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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1      General Discussion: John Williams PHILIPS cds   Last Post   Posted:   Feb 15, 2018 - 1:42 PM     By:   henry   (Member) After getting JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTOR I'm now collecting his PHILIPS cds, and they're great!    Posted:   Feb 15, 2018 - 3:53 PM     By:   JohnnyRoastbeef   (Member) I have all the Philips CDs as well as the Sony, and there's some gems there for sure. I really like By Request, I think it has the only Philips recordings of the Jaws Theme, Olympic Theme (in original form without the Bugler's Dream introduction) and Liberty Fanfare. I'm also a big fan of Pops a la Russe, and the Pops by Gershwin album.    Posted:   Feb 15, 2018 - 4:07 PM     By:   TJ   (Member) I have all the Philips CDs as well as the Sony, and there's some gems there for sure. I really like By Request, I think it has the only Philips recordings of the Jaws Theme, Olympic Theme (in original form with the Bugler's Dream introduction) and Liberty Fanfare. I'm also a big fan of Pops a la Russe, and the Pops by Gershwin album. Do you mean WITHOUT the Bugler's Dream introduction? He did a lot of great albums for Philips. I recall enjoying Pops Britannia, Pops in Space and Out Of this World in addition to the ones already mentioned.    Posted:   Feb 15, 2018 - 4:52 PM     By:   JGouse0498   (Member) I have all the Philips CDs as well as the Sony, and there's some gems there for sure. I really like By Request, I think it has the only Philips recordings of the Jaws Theme, Olympic Theme (in original form with the Bugler's Dream introduction) and Liberty Fanfare. I'm also a big fan of Pops a la Russe, and the Pops by Gershwin album. BY REQUEST... brings back fond memories. I'd always liked film scores, but after listening to that disc in high school, that's when I really shifted gears into scores. The Arista STAR WARS TRILOGY box set was next, and it was a steady trickle over the years. Then I discovered Intrada and LLL about five or six years ago, and now I've got 60+ expanded editions in my collection--many of which are expansions of films I never thought I'd see released! All because of that single Williams PHILIPS CD.    Posted:   Feb 16, 2018 - 10:58 AM     By:   JohnnyRoastbeef   (Member) I have all the Philips CDs as well as the Sony, and there's some gems there for sure. I really like By Request, I think it has the only Philips recordings of the Jaws Theme, Olympic Theme (in original form with the Bugler's Dream introduction) and Liberty Fanfare. I'm also a big fan of Pops a la Russe, and the Pops by Gershwin album. Do you mean WITHOUT the Bugler's Dream introduction? He did a lot of great albums for Philips. I recall enjoying Pops Britannia, Pops in Space and Out Of this World in addition to the ones already mentioned. Yes, WITHOUT! That is what I meant, post has been edited! Yeah, Pops Britannia is really good too, Space, Out of this World, Pops in Love, the Jessye Norman albums, Salute to Hollywood, Peter and the Wolf and (especially) The Nutracker Suite...so many good albums!    Posted:   Feb 17, 2018 - 9:31 PM     By:   TM   (Member) All because of that single Williams PHILIPS CD. Very cool!    Posted:   Feb 17, 2018 - 10:25 PM     By:   LordDalek   (Member) The Philips-era recordings from the 80s are probably the best JW made with the Boston Pops. By the time they moved to Sony, Williams was already one foot out the door with them and it shows.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2018 - 12:47 AM     By:   12-Mile Reef   (Member) I can find two different versions of the ‘Peter and the Wolf / Nutcracker Suite’ albums, one with Dudley Moore narrating and one with Terry Wogan. Are these the same performances with different narration spliced into each or were they 2 separate recordings? Which version do people here prefer?    Posted:   Feb 18, 2018 - 6:45 AM     By:   governor   (Member) I can find two different versions of the ‘Peter and the Wolf / Nutcracker Suite’ albums, one with Dudley Moore narrating and one with Terry Wogan. Are these the same performances with different narration spliced into each or were they 2 separate recordings? Which version do people here prefer? Philips produced versions for different countries, Dudley Moore for the US Market, Terry Wogan for the UK market, Pierre Perret for the French Market, Christoph Rueger for the German Market and so on... The performance is the same.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2018 - 7:10 AM     By:   12-Mile Reef   (Member) Great, thanks for the info.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2018 - 11:13 AM     By:   Matt S.   (Member) The Philips-era recordings from the 80s are probably the best JW made with the Boston Pops. By the time they moved to Sony, Williams was already one foot out the door with them and it shows. I'm curious as to what you mean by this. Williams recorded 8 Boston Pops albums with Sony between 1990 and 1993, and then 4 more AFTER he resigned as its full-time music director (and again returned to Boston to record the soundtrack to Saving Private Ryan and the Treesong/Violin Concerto album with the BSO under Deutsche Grammophone). I'll agree that the Philips collection has more musical variety than the Sony collection, which skews heavily towards film and swing music with less emphasis on the more traditional classical pops repertoire, but some of the Sony albums are still among my favorite of his. I certainly don't get any sense that the recordings were phoned in, rushed, or treated with any less importance and respect than the Philips ones.    Posted:   Feb 19, 2018 - 10:46 AM     By:   Bespin   (Member) I have all the Philips CDs as well as the Sony, and there's some gems there for sure. I really like By Request, I think it has the only Philips recordings of the Jaws Theme, Olympic Theme (in original form without the Bugler's Dream introduction) and Liberty Fanfare. I'm also a big fan of Pops a la Russe, and the Pops by Gershwin album. "By Request" contains also previously unreleased recordings of "March from 1941" & "Mission Theme" (Theme from the NBC News)... So it's more than just an usual compilation, it's an essential!    Posted:   Feb 19, 2018 - 3:33 PM     By:   JohnnyRoastbeef   (Member) I have all the Philips CDs as well as the Sony, and there's some gems there for sure. I really like By Request, I think it has the only Philips recordings of the Jaws Theme, Olympic Theme (in original form without the Bugler's Dream introduction) and Liberty Fanfare. I'm also a big fan of Pops a la Russe, and the Pops by Gershwin album. "By Request" contains also previously unreleased recordings of "March from 1941" & "Mission Theme" (Theme from the NBC News)... So it's more than just an usual compilation, it's an essential! Yeah, I should've mentioned those too! I agree, absolutely essential!    Posted:   Feb 19, 2018 - 7:23 PM     By:   danbeck   (Member) Can someone post a complete list of his Philips recordings?    Posted:   Feb 20, 2018 - 3:38 PM     By:   Bespin   (Member) Can someone post a complete list of his Philips recordings? There are 22 Philips albums, if we count "By Request", of course and the two with Jessye Norman. Please consult my discography, you will find all of them (search with "Philips" keyword): http://www.goplanete.com/johnwilliams/music/disco/albums.htm    Posted:   May 31, 2018 - 6:02 PM     By:   henry   (Member) Any news on a box set yet?    Posted:   Jun 2, 2018 - 12:03 PM     By:   Ian J.   (Member) By coincidence, I just got through the post a second-hand copy of 'By Request...' I had the cassette tape when it first came out and as the CD wasn't expensive at SAE, I added it to my order with 'The Storyteller'. The only track not on the tape was 'The Cowboys'. It'll be fun to here it all finally.     General Discussion: John Williams PHILIPS cds    < 1  >   Go to page:  1   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1

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