VCR alert! Burt Bacharach’s 1973 musical remake of Lost Horizon will be shown on American Movie Classics on Monday, July 26, at 10:30 p.m. EDT (and again at 5:45 a.m. the next morning). If there were any doubt as to the film’s cult status, check out AMC’s viewer comments page.
Archive for July, 1999
July 25, 1999
Sunday, July 25th, 1999July 19, 1999
Monday, July 19th, 1999Doug Feldman sent an MP3 of a rare Bacharach recording, Keely Smith’s 1970 (original?) recording of “One Less Bell to Answer.”
July 14, 1999
Wednesday, July 14th, 1999Ice Magazine reports that 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection (A&M) will be released on July 20 and the long-awaited Promises, Promises original cast recording reissue will be released on Aug. 3. These come on the heels of the The Look of Love: Classic Love Songs of Burt Bacharach(Hip-O), which was released on June 1, and The Reel Burt Bacharach (Hip-O), which was released on June 22.
And in some exciting news, a corespondent wrote to inform us that Burt will headline a free concert in New York at Coney Island’s Seaside Park on Thursday, July 29. The show is part of the 21st annual Seaside Concert Series, a series of free summer concerts at the park that is coordinated through the office of New York state Senator Marty Markowitz with the help of corporate donations. Doors open at 6 and the show starts at 7:30. Comedian Mal Z. Lawrence will open the show. For more information on the show, visit the Seaside Concert Series Website.