Our pick for the best score/soundtrack of last year, Carter Burwell‘s Carol composition is a magnificent piece of work, perfectly intertwined with the characters and their emotional trajectories in Todd Haynes‘ drama. This week it’s now arriving as an expanded double vinyl LP, split between the score and songs — and featuring three new ones. We’ve teamed with Varèse Sarabande Records and Universal Music Group to give away two (2) double vinyl LPs. See how to enter below. All entries must be received by 11:59 Pm Est on Tuesday, June 28th.
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3. Comment in the box on Facebook with your favorite score of the century so far.
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We’re giving away the #Carol score on vinyl LP!
- 6/23/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The veteran publicist whose clients included Anthony Hopkins, Dick Van Dyke and Faye Dunaway, died September 15 at his Pacific Palisades home after a brief illness. Bob Palmer was 85. Through his Bob Palmer Public Relations, he also repped actors including Peter Strauss, David Soul, Sada Thompson and Michele Lee.
The Alaska-born, L.A.-raised Palmer became Director of Publicity and Advertising for United Paramount at age 22 and helped create campaigns for the Bay Area premieres of films such as Sunset Boulevard, Shane and The Greatest Show On Earth and promoted stage shows starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Patti Page, and many others. After serving in the Korean War, Palmer moved to ABC Television as a Senior Publicist, working on such TV shows as Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip. He left ABC in 1960 to produce a syndicated series and then joined Gene Autry’s Golden West Broadcasters...
The Alaska-born, L.A.-raised Palmer became Director of Publicity and Advertising for United Paramount at age 22 and helped create campaigns for the Bay Area premieres of films such as Sunset Boulevard, Shane and The Greatest Show On Earth and promoted stage shows starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Patti Page, and many others. After serving in the Korean War, Palmer moved to ABC Television as a Senior Publicist, working on such TV shows as Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip. He left ABC in 1960 to produce a syndicated series and then joined Gene Autry’s Golden West Broadcasters...
- 9/18/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Waukesha, Wis. — The music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock `n' roll is now getting a permanent exhibit in his Wisconsin hometown, after more than a decade in the making.
Les Paul, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician who performed regularly into his 90s with his band, developed technology and recording techniques that set the standard in the music industry, including tape echo, multitrack recordings and overdubs . There are permanent exhibits devoted to him at other museums, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, but he wanted something closer to home.
So he loaned the Waukesha County Museum personal items and helped raise funds to make the effort a reality, including writing a personal $25,000 check for expenses and playing a concert to raise $100,000.
"I think it's more personal," he told The Associated Press in 2004. "It's going to be the best exhibit of all.
Les Paul, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician who performed regularly into his 90s with his band, developed technology and recording techniques that set the standard in the music industry, including tape echo, multitrack recordings and overdubs . There are permanent exhibits devoted to him at other museums, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, but he wanted something closer to home.
So he loaned the Waukesha County Museum personal items and helped raise funds to make the effort a reality, including writing a personal $25,000 check for expenses and playing a concert to raise $100,000.
"I think it's more personal," he told The Associated Press in 2004. "It's going to be the best exhibit of all.
- 6/6/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Filmmaker David O. Russell was thrilled that Jack White permitted him to use two of his songs on the soundtrack of Silver Linings Playbook, but I was more excited to recognize Dave Brubeck’s “Unsquare Dance,” which is directly followed by Les Paul and Mary Ford’s rendition of “The Moon of Manakoora,” as Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence have their disastrous date at the neighborhood diner. When I met Russell and told him how much I liked that parlay of vintage numbers he was astonished that I recognized the latter piece. Well, why not? It was “introduced” in John Ford’s 1937 movie The Hurricane and recorded by its star, Dorothy...
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- 2/26/2013
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Versatile guitarist who had a million-selling hit with Love Is Strange
Mickey Baker, who has died aged 87, was one of the most versatile and prolific guitarists of his era. During the 1950s, any producer making R&B or rock'n'roll records in New York would have Baker's name in his contacts book, and he played on innumerable sessions for Atlantic, Savoy and other labels, accompanying vocal groups including the Drifters and the Coasters and blues singers such as Champion Jack Dupree, Nappy Brown and Lavern Baker. Among the many hit records to which he made original and distinctive contributions were Ruth Brown's (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean, the Coasters' I'm a Hog for You and Joe Turner's Shake, Rattle and Roll.
Inspired by the successful model of the guitarist Les Paul and the singer Mary Ford, he formed a duo with the singer Sylvia Vanderpool (later Sylvia Robinson...
Mickey Baker, who has died aged 87, was one of the most versatile and prolific guitarists of his era. During the 1950s, any producer making R&B or rock'n'roll records in New York would have Baker's name in his contacts book, and he played on innumerable sessions for Atlantic, Savoy and other labels, accompanying vocal groups including the Drifters and the Coasters and blues singers such as Champion Jack Dupree, Nappy Brown and Lavern Baker. Among the many hit records to which he made original and distinctive contributions were Ruth Brown's (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean, the Coasters' I'm a Hog for You and Joe Turner's Shake, Rattle and Roll.
Inspired by the successful model of the guitarist Les Paul and the singer Mary Ford, he formed a duo with the singer Sylvia Vanderpool (later Sylvia Robinson...
- 12/2/2012
- by Tony Russell
- The Guardian - Film News
Hey guys, I have something great to share with you today! And yes, it has a loooooot to do with David O. Russell‘s upcoming movie! I’m actually here to give you the full tracklist from Silver Linings Playbook soundtrack, and to invite you all to check out the great video for the great song from this list, which comes from American rock band Alabama Shakes. It’s called Always Alright, and I just love it! Hope you’ll enjoy too!
But let’s go step by step. First, I will remind you that Silver Linings Playbook movie stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, Shea Whigham, John Ortiz and Julia Stiles, and is set to open on November 21st, 2012.
Then, I will remind you that this comedy drama centers on:
Pat Solatano (Cooper) has lost everything — his house, his job, and his wife.
But let’s go step by step. First, I will remind you that Silver Linings Playbook movie stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, Shea Whigham, John Ortiz and Julia Stiles, and is set to open on November 21st, 2012.
Then, I will remind you that this comedy drama centers on:
Pat Solatano (Cooper) has lost everything — his house, his job, and his wife.
- 11/2/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
We are so fortunate to have had Les Paul for almost a century. His music, arrangements, and electronic innovation changed our world forever. We loved him for so long. Vintage Les Paul. Photo: Case Western Reserve University. "A personal mentor and friend to me." - Phil Ramone Les Paul with Phil Ramone. Photo courtesy of Phil Ramone. Les Paul & Mary Ford Buy: iTunes Genre: Rock Artist: Les Paul & Mary Ford Song: How High the Moon Album: The Best of the Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition Neil Young Buy: iTunes Genre: Rock Artist: Neil Young Song: Cough Up the Bucks Album: Fork in the Road Francis Dunnery Buy: iTunes Genre: Rock Artist: Francis Dunnery Song: Sunshine Album: Tall Blonde Helicopter Devendra Banhart Buy: iTunes Genre: Alternative Artist: Devendra Banhart Song: Lazy Butterfly Album: Cripple Crow Count Basie & Tony Bennett Buy: iTunes Genre: Jazz Artist: Count Basie & Tony Bennett Song: I Guess...
- 8/14/2009
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
Les Paul, the man who helped invent rock and roll, died on August 13 at aged 94. Paul dedicated his entire life to the guitar and recording technology. A jazz musician who was unhappy with the guitars available to him, Paul developed his own guitar in the 1930s called "The Log." It was no more than a piece of lumber with strings and a pick-up. It ultimately became the "Les Paul" and the choice of a generation of rock guitarists from Pete Townshend to Slash.By the late 1940s, Paul's tinkering in the studio led him to creating the first multi-track recordings. Then in 1951, he became a Number 1 recording artist with the single “How High the Moon,” performed with his wife, Mary Ford. And while the song is good - really good - the track is historic for another...
- 8/14/2009
- by Shawn Amos
- Huffington Post
By Amy Kaufman
Legendary musician and the inventor of an iconic line of solid-body electric guitars Les Paul has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.
Paul played guitar with some of his generation's preeminent musicians, including Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. He also invented multitrack recording, which allows artists to record multiple instruments and voice parts at different times. With his second wife Mary Ford on vocals -- some of them mult...
Legendary musician and the inventor of an iconic line of solid-body electric guitars Les Paul has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.
Paul played guitar with some of his generation's preeminent musicians, including Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. He also invented multitrack recording, which allows artists to record multiple instruments and voice parts at different times. With his second wife Mary Ford on vocals -- some of them mult...
- 8/14/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
New York — Les Paul, the guitar virtuoso and inventor who revolutionized music and created rock 'n' roll as surely as Elvis Presley and the Beatles by developing the solid-body electric guitar and multitrack recording, died Thursday at age 94. Known for his lightning-fast riffs, Paul performed with some of early pop's biggest names and produced a slew of hits, many with wife Mary Ford. But it was his inventive streak that made him universally revered by guitar gods as their original ancestor and earned his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the most important forces in popular music....
- 8/14/2009
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Musician and inventor Les Paul died today at a hospital in White Plains, NY. Paul, who had been suffering from pneumonia, was 94 years old.Les Paul first rose to fame after becoming noticed for his fast and flashy musical stylings while playing jazz guitar. In the 40s and 50s Paul and his wife Mary Ford became well known for hits such as "How High the Moon," "The Tennessee Waltz," "Vaya con Dios" and "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise."But Les Paul didn't just play the guitar, he also improved on it. Paul worked vigorously in his workshop to refine guitars. He was one of the early designers of an electric guitar with a solid body, and ...
- 8/13/2009
- by By Actress Archives
Guitar legend and inventor Les Paul has died after a battle with pneumonia at the age of 94.
The music icon passed away with his family and friends by his bedside at White Plains Hospital in New York on Thursday after suffering complications from the illness.
Born Lester William Polfuss in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the star rose to fame in the 1930s as a jazz guitarist.
After a brief stint with The Les Paul Trio, formed in New York with pals Jim Atkins and bassist Ernie Newton in 1938, Paul moved to Hollywood where he landed his big break playing alongside Nat King Cole as a last minute stand-in for Oscar Moore.
The 1944 performance in the inaugural Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in Los Angeles led Paul to appear on Bing Crosby's radio show, a partnership that would later produce a number of hit records, including 1945 song It's Been A Long, Long Time.
Paul also scored a string of chart successes with his wife Mary Ford, whom he was married to for 13 years until 1962, such as How High the Moon, Nola, Lover and Vaya Con Dios, which became number one records for the duo in the U.S. pop charts.
But Paul is perhaps best known for being a pioneer in the development of the electric guitar - building The Log, one of the first solid-body axes, in 1939.
He landed a deal with the Gibson Guitar Corporation in the early 1950s to produce the Les Paul model, which has since become the trademark instrument for artists like Jimmy Page, The Who's Pete Townshend and jazz great Al Dimeola.
He was also noted for his innovations in overdubbing, delay effects and multitrack recording.
During his lengthy career, Paul received a host of accolades including a Grammy Trustees Award in 1983 in honour of his lifetime achievements.
He was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame alongside Ford in 1978, and later, in 1988, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Jeff Beck.
The music icon passed away with his family and friends by his bedside at White Plains Hospital in New York on Thursday after suffering complications from the illness.
Born Lester William Polfuss in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the star rose to fame in the 1930s as a jazz guitarist.
After a brief stint with The Les Paul Trio, formed in New York with pals Jim Atkins and bassist Ernie Newton in 1938, Paul moved to Hollywood where he landed his big break playing alongside Nat King Cole as a last minute stand-in for Oscar Moore.
The 1944 performance in the inaugural Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in Los Angeles led Paul to appear on Bing Crosby's radio show, a partnership that would later produce a number of hit records, including 1945 song It's Been A Long, Long Time.
Paul also scored a string of chart successes with his wife Mary Ford, whom he was married to for 13 years until 1962, such as How High the Moon, Nola, Lover and Vaya Con Dios, which became number one records for the duo in the U.S. pop charts.
But Paul is perhaps best known for being a pioneer in the development of the electric guitar - building The Log, one of the first solid-body axes, in 1939.
He landed a deal with the Gibson Guitar Corporation in the early 1950s to produce the Les Paul model, which has since become the trademark instrument for artists like Jimmy Page, The Who's Pete Townshend and jazz great Al Dimeola.
He was also noted for his innovations in overdubbing, delay effects and multitrack recording.
During his lengthy career, Paul received a host of accolades including a Grammy Trustees Award in 1983 in honour of his lifetime achievements.
He was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame alongside Ford in 1978, and later, in 1988, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Jeff Beck.
- 8/13/2009
- WENN
White Plains, N.Y. (AP) - Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94. According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side. He had been hospitalized in February 2006 when he learned he won two Grammys for an album he released after his 90th birthday, "Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played." "I feel like a condemned building with a new...
- 8/13/2009
- by Associated Press
- Hitfix
Grammy winner changed music via the electric guitar and multitrack recordings.
By Amy Kaufman
Legendary musician and the inventor of an iconic line of solid-body electric guitars Les Paul has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.
Paul played guitar with some of his generation's preeminent musicians, including Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. He also invented multitrack recording, which allows artists to record multiple instruments and voice parts at different times. With his second wife Mary Ford on vocals -- some of them multitracked up to 75 times -- and Paul's guitar electronically speeded up, he recorded a string ...
By Amy Kaufman
Legendary musician and the inventor of an iconic line of solid-body electric guitars Les Paul has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.
Paul played guitar with some of his generation's preeminent musicians, including Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. He also invented multitrack recording, which allows artists to record multiple instruments and voice parts at different times. With his second wife Mary Ford on vocals -- some of them multitracked up to 75 times -- and Paul's guitar electronically speeded up, he recorded a string ...
- 8/13/2009
- by Amy Kaufman
- The Wrap
Musician/inventor is credited with innovations in multi-track recording and designed the Gibson guitar that bears his name.
By Gil Kaufman
Les Paul
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Les Paul, the man credited with helping to revolutionize the electric guitar and change the course of music with his innovations in multi-track recording, died on Thursday (August 13) at the age of 94. According to a statement released by Gibson guitars — which manufactures the world-famous guitars bearing Paul's name — he died of complications from pneumonia in a White Plains, New York, hospital.
From the time he picked up his first guitar at the age of 9, Paul was fascinated with the instrument and its myriad possibilities. He began playing professionally at age 13 with country and western bands, as well as tinkering in his shop with a number of sound-related inventions that would soon revolutionize and forever change the sound of modern popular music.
By Gil Kaufman
Les Paul
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Les Paul, the man credited with helping to revolutionize the electric guitar and change the course of music with his innovations in multi-track recording, died on Thursday (August 13) at the age of 94. According to a statement released by Gibson guitars — which manufactures the world-famous guitars bearing Paul's name — he died of complications from pneumonia in a White Plains, New York, hospital.
From the time he picked up his first guitar at the age of 9, Paul was fascinated with the instrument and its myriad possibilities. He began playing professionally at age 13 with country and western bands, as well as tinkering in his shop with a number of sound-related inventions that would soon revolutionize and forever change the sound of modern popular music.
- 8/13/2009
- MTV Music News
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