{"id":2564,"date":"2012-11-04T08:44:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T13:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2012-11-04T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T13:44:24","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-315-western-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/11\/04\/my-musical-evolution-part-315-western-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 315 Western Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"22<\/a>Here I face a dilemma. I already mentioned that this holding pattern phase of My Musical Evolution<\/em> doesn’t even have an official title like all those that precede it. Even more concerning is that at this point in My Muscial Evolution<\/em> I really depart from the mainstream and begin my exploration of the obscure.\u00a0 This is a problem for this project because it is increasingly difficult to provide samples to the music. As evidenced by the last post. It was not possible to find links to actual V<\/em>ince Guaraldi <\/em>recordings. I had to resort to proxies. I can only assume that as we move forward from here, a large portion of My Musical Evolution<\/em>will simply not be available for me to sample for you. This is tragic because much of this really cool stuff is music that you most likely have never heard before and I so desperately want to share it with you. We’ll see what happens.<\/p>\n

I bought this Compact Disc because I wanted that iconic theme from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly<\/em>. It was for a long forgotten project.\u00a0 According to the track listings, this album not only had that song but several others that were of interest. When I got it home and played it, what I found was that these were not the original<\/em> recordings but a collection of studio versions done in a sort of Elevator Music <\/em>style.\u00a0 Really, it reminds me of the early days of FM radio in my dad’s giant Oldsmobile. It seemed like FM was Easy Listening only. The name Boots Randolph comes to mind. Dad had a few Boots Randolph 8-Tracks in that car.<\/p>\n

While it wasn’t what I needed for my project, it turned out to be a good album to listen to. The almost Disco version of The Good, The Bad & The Ugly<\/em> is dancible. How funny is that? I hope I can find it on YouTube. You need to hear it.<\/p>\n

High Noon<\/em> As anticipated, it is going to be impossible to share these versions of these songs. I am forced to approximate.
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