking pictures merely transferred the music inside the cinema to the soundtrack, and a new generation of talented composers and arrangers emerged to fulfil the specialised requirements of the movie industry. Light music has usually been the preferred choice of producers and directors, and by the 1940s it is true to say that this genre had developed into its own art form. As well as writing new material closely allied to the action on screen, composers were often asked to make fresh arrangements of well-known melodies - especially in film musicals. The result has been that a vast amount of recorded material now exists, and it has the power to engender fond recognition of its origins many decades later. Also there are instances where the music has survived better than the film itself, as some of the fine examples in this collection will testify.

3. GLCD 5110 - Mantovani, By Special Request

Mantovani is now regarded as having fronted one of the greatest light concert orchestras of the last century. He achieved worldwide fame, and his music remains loved by millions. His LPs sold in vast quantities, and many have now been made available again on compact discs. However he still has thousands of loyal fans, and they are aware that there are many recordings that have failed to emerge from the dusty vaults of the recording companies - so far. Guild Music has responded to specific requests from Mantovani's admirers, and this collection contains the numbers that they have particularly wanted to acquire on CD. So it can honestly be stated that this compilation is exactly what the fans have demanded, because the choice is entirely theirs!"

"80","a3034a175c","Richard Hayman and his Orchestra - new Naxos CD","Due for release on 1 November 2004 is ""Rogers/Hammerstein: The Sound Of Music: Enchanting Melodies"" by Richard hayman and his Orchestra. Catalogue Number: 8555024 Label: NAXOS. Price £4.99

Track Listing:

1. The Sound Of Music (Selection)

2. Do I Hear A Waltz?

3. Carousel (Selection)

4. Our State Fair

5. Oklahoma (Selection)

6. It's A Grand Night For Singing

7. South Pacific (Selection)

8. That's For Me

9. The King And I (Selection)

10. The Sweetest Sounds

Richard Hayman and His Orchestra return to Naxos this month in this reissue from Naxos International of an enchanting selection of tunes by Rodgers and Hammerstein, possibly the most successful composer-librettist pairing of the twentieth century.

Born in New York in 1902, pianist-composer and producer Richard Charles Rodgers left a legacy of achievement unparalleled in theatre history. After a successful collaboration with lyricist Lorenz Hart, Rodgers teamed up with librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The result was Oklahoma!, a musical which broke away from the operetta tradition and won the Pulitzer Prize in the following year. In 1998 Rodgers and Hammerstein were placed by Time Magazine and CBS News among the top twenty most influential artists of the twentieth century."

"81","bb021d3917","New CDs from Vocalion","Due for release in the UK in November are the following Vocalion CDs:

1. ""British Light Music Premieres: Volume 1"" - catalogue number CDLX7147

2. Valente In Swingtime/Love - Caterina Valente

3. Ros At The Opera/Showboat - Porgy And Bess - Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra

4. Edmundo Ros Today/This Is My World - Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra

5. The Million Sellers/Hits Of 1965 - Frank Chacksfield

6. Alone Together - Gary Williams & John Wilson Orchestra

7. The Songs Of Robert Burns/The Songs Of The Hebrides - Kenneth McKellar

8. Old And New Fangled Tangos/Folksongs Around The World - Mantovani

9. Music From The Films/Film Encores - Mantovani & His Orchestra

10. Plays Legrand/Plays Aznavour - Maurice Larcange

11. Destination Love/Love - Ronnie Aldrich

12. Spirit Of A People/Music Of A People - Stanley Black & His Orchestra

13. Girls, Girls, Girls/Stanley Black Plays For Latin Lovers - Stanley Black & His Orchestra

14. The Big Ones/Satin, Saxes & Bouncing Brass - Ted Heath

15. Carnegie Hall/Ted Heath's First American Tour - Ted Heath

16. Hey There (Parnell, Pickles) - Various Composers

17. Colours - Vic Lewis & The RPO"

"82","17302afcc7","Another Richard Hayman CD from Naxos","Also available from Naxos in their Light Classics series is ""Remembering Duke Ellington"" by Richard Hayman & RTE Concert Orchestra. Catalogue number 8.555017. Track listing:

1.Take the 'A' Train

2. Do nothing till you hear from me.

3. I got it bad and that ain't good.

4. Mood indigo

5. I let a song go out of my heart

6. Caravan

7. Sophisticated lady

8. Satin doll

9. I'm beginning to see the light

10. Solitude

11. Sweet Georgia Brown

12. Black and tan fantasy

13. Alcibiades (from'Timon of Athens')

14. The mooch

15. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

16. Love scene

17. Don't get around much anymore"

"83","cda9e59e9d","Wally Stott","Will we ever get Wally/Angela's Philips singles of the 50s on CD?

