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01. Roger Webb - Bartleby 1
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02. Roger Webb - Bartleby 2
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03. Roger Webb - Bartleby 3
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04. Roger Webb - Bartleby 4
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05. Roger Webb - Bartleby 5
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06. Roger Webb - Bartleby 6
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07. Roger Webb - Bartleby 7
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08. Roger Webb - Bartleby 8
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09. Roger Webb - Bartleby 9
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10. Roger Webb - Bartleby 10
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11. Roger Webb - Bartleby 11
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ARTIST
WEBB, ROGER
TITLE
Bartleby: The Original Soundtrack Recording
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
TRUNK
CATALOG #
JBH 090LP
JBH 090LP
GENRE
SOUNDTRACK
RELEASE DATE
11/19/2021
2022 restock. "Before I go on about this, musically it is outstanding. Amazing. Groovy. Weird, Pastoral. Jazz. Funky. Modal. And all at the same time. So, some history and context for you.
Bartleby
or rather
Bartleby The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall Street
started life as a short anonymous work written for publication in 1853. Its first appearance was over two installments that year, in the November and December issues of Putnam's Monthly Magazine. The
Bartleby
story is simple -- a Wall Street firm hires a scrivener by the name of Bartleby, who, after joining, refuses to do any work at all, using 'I'd prefer not to' as his ongoing and effective excuse (a bit like my kids all the time in fact). This infuriates all the other staff and the situation spirals into madness. Bartleby appeared three years later as a short story in
The Piazza Tales
, revealing the writer to be Herman Melville. Since then, it has risen in stature, and has been firmly placed as a short form classic. It offers readers a subtle journey into mental illness and explores isolation in the work place and in society in general. It's not a particularly cheerful read, but Melville's subject matter and observations are more relevant now than ever. Over the years the story has been adapted for radio, stage and screen. In 1970 a filmed version was made in the UK, transporting
Bartleby
from New York to London, and from the 19th Century to the late 1960s. Starring Paul Scofield (as the accountant) and John McEnery (as Bartleby) it offered a stark, depressing and darkly comic view of office life, ending in a hunger strike and ultimately death. So not a swinging London movie by any stretch of the imagination. The film was shot around London Wall and was produced via Twickenham Studios (for interiors shots), which was a commercial set up co-owned by Kenneth Shipman. One of his fledgling composers at the time was pianist Roger Webb (1934-2002), who put together a most extraordinary and effective soundtrack. To my ears it's a mixture of jazz and British pastoral sadness. A perfect blend of late 1960s jazz underground and brooding depression. This is the first time this Bartleby score has ever been issued. It sounds incredible. In 35 years of collecting and listening to film music and library music, I have never come across anything quite like it before. If you have, can you let me know what it is. Unless of course, you prefer not to. Thanks for listening." --
Jonny Trunk
, 2021
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