Wishin' and Votin' - the BURT BACHARACH SONGBOOK Poll Results

On the off chance that someone here didn't see this on Rolling Obits:

ood extended excerpts of interviews on Fresh Air this week:

Bacharach, who died Feb. 8, wrote hits in the '60s and early '70s with longtime collaborator Hal David. We listen to a 2010 interview with them, and a '98 interview with Bacharach and Elvis Costello.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/13/1156489849/fresh-air-pays-tribute-to-legendary-composer-burt-bacharach
― dow, Tuesday, February 14, 2023 9:42 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Also: bigass The Songs of Bacharach and Costello out Mar. 3:
https://www.elviscostello.com/the-songs-of-bacharach-costello/

― dow, Tuesday, February 14

https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2023/03/03/elvis-costello-interview-bacharach/

From Real Gone Music newsletter:

We had this very, very special release in production when the sad news arrived of Burt Bacharach’s passing. We can think of no better way to honor the man—and the incredible vocal talent who brought his songs to life—than this 3-CD set. After all, very, very few artists have reached the heights attained by Dionne Warwick and her songwriting/production team of Bacharach and lyricist Hal David on their historic string of hit singles for the Scepter label. Over the course of a little over ten years, Dionne scored no less than 40 charting Pop hits and 29 charting R&B hits for Scepter, propelling her to a ranking second only to Aretha Franklin among female singers with the most chart hits in the rock era, not to mention five Grammy nods. More importantly, Warwick, Bacharach, and David brought a new level of sophistication to popular music…and by doing so, created some of the most indelible recordings of all time. However, despite its brilliance and lasting influence, there has never been a collection at music retail that truly captured this incredible body of work…until now. The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973 offers the A and B-side of every single Dionne cut for the Scepter label (with the bonus inclusion of her single for Musicor featuring the hit “Only Love Can Break a Heart”), all original, (mostly) mono single versions remastered by Mike Milchner of Sonic Vision from original tape sources and annotated by veteran music journalist and Billboard contributor Paul Grein. Among the 74 (!) tracks (all but 13 written by Bacharach and David) on this 3-CD set are some of the most hallowed sides in ‘60s pop, including “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Walk On By,” “Message to Michael,” “(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Alfie,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “Trains and Boats and Planes,” “This Girl’s in Love with You,” and “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.” But really, pretty much every track in this collection is a masterpiece…and remember, the single mixes you’re hearing on this collection is exactly what folks thrilled to when they turned on their radio back in the day. A cornerstone of any pop music collection…and a timely tribute coinciding with the release of the new Dionne Warwick documentary Don’t Make Me Over. We are limiting this release to 3000 copies…don’t “Walk On By!”

This is actually a slight repacking of the same CD release that was used for a 2018 PBS pledge drive - you had to donate something like $200 to get it.

https://www.discogs.com/release/12472277-Dionne-Warwick-The-Complete-1960s-Singles-Plus

Highly recommended, it's the first time the original mono 45 mixes were released on CD (much less in their entirety) and the mastering is done right.

Happy Burtday

Since (most of) the Tzadik catalog is now streaming, I wondered if someone might have put this back up, and sure enough, uploaded yesterday, my #1 in this poll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF-JmOUbmNY

i don't know how i missed that when we did the poll, it's awesome. i'm going to look into that record.

The Burt and Serge Gainsbourg Great Jewish Music comps are almost 100% fantastic (just a couple of minor misses).

Spotify credits say it was written by Zorn LOL.

"Here I Am" would be top-10 in a zillion other songwriters' catalogues but BB/HD is so deep it showed up on one ballot.