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Jim, your point, like Morricone's, is also well taken.
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Your memory serves you well, Doc. Ringo's LP came out in 1970, Nilsson's three years later.
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Back in the late 60's, when I was studying drama at CMU in Pittsburgh, I audio-recorded -- the only kind of recording you could do in those days, children -- the hour-long Les Crane Show on which Dylan was the sole guest. Crane was such a straight-arrow civilian that Dylan must have enjoyed the way he was able to talk circles around the guy and lead him astray with a straight face. CRANE: Do you know, one night when Alan Ginsberg was sitting where you're sitting, he advocated the smoking of marijuana! DYLAN: (feigning surprise and incredulity) Alan said that? CRANE: Yes -- pot! DYLAN: Whew! Every year thereafter until graduation, I knew that one night would inevitably come when my hipper musician friends would show up at my door, the mary jane dancing in their eyes, and tell me that it was time once more to sit down in front of my Wollensak reel-to-reel and savor the 60-minute comedy. I was always happy to oblige, and it always brought down the house.
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So did Barbra Streisand, Eartha Kitt, and Regina Belle, among others. As you mention, it was, of course, the one sort-of-a-hit song to emerge from THE GOLDEN APPLE, (where it was introduced by Kaye Ballard). Southern Californians take note: A rare stage presentation of that classic Moross-Latouche show will be presented for one performance only Sunday, February 8th. https://musicaltheatreguild.secure.force.com/ticket/?orderSource=Facebook#sections_a0Fi00000090pTLEAY Here's a post that's somewhat far afield (no Dylan connection - but Moross takes front and center), but nevertheless related to Preston's discussion of "The Golden Apple" here - PS Classics has just announced that they will be releasing the first complete recording of this marvelous, majesterial, beautiful, and wickedly funny show from the pens of Messrs. Moross and Latouche. Though the bulk of the recording utilizes work from a recent first-rate production done by the Lyric Stage in Irving, Texas, I ended up being asked to conduct several choral sections and to play a handful of piano overdubs for the album as well. Any admirer of Moross would be well-served to pick this up - it is, for my money, one of the greatest things he ever wrote. It's a very special piece of musical theatre with a brilliant, multifaceted score, wonderfully honest and satirical lyrics, and some marvelous performances - and in its full form it reveals riches only hinted at in the tremendous (but sadly abridged) original cast album. It's scheduled for a May 19th release - here's a link: http://www.psclassics.com/cd_goldenapple.html Also for Moross enthusiasts, some years ago PS Classics also released an album called "Windflowers: The Songs of Jerome Moross" featuring a panoply of his wonderful, seldom performed theatre songs. It's a terrific album, and I had nothing to do with it. Now that I'm done being a shill, I'll leap back to the topic at hand - has anyone picked up and listened to the Dylan album yet? I believe it came out a few weeks ago. Any thoughts on his interpretations of "The War Lord" theme?
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