Steve

Still wondering 🤔

After several days in Hagen, my CD should have arrived today. But I was at work when the Post arrived. Now I have to collect it at the Post Office, not before 4 pm tomorrow. And the nice surprise: I have to pay aditional 6 € DHL Auslagenpauschale + 2.15 € customs.... The journey continues. Keep checking back for the latest news about my Journey of Destiny! 🤠🤠🤠

Mine doesn't arrive. It's taking 5 times longer than usual parcels. Kinda weird and doubtful if it will ever arrive 🤬

Yes. Mine seems to be in Frankfurts International Post Zentrum since monday🙄 Hopfully it doesn't end up at the custom office.

Yeah that is very likely. Hopefully they will both arrive today or more likely tomorrow!

Dito. Fingers crossed.

I'm talking about people who have one copy sealed and a second for listening. Or for selling on the secondary market. So don't get offended so easily please.

It's a bit greedy if people order the CD twice while others don't get a chance to buy even one... 😐

Mine arrived in the netherlands on friday. Should be shipped to Germany soon. Fingers crossed.

1985/08/01 John Williams conducts the Boston Pops on Centennial Tour: San Diego, Civic Center Very nice footage!

Lucky you who received it already. So where are you from? I'm from Germany and my parcel still seems to be on US ground 🙄

Got a shipping notice too. So the dream to get it before christmas is still alive 😇

Dito... a never ending story!

Now it says "ships on or about 10/25/2023" 🧐🙄🤣

I thought you received your copy already?

Now it doesn't show an estimated shipping date anymore. Before it was 10/18/2023 🧐 Lets see. Hopefully it will arrive before christmas.

It's not a score written by JW. Just one track.

The Long Goodbye

Same here. Lets see.

If you listen to the stereo mix the piano is not very prominent. It's mostly very loud in the other mixes (don't know, was it 5.1?). I prefer to hear the stereo mix with a not too loud piano. It can be a bit distracting.

Current favourites in no order (subject to change) The Fury Jurassic Park ET Indiana Jones and the last crusade Harry Potter 1 Harry Potter 3 A New Hope Jaws Jane Eyre War Horse Honorable mentions: The Eiger Sanction Superman For Star Wars it is really tough to choose just one, but since it all began with A New Hope that's my choice.

Not really. They are not what they used to be. Same goes for NY Philharmonic and Boston Symphony.

I think the BR Orchestra is a bit overrated. But lists are lists. Who cares 😄

Yes, true. We will likely never know when he conducted big bands in concert before his orchestra career. He said himself that these '78 concerts were like a starting point in his career as a public conductor of symphony orchestras.

1978/07/28 John Williams conducts the LA Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl 1978/07/29 John Williams conducts the LA Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl These were the first concerts he conducted in the Hollywood Bowl and some of his very first public concerts. Source:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-06-ca-10429-story.html Another suggestion regarding the concert-category: It should differentiate between a full concert and a guest appearance e.g. when he conducted the two encores on 2023/08/11 it is a guest appearance rather than a concert. Also since 2014 he had a co-conductor in many concerts. So maybe it should be differentiated between: Concert, Co-Concert, Guest Appearance.