October 29, 2004
Hip-O Select has begun taking preorders for its long-awaited Burt Bacharach box set, Something Big: The Complete A&M Years…And More. To be released on Nov.
5 in a limited edition of 5,000, the five-disc set includes the entirety of each of Burt’s solo albums for A&M as well as his Kapp recordings and rare and previously unreleased material.
October 27, 2004
I just received Burt’s updated concert itinerary, which includes new dates in Maui and Las Vegas. For the complete list, see the Bacharach On Tour page.
In an interview in today’s Denver Post, Burt reports he’s recorded about half of a new instrumental record for Sony Music UK.
Among the tracks recorded are three of Burt’s recent collaborations with Dr. Dre. Burt says he expects the CD to be ready for release in the fall of 2005.
I just got back from San Diego where
I saw Burt perform with the San Diego Symphony on Aug. 27. It was a great show and a great night. I posted a brief recap of the evening in the discussion forum and Alvina, who was also in attendance, sent in these photos.
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.
