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    Junion got a reaction from mahler3 in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    Finally, I managed to listen to the second episode of that podcast. Again, this is a brilliant episode compiled by Thor and a must for all John Williams fans who are interested in his early compositions when he still was in his 20s!
     
    Especially, the presentation of TV series Alcoa Premiere is very interesting as a lot of unreleased cues can be heard. Hopefully, there will be an official soundtrack release in the future.
     
    There are several fascinating clips like
    - A Moment of Decision (wonderful action cue with an excellent piano solo (maybe played by JW himself?),
    - Pattern of Guild (the clip lasts 2:30 minutes and is full of suspense),
    - Mr.Easy + Guest in the House (nice and easygoing lounge style clips)
    - Blues for a Hanging (great jazzy style)
    - Blow High, Blow Clear (cool trumped theme with a film noir vibe)
    - Jeenay Ray (playful and pleasant cue)
     
    By the way, I did a little research to figure out why there are different names of the series Alcoa Premiere. Well, season 1 was produced at Revue in 1961 & 1962 and fully sponsored by Aluminium Company of America (=Alcoa). For this reason the series was called "Alcoa Premiere" in the US by that time.
     
    Season 2 in turn was only half-sponsored by Aluminium Co. of America. The other company that participated in the second season was R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.  Therefore, with the beginning of season 2 the formal title of the show changed to "Alcoa Premiere, presented by Fred Astaire" one week, sponsored by Aluminium Co. of America alternating with "Premiere" or "Premiere, presented by Fred Astaire" the other, then sponsored by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. In Australia and England, on the other hand, the show was broadcast in the early 1960s under the title "Fred Astaire's Premiere Theatre". So, I guess most uploaded videos on Youtube are recordings from Australia or England as they contain that show name.
     
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    Junion reacted to KittBash in John Williams Chronology   
    IT was indeed very much a typo as the notes clearly say
    "Today, few people remember much about Checkmate, but those who do recall the show do so in large part because of its music--not the actual episode scores, but rather a soundtrack album released by Columbia Records on February 13, 1961."
     
    And my brain fowled it and made it 1960
     
    This WILL be corrected Thanks guys! 
     
     
    Also for the recording dates the notes have them as 
     
    1960/11/17
    1960/12/01
    1960/12/09
     
    I will add them as well. 
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    Junion got a reaction from KittBash in John Williams Chronology   
    I guess it must have been a typing error.
     
    The Checkmate album was recorded on November 17, December 1 & 9, 1960 and released in February 1961.
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    Junion got a reaction from The Lost Folio in John Williams Chronology   
    I guess it must have been a typing error.
     
    The Checkmate album was recorded on November 17, December 1 & 9, 1960 and released in February 1961.
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    Junion got a reaction from Bespin in Raiders CD release date question   
    1984 is correct! The original West Germany pressing of „Raiders of the Lost Ark“ on CD (Polydor 821 583-2) was released in summer 1984 along with the first pressing of „Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom“ (Polydor 821 592-2). I will change it accordingly.
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    Junion got a reaction from Tydirium in Raiders CD release date question   
    1984 is correct! The original West Germany pressing of „Raiders of the Lost Ark“ on CD (Polydor 821 583-2) was released in summer 1984 along with the first pressing of „Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom“ (Polydor 821 592-2). I will change it accordingly.
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    Junion got a reaction from Bespin in Trumpet Concerto   
    The new digital album is added to the discography. 
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    Junion got a reaction from Miguel Andrade in John Williams Discography   
    Oh, that’s a bad mistake. This album from 1955 features John Thomas Williams and not John Towner Williams! I have just mailed to J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali to make them aware of this confusion and also asked to change the cover.
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    Junion got a reaction from Bespin in John Williams Discography   
    Oh, that’s a bad mistake. This album from 1955 features John Thomas Williams and not John Towner Williams! I have just mailed to J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali to make them aware of this confusion and also asked to change the cover.
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    Junion reacted to Bespin in John Williams Discography   
    When you got the wrong John Williams... ouch!!!

