The amazingly talented TV-film composer Gerald Fried passed on February 17, 2023. He composed music for early films of Stanley Kubrick, as well as lesser horror flicks like The Return of Dracula and I Bury the Living. He scored hundreds of TV episodes, including Gilligan’s Island, It's About Time, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek TOS.
His
contribution to 45 episodes of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is our
focus for this month!
Gerald
Fried—SALUTE!
Yes, I understand that the opening seconds of "Off Broadway" are draggy, that's how I done got 'em.
This disc combines the glories and goofiness required by the subject matter of these third-season episodes. "Off Broadway" is lots of hep-cat and semi-cool fun. The vocal excerpts with Shari Lewis et. al. are pretty true to the gimmickry of Sixties "musical theatre." "A Man Is a Song," perhaps, but our Dear David won't make the Top 40 in this one. Stick with Shari marching for justice!
While "Gorilla" is just ... embarrassing.
The Off Broadway Affair
(November 18, 1966)
Tracks 1-6 – 29:23
The My Friend the Gorilla Affair
(December 16, 1966)
Tracks 7-10 – 19:27
The Take Me to Your Leader Affair
(December 30, 1966)
Track 11 – 00:23
The Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Affair
(January 20, 1967)
Track 12 – 5:12
TOTAL TIME: 54:52
We got a nice twenty-second duet between David and Nancy Sinatra to represent "Leader," and a Thrush girl singing "Tender Trap" in "Yo-Ho-Ho."
FRIED: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. -- Disc 5
Avast and have fun, me maties! See you Monday!
A Fifth Of Fried!
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