Ferrante & Teicher - "Midnight Cowboy"
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Topic: Ferrante & Teicher - "Midnight Cowboy"
Posted By: jimct
Subject: Ferrante & Teicher - "Midnight Cowboy"
Date Posted: 29 May 2006 at 10:37pm
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After listening to the first 10 seconds of the 45, it is TOTALLY obvious to me that this is NOT the same version found on the stereo CDs. The 45 starts off with a sparse, few early sounds, all boosted up MUCH louder and hotter (hey, everything's relative - we are talking Ferrante & Teicher here!) early in the 45; whereas the stereo versions have MUCH more of the full orchestra participating, even from the very first note. FYI, the listed (3:20) 45 running time is correct.
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Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 7:08am
Does that apply to the version found on Rhino's Billboard's Top Movie Hits of the 1970s CD (maybe it's me but other than one long held string note I don't hear a great deal of orchestration behind the opening guitars)?
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Doug
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All of the good signatures have been taken.
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 7:50am
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Doug, I checked their best-quality "best-of" CD before posting. I do have that Rhino 70's V/A CD here somewhere - if ANYONE would have it correct, a "special themed" package, on a decent re-issue label would likely be the place - V/A's take me a while to locate, but I will. And I'll be able to tell RIGHT away. I'll follow up with you.
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Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 8:04am
Thanks, Jim. And if you have problems locating it, I can forward you a copy this evening if need be.
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Doug
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All of the good signatures have been taken.
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 10:24pm
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Found it, Doug. Bad news for you, my friend. There's not a STRING to be found in the opening seconds on the 45 version, but they are noticably present on the "Billboard Top Movie Hits: 1970's" version of it. Start hunting down that 45!
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 10:40pm
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Drat! I have the Billboard Top Movie Hits: 1970s disc so I had my hopes up that it might contain the 45 version of "Midnight Cowboy". Guess I have yet another title to add to my "Want List".
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Posted By: Grant
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 12:55am
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Yup, another 45 to b found!
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Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 29 March 2010 at 7:35pm
Bumping this up for KentT.
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Doug
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All of the good signatures have been taken.
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Posted By: KentT
Date Posted: 06 April 2010 at 6:01pm
Thanks! Found a nice copy today pressed on Vinyl. Columbia Santa Maria, CA made. No strings audible. Very unusual mix. My copy was cheap and very nice condition. Thanks for pointing out this unusual single version.
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I turn up the good and turn down the bad!
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 09 April 2012 at 3:56pm
Has anyone found the mono single mix on CD? If not, was the LP ever issued in mono with this mix? I've struck out several times on finding a nice sounding 45. Most copies I've come across sound like they were pressed on cardboard.
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 10 April 2012 at 3:24am
Aaron, both regrettably, and following industry trends of this era, my
research books indicate that Ferrante & Teicher's "A Man And A Woman
And Other Great Themes" late 1967 LP (UA 3572) was the last to be
released in both mono & stereo versions. Unfortunately, this was about
two years before their issued-in-stereo-only "Midnight Cowboy" LP came
out (United Artists 6725.) There are some exceptions, but in general,
major label LP's issued in mono versions after 1968 were quite rare.
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Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 10 April 2012 at 1:36pm
Bummer :( Thanks for the insight on the year that mono LPs went out of style, so to speak. You are a great wealth of knowledge, sir!
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Aaron Kannowski
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Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 10 April 2012 at 5:26pm
I do have a nice mp3 of the actual 45. Rhino did not
always get it right for one reason or another.
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