ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR VOLUME 1 (2CD) & VOLUME 2 (3CD)

Label: Varese Sarabande VCL 0511 1119
Date: 1962
Tracks: 32
Time = 143:37

Limited edition of 3000 copies.

From Varese: "Our celebration of Bernard Herrmann’s 100th birthday begins with one of the most important and exciting Herrmann releases in many years! After a wait of nearly 50 years since they were composed we offer a 2-CD set featuring eight never-before-released scores by Bernard Herrmann for the classic television series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The hour-long Hitchcock episodes allowed Herrmann’s music to really take the form of mini-film scores unto themselves. And Herrmann wrote 17 of them for the series!

ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR VOLUME 2 (3CD)

Label: Varese Sarabande 1011 1125
Date: 1962
Tracks: 37

Limited edition of 2000 copies.

From Varese: "Our celebration of Bernard Herrmann’s 100th birthday this year continues with three more CDs of never-before-released music from The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. After a wait of nearly 50 years, earlier this year, we released a 2-CD set featuring the premieres of eight Bernard Herrmann scores from the television classic. The remaining nine episodes are now available here � yes, all of them! Complete! Six of the episodes from this new set come from the same set of master tapes used for our first release.

These masters were missing from the long-ago-stored archives. Thankfully we ended up being able to source these scores from the magnetic film stock of the episodes which offered a discreet music channel. The condition of these tracks (after significant work) has allowed us to complete what is now a five-disc presentation of all 17 Bernard Herrmann scores from The Alfred Hitchcock Hour � surely one of the most exciting and historic releases we have ever tackled."

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