The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Just wanted to share The Second Disc's report on THE WARNER SOUND OF BURT BACHARACH and THE ATLANTIC SOUND OF BURT BACHARACH. We have a rundown of both titles plus the full track listings with discographical annotation, and there are quite a few tough-to-find rarities over the two volumes: http://th...

Here's Part Two, looking at WE NEED TO GO BACK: THE UNISSUED WARNER BROS. MASTERS:

http://theseconddisc.com/2013/08/20/rev ... s-masters/

Best,

Joe

For those interested, here's Part 1 of The Second Disc's two-part review of Real Gone's recent Dionne titles

Here's my review of THE COMPLETE WARNER BROS. SINGLES:

http://theseconddisc.com/2013/08/19/rev ... s-singles/

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Joe

Hi all, I've attempted to clear up all of the confusion regarding the Dionne bonus tracks here at The Second Disc: http://theseconddisc.com/2013/08/06/make-way-for-dionne-warwick-23-albums-to-be-remastered-and-expanded-overseas-including-new-to-cd-titles/ In total, there are MORE bonus tracks than o...

The good news: "Message to Michael" has been dropped from HERE I AM, but it has been added to DIONNE WARWICK IN PARIS in both mono *and* stereo versions! The bad news: The Italian versions of "The Windows of the World" and "Walk Little Dolly" have been removed entirely....

Sorry, but most bonus tracks are not missing. There are actually five MORE bonus tracks than originally announced if you take the entire series into account. "He's Movin' On" and "Amanda" can both be found in their mono single versions on the new Japanese VERY DIONNE CD. I'm stil...

It appears that a number of bonus tracks across the Japanese series have been added/dropped/reshuffled from the finalized track line-ups. (For instance, GREATEST MOTION PICTURE HITS now features no bonus tracks, though some announced for that title have apparently ended up on VERY DIONNE. THE DIONNE...

I detail a number of the errors (both typographical and otherwise) in my review, above, but how about this one: Tommy Sands' "Love in a Goldfish BOWEL"?? Burt and his legacy deserve better, but it's particularly a shame because this box set had the potential to be a definitive assessment o...

For those on the fence about Universal U.K.'s new ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART: THE ART OF THE SONGWRITER 6-CD box set, I hope you'll check out my review at The Second Disc - and join in the discussion!: http://theseconddisc.com/2013/06/17/review-burt-bacharach-anyone-who-had-a-heart-the-art-of-the-songwr...

Just wanted to share more details on Real Gone Music's upcoming COMPLETE WARNER BROS. SINGLES and UNISSUED MASTERS of Dionne Warwick:

http://theseconddisc.com/2013/06/07/don ... les-on-cd/

Best,

Joe

Hi all, Just wanted to share my coverage of the recent (and expectedly terrific) PBS "My Music: Burt Bacharach's Best" broadcast as well as the accompanying CD available to PBS supporters, "Dionne Warwick Sings Burt Bacharach." As some of you here might know, this disc premieres ...

They are two different songs, one with a lyric by Bobby Russell and one with a lyric by Neil Simon. "And Then You Know What He Did" (with Russell lyrics) will appear on "Dionne Warwick Sings Burt Bacharach," a PBS pledge-exclusive compilation being released in conjunction with th...

Burt hasn't made a secret of the fact that the book has been constructed from (new) interviews. Similarly, co-author Robert Greenfield mentions the genesis of the other participants' interviews in the book itself. Off the top of my head, I believe some of Angie Dickinson's quotes were derived from a...

Hi all, Just thought many of you might be interested to know that WEA Japan is planning a very ambitious reissue campaign for Dionne's Scepter and Warner catalogues this summer, with 23 albums (3 new to CD, many in mono and stereo) arriving in remastered and expanded editions with numerous rare bonu...

Start with Serene Dominic's BURT BACHARACH - SONG BY SONG book and the discography right here at A House is Not a Homepage, and you're pretty well covered. I also believe you can search for a thread here on the forum that updated the discography both to include newly-discovered songs, and Burt's mor...