tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27529233.post2420308685987217873..comments2024-03-20T12:52:35.868-04:00Comments on shanleyonmusic: Bloggin' about Burtshanleymusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09648245457919063666noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27529233.post-80223969306830281102011-01-20T09:32:06.934-05:002011-01-20T09:32:06.934-05:00Bob - Did you just paste this from somewhere?Bob - Did you just paste this from somewhere?shanleymusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648245457919063666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27529233.post-39565982990987303082011-01-05T22:18:14.871-05:002011-01-05T22:18:14.871-05:00from the vinyl anachronist (who ain't me)
I&#...from the vinyl anachronist (who ain't me)<br /><br />I've always assumed that the most rarest and most desired of LP collector's items was either John and Yoko's Two Virgins or the butcher-baby version of the Beatles' Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Nope. It's... drumroll, please... the soundtrack album for CASINO ROYALE, with music by Burt Bacharach. This is the vinyl equivalent of a real Shelby AC Cobra- no one who owns one is willing to part with it for any amount of money. I've heard stories of mint, sealed copies going for as much as ten grand! I once saw one for $150, but I hesitated because I felt that for that kind of money it'd be in truly terrible condition. Someone else bought it later that same day, so I never found out.<br /><br />So why is it that Casino Royale is so valuable? First, the sound quality is supposed to be incredible. And second, CASINO ROYALE was such a miserable- piece-of-shit-of-a-movie (spoken like a true Bond fan--I mean, Woody Allen as little Jimmy Bond?) that they didn't make very many of them. So for most LP collectors, this was a bit of a Holy Grail. Until now. No, they didn't reissue it (that would surely piss off every collector who spent a fortune on a copy). But they did release "The Look Of Love," from the album, sung by the incomparable Dusty Springfield, on a 12" single! In fact, on one side it's "The Look Of Love," at 33 1/3 RPM, with a flip-side of exactly the same song at 45 RPM! Some audiophiles feel that 45 RPM sounds slightly better, with less surface noise, but I've listened and I can't really tell a difference. It sounds great- the perfect thing for your next cocktail party, especially with all this renewed interest in Bacharach. And it's only $10- a lot for a single, but consider its history. There's only one problem. Now I want a copy of the entire soundtrack more than ever.<br /><br />lulu moolah (who the vinyl anachronist ain't either)lulu moolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967056939061440496noreply@blogger.com