She did some great work with Philips artists back then anyway - I've seen this petition by Shirley fans to get those recordings onto CD www.petitiononline.com/shirl50s"

"87","06afb95150","ReviveRadio","Thanks for your posting. Good luck with the website; please let us know when it's up and running (currently Google mentions it - www.reviveradio.com/ - but I can't get at it yet).

A radio station that'll play some prog rock would be nice too but that's outside the RFS's remit. :)"

"88","6d81a3a582","Wally Stott","One of the two latest Guild Golden Age Of Light Music CDs, ""The 1950s Volume 2 - Midnight Matinee"" (GLCD 5111), due out this month (February) should make you happy!"

"86","74fdbd5e42","Robert Farnon in UK during WW2 ...","Can anyone tell me if there's a list of venues where Robert Farnon and his band played in the UK during WW2? I'd be interested in venues for Canadian troops and also for the general public.

Comments appreciated.

Mikeo"

"92","6542712edf","Historic sheet music and books","Are there any keen collectors of jistoric sheet music and books dating back to the early 1900's? I have over 25 items all in excellent condition."

"93","87daf1bd33","David Snell","I see David Snell is the guest at the next RFS meeting. I was interested to see him as a member of The Johnny Scott Quintet on BBC 4's Jazz Britannia series last month. They showed a compilation edition of 'Jazz 625' which I believe was originally a BBC 2 series.

Anyway, the Scott quintet was unusual in that they included a harpist (Snell). I spoke to John the other day and he said the quintet was very popular for a few years but probably never accepted by many jazz fans, because they were considered too 'light'.

David and John played on many film score sessions, including those by John Barry, before both turned to composing."

"91","14dc83f890","Name that tune - radio commercial","Anyone out there in Light Music/RFS land who can identify the piece of library music used in the background on the 'lovemyradio.com' (DAB radio) commercial currently being heard on Classic FM and possibly elsewhere please? :?:"

"94",,"Robert Farnon Film music","From Roger

Is there ANY possibility of a CD being issued of Robert Farnon film music, especially for the period 1946 to 1956 ?

It would be wonderful to hear the original playback studio acetates (if Robert Farnon has retained them) restored and on CD !

I am thinking particularly of 'Maytime in Mayfair' and 'Lilacs in the Spring'...

Living in hope.....

Roger"

"95","4e0e6845f7","RF film music","I gather from JIM 162 that such a CD is in the pipeline, but this might be new recordings rather than the originals. Details are scant at the moment but if anyone (Prof. Ades?) knows more, please post!!"

"96","b2c61936e9","cyril stapleton band 1951","Hello all

I am researching bands of 40's and 50's

I am looking for band members of cyril stapleton 1951

I wonder could anybody help me regarding this?

Kindest of Regards"

"97","19fb69806f","cyril stapleton","Hi Carol

My father used to play for the Cyril Stapleton band in 1951.

His second name was either Robinson or Robertson and he was a violinist.

I have so far got the same replies, that at this time this would have been Eric Robertson.

I would be facinated should you have any photoes of the band in about June 1951. Or any such information regarding this.

Kindest of Regards"

"98","63c5d5d9d2",,"Sorry Carol

I meant to say that his name was Eric Robinson"

"99","6785097ffd","cyril stapleton","Hi comet"

"100","7112491262",,"hi"

"101",,"Wouldn't it be nice to have our own radio station...","From Roger

Wouldn't it be nice to have our own radio station ?

To keep royalties to a (legal) minimum one solution might be to make use of internet broadcasting, such as that provided by

http://www.live365.com/index.live

The range of pricing options is set out on the site, so one could start with a basic package and take it from there according to the number of listeners.

This could be funded by a supplement to the RFS subscription for those who wish to listen in regularly.

Any thoughts?

Problem issues ?

From

Roger"

"102","f5f5f3a12a","Condolences on Our Great Loss","What a shock to hear of the passing of our beloved Robert Farnon. He was a giant of the genre, and will live always in our memories, and in the wonderful recordings he has left us. Rest in Peace, dear Robert."

"103","718be1ba6d","The Passing of Robert Farnon","Robert Farnon was a wonderful master of melody and one of the all time greats of light music. He is simply irreplaceable. I have loved his music for over fifty years since first I heard him on the old BBC Home Service in about 1952. R.I.P."

"104","9f03e15955",,"As I've stated previously in the RFS journal, Bob virtually taught me everything I know about writing for strings by his example. As such, He will greatly missed my me personally.

There'll never be another one like Bob.

My sincere condolences to the entire Farnon family.

RIP"

"105","c46d3420ab","My Uncles Death","I have just learnt of the passing away of my uncle from my father, and I am saddened I never got to know my uncle in person.

I adored his work immensely, something I only came to realise over the last decade.

I'd like to thank the Robert Farnon Society and their members, for the kind words expressed on these pages during our time of grief.

