INTRADA Announces Bill Conti's UNCLE JOE SHANNON

Roger Feigelson · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:47 pm **Posts:** 3415

INTRADA Announces:

UNCLE JOE SHANNON
Composed and Conducted by BILL CONTI

INTRADA Special Collection Volume 96

The 1978 United Artists film Uncle Joe Shannon features Burt Young as Joe, a successful studio musician whose is shattered when a fire claims the lives of his wife and son. A year later, Joe is reeling about in a drunken haze, and embarrassing his musician friends by crashing club gigs with his crazed playing. But the suicidal Joe finds new reason to live when an ex skips town, leaving her son Robbie (Doug McKeon) in his flophouse care. At first rescuing the boy from an orphanage, and then saving his life at a cruel cost, Joe ultimately finds a new son on his path to the straight and narrow—a journey expressed through his trumpet playing.

Hot off the success of his score for Rocky, composer Bill Conti was engaged to provide that gritty Rocky feel as Joe battles adversity, especially coming through in the jazzy orchestral sound of composer Bill Conti. And yet Conti also provides a similarly heartfelt, yet far darker vibe for Uncle Joe Shannon. Legendary jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson is the “voice” of Joe Shannon. Ferguson showed his trumpet range in Elmer Bernstein’s orchestrally epic score for The Ten Commandments and Leith Stevens’ rebellious jazz sound for The Wild One earlier in his career. His playing here becomes the heart and soul of Joe.

For this world premiere CD release of Uncle Joe Shannon, Intrada was given access to the original ¼” 15 i.p.s. two-track album master to present the original LP presentation. The elements were in perfect condition and the results are clean and vibrant.

This release is limited to 1000 copies.

INTRADA Special Collection - Volume 96
Retail Price: 19.99
AVAILABLE NOW
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6211/.f

Azella · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 4:45 pm

Great release! Thank you. Ordered.

Olivier · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 4:48 pm

(Just checking the time; the board is one hour late, but the release was nearly an nour befor ethe usual 5:15pm; I was a bit confused for a moment.)

This sounds nice so far-- the first sample reminds me of For Your Eyes Only, and the second one of Rocky (ah, Eyes again now), which I both love.

Bond1965 · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 4:56 pm

Love the choice of cover art. Much more impressive than the original LP cover.

Thanks guys!

James

Freejack · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 6:25 pm

Never heard of this movie or score,
but I've got to say I liked the preview clips.

Conti sure is one of the top 10 greats.

Thanks guys for bringing thisone to my attention.

I wonder if Maynard Ferguson played the trumpet on Gil Melle's score
to THE LAST CHASE "81" starring Lee Majors.

Ferguson's tunes to "Uncle Joe Shannon" reminds me of Melle's score.

tjguitar · **Joined:** Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:12 pm **Posts:** 804

Thanks Intrada!

Tai-Pan · **Joined:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:33 am **Posts:** 467

Gary S. · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 7:36 pm

Azella · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 8:12 pm

nekromantik · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 11:38 pm

ajhintrada · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 7:57 am

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