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Williams-Tell-Remastered-2023/dp/B0C3R2794P
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    Junion reacted to Thor in "John Williams in His Adventure on Earth" - Biography by Tim Greiving   
    I'm relieved the cat is finally out of the bag!
     
    I've been e-mail-communicating with Tim for at least a year (maybe two?) regarding this project, and I've given some assistance and some discussions for other issues where I've been unable to assist. But I've been sworn to secrecy all along!
     
    I'm (obviously) very much looking forward to this project. As some of you know, I was working on a similar book project myself, but for various reasons that will take too much self-absorbed time to go into here, it fell through. So when Tim contacted me, I was only glad to pass on the baton. My own John Williams book project is not dead, but it will take on a different -- more personal -- form now if it ever comes into fruition. It will NOT be the be-all, end-all biography book that I had originally planned, but that THIS will hopefully be.
     
    Looking forward to the release date in a couple of years!
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    Junion reacted to Maestro in "John Williams in His Adventure on Earth" - Biography by Tim Greiving   
    I'm not going to lie—I was excitedly curious how quickly this news would hit JWFan!
     
    For those who don't know me, I've been writing about film music and interviewing composers (and directors and actors) professionally for the past decade. Besides the many liner notes, I also write articles and create radio stories for mainstream news outlets like the L.A. Times and NPR. I teach a film music history course at USC. And I've been a card-carrying member of this site since 2003.
     
    I won't divulge too much just yet, because it's still a little early, but I was excited to finally make it public that this book is happening. I've been working on it for three years now, and I've interviewed approximately 150 people. The big kahuna, of course, is John Williams. I plan to share the story of how that happened one day, but not yet.

    Thanks for your excitement! I can promise you that there are many things (stories, facts, quotes) in this book you have never heard...
     
    Tim
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    Junion reacted to Marian Schedenig in "John Williams in His Adventure on Earth" - Biography by Tim Greiving   
    Apparently Tim Greiving has just announced the first English biography on John Williams, to be released in 2025:
     
    https://timgreiving.com/john-williams-in-his-adventure-on-earth/
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    Junion got a reaction from Yavar Moradi in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    Finally, I managed to listen to the second episode of that podcast. Again, this is a brilliant episode compiled by Thor and a must for all John Williams fans who are interested in his early compositions when he still was in his 20s!
     
    Especially, the presentation of TV series Alcoa Premiere is very interesting as a lot of unreleased cues can be heard. Hopefully, there will be an official soundtrack release in the future.
     
    There are several fascinating clips like
    - A Moment of Decision (wonderful action cue with an excellent piano solo (maybe played by JW himself?),
    - Pattern of Guild (the clip lasts 2:30 minutes and is full of suspense),
    - Mr.Easy + Guest in the House (nice and easygoing lounge style clips)
    - Blues for a Hanging (great jazzy style)
    - Blow High, Blow Clear (cool trumped theme with a film noir vibe)
    - Jeenay Ray (playful and pleasant cue)
     
    By the way, I did a little research to figure out why there are different names of the series Alcoa Premiere. Well, season 1 was produced at Revue in 1961 & 1962 and fully sponsored by Aluminium Company of America (=Alcoa). For this reason the series was called "Alcoa Premiere" in the US by that time.
     
    Season 2 in turn was only half-sponsored by Aluminium Co. of America. The other company that participated in the second season was R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.  Therefore, with the beginning of season 2 the formal title of the show changed to "Alcoa Premiere, presented by Fred Astaire" one week, sponsored by Aluminium Co. of America alternating with "Premiere" or "Premiere, presented by Fred Astaire" the other, then sponsored by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. In Australia and England, on the other hand, the show was broadcast in the early 1960s under the title "Fred Astaire's Premiere Theatre". So, I guess most uploaded videos on Youtube are recordings from Australia or England as they contain that show name.
     
