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Widescreen-The Collector's Edition
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Widescreen-The Collector's Edition
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by Rupert Holmes, John Miller, George Koutzen, Jesse Levy, and Seymour Barab
Sales Rank: 206593
Price:$17.98
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Album Details
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1. Widescreen
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2. Terminal
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3. Second Saxophone
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4. Phantom of the Opera
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5. Talk
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6. Bagdad
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7. Our National Pastime
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8. Letters That Cross in the Mail
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9. Soap Opera
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10. Psycho Drama
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11. Bonus Tracks: Studio Musician from the album "Rupert Holmes"
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12. Brass Knuckles from the album "Rupert Holmes"
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13. No Small Affair version 1
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14. Remember WENN theme from the AMC television series
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15. There You Are demo version of the song from "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
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16. So Far So Good "No Small Affair" version 2
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17. Theme from Accomplice
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18. Hi Honey, I'm Home! theme from the ABC television series
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19. No Small Affair version 3
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20. By Myself from "Solitary Confinement"
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See all 21 tracks on this disc
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Listener Reviews & Comments
When this album was first released on Epic Records in 1974, I thought it was brilliant. I still do. I was delighted when it was reissued on CD in 1995 on the Varese Vintage label. The album is a true blending of music and cinema...of the mind. The songs truly are movies unto themselves, short stories set to music, brilliantly written, arranged and performed. The "hit" was "Our National Pastime," wherein our hero meets a girl at a baseball game and attempts to seduce her to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner." "Letters That Cross In the Mail" (later covered by Barbra Streisand on an album Holmes produced), "Terminal" and "Second Saxophone" are all surprise-ending stories with great melodies. "Widescreen" and "Bagdad" set distinct moods in surround sound before surround sound was invented. "Talk" is one of several songs on the CD that use bittersweet humor to express universal feelings and experiences. "Phantom of the Opera" and "Soap Opera" are both truly movies-on-CD, the first a beautiful and sad plea for love, the second a very funny satire on TV's "daytime dramas". The last track, "Psycho Drama," is just that; a short spoken play with incidental music and sound effects, and guest voices like Ed Herlihy and Will Jordan (whose characters are takeoffs on Peter Lorre and James Mason). The original CD version contained two bonus tracks from other Holmes albums, "Deco Lady" and "Brass Knuckles." but that version went out of print. Now it's back with even MORE bonus tracks! What are you waiting for? BUY IT!
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Widescreen-The Collector's Edition
by Rupert Holmes, John Miller, George Koutzen, Jesse Levy, and Seymour Barab
Price:$17.98
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