September 2, 2004
Roberto Pinardi, one of this site’s first contributors and perhaps the biggest Bacharach fan in the world, sent me a CD of photos taken during Burt’s July 2004 tour of Italy.
I haven’t had a chance to edit the photos so they’re LARGE. If you don’t have a high speed connection, you may want to wait until I’ve had a chance to edit them.
August 16, 2004
I’ve posted Davide Bonori’s latest update to his definitive Bacharach discography. For additions or corrections to the discography, please contact Davide.
For typos and formatting errors, contact me. Davide also sent this photo of he and Burt in Modena, July 13, 2004. Thanks, Davide!
August 11, 2004
Bill posted in the discussion forum that Hip-O Select now reports a l
ate September release date for its much anticipated Bacharach box set. According to Mike Ragogna of Universal Music, the set will feature every Kapp and A&M recording including the unreleased (in the US) live album and the previously unreleased track “Etta’s Theme,” the rare Liberty singles “Juanita’s Place” and “Nikki,” the movie instrumental version of “After The Fox,” the complete Butch Cassidy soundtrack since that’s officially a Burt Bacharach album, “Arthur’s Theme” from the movie soundtrack, and, if possible, the Burt & The Backbeats tracks. Stay tuned for details. Also, I posted additional photos of Burt in Italy courtesy of Massimo and Stefano and I received an updated version of the discography from Davide Bonori that I’m furiously working to format. I should have it ready by the end of the week.
July 30, 2004
I added two more sets of photos from Burt’s visit to Italy.
• Alberto Gerolimetto sent these photos of Burt’s rehearsal in Rome, July 19, 2004.
July 23, 2004
Vocalist and composer Sacha Distel has died. Distel’s recording of “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” topped the British charts for 30 weeks and her performed at the July 2000 tribute to Bacharach and David at Royal Albert Hall.
July 14, 2004
Roberto Ugolatti submitted these photos of Burt’s July 13, 2004, performance in Modena, Italy.
July 8, 2004
Super fan Vincent Cole sent in these photos from Burt’s June 26, 2004, show in Oyster Bay, Long Island.
Thanks, Vincent.
July 26, 2004
Judging from the e-mails I’ve gotten in the past two weeks, Burt’s recent tour of Italy was a resounding success. Thanks to the many Italian fans who have written me and posted reviews of Burt’s recent performances there in the discussion forum. I’ve also received a few photographs.
• Roberto Ugolatti submitted these photos of Burt’s July 13, 2004, performance in Modena, Italy.
• Derek Stewart contributed these two photos of Burt in Modena.
• Stefano Puracchio sent these photos of Burt in Pescara on July 15.
• Massimo Mastico sent these photos of Burt before and after his performance in Pescara on July 15.
• Edoardo sent this photo of Burt in performance at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia on July 16.
Thanks again to everyone.
May 26, 2004
Peter Johansson contributed these photos of Burt he took in Stockholm in May 2001 following the ceremony at which Burt was awarded
the 2001 Polar Music Prize.
May 19, 2004
Hip-O Select, a unit of Universal Music Group dedicated to collectors-oriented limited-edition reissues, is planning a four-disc box set of Burt Bacharach’s solo recordings.
The set, tentatively scheduled for August 2004 release, will include all of Burt’s Kapp and A&M recordings–including the unreleased-in-the-US live album–as well as rarities and previously unreleased material. According to producers Jim Pierson and Mike Ragogna, some of the gems to be featured include the rare Liberty single “Juanita’s Place,” the previously unreleased “Etta’s Theme,” Burt’s recording of “The Bell That Wouldn’t Jingle,” and, if they can be licensed in time, both sides of the 1963 Burt & the Backbeats single “Move It On the Backbeat” b/w “A Felicidade.”
