Erik Woods 555 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Check it out!www.mellowdramarecords.com-Erik- Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Excellent news!Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Good news! I have not heard the music but now there is going to be a chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 That's terrific news! I love the LP Checkmate. It's one of the prizes in my Williams collection! In fact my first ever post at this board was about Checkmate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Oh no, my precious, priceless, unique, never-played-once vinyl copy of Checkmate will be worthless now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 the original recording sounds fine. I have it. No real reason to re-record. Why no re-release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 the original recording sounds fine. I have it. No real reason to re-record. Why no re-release?According to Rick Clark of MellowDrama Records (excerpted from the Film Score Monthly message board):"checkmate will actually be (shock horror) be a re-record, the tapes simply were not available. I did consider cleaning up the LP, but a number of people already have this recording and quite frankly the sound was never that great. I’ve got together around 30 of London’s finest jazzers to play for this album, I’ve had reconstructions done of all the LP tracks, a single version of one the tracks released at the time plus about 20 mins of previously unreleased Williams from the show. Samples will of course be on the site once its been recorded."Link to the FSM thread:http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/post...umID=1&pageID=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Oh no, my precious, priceless, unique, never-played-once vinyl copy of Checkmate will be worthless now!Don't worry, it's a rerecording, so you can still get rich. In the meantime, I'll hang on to my LP of Monsignor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 the original recording sounds fine. I have it. No real reason to re-record. Why no re-release?The original recording, while being generally fine, has some awful equalization on it. The gentle ballad on side 1 (I think it's track 2 or 3) starts fine but when the full band joins in the sound levels get pulled down really obviously to avoid distortion. With CD quality they could start that track much more quietly and it will still sound crystal clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Oh no, my precious, priceless, unique, never-played-once vinyl copy of Checkmate will be worthless now!Flog it on eBay before the news speads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Thanks for the advice, Stefancos, but ... I lied. I don't even have a worn-out copy of Checkmate. I just happen to think that - smilies are overrated.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I just happen to think that - smilies are overrated. But no one used the smiley.... Morlock - confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 cool new unreleased music... then that's fine lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I just happen to think that - smilies are overrated. But no one used the smiley.... Morlock - confusedHmmmm, I decided not to use a after my blatant lie of me owning a brand new copy of Checkmate on vinyl because, in some cases, kinda are spoilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Checkmate music.,hmmm.I have a bunch of checkmate tracks I never listens to.Didn't Shelly Mane re-record stuff from that??K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I just happen to think that - smilies are overrated. But no one used the smiley.... Morlock - confusedHmmmm, I decided not to use a after my blatant lie of me owning a brand new copy of Checkmate on vinyl because, in some cases, kinda are spoilers.Your first post was too exaggerated to be believed anyway, so having a there would just have been out of place. Either way, I'm not quite sure what you were trying to do here, but rest assured, at least this poster totally missed the point (as is often the case ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Actually, I'm more excited about finally getting The Machinist score. I've heard great examples of the soundtrack and I cannot wait to get this score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Actually, I'm more excited about finally getting The Machinist score. I've heard great examples of the soundtrack and I cannot wait to get this score!You should see the film too, David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 BUMP.According to Rick Clark of MellowDrama Records (excerpted from the Film Score Monthly message board):"checkmate will actually be (shock horror) be a re-record, the tapes simply were not available. I did consider cleaning up the LP, but a number of people already have this recording and quite frankly the sound was never that great.I’ve got together around 30 of London’s finest jazzers to play for this album, I’ve had reconstructions done of all the LP tracks, a single version of one the tracks released at the time plus about 20 mins of previously unreleased Williams from the show.Samples will of course be on the site once its been recorded."Whatever happened to this project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Love the single version of the Black Knight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Did this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I guess not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I've also got "Checkmate", but the chance to hear it in digital stereo, is one that I will take. And if they want to re-record "Ghostbreaker", "Diamondhead", and"Rythmn In Motion", as well...? "Sloane Waiks" is lush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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