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I haven't listened to them in a long time, but the Varese albums were especially enjoyable to me when they first came out in the 80's.
And I carry them (um, along with ALL other released Star Trek music) on my phone.
I'm going to give at least one a listen this week - thanks for the reminder.
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I wish there was a second printing of the 15-cd set. So much great music out of reach 
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Very nice photos, Hedji!
I still play the re-recordings, along with the LLL box set. I'd never part with them. I especially like "The Corbomite Maneuver" and "The Empath." And I've found that "The Paradise Syndrome" re-recording makes a good encore to the original soundtrack, when it ends but you're in the mood for more.
BTW, Label X Volume 1 happens to be the greatest bargain on all of iTunes: $3.99 for 40 minutes of Star Trek music. All four CDs are on iTunes.
"The Conscience of the King" is one of my favorite scores, but it suffers for what's missing in the Label X suite: the Shakespeare motifs and "Phaser on Overload." That's one of the many scores you need the LLL box for.
I would also say the Royal Phil CDs add a dimension of stereo and modern digital sound quality that "isn't everything," but it is a good thing. The Sony PCM-1610 machine may be outdated now (it wrote digital audio files to a U-matic format video cassette), but it captured the full audio specs that a CD can deliver, and damn if that isn't good enough for me.
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I find that I seldom if ever listen to these, now that I have the OSTs. But they were hugely important at the time.
Lukas
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I didn't know about these re-recordings and I'm usually not for them but they have added sparkle to older material like THE MALTESE FALCON and RIO CONCHOS.
Based on Lukas' comment though I'm wondering if they're worth it? Especially since I'm fortunate enough to have the LLL boxed set. SPECTRE OF THE GUN is probably my favorite overall. Good ol' Jerry Fielding.
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I've come back to them from time to time. Oddly I have a better understanding of them because of the TOS Box.
Does anyone know the history of how these remarkable things came to be?
It blows my mind that the these all came out in 1985. I mean, there had been no Star Trek recordings and then the floodgates opened right when I was the perfect age both in terms of interest in Star Trek, interest in soundtracks, and buying power.
I think I bought them in '86 (shortly after GNP's The Cage / Where No Man Has Gone Before). I don't think I listened to them very much except for Doomsday Machine and The Enemy Within. (Heh, I just realized that those are both Kaplan. I wonder if I noticed back then.) Corbomite was good. But Enemy was the only thing that really got purchase with me. (I'm so sorry I never realized the genius of Charlie X.)
Wow, I know that the cost of four LPs was not nothing to me then. And I'm pretty sure I barely listened to them! The movie scores? Sure! Lots!
The other funny thing is that these are all either my top or bottom Star Trek scores. Charlie X and Enemy are just about the all time champs. I, Mudd I don't even listen to on the Box.
I should revisit the Label X Conscience of the King. I didn't really warm to this one until the Box. Now it's a fave.
Hedji, thanks for the post!
p.s. At this late date it's interesting to check out the Cincinnati Pops' suite of The Cage. 1984! Beat them all by a year!
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I love them too.
Some of the recordings were slower than the OSTs and all had more of a concert hall feel rather than the closer, tighter feel of the OSTs, and for that reason I still craved the originals.
However, now I have the OSTs, I'm paradoxically able to love these recordings even more, because I'm no longer listening to them wishing the originals would come out.
Cheers
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I don't think that's paradoxical at all Stephen, but instead makes perfect logical sense. They've become a pleasant extra alternative rather than a disappointing substitute for the "real thing".
Yavar
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I was happy with them until the TOS boxset…and now I’m spoiled ??
As for re-recordings, I listen to the CD from the Star Trek Ultimate Voyage Tour.
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What Yavar said. I don't think that is paradoxical at all. I used to have the original LP release for BLADE RUNNER by the New American Orchestra, which I bought concurrently with the film and found hugely disappointing, as it was the film score as a nicely arranged jazz-lounge-easy listening arrangement. I was so happy when Vangelis original soundtrack was released in 1994, and even happier when Vangelis released a 3CD set and BSX released their re-recording (one of the finest all time BSX releases). Now that I have those, I can return to the New American Orchestra version and appreciate it for what it is.
Also, the Star Trek re-recordings were really good, I don't think the original recordings "supplant" them, I see them as complimentary. But I very much enjoy having different versions of the same music. Very often, different recordings reveal different things.
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For some people the re-recordings are the first ones they ever heard and one always has a soft spot for the first performance they ever heard.
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My Trekkie brother had these (though whether he still has them after multiple moves is another matter) and they sustained my craving in my early soundtracking days before LaLaLand came to the rescue. The upper band colors of the Label Xs had me wondering whether there was ever a "redshrit" album in the works.
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I still listen to them, absolutely. I can't always find the time to listen to the phenomenal complete box set, so these are nice listens. They're also great recordings and I have a nostalgia with them, too, because for so long it's all we had.
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