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    Junion got a reaction from Thor in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    Finally, I managed to listen to the second episode of that podcast. Again, this is a brilliant episode compiled by Thor and a must for all John Williams fans who are interested in his early compositions when he still was in his 20s!
     
    Especially, the presentation of TV series Alcoa Premiere is very interesting as a lot of unreleased cues can be heard. Hopefully, there will be an official soundtrack release in the future.
     
    There are several fascinating clips like
    - A Moment of Decision (wonderful action cue with an excellent piano solo (maybe played by JW himself?),
    - Pattern of Guild (the clip lasts 2:30 minutes and is full of suspense),
    - Mr.Easy + Guest in the House (nice and easygoing lounge style clips)
    - Blues for a Hanging (great jazzy style)
    - Blow High, Blow Clear (cool trumped theme with a film noir vibe)
    - Jeenay Ray (playful and pleasant cue)
     
    By the way, I did a little research to figure out why there are different names of the series Alcoa Premiere. Well, season 1 was produced at Revue in 1961 & 1962 and fully sponsored by Aluminium Company of America (=Alcoa). For this reason the series was called "Alcoa Premiere" in the US by that time.
     
    Season 2 in turn was only half-sponsored by Aluminium Co. of America. The other company that participated in the second season was R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.  Therefore, with the beginning of season 2 the formal title of the show changed to "Alcoa Premiere, presented by Fred Astaire" one week, sponsored by Aluminium Co. of America alternating with "Premiere" or "Premiere, presented by Fred Astaire" the other, then sponsored by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. In Australia and England, on the other hand, the show was broadcast in the early 1960s under the title "Fred Astaire's Premiere Theatre". So, I guess most uploaded videos on Youtube are recordings from Australia or England as they contain that show name.
     
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    Junion reacted to Thor in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    Williams now confirmed for GOBEL, thanks to Konstantinos. So I have another one to add to the 'redux' version.
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    Junion reacted to Thor in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    Hey, nothing would please me more if he was. Konstantinos, care to chime in?
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    Junion got a reaction from Thor in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    Thor, I still need to listen to the second episode of your amazing podcast. But I am quite sure that "George Gobel Presents" is an episode of Alcoa Premiere. I have read somewhere that this variety show was explicitly produced as a spin-off on Alcoa in December, 1962.
     
    Since this show aired as an Alcoa Premiere episode one month later on Jan 31, 1963, I cannot imagine that it was taken from other sources. Therefore, I believe that John Williams was involved during the production.
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    Junion got a reaction from MrJosh in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    This is a wonderful project that has certainly taken a ton of time and effort. It really gives a fantastic insight into John Williams' TV scores of his early career years.
     
    Finally, I have found time to listen to the first episode and am very impressed with your background knowledge, quality and presentation of the webcast. Great work:-)
     
    My musical highlights are:
    General Electric Theater-Journal of Hope (S09E02).
    I really like the beautiful flute and string melodies. BTW, this episode featuring actor Leslie Nielsen was filmed in mid-August 1960 and
    thus John Williams composed the music around the time when his youngest son Joseph was born.
     
    M Squad
    'The Discovery' is a marvelous jazzy track by John Williams where he plays the piano himself.
     
    Wagon Train
    The 3 tracks 'Jumpin Jack Rabbit' (from The Kittel Angel Story (S02E14) as well as 'Golden West' and 'Tomorrow' (from The Jenny Tannen Story (S02E38)) are absolute catchy tunes and fortunately were released on the music album for the series. In episode 'The Jenny Tannen Story' actress Ann Blyth sings the two original songs 'Golden West' and 'Tomorrow' with a lot of passion and it is good to know that she is still with us at the age of 94.
     
