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Nov 28, 2015 - 9:06 AM
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A. A. Ron
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Truly a really unnessesary release!
Agreed...labels have GOT to stop re-issuing perfectly-fine albums to add two-minute scraps of "additional music" that mostly consists of source music or John Williams farting into a tuba.
This release is very clearly for those who missed out, for those who wanted better sound in the first place and for John Williams completists like Mr. LeBlanc and the JWFans. The outlandish but persistent CONSPIRACY THEORY that the labels hold material back from their releases, only to put it out years later is ridiculous. It isn't clever. It isn't even coherent.
The labels aren't engaging in shady business to snatch up YOUR MONEY over and over again because as far as they're concerned, they already have YOUR MONEY from the first release. In this case, their primary target audience is PEOPLE WHO DON'T ALREADY HAVE HOME ALONE. You've apparently isolated yourself enough that you wouldn't know it, but this score has always been in high demand. Of course the labels will reissue scores like this one. They're in the business to make AS MUCH MONEY from AS MANY PEOPLE as possible. And if they're reissuing it anyway, why shouldn't they improve upon their previous release?
None of this can be about screwing over the customer. That would run counter to everything the labels are trying to accomplish and more importantly it would put them OUT of business. If you're satisfied with the existing release, that's great! There is absolutely NO reason to sh*t all over LLL's fine, yes FINE, new releases however.
I realize that what I'm about to say will sound like something from Mr. Thaxton, but he'd be right to say it.
The bottom line is, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU!
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Home Alone 2 stayed the same because the original Varese version was approved by John Williams and Shawn Murphy. There's no need to revisit it even if other material showed up, because it's Home Alone 2. The first Home Alone, however, is a different story, as it's one of the most important and enduring of John Williams' scores and now both have composer-approved expansions. This was an opportunity to not only have much better quality but to demonstrate what might be done for future releases, thus opening the doors for other projects.
Mike M.
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Despite what some folks think -- our release slate doesn't revolve around them and their buying habits.
MV
And that's why five years from now we'll still have La La Land Records, and in three days or less we'll have the creation and the epic collapse of Renaud Records and Thor Records.
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Starting with Hook we were requested to do the projects with their involvement.
Mike M.
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So excited for this, one of my favorite Williams scores. I bought the original CBS album back in the 90s, the LLL expansion five years ago, and will happily buy this version to get both albums with improved sound.
I cannot fathom all the complaints. The world turns, time goes on, improved versions of old albums are available. That is a WONDERFUL thing, and the people who create them should be celebrated for their hard work, not condemned for it. Only a fool would think someone goes into the film score releasing business to get rich, they do it because they love it, and the fact that they put in the hours/weeks/months necessary to produce these releases is a huge service to our small community. We're in the dying days of physical media, so many scores I like now come out only as downloads, I'm just thrilled to see our specialty labels still committed to releasing top quality CDs.
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Nov 29, 2015 - 7:52 AM
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JB Fan
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Some time our (soundtrack-lovers) logic puts me in deadlock.
From one hand I heard this kind of statements: oh no! Varese released Back to the Future part III, Intrada released Back to the Future part II! They also released JAWS 2 & JAWS! Oh, my poor wallet - LLL plans to release another 5 titles! Please, stop it, I have not enough money for all this goodies!!!!!
But after LLL's announcement of Home Alone, those who already have first edition are still unhappy: oh no, it's Home Alone again! I don't want it, so why not release something else?!
People - if you don't want it right now, at least you can say "thanks" to LLL, 'cause they saved $24.98 (+shipping) for something else! 
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People - if you don't want it right now, at least you can say "thanks" to LLL, 'cause they saved $24.98 (+shipping) for something else!
But maybe I would have wanted to pay $24.98 (+shipping) if something else would have popped up.
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