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Electric Glide In Blue OST
This soundtrack comes full of packaging. There’s a fold out cover, two posters, and a 24 page picture book of scenes from the movie. The movie was about motorcycle…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
QUINCY JONES
$ OST
Before working with Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones was probably best known for his Jazz arranging and soundtrack productions. The movie $ was an example of the latter…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
MUHAMMAD ALI
Ali And His Gang Vs. Mr. Tooth Decay
This record is worth every penny I paid for it. When I was growing up, Muhammad Ali was one of my heroes. My friends and I use to play fight saying, Float like a butterfly…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES
As Serious As A Heart-Attack
This is a bit of an all-star album for Van Peebles with backing by Doug Carn on keys, and Tom Scott and Albert Hall on horns. Van Peebles’ albums tend to sound…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
NICHOLS, MIKE
Annie OST
Hard Knock Life, Jay-Z, nuff said. I did see this musical when I was a kid on a trip to New York City on Broadway!
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
HUBERT LAWS
A Hero Ain’t Nothin But A Sandwich OST
A Hero Ain’t Nothin But A Sandwich was a famous black coming of age book that was turned into a movie. Hubert Laws recorded the soundtrack, most of which is…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
GALT MACDERMOT
Cotton Comes To Harlem OST
Finally found a copy of this soundtrack in a store for an affordable price. Despite the great blaxploitation graphics on the cover, this isn’t that funky of…
Filed under: Music, Soul, Soundtracks
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
Adventurers OST
The Adventurers soundtrack was the result of a large collaboration. Antonio Carlos Jobim got top billing for writing 7 of the 9 tracks, while Quincy Jones did production.…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
WILLIE HUTCH
Foxy Brown OST
Foxy Brown starred one of the sexiest women to ever grace the big screen, Pam Grier. The soundtrack was recorded and arranged by Willie Hutch and contains some nice…
Filed under: Music, Soul, Soundtracks
BOB MCGRATH
Bob McGrath From Sesame Street
The ever elusive Bob McGrath From Sesame Street album. I scoured the Children’s sections of various record stores until I found a copy in Sacramento. Bob McGrath…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
THOM BELL
Fish That Saved Pittsburgh OST
I’ve never seen The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh all the way through. The only thing I really remember about it was that it starred Dr. J and Meadowlark Lemon…
Filed under: Music, Disco, Soundtracks
BADDER THAN EVIL
Gordon’s War OST
A lucky day for soundtracks. I picked up the Come Back Charleston Blue LP (reviewed below) and this one together at the same store. Most of the songs are performed…
Filed under: Music, Funk, Soul, Soundtracks
DONNY HATHAWAY
Come Back Charleston Blue OST
I believe in karma. You do good things, good things will happen to you. Sometimes you have parking kharma and can find a space right by where you’re going, and…
Filed under: Music, Soul, Soundtracks
HENRY MANCINI
Cop Show Themes
I’ve always liked cop show themes, maybe because they take me back to my childhood. My mom would always watch mystery and detective shows and I liked the cop…
Filed under: Music, Jazz, Soundtracks
MASASHI AKIYAMA
Bruce Lee Big Special
All the Martial Arts movie records I see are out of Japan and Bruce Lee Big Special is no exception. It’s a double album produced and directed by Masashi Akiyama…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
21 GUITAR HITS
21 Guitar Hits
21 Guitar Hits is a collection of innocuous and MOR covers from Canada. In between all that waste of vinyl is one standout track, a cover of Dennis Coffey’s…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
Monty Norman
Dr. No OST
Dr. No was the first James Bond novel turned into a movie. I have quit a few of the Bond soundtracks and have found something interesting on each one. The songs here…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
LAURIE JOHNSON
Avengers OST
When I was a kid my mom was a bit of an Anglophile thanks to PBS. One of the British shows she used to watch was the Avengers. This is a collection of songs by Laurie…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
GEOFF LOVE
Big Movie Themes
Geoff Love was an English composer who released a series of movie theme collections. This is a compilation of those in a three record set. The first and last discs…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
JAMES BROWN
Black Caesar OST
The Black Caesar soundtrack was one of the last really consistent albums James released on Polydor. After the success of Superfly and Shaft as soundtracks, Brown was…
Filed under: Music, Funk, Soul, Soundtracks