MUSIC AND RECORDINGS

2009 -- THE YEAR OF PETULA!

The heavenly Petula Clark graces several notable new DVD and CD releases this year. I found the best prices for her Portrait of Petula 1969 TV special DVD and the new Open Your Heart: A Collection of Love Songs CD (with 11 unreleased tracks) here on Deep Discount (with free shipping). We have Collectors' Choice Music to thank for these two releases, though, whose recent catalog proclaims, "Petula Clark ROCKS!"


Plus, the lavish 1969 musical adaptation of Goodbye Mr. Chips starring Peter O'Toole and Ms. Clark finally makes it DVD bow on Jan. 27. Deep Discount and amazon both have good prices. The soundtrack album was released some time ago on a mammoth CD package (music & lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, conducted by John Williams, both Oscar nominated for this score).


Goodbye Mr. Chips fell at the tail end of the 1960s parade of large-scale, lengthy musicals that would hopefully would be hits like Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Oliver! and My Fair Lady. Chips was not a big smash but was a wondrous showcase for the pairing of Clark & O'Toole, both of whom were acclaimed for their performances. (One review remarked that, in the film, Ms. Clark looked like a young Mary Martin.)

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