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Post by fabtastique on Jun 24, 2014 8:57:20 GMT -5
I had completely forgotten about this but 10+ years ago (when I had my Linda webpage) someone very mysteriously contacted me by email and said they had a video recording of Linda in the studio that I might be interested in. I paid for it $40/$50 for a copy I think and when it arrived I was so very happy as it was a video of Linda recording Little Girl Blue in the studio with Nelson Riddle.
I had completely forgotten about this until last weekend (as I'm moving house and clearing and packing) - only to find that a box of old tapes had gotten damp and mouldy somehow .... this tape being one of them and so I had to throw it away.
Does anyone else have this, or know of it? I haven't watched it for 10 years and would really love to see it again .....
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Post by MokyWI on Jun 24, 2014 16:19:33 GMT -5
I remember seeing a short clip of her in the studio singing "Little Girl Blue" but I can't think of where I saw it. Was it the 60 minutes or 20/20 special she did for the Riddle Albums? Then again "Little Girl Blue" came after What's New didn't it? If I remember correctly the 60 minutes or 20/20 interview/s (maybe she did one for both) was for What's New...this is going to drive me crazy now! We can figure this one out.
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Post by erik on Jun 24, 2014 17:27:28 GMT -5
I think there's a brief snippet of "Little Girl Blue" as part of the CBS Sunday Morning interview she did in December 2004 for her album Hummin' To Myself.
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Post by fabtastique on Jun 25, 2014 0:22:38 GMT -5
I'm so annoyed I didn't take better care of this ......
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Post by MokyWI on Jun 25, 2014 10:37:46 GMT -5
Erik that's it!
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Post by fabtastique on Jun 25, 2014 11:27:10 GMT -5
The session on the videotape I had was 30/40 minutes long and showed multiple takes of the song, along with chit-chat between Linda and Nelson Riddle & the band. Plus some general scenes of the band just rehearsing etc .... it was wonderful
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Post by rick on Jun 25, 2014 14:18:52 GMT -5
The session on the videotape I had was 30/40 minutes long and showed multiple takes of the song, along with chit-chat between Linda and Nelson Riddle & the band. Plus some general scenes of the band just rehearsing etc .... it was wonderful I remember back in the fall of 1983 around the time of the release of "What's New?" ABC's '20/20" did a whole big interview with Linda over her singing of standards and also of her work with Nelson Riddle. I believe it was shown on Thanksgiving weekend in November 1983 because I remember being at a party and trying to watch it. Fab, was this 30- to 40-minute video only of Linda working on "Little Girl Blue" or were there interviewers and voiceover narration during the video? I am wondering if what you had was the actual raw footage of what was shot in the recording studio during the session(s) for "Little Girl Blue." |
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Post by fabtastique on Jun 25, 2014 23:21:32 GMT -5
Just Linda in the recording booth, it seemed very much a candid video and may well have been raw footage for inclusion in another interview/TV piece ..... Or simply someone who was present recording the event.
I also remember bits where the orchestra were " rehearsing " and Linda just hanging in the booth, reading a book .....
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Post by fabtastique on Jun 25, 2014 23:24:44 GMT -5
Sorry, yes it was also only " Little Girl Blue" on the tape
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