Friday, July 07, 2006

You're On Dangerous Ground if you have an Obsession with Sam Butera

I uploaded these with Lazar at Lazar's Corner of Lounge Music in mind since he had posted some Bernard Herrmann at his blog and thought he might enjoy these as well if he didn't already have them. Also, I noticed that he didn't have this other entry listed in his U-Lounge series list, so I thought he and others might also enjoy this addition. This post is also dedicated to other great bloggers & blogs like Timbo at A Taste of Vinyl, LoungeTracks (gone for now), ScoreBaby Annex, and all the other great lounge/soundtrack sites. - [Remember this was a long time ago before all the new ones came along!]

'On Dangerous Ground' was a 1952 (or 1951 depending on which source you consult) film starring Robert Ryan & Ida Lupino with a score by Bernard Herrmann. It's about an urban police detective who's become a little world-weary and violent (in fact, he beats a man until he ruptures the man's bladder) so he's sent out of town by his superior to investigate a murder in the country. There he meets a blind woman played by Ida Lupino and learns some lessons about himself. I fell in love with the track, 'The Death Hunt' (I think it was the Charles Gerhardt version) long before I ever heard the full score, and so it always made me want to hear the rest of it.

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ODG (Rapidshare), ODG (Megaupload)

'Obsession' is the 1976 film starring Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, & John Lithgow with a score by Bernard Herrmann. My shorthand way of thinking of this film is that it's Brian De Palma's homage/ripoff of 'Vertigo' (just like I think of his 'Dressed to Kill' or 'Sisters' as his version of 'Psycho' or his 'Body Double' or 'Blow-Out' as his version of 'Rear Window'....and the list goes on).

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Obsession, Part 1 (Rapidshare), Obsession, Part 2 (Rapidshare)
Obsession (Megaupload)

And I mainly think of Sam Butera as the leader of the back-up band for Louis Prima, but he had a career all his own, so it's nice to hear this one. Some great cuts on this one.

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Sam Butera (Rapidshare)

See the comments for the info. (These rapidshare links may be a bit tricky to use because of the way the comment section cuts them off, but you can see the full links by using the 'Links To This Post' option right next to the comments link below (or you can even cut & paste the different parts of the link line in your browser on the links that spread out over more than one line - otherwise you get a 'File Not Found' message because the link line is incomplete). And, of course, you can always use the megaupload option too!) - Update: Well, for all of them except Sam Butera, that is.

Comments:
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Rapidshare link:

On Dangerous Ground
http://rapidshare.de/files/24678734/On_Dangerous_Ground__1952_FSM___Bernard_Herrmann_.zip

OR

Megaupload link:

On Dangerous Ground
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0G026NOV


Rapidshare link:

Obsession
http://rapidshare.de/files/24673573/Obsession__1976___Bernard_Herrmann_.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/24675813/Obsession__1976___Bernard_Herrmann_.part2.rar

OR

Megaupload link:

Obsession
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1TQHEEFB


Rapidshare link:

Sam Butera
http://rapidshare.de/files/24311504/UL_-_Artist_Series_Vol._6_-_Sam_Butera.zip.html

OR

Megaupload link:

Sam Butera
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q760HRSQ
 
Sorry for posting this twice, but I didn't realize the wraparound wasn't going to work for these long filenames. If you have any problems with these links, let me know.

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Rapidshare link:

On Dangerous Ground
http://rapidshare.de/files/24678734
/On_Dangerous_Ground__
1952_FSM___Bernard_Herrmann_.zip

OR

Megaupload link:

On Dangerous Ground
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0G026NOV


Rapidshare link:

Obsession
http://rapidshare.de/files/24673573
/Obsession__1976___Bernard_
Herrmann_.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.de/files/24675813
/Obsession__1976___Bernard_
Herrmann_.part2.rar

OR

Megaupload link:

Obsession
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1TQHEEFB


Rapidshare link:

Sam Butera
http://rapidshare.de/files/24311504/
UL_-_Artist_Series_Vol._6_-_
Sam_Butera.zip.html

OR

Megaupload link:

Sam Butera
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q760HRSQ
 
The track list for the Sam Butera CD is:

01 - Dig That Crazy Chick
02 - All The Way
03 - Street Scene
04 - Up Jumped A Rabbit
05 - I Love Paris
06 - Night Train
07 - Bim Bam
08 - Too Young
09 - Love Of My Life (O Sole Mio)
10 - French Poodle
11 - Hey There
12 - Harlem Nocturne - (with Louis Prima)
13 - Perdido
14 - Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
15 - Honey Love
16 - On The Street Where You Live
17 - Just Say I Love Her (Dicitencello Vuie)
18 - La Vie En Rose
19 - All Night Long - (with Louis Prima)
20 - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams / Fever
 
nomwl1, Love the site and will get you linked soon. Thanks for the Sam Butera, My wife and I saw him at a very small club in Santa Ana, CA about 4 years ago and he was "GREAT"

come by and say hi!

Also at
http://licoricepizza.blogspot.com/

Timbo
 
Timbo,

Thanks for the kind words & the linking! I love Sam Butera and am glad to hear he's still alive and working (at least 4 years ago). And I will definitely drop by and say hi! I've been meaning to for a long time.
 
Thank you so much for the 'Obsession' complete soundtrack; I've spent a long time looking for this. Having listened through twice, I would say this was definitely one of Herrmann's best scores; up there with 'Vertigo' and 'Fahrenheit 451' (anyone got the complete score of the latter?)
 
Hi Anonymous!

You are most welcome! I'm glad you liked Obsession. I'll pass along your request for Fahrentheit 451. :))
 
Hi Vince!

I'm glad to hear that you're a fan of Butera too and I completely agree with you about Bernard Herrmann (and parts of that score do sound like North By Northwest).
 
Hey,

thanks for this. Unfortunately the links have expired. any chance of a reup for Obsession in particular?
 
Please! Re-Up Obsession !
Tnx in advance!

Can't find it anywhere (=
 
Bernard Herrmann - It's Alive (1974, working title 'Baby Killer') (Complete Score/Bootleg)
some tracks with dialogs and fx
total time 46:37
@ 320 CBR / Ripped from original dvd

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmvmztmnyqo

Cheers))

egoretop

PS.Also ask for Obsession re-up!
 
This can't truly have success, I feel this way.
 
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