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 Posted:   Sep 8, 2014 - 10:37 PM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

Two questions about the Sony Japan soundtrack cd THE APRIL FOOLS:

1. What are the chances Sony will release it in the US?
2. Does the cd include the Dionne Warwick vocal?

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 9, 2014 - 1:33 AM   
 By:   Peter Greenhill   (Member)

CD appears not to contain the Dionne Warwick vocal. There are three tracks called 'Happy in Paris', two have vocal versions of the song sung by a female combo and one is an instrumental.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 9, 2014 - 8:31 AM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

PETER GREENHILL:

Thanks for the info.
Two of the vocals are by the Percy Faith singers. On one website, the third version was listed as "Burt Bacharach"---which is apparently is the instrumental version. It's odd that the definitive version---Dionne Warwick's vocal---isn't on the soundtrack.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 9, 2014 - 8:44 AM   
 By:   eriknelson   (Member)

PETER GREENHILL:

Thanks for the info.
Two of the vocals are by the Percy Faith singers. On one website, the third version was listed as "Burt Bacharach"---which is apparently is the instrumental version. It's odd that the definitive version---Dionne Warwick's vocal---isn't on the soundtrack.


This happened a lot, usually because the vocalist had a recording contract with another label. One example that comes to mind is RAINTREE COUNTY. Nat King Cole sang during the main title, but the soundtrack album featured only a chorus because Mr. Cole was a Capitol artist and the soundtrack was released by RCA. Mr. Cole's vocals didn't appear until Lukas finally struck a deal for the FSM release.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 9, 2014 - 9:21 AM   
 By:   dragon53   (Member)

ERIK NELSON:

I thought that would be the likely explanation because Warwick's "The April Fools" vocal is on a number of her albums released on Scepter Records.

 
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