God Bless

Christopher"

"106","a8f2c61ed2",,"Robert Farnon was without doubt one of the greats of light music and his passing is an immense loss not just to the music world but to everyone who enjoys 'our' kind of music.

Luckily, this great man's music legacy lives on as, in recent years, there have been quite a few CDs released of Robert Farnon music.

Chris"

"107","acbeb6f601","A time of sadness","Ever since I became a great enthusiast of the music of Percy Faith, and started collecting his music with the help of friends worldwide, the name of Robert Farnon was always mentioned as one of THE masters of the wonderful music we enjoy, ""popular music for orchestra."" In many respects, I have thought of them as equals - bringing rich orchestral sounds to radio and records, one in the US, one in the UK! Both of them knew a magic time where the orchestra reigned supreme over the radio waves and both went on to bring us many hours of wonderful music on records.

Percy Faith and Robert Farnon studied in Canada, Faith going to the United States for fame and fortune, and Robert Farnon to the UK. There can be little doubt that they are GIANTS in the wonderful musical world they created for us, and that the news of Robert Farnon's death is a reminder that these [i:acbeb6f601]giants[/i:acbeb6f601] of the light music world have left us no heirs with their musical capabilities; it is a changed world, not for the better, where large orchestras dominated by strings have essentially vanished - however, Faith and Farnon left us with their rich recorded legacies - and we will always be grateful for that.

My condolences go out to the family of Mr. Farnon, as well as to his very loyal enthusiasts who have maintained a wonderful Society over the years that celebrates his life and his music.

Bill Halvorsen"

"108","09729c1ab9","My deepest condolences","I visited Bob at the nursing home in Guernsey a month ago and made the trip for that purpose. I am an arranger who adores Bob's work and eventually got up the courage to call him after admiring his work for years and longing to see his scores to unveil the magic of his beautiful writing. I could not have been prepared for the kindness I received. That phonecall was the beginning of a friendship that grew and grew, and I feel grateful to have the experience of knowing such a special human being. Bob talked me through various aspects of writing for strings that one day I will describe in more detail, in short, the effect it had was to have me write more true to my instinct and not hold back fearing outside elements like limited available rehearsal time and therefore the need to write 'easier' charts. He talked me through each interval for double stops and multiple stops. He once phoned me and said ""Any music questions?"" That day, I knew I was the luckiest guy in the world. Once I asked him if I could send him something from here (I wanted to show my appreciation for all his kindness). Bob told me he had no score paper. Long story short, I shipped some to him and afetr what seemed like only a week, he was well into writing a bassoon concerto, that as it turns out will be premiered by bassoonist Daniel Smith. Bob was proofreading the computer engraved score when we visited him. I am so happy that a man whose love for music never seemed to have waned continued to write up to his passing. Condolences to Pat and his family from me and my wife Jennifer (who also visited Bob & Pat),

David O'Rourke

New Jersey,

USA"

"109","95a039a612","Passing of Robert Farnon","Robert Farnon was the doyen of composers of light music. The master craftsman not only of his genre of music but also the wider field of composition. Robert Farnon's melodies will continue to delight and bring pleasure to future generations and this music is his public legacy. Vale Robert Farnon."

"110","80f7d9415d",,"As a fan of the 1960s TV Series ""The Prisoner"", in which much of Mr Farnon's Chappell work appears, I was most saddened to hear of his death this weekend. I know I speak for many ""Prisoner"" fans around the world when I say that without his musical genius, the series would not have achieved the same level of unique atmosphere for which it has become famous.

I am only sorry that such sad news has led me only now to look deeper into his other work and to this Society for the first time.

With sincere condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.

Rick Davy

On behalf of ""The Unmutual"" Prisoner Website"

"111","9c0f24d39c","Condolence and Appreciation","I was saddened and shocked to hear of Robert Farnon's passing. The ABC's (Australia) ""Classic FM"" station mentioned it today (30/04/05) on the ""Scene"" programme and played two of his best known compositions ""Westminster Waltz"" and ""Jumping Bean"". In a way, here was a background to my youth, it was only much later that I found out who had penned the melodies. His work will live on."

"112","e0908a6da7","Condolences","I, too, was saddened to learn of Robert Farnon's recent passing. I only became aware of his music recently when his brother, Brian, and wife, Gloria, moved to our community and became active in our local music scene. Brian has lent me numerous recordings of Robert's music, and I have been delighted by it.

As director of the College of Southern Idaho Wind Ensemble, I am happy to report that we were able to program two of Robert's pieces, Westminster Waltz and Derby Day, on our March 2005 concert, with Brian joining us in the clarinet section. Both the audience and the band members thoroughly enjoyed these pieces, and I am anxious to program more of his music on our concerts.

I offer my deepest and sincerest condolences to Robert's family.

