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They were able to clean up the stuff from "The Brass Are Comin'" for HERB ALPERT IS... so I have my fingers crossed. Every copy I've seen of that until then was in really grim shape.What Tjb said about Herb mentioning the restoration of the TV specials: for YEARS I've been waiting to hear that! Back in the day, I'd go to J&R Music World(and other record stores for that matter) on Tuesdays to see if there was any release of his specials on DVD. However, his nephew Randy, when he came to the Forum if I recall correctly said that probably would be somewhat impossible due to the fact that the original reels are old and probably tattered, so it most likely could not be remastered correctly; even with today's technology. However, we shall see, we shall see. Also, on his website(and also on youtube) there are lots of the videos from the specials that look remastered to me, and they come under the banner of "Herb Alpert Presents". So, we'll see what happens.
If (and when) the specials come out on DVD, maybe Herb can do commentary on them to show how the specials were made and how certain videos came about. Well, like I said, we'll see.
Petula Clark was in The Brass Are Comin'...I think...This is one batch of specials that probably wouldn't see much barrier to being released, assuming Herb owns the rights to them. If he doesn't, might be a little more difficult. A lot of specials back then used to have multiple "guest stars" that would cause the rights to be very difficult to get -- but if I remember anyway, Herb's specials were mostly just him and the Brass weren't they? I don't seem to remember any "guest stars" although it's been decades since I've seen any of them all the way through!
That's the major issue everyone overlooks--it's not up to the artist to decide if their television specials are released. It's up to whoever owns the rights to those specials. If an artist can somehow gain ownership of the titles, or license them, then restoration efforts can go forward. Otherwise, it won't happen.This is one batch of specials that probably wouldn't see much barrier to being released, assuming Herb owns the rights to them. If he doesn't, might be a little more difficult.
Rights to the individual songs might be an issue as well.That's the major issue everyone overlooks--it's not up to the artist to decide if their television specials are released. It's up to whoever owns the rights to those specials. If an artist can somehow gain ownership of the titles, or license them, then restoration efforts can go forward. Otherwise, it won't happen.
It's like so many music artists who signed their careers away to the record labels that now own their masters; something they created can't even be accessed anymore, regardless of how much they might want to reissue it, or how much fans might want the titles. It's only in the past couple of decades where many artists, some who have been burned in the past, have now decided to record and own their masters, then only license or lease them out to labels.
Petula Clark, Jack Burns, The Merry-Go -Round come to mind.This is one batch of specials that probably wouldn't see much barrier to being released, assuming Herb owns the rights to them. If he doesn't, might be a little more difficult. A lot of specials back then used to have multiple "guest stars" that would cause the rights to be very difficult to get -- but if I remember anyway, Herb's specials were mostly just him and the Brass weren't they? I don't seem to remember any "guest stars" although it's been decades since I've seen any of them all the way through!