The Mule Posted February 20, 2004 Report Posted February 20, 2004 Not sure if I should have posted this here or in the "Misc. Non-Political" thread, but I thought I'd give everybody a heads up on this: The just-released DVD of Michaelangelo Antonioni's classic 60s film BLOW UP has a bonus feature which isolates Herbie Hancock's great score on a music-only track! Quote
7/4 Posted February 21, 2004 Report Posted February 21, 2004 (edited) I picked it up this afternoon, but only had a chance to to watch Jeff Beck destroy a guitar with the Yardbirds. I'll screen it this weekend. B) edited for spelling. Edited February 21, 2004 by 7/4 Quote
Big Al Posted February 21, 2004 Report Posted February 21, 2004 The just-released DVD of Michaelangelo Antonioni's classic 60s film BLOW UP has a bonus feature which isolates Herbie Hancock's great score on a music-only track! That alone oughta be worth the price of admission! Always wanted to see this flick. Quote
GA Russell Posted February 21, 2004 Report Posted February 21, 2004 I finally got around to seeing it in the early 80s, and really enjoyed it. Thanks for the heads up, Mule. Maybe the music track idea will become a standard on DVDs. Quote
BFrank Posted February 21, 2004 Report Posted February 21, 2004 GREAT! One of my all-time favorite films. How's the "remastering" of the movie, itself? Extra stuff? Quote
robviti Posted February 21, 2004 Report Posted February 21, 2004 I picked it up this afternoon, but only had a chance to to watch Jeff Beck destroy a guitar with the Yardbirds. I'll screen it this weekend. B) Not just Jeff Beck, but this short-lived lineup featured Jimmy Page on guitar as well! It's really a fluke that they appeared in the movie, though. The director really wanted the Who (and the guitar-smashing Townsend), but for whatever reason, they didn't make it. BTW, guitar buffs will notice that the guitar Beck destroys is not a valuable Les Paul, his regular axe, but a much cheaper Gibson. Quote
Guest ariceffron Posted February 21, 2004 Report Posted February 21, 2004 when the dude is smoking out vanessa redgrave and puts on that jimmy smith record or whatnot- that scene is great. vanessa redgrave is hella fine Quote
mikeweil Posted February 22, 2004 Report Posted February 22, 2004 No Jimmy Smith here - Paul Griffin and Jim Hall, if my memory serves me right. This is the film I have seen the most often - that park scene in the early morning hours with the wind in the leaves is very special to me. Have to get me this DVD! Quote
BFrank Posted February 23, 2004 Report Posted February 23, 2004 ... that park scene in the early morning hours with the wind in the leaves is very special to me. I hear THAT! Quote
mikeweil Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 Received a copy today - got it on ebay at a reasonable price. Visual quality is great, extra features are the two trailers and the audio only track - and this one bears a major sensation: The audio only track features other, never before heard takes not on the soundtrack CD!!!! Listen closely, and you'll see what I mean. Longer versions, extended solos, they are placed at the same points as the known takes. This is great! At last this music is available. Only flaw is that you cannot access these tracks directly, only the scenes, and the music starts earlier in most cases. This is one of my all time favourite directors and movies, and now this find!!! Quote
mikeweil Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 (edited) Nobody interested? Can't believe it! A whole LP worth of unknown Herbie Hancock Blow Up soundtrack takes and nobody takes notice?!?! Anybody here heard this audio only track? Edited March 18, 2004 by mikeweil Quote
BFrank Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 Whoa, Mike - - - - - chill out! I picked up the DVD myself, recently (it's one of my favorite films). I just haven't had the chance to pull it out and listen/watch yet. So, does it have a separate "music" only track that you can listen to like a CD, or is it the whole film with just the music (without dialog and other sounds) on the audio channel? Quote
7/4 Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 Whoa, Mike - - - - - chill out! I picked up the DVD myself, recently (it's one of my favorite films). I just haven't had the chance to pull it out and listen/watch yet. So, does it have a separate "music" only track that you can listen to like a CD, or is it the whole film with just the music (without dialog and other sounds) on the audio channel? The latter. I wasn't too impressed with the music. Quote
mikeweil Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 Is there a way to extract that audio only track with some software? Would make nicer listening without the long silent passages in between. It's not overwhelming music, but a nice Herbie Hancock piano ballad with Jim Hall heard nowhere else and some groovy alternates. Quote
king ubu Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 Is there a way to extract that audio only track with some software? Would make nicer listening without the long silent passages in between. It's not overwhelming music, but a nice Herbie Hancock piano ballad with Jim Hall heard nowhere else and some groovy alternates. WHOA!! uh, just kiddin' I would of course like to hear it. As far as seing the film, a good copy screened in a theatre still beats the hell out of any DVD, so I'm not at all interested in that, but, hey, if you can extract that audio part... get the drift? THat would be WHOA!! indeed, then! ubu Quote
rockefeller center Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 Is there a way to extract that audio only track with some software? Would make nicer listening without the long silent passages in between. It's not overwhelming music, but a nice Herbie Hancock piano ballad with Jim Hall heard nowhere else and some groovy alternates. * Rip DVD to hard disk http://www.dvddecrypter.com/ * Create D2V file of your VOB files http://arbor.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~jackei/dvd2avi/ (resample to 44.1 kHz) * Edit sound Let me know if you have problems. Quote
sheldonm Posted March 20, 2004 Report Posted March 20, 2004 There is actually a new (re-release???) recording out called "Herbie Hancock: Blow Up-Extra Sessions" but I don't think it is from the movie , although I think the label wants us to think it is. I haven't heard it but it's on the Warwick label (before Herbie was on BN). Mark Quote
mikeweil Posted March 20, 2004 Report Posted March 20, 2004 If it's Warwick it's probably truncated takes from the Donald Byrd - Pepper Adamsa sessions with Herbie on that label, which have been bootlegged to exhaustion. Some issues didn't even include Herbie but edited material from Teddy Charles sessions with Bookers Ervin and Little from the same label. Quote
mikeweil Posted March 20, 2004 Report Posted March 20, 2004 I would of course like to hear it. As far as seing the film, a good copy screened in a theatre still beats the hell out of any DVD, so I'm not at all interested in that, but, hey, if you can extract that audio part... get the drift? THat would be WHOA!! indeed, then! Of course seeing it in a movie theatre beats the hell out of pretty much anything ... I'll see what I - or my burning assistant - can do about it - Thanks a lot to rockefeller center for technical advice! Quote
mikeweil Posted March 20, 2004 Report Posted March 20, 2004 The track titles of that "Blow Up Extra Sessions" CD sehldonm mentioned indeed reads like another version of the Warwick bootlegs I described. Stay away from it! The Fresh Sound reissues give the most complete edition of this material, no matter if it's Donald Byrd with Herbie, or Teddy Charles without. (Noal Cohen and I researched the discographical data behind them) Quote
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