George K. Halsell

Professor of Music

College of Southern Idaho

Twin Falls, Idaho, USA"

"113","b108682062","The Guv'nor is gone...","I just have no words that can describe what this sad news bring...One of the true greatest arranger of all times has left us...he was the foundation,the path to which every major arranger followed...He was a cathedral, He was the most innovative and daring arranger of his time and beyond...I send my warmest condolences to the Farnon family and to all of us , the Farnon musical family...

I shall never forget him and he'll continue to be a huge part of my life...

Jorge Estrada

jorgestramusic@hotmail.com

Guadalajara,Mexico

P.S. He died on my birthday...I may celebrate him always...[/quote]"

"114","e648cc18ec","Roger Roger","Hi there,

Roger Roger recorded a tune that was released as a 45 called Dalilia. I belive that was used as a theme to a TV program in the UK. Can anyone tell me the real name of Dalilia, and the TV program. tks"

"115","3700df1868","Brass band music by RF","The most well-known piece for brass band attributed to RF is ""Un Vie de Matelot"". Can anyone confirm that the music was based on that written for the film Captain Hormblower? Does anyone know if the music was scored for brass band by RF or by an arranger? And does anyone know who titled it as ""Un (sic) Vie ..."" rather than ""Une Vie ...""?"

"116","9cb9b0c32a","roger roger","I have since found out that the title of this piece of music was ""Dalilia"" as released as a 45 in Australia. I believe that the title used on the 45 release in the UK was ""The Desperadoes"", and was used as the theme of a TV serial known as The Desparate People written by Francis Durbridge. Could anybody shed some light on the origins of this tune. I believe it may has been rereleased on a Chappell Nostalgic Themes LP.

thanks"

"119","0d0ab6dfa6",,"I had the pleasure of talking to Robert Farnon in Brantford Ontario at the Sandereson Center. The concert that evening was dedicated to Mr. Farnon. A huge orchestra played a wide selection of his music. There were several guests appearing at the concert including Skitch Henderson. The music that night was so beautiful. When I talked with Mr Farnon after the concert I referred to him as ""Bobby"" and told him how I heard him on the radio with the happy gang. He was a truly delightful man."

"124","607f805e92",,"Hi,

Thank you VERY much for this posting about Roger Roger’s ‘Dalilia’. My local radio station plays it a lot but I found it hard to quite get a fix on the pronounciation/spelling of the title. (I also had a problem with Roger Roger - until I found this website … and the penny dropped :D ).

I can’t tell you anything more about the tune as such - except to say it was featured on a CD released in Australia late last year - DOWN MEMORY LANE - Volume 11 (Warner Music). This 2CD set is still available as I’ve just bought a copy. It’s a compilation of mostly vocals from 60s artists but it does have a few instrumentals including; Roger Roger’s ‘Dalilia’, Jack Nitzsche’s The Lonely Surfer and The Megatrons’ Velvet Waters.

Regards,

Keryn"

"125","11db9e95eb","A Norrie Paramor Release (maybe) ???","Hi,

I have a question for light music experts that is probably too hard to answer as I can’t give much info … but here goes as this is something that has been nagging at me for years.

Sometime in the late 70s/early 80s I heard a wonderful piece of orchestral music but I never found out its title. Though the tune is different, there’s something about the strings arrangement and the fact it is a VERY melodic piece that reminds me very much of Norrie Paramor’s ‘Soul Coaxing’ - one of my very favourite tunes. I might be wrong, but my gut feeling is it really could be by Norrie Paramor and his orchestra. (…it’s probably older than the 1970s too I guess).

For any Australian members - though I’ve only heard it on the radio twice in many decades - it was also used as background music for a short public relations film put out by the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC) in Canberra. It was shown at their mini auditorium at Regatta Point, possibly in the early 80s. I remember sitting through the film 3 or 4 times just to hear the music.

I know this is hardly much to go on and there’s not a single note of the tune I can recall - but (based on my previous experiences) I know I will recognise it the minute I hear it again - I just need some direction on where to look! Hoping someone can help…

Regards,

Keryn"

"126","b8d2019fe5","Bobbie Farnon","As a boy in Toronto in 1952 I found myself billeted in a block of apartment buildings housing many young ex-soldiers and their wives--my Mom and Dad among them. Across the road from us was a young guy my age who was locally noted for several things. He was an extrordinary athlete for his age (10). His mother was extremely beautiful. He had no father. He was for a while a sort of hero for me and his mother was very kind. I thought it strange that he should be so accomplished and yet have no father. The two of them to my eye appeared like people from a slightly higher plane--he athletically gifted and his mother, beautiful. His name was Bobbie Farnon.

Bobbie Farnon became Bob Baird when his mother inevitably remarried and he continued to be an extremely gifted athlete and a very decent man. I am a musician and now know where his name came from but Bob junior never played a musical instrument as far as I know."