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Nice one, zooba, as always. I have one of these things, somewhere, relating to Thoroughly Modern Millie, with words from Andre Previn, Elmer Bernstein, Julie Andrews in "response" to the questions printed on the insert, so that the deejay could 'pretend' to carry out a radio interview as some kind of publicity for the film.
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Aug 9, 2016 - 12:40 PM
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JSDouglas
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The only one of those interview/promo LPs that I've come across was for THE HAPPY HOOKER. Side 1 featured a :30 sec. radio spot and a 5:35 interview with Lynn Redgrave whilst side 2 featured a :60 sec. radio spot and a 5:55 interview with Jean-Pierre Aumont.
I received it and a boxful of other radio spot LPs from a closing movie theatre. All the spots were from primarily 1970's era exploitation films with several mainstream releases as well.
From a film music standpoint the radio ads are of marginal interest as most of them avoid the use of music. A few that do include: A BRIDGE TOO FAR, ENTER THE DRAGON, THE EXORCIST, and HALLOWEEN. The B side of a MAGIC OF LASSIE radio spot collection includes the film's Academy Award nominated song by the Sherman Bros. sung by Debby Boone.
The ads are fascinating products of their time. I was particularly amused by the spots created for American International Pictures (A.I.P.). They used audio clips from the films with outrageous announcer hyperbole. For instance, one of the :30 sec. spots for MAD MAX (1979 U.S. release) begins with the specially created (for the ad) sound of a playground and the voices of kids saying things like, "Hey Max, you little punk!" Then the announcer comes in with: "Max knew that those who abused him as a child would grow up to be the killers of tomorrow - and that he would grow up to BLOW THIER ROTTEN HEADS OFF!!" No kidding! Thats the ad!
Other A.I.P. radio spots include: ABBY ("A story of lust - and exorcism!"), FROGS ("Today the pond - tomorrow the world!"), FOOD OF THE GODS ("...for a taste of HELL!") and SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN. While some of these contain soundtrack clips of choice dialogue none of them contain any of the background scoring. If any music is used, it comes from some library source (although I seem to recollect that MAD MAX used some of the Brian May soundtrack).
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