Hard to Find Burt Music
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:12 pm
Greetings fellow Burt Bacharach fans. How pleasing to find a significant community of like minded individuals all in one place. I actually came here out of pure frustration. Let me explain.
I'm a newish piano player but have been a musician of other instuments my whole life. I'm a member of two different sheet music sharing communities and am always on the look out for interesting arrangements.
When my playing reached a certain level I sought out a songbook from the great Burt Bacharach. I bought a semi-comprehensive anthology of his work. However, between the sheet music sharing community and the anthology there's still a few pieces of Burt's music that I do not have. And at this point I don't even know where to look for them.
I'm looking for a decent sheet for 'The Fun Old City' from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. On any kind of internet search, regardless of which search engine I use, any reference to Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid comes up with a gogol of hits for Raindrops. But I'm not looking for Rainsdrops. I HVAE Raindrops. Infact I have 3 different arrangements of it! I'm looking for The Fun Old City. Actually I'd like the other songs from the score too; Sundance's Theme, Not Going Home Anymore, ESPECIALLY that one, South American Getaway etc.
My playing is not yet at the stage where I can create my own arrangements of these songs. But I have figured out the melody and bass lines.
Can anybody help me with this righteous but frustrating search? And Yes I've tried Ebay and Sheet Music Plus. Believe me, I've tried looking in very inventive ways hence my presence here. HELP!!!
I'm a newish piano player but have been a musician of other instuments my whole life. I'm a member of two different sheet music sharing communities and am always on the look out for interesting arrangements.
When my playing reached a certain level I sought out a songbook from the great Burt Bacharach. I bought a semi-comprehensive anthology of his work. However, between the sheet music sharing community and the anthology there's still a few pieces of Burt's music that I do not have. And at this point I don't even know where to look for them.
I'm looking for a decent sheet for 'The Fun Old City' from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. On any kind of internet search, regardless of which search engine I use, any reference to Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid comes up with a gogol of hits for Raindrops. But I'm not looking for Rainsdrops. I HVAE Raindrops. Infact I have 3 different arrangements of it! I'm looking for The Fun Old City. Actually I'd like the other songs from the score too; Sundance's Theme, Not Going Home Anymore, ESPECIALLY that one, South American Getaway etc.
My playing is not yet at the stage where I can create my own arrangements of these songs. But I have figured out the melody and bass lines.
Can anybody help me with this righteous but frustrating search? And Yes I've tried Ebay and Sheet Music Plus. Believe me, I've tried looking in very inventive ways hence my presence here. HELP!!!