The Curse of Frankenstein 4K Restoration

Some dude bought Hammer Films a few years ago and is restoring the catalog in 4K – from the original negatives! I found the YouTube channel and watched a few trailers; these things are absolutely stunning.

Anyway, here’s an eight-minute video explaining the process. I understood some of it.

Because

This is the same woman who plays violin in the TTRRUUCES video below.

Singing all parts. If we’re cloning people now, may as well be her.

Favorite 7ths

It’s March 7, so here are my favorite 7ths.  Rather than blab for twenty paragraphs, I’ll let these things speak for themselves.  I like how Szell takes the catchy second movement fast, closer to a true allegretto than the others.  Some other recordings do that, but I don’t remember hearing one that didn’t have some disqualifying issue for me.

Also, a special shout out to Sir Thomas Beecham with the Royal Philharmonic.  I like it as much as the ones above but figured I should stop at three.

Drool

If I worked here, production would drop by about a third in the first month.