    Another remarks:
    Bachelor Father
    Actually, the first episode scored by John Williams aired February 01, 1959 (not March 01, 1959). It was 'Bentley and The Kleptomaniac' (S02E11).
     
    Playhouse 90-The Right Hand Man (S02E28)
    This episode was a live one that aired in March, 1958. Like you, I hope it was recorded and will be unearthed one day.
    In the same Playhouse 90 season, for example, the live television drama "A Town Has Turned To Dust" featuring a young William Shatner was broadcast and taped on June 19th, 1958 (S02E38). As this one is available on DVD I'm hopeful that a recording of 'The Right Hand Man' also exists!
     
    Alright. I'm already looking forward to listening to the second episode very soon :-)
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    Junion reacted to Thor in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    Yes, that video as well as this one. Both credit Williams and both list them as S01E09, "Bentley and the Talent Contest". But reading the synopsis of the actual episode, they're both wrong, of course. I must learn not to trust YouTube uploaders!
  21. Like
    Junion got a reaction from Thor in New Podcast Series: The Complete John Williams Television Music Walkthrough   
    This is a wonderful project that has certainly taken a ton of time and effort. It really gives a fantastic insight into John Williams' TV scores of his early career years.
     
    Finally, I have found time to listen to the first episode and am very impressed with your background knowledge, quality and presentation of the webcast. Great work:-)
     
    My musical highlights are:
    General Electric Theater-Journal of Hope (S09E02).
    I really like the beautiful flute and string melodies. BTW, this episode featuring actor Leslie Nielsen was filmed in mid-August 1960 and
    thus John Williams composed the music around the time when his youngest son Joseph was born.
     
    M Squad
    'The Discovery' is a marvelous jazzy track by John Williams where he plays the piano himself.
     
    Wagon Train
    The 3 tracks 'Jumpin Jack Rabbit' (from The Kittel Angel Story (S02E14) as well as 'Golden West' and 'Tomorrow' (from The Jenny Tannen Story (S02E38)) are absolute catchy tunes and fortunately were released on the music album for the series. In episode 'The Jenny Tannen Story' actress Ann Blyth sings the two original songs 'Golden West' and 'Tomorrow' with a lot of passion and it is good to know that she is still with us at the age of 94.
     
    Another remarks:
    Bachelor Father
    Actually, the first episode scored by John Williams aired February 01, 1959 (not March 01, 1959). It was 'Bentley and The Kleptomaniac' (S02E11).
     
    Playhouse 90-The Right Hand Man (S02E28)
    This episode was a live one that aired in March, 1958. Like you, I hope it was recorded and will be unearthed one day.
    In the same Playhouse 90 season, for example, the live television drama "A Town Has Turned To Dust" featuring a young William Shatner was broadcast and taped on June 19th, 1958 (S02E38). As this one is available on DVD I'm hopeful that a recording of 'The Right Hand Man' also exists!
     
    Alright. I'm already looking forward to listening to the second episode very soon :-)
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    Junion reacted to Bayesian in John Williams Discography   
    Just saw the headline on the JWFan front page—congrats on your hard work officially becoming part of the premier destination on the web for all
    things JW!
  23. Haha
    Junion reacted to Bespin in John Williams Discography   
    @Junion and me finally sold the Discography to JWFAN, so now we are rich and we can retire!
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    Junion got a reaction from Miguel Andrade in Footage of John Williams from 1966   
    Great find!
     
    FYI, John Williams joined Bobby Darin’s show to celebrate Darin‘s 10th anniversary in show business at the Cocoanut Grove. This event took place on March 8, 1966, just one month after Williams’ 34th birthday and 2 weeks after scoring „The Time Tunnel“.
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    Junion got a reaction from Miguel Andrade in John Williams Discography   
    Yeah. Interesting to know is that Damone‘s album version of „Make me Rainbows“ was arranged and conducted by Perry Botkin Jr., the former trombone player in John Williams‘ jazz band during their time at North Hollywood High School.
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