28th March 2010:
The full credits to the German-only productions of Flemming and Doktor Martin (both series) now added to the Mini-series section of the site
26th February 2010:
Theatr Clwyd is now showcasing the Arden of Faversham, and will complete its run on 6th March. Directed by Terry Hands, it's described as 'an Elizabethan drama by an anonymous author .... based on a true story in which desire, envy and greed inexorably lead to death. The play is an early example of Elizabethan tragic-comedy. Blackly funny, it is not so much ‘whodunnit’ but ‘how’ and ‘when’...'
16th January 2010:
The credits to the Albert Schweitzer film have now been added to the Films section of the site. Expect a 2 x CD set of the soundtrack to be released soon, containing many original compositions by Colin and a selection of classical pieces, mainly by Bach. More details soon......
3rd January 2010:
As mentioned last time, Colin has written the score for a new film called Albert Schweitzer, who was an Alsatian German-French theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. His passionate quest was to discover a universal ethical philosophy, anchored in a universal reality, and make it directly available to all of humanity. So now you know! A website has been set up to promote the film and can be found here (in German)
Gillan fans will be pleased to note that a new live 3CD set was released in November 2009 by EDSEL, the company that brought us the Gillan reissues a while back. Titled Live: Triple Trouble, it features sets by both the Bernie Tormé and Janick Gers lineups, giving us plenty to get your teeth into.
CD1 is a (full?) gig recorded with Bernie Tormé at the Rainbow Theatre, London on 4th March 1981 (although the packaging says 5th March 1981). All are previously unreleased tracks except for If You Believe Me, which ended up on the Double Trouble LP / CD in 1981.
CD2 brings us a set from the Reading Festival on 29th August 1981 with Janick Gers on guitar. 7 of the 13 tracks have been previously released before, mostly on Double Trouble and as B-sides to 2 singles, but it's nice to have the missing tracks and the correct running order for the show.
Finally, CD3 showcases the band's BBC session for Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show in 1982 with Janick doing the guitar work. It's great to hear this session after all these years, bearing in mind the boys only had about 4 hours to record and mix these tracks. That just leaves us with the Friday Rock Show's session, recorded on 27th March 1980 to be released. Anyone know what the track listing was for this session (other than If You Believe Me, released on The BBC Tapes Volume 2: Unchain Your Brain)?
The remainder on disk 3 is a partial live show recorded at Nottingham's Rock City on 4th March 1981 (again, wrongly annotated on the packaging as being the 5th March 1981). As the story goes, Gillan were intending to record a live album and set about recording a few gigs from various venues around the country. However, the idea was scrapped when Bernie Tormé left the band, and thus the Reading Festival in 1981 was recorded, with replacement Janick Gers. Most of this particular Rock City gig was broadcast on Nottingham radio (which were Are You Sure?, Mr. Universe, Trouble, If You Believe Me, Mutually Assured Destruction, On The Rocks, New Orleans and Smoke On The Water) while Second Sight and Unchain Your Brain were the only tracks which were released officially (ending up on a compilation album called Live & Heavy). That just leaves us with Lucille, which is on CD3. Quite why the whole show wasn't released is a bit of a mystery, as EDSEL appear to have access to the original tapes.
See ya soon ...........