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The digitally remastered original recording of Beat Girl, John Barry's impressive first film score.
Beat Girl is the story of an art student's teenage rebellion. It is set amongst the beatniks, jazz music and vice of late 1950s Soho, which is reflected in John Barry's superb score. This score shared many key elements of John Barry's later scores, including Vic Flick's distinctive style of guitar playing. Featuring Adam Faith on three tracks (Made You, I Did What You Told Me and The Beat Girl Song) and Shirley Anne Field on It's Legal.
This 35 track CD contains the original 18 tracks from the soundtrack LP. The remaining 17 tracks are a selection of the John Barry Seven and Orchestra singles from the 1958 to 1960. These include singles from Barry's second film score Never Let Go, including Johnny Comes Marching Home (featuring Adam Faith). Themes from the TV series Juke Box Jury (Hit & Miss) and Drumbeat (Bee's Knees) and all of John Barry's official singles' A and B sides from 1960.
Track Listing: 1) Main Titles - Beat Girl 2) The Off Beat 3) I Did What You Told Me (with Adam Faith) 4) London Home Rock 5) Time Out 6) The Sharks 7) The Beat Girl Song (with Adam Faith) 8) The City 2000 A.D. 9) The Stripper 10) The Cave - Beat Girl - Kids Stuff 11) Made You (With Adam Faith) 12) Car Chase- Night Chase 13) Chicken 14) Blues for Beatniks 15) It's Legal(With Shirley Anne Field) 16) The Immediate Pleasure 17) Blondie's Strip 18) End Shot - Slaughter in Soho - Main Title - Beat Girl 19) Johnny Comes Marching Home (With Adam Faith) 20) Never Let Go 21) Big Fella 22) Beat For Beatniks 23) Bee's Knees 24) Long John 25) Little John 26) Christella 27) Twelfth Street Rag 28) Hit & Miss 29) Rockin' Already 30) Blueberry Hill 31) Walk Don't Run 32) I'm Moving On 33) Saturday's Child 34) Black Stockings 35) Get Lost Jack Frost
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Finally, John Barry classic first soundtrack album from 1960 has been re-released on CD. The music from Beat Girl is a mixture of jazz and rock n roll. The soundtrack was influenced by Elmer Bernstein's soundtracks (The Man With the Golden Arm, Sweet Smell of Success, etc), as well the music of Stan Kenton and the John Barry Seven's contemporary recordings. Beat Girl's soundtrack had stood the test of time, but the actual film has dated badly. John Barry's arrangement of the James Bond theme was clearly inspired by this soundtrack.
Interestedly two different editions of Beat Girl have been release on CD. This is due to the UK copyright law, with sound recording copyright lasting for 50 years. This enables anyone to release it on CD, but the music publisher and writers are still paid royalties. This edition by Filmophone and the other by El Records, although the prices, artwork, bonus tracks and most importantly the remastering are different.
Having listened to both Filmophone's and El Records' editions, the Filmophone version may be cheaper but has a superior transfer compared to El. The equalisation is better and they have repaired many of the problems with the actual original recording, such as the background noises without distorting the music.
I prefer the selection of the bonus tracks on this CD. All the tracks feature John Barry with His Orchestra or the John Barry Seven. This includes the singles from John Barry's second film, Never Let Go. Also it includes many of his records from the same era, including Hit & Miss, Bee's Knees, Long John and Little John. These show the progress in John Barry's compositions and JB7's playing.
Given the age of the recordings, the transfer of the singles are very good. The notes with the CD are informative, including details of the original releases.
I highly recommend this edition of Beat Girl. Essential for any fan of John Barry or early 1960s British Music
Interestedly two different editions of Beat Girl have been release on CD. This is due to the UK copyright law, with sound recording copyright lasting for 50 years. This enables anyone to release it on CD, but the music publisher and writers are still paid royalties. This edition by Filmophone and the other by El Records, although the prices, artwork, bonus tracks and most importantly the remastering are different.
Having listened to both Filmophone's and El Records' editions, the Filmophone version may be cheaper but has a superior transfer compared to El. The equalisation is better and they have repaired many of the problems with the actual original recording, such as the background noises without distorting the music.
I prefer the selection of the bonus tracks on this CD. All the tracks feature John Barry with His Orchestra or the John Barry Seven. This includes the singles from John Barry's second film, Never Let Go. Also it includes many of his records from the same era, including Hit & Miss, Bee's Knees, Long John and Little John. These show the progress in John Barry's compositions and JB7's playing.
Given the age of the recordings, the transfer of the singles are very good. The notes with the CD are informative, including details of the original releases.
I highly recommend this edition of Beat Girl. Essential for any fan of John Barry or early 1960s British Music
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Beat Girl marked the debut of JB as a score composer and was the very first British movie to have a soundtrack release. Like most films about youth, it has dated badly not helped by a risible script, poor acting - Oliver Reed has to be seen to be believed, and a plot that must have taken all of 2 minutes to dream up.
JB's instrumental score on the other hand is bristling with panache. Influenced by both rock'n'roll and the style of jazz that Elmer Bernstein had employed for his ground breaking score 'The Man With The Golden Gun', 'Beat Girl' is loud, brash and staggeringly cool. The guitar of Vic Flick is set to permanent riff and the brass section blows up a storm. Great individual work by Dennis King on tenor sax, Johnny Scott on flute who sounds almost west coast, Hayden Jackson's inventive percussion, Les Reeds bluesy piano and Douggie Wright's drums. The James Bond theme is just 3 years away but the genesis of JB's arrangement for it is unmissable. The 4 vocal cuts add nothing to the score and are redolent of the period they were written in.
Of the 18 bonus tracks, the most interesting, at least on paper, are the 6 tracks by the British actress Gillian Hills who played the title role . Prior to this, the Bardot look a like had appeared in Roger Vadim's 'Les Liasons Dangereuses' and in 1960 signed a recording deal with Barclay Records. Though hard to find these tracks are rather twee in comparison to her later releases. You can check some of them out on You Tube.
Essential then for JB fans who don't already have this and anyone else who has an interest in British 60's music.
JB's instrumental score on the other hand is bristling with panache. Influenced by both rock'n'roll and the style of jazz that Elmer Bernstein had employed for his ground breaking score 'The Man With The Golden Gun', 'Beat Girl' is loud, brash and staggeringly cool. The guitar of Vic Flick is set to permanent riff and the brass section blows up a storm. Great individual work by Dennis King on tenor sax, Johnny Scott on flute who sounds almost west coast, Hayden Jackson's inventive percussion, Les Reeds bluesy piano and Douggie Wright's drums. The James Bond theme is just 3 years away but the genesis of JB's arrangement for it is unmissable. The 4 vocal cuts add nothing to the score and are redolent of the period they were written in.
Of the 18 bonus tracks, the most interesting, at least on paper, are the 6 tracks by the British actress Gillian Hills who played the title role . Prior to this, the Bardot look a like had appeared in Roger Vadim's 'Les Liasons Dangereuses' and in 1960 signed a recording deal with Barclay Records. Though hard to find these tracks are rather twee in comparison to her later releases. You can check some of them out on You Tube.
Essential then for JB fans who don't already have this and anyone else who has an interest in British 60's music.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Whilst the film is not that particularly good, the Beatgirl Soundtrack remains one of the most underestimated albums of all time! Adam Faith with "I did what you told me" is a tremedous track and for some reason was never released as a single. The song clearly illustrates the pulse of the late 50s and very early 60s and would certainly have slotted quite nicely in the top ten at the time. It was released on EP however. Some of the truly great tracks though are performed by the Barry Band themselves. Blues for Beatniks, Stripper (a great track even up to when the sax grabs the moment and delivers the finale grande) and Sharks are worth the price of the ticket on their own! As far as music is concerned it goes to prove that the Beatnix got it spot on and they should thank John Barry for clearly representing there very acceptable taste!
The earlier reviewer covers everything else. This is how it really was!
The earlier reviewer covers everything else. This is how it really was!
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