5 albums by JW you are proudest to have.

[Josh500 1,620]

To me, soundtracks that are now out of print or very hard to get.

I'm really proud to have

JFK

Original release of E.T.

Nixon

Sleepers

Born On The Fourth of July

LOL LOL LOL

[flytrumpet 0]

I would have to say:Spacecamp,Towering inferno,Poseidon adventure/Paper chase/Conrack,The Witches of Eastwick,The Accidental tourist,TOD.All originals.The rest is pretty easy to find on Amazon or ebay.Just got a first print of E-T for 2$ on ebay recently.

[Ledzo 0]

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[David Vincent 8]

1. Spacecamp

2. The Paper Chase / Conrack / The Poseidon Adventure

3. The Reivers (Master Film Music edition)

4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

5. Jane Eyre (Silva Screen FILMCD 031)

In rare bootlegs :

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Lacombe record)

2. Hook (Concorde 9921)

3. Monsignor / Missouri Breaks

4. The Poseidon Adventure (JBCD 3001)

5. Far and Away vol2

[Hitch 60]

My top 5 John Williams scores are:

DENTURES

BARNEY'S DRUG TRIP THROUGH ALICE'S LOOKING GLASS

LBJ

GBH

GERIATRIC PARK X (From original material by James Horner)

[Luke Skywalker 2,385]

Im not embarrased by any Williams work i have

[Miguel Andrade 1,727]

Way too many to list...

[JoeinAR 1,957]

The Terminal,

A.I.

Saving Private Ryan

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,

Hook.

[Ollie 1,375]

While I do have rare and out of print JW albums, I'm proud of all of them.

[Mr. Breathmask 624]

'nuff said

[MrScratch 296]

Star Wars Two-disc Special Edition

Empire Strikes Back Two-disc Special Edition

Superman Two-disc Rhino set

Raiders of the Lost Ark DGG

Those are my favorite scores in deluxe/complete editions that I consider to be perfect in every way and never get tired of listening to.

Jane Eyre

The Eiger Sanction

Two semi-rare score CDs that I sought for a long time and still enjoy seeing them sitting on my shelf, and they also happen to be two damn fine scores.

Jeff

[Greg1138 3]

Temple of Doom, Star Wars Anthology, The Fury (2-Disc), Superman - The Movie (Rhino 2-Disