Miniature UFO

>Hello again Mark,What if you open your photo's with a >package like "adobe
>Photoshop",then save the photo's as a jpeg,or a gif,this >will reduce their
>size from say 1.5 megs to approx 350k or less!.
>Regards..
>Terry..

Thanks Terry

I just realised I saved them from a HIRES folder on the CD
The LOWRES photos will solve the problem.

Having Dinner right now ...will correct and post again later.

Sorry all.

Mark UK

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Hi all,

Hiroshi Ishizuka was able to get me a copy of the Japanese UFO
soundtrack CD that was sold on that website for a limited time, and now
apparently will be getting a wider distribution on Amazon.jp.

The CD contains re-recorded versions of incidental music from UFO. If
you're familiar with the fan-created UFO soundtrack CD that was
distributed on this list in 1997 (and has been sold on eBay ever
since), then you're familiar with the music that's on this CD.
Apparently someone in Japan got their hands on that 1997 CD and decided
to re-record it. So this means that there's a lot of music from
IDENTIFIED, SURVIVAL, A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES, and not much else.
This is a 2-CD release, however disc one is 38 minutes long and disc
two is 37, for a grand total of 75 minutes.

Besides the music from that fan CD, there are two additional tracks --
a re-recording of the Thunderbirds theme, which in the Japanese dubbed
version of UFO was used for some of the interceptor launches. Also
there is the UFO main title sequence used in Japan, complete with the
original music plus a Japanese narration of the teletype.

The jewel box artwork is nice enough, and it comes with a 12 page
booklet featuring photos from UFO. The Carlton logo is present on
this, and it LOOKS like a commercial CD, so I'm assuming that this is
an officially licensed product.

Over the years, I've certainly heard a lot of re-recordings of music
from UFO, although 99% of this has simply been the main UFO theme
song. It's interesting to hear re-recordings of other music from UFO.
And these new versions aren't that bad, really. I'm just confused WHY
they chose to re-record it all, when the original Barry Gray music
exists. Also, it would have been nice if they'd re-recorded some of
the music which no longer exists in its original form (like the intro
drum solo on IDENTIFIED or half of the music from THE LONG SLEEP). But
I guess it'd be more difficult to reproduce this without the original
recordings to go by (although I'd think that simply listening to the
music&effects track would be enough).

Hiroshi said that he'd seen mostly negative comments about this CD, but
I don't think it's all that bad. It's just that I think most people
would prefer to hear the original versions...

Marc

Marc -

I suppose the same question could be asked, "Why did the Dixie Chicks
choose to rerecord Landslide?"

Afterall, everyone knows, the Fleetwood Mac original is the only
version worth listening to. The Dixie Chix are, well, mere blackholes
in the music-space continuum.

I suppose these electronic "Casio" remakes are novel, but nothing
touches the Barry Gray originals. I am amused listening to the MP3s,
but wouldn't spend money on the discs.

Cheers,

Bob

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@u...> wrote:
> And these new versions aren't that bad, really. I'm just confused
> WHY they chose to re-record it all, when the original Barry Gray
> music exists.

Hi all,

Okay, I've now made some scans of the new Japanese UFO soundtrack CD, and
added them to my "music" page:

http://ufoseries.com/music

Marc