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[alan_more]

Now on the CBn main page...

'John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch' Coming In Autumn 2007

With a foreword by Don Black

'John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch' Postponed

Delayed from planned publication in late 2007

'John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch' Slated For Autumn '08

Pre-order online now

'John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch' Now Available

Order online

The John Barry Appreciation Society has posted a preview page on MySpace about the forthcoming biography book

The Man With The Midas Touch

to be released this autumn.

All John Barry fans on MySpace are invited to join the friends list.

http://www.myspace.c...barrymidastouch

[Blofeld's Cat]

Excellent!

Finally, the long awaited up-date to the "John Barry - A Life In Music" book. I was was never able to get my hands on the original publication, but I'm not going to miss out on this one!

Thanks for the heads-up alan_more.

[MarcAngeDraco]

Thanks for the link!

[Qwerty]

Now on the CBn main page...

'John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch' Coming In Autumn 2007

With a foreword by Don Black

[Professor Dent]

Very nice! Thanks for the link.

[Qwerty]

I'll definitely be picking this one up.

[Qwerty]

-----UPDATE-----

'John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch' Postponed

Delayed from planned publication in late 2007

[Qwerty]

Now on the CBn main page...

'John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch' Slated For Autumn '08

Pre-order online now

[Blofeld's Cat]

Man, I missed out the first time round, so I hope I can get this new edition. If I could afford it I would certainly utilise the 25% discount preorder price, but funds are tight right now.

Hope the offer will still be available when I get my tax cheque in the mail in a couple of months or so.

[Fiona Volpe lover]

I've got the first version of this book, which was pretty good, but I think I'll wait and see if the extra content is worth me buying it twice!

[Qwerty]

Now on the CBn main page...

'John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch' Now Available

Order online

[Qwerty]

John Barry biography was "labour of love"

FOR Stourbridge civil servant Pete Walker completing his “labour of love” took more than two decades.

The 49-year-old author (pictured) has co-written John Barry: The Man with the Midas Touch, which claims to be a definitive biography of the famous musician.

Best known for James Bond scores including Goldfinger and Diamonds are Forever, Barry’s fans have hailed the book “a bible about Barry” and word has spread as far as Irish national radio.

It’s all a far cry from the book’s humble beginnings, which date back to when Pete met co-authors Geoff Leonard and Gareth Bramley in 1981.

Pete, of Ridgacre Lane, Quinton, said: “We met by chance when Geoff wrote to me and pretty much started working on the book from there...

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http://commanderbond...n...&item=52673 - Stourbridge News

[Qwerty]

Banker strikes gold with Bond composer biography

THE great film music of Oscar-winning composer John Barry has long been admired by Derby banker Gareth Bramley.

"The first Barry record I purchased was the Persuaders TV theme single which I bought from Selectadisc in Nottingham in the mid-1970s – and from that moment I was a fan," says Gareth.

John Barry, best known for his music for the James Bond films, has also composed classic scores for movies such as Dances With Wolves and Out of Africa.

"I think it's his orchestrations and arrangements that grabbed me," says Gareth. "They are instantly recognisable and have a certain quality and mood about them (whether it is Bond or something else) – they all have that trademark quality and capture the action on screen perfectly – yet they are all quite different."...
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http://commanderbond...n...&item=52970 - This Is Derbyshire