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Aug 11, 2014 - 4:16 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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After buying BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS LP (and HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP shortly after), I haunted the soundtrack sections of all the record shops in Liverpool, hoping for scores like WOLFEN, DEADLY BLESSING, 48 HRS, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES and JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN, after seeing the films and liking the music.
While we did get things like KRULL, GORKY PARK, BRAINSTORM and the STAR TREK scores, those years still felt like dark times for the rebellion.
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I remember it taking forever for the Star Trek II album to actually make it into stores. I would drive all over Houston, going to different malls and hoping to find the record. I'd also go to a store called All Records and kept asking the owner if he knew when the LP would arrive. He finally sold me his promo copy, just to shut me up.
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Aug 11, 2014 - 5:54 AM
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johnbijl
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After buying BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS LP (and HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP shortly after), I haunted the soundtrack sections of all the record shops in Liverpool, hoping for scores like WOLFEN, DEADLY BLESSING, 48 HRS, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES and JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN, after seeing the films and liking the music.
While we did get things like KRULL, GORKY PARK, BRAINSTORM and the STAR TREK scores, those years still felt like dark times for the rebellion.
O yes! I remember bugging every record store in the vicinity for 48 Hrs. Especially after I found an order number for a Japanese release on the Arista label in paper catalogue. After more than a year or so it turned out to be a single for The BusBoys-song The Boys Are Back In Town. Imagine my disappointment.
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A bunch of film scores jumped out in memory:
"The Wrong Box" -- saw the film, loved the score -- and had the record store in my small town special order the lp. It was a huge thrill when it came in.
"The Ipcress File" -- saw the film and then finally found the lp in a store in Denver on a family weekend trip to visit my uncle.
"North by Northwest" -- saw the film and then waited for 50 years for the soundtrack to finally be released. I was also thrilled by the Phase 4 lp that had the main title.
"Hercules" -- saw the film as a kid -- and tried and tried without success to get the lp which was listed in the RIAA catalog -- the Digitmovies release was a great great thrill.
I started working at a radio station when I turned 15 -- and then I really got spoiled as I claimed all of the promos and was able to order almost anything from the services that supplied lps to radion stations.
It is hard to explain how exciting the Elmer Bernstein Filmmusic Collection Club was to me -- lp after lp of music that had never been treated with such love and care -- each delivery of those lps was an event for me. The FilmScore Monthly box set of those recordings is probably my most loved CD collection.
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I remember in the late 70's I discovered this new label that was re-releasing some obscure film scores on vinyl. I couldn't believe all the stuff they were putting out, so I made it my business to get 'em all. The label was Varese Sarabande, and I'm happy to report they're still going strong.
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I remember it taking forever for the Star Trek II album to actually make it into stores. I would drive all over Houston, going to different malls and hoping to find the record. I'd also go to a store called All Records and kept asking the owner if he knew when the LP would arrive. He finally sold me his promo copy, just to shut me up.
Exactly! Waaaaay too long! I played that thing to Spock's death! Easily my fave Horner score, and my second-favourite Trek score.
Re-posting Jonbijl's awesome STAR TREK II LP cover here, too:
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It took many months of discouragement before I discovered they had finally put out the soundtrack music from LILIES OF THE FIELD. I'm still overjoyed that they did. (And of course, that was Jerry Goldsmith's Opus One LP.)
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I wanted Secret of NIMH so bad. It took over a year after the films release before I could find the score on LP. I remember running out to get WOK and Conan. In 86 I couldn't wait for Land Before Time. Though it took a couple of weeks before it appeared in stores after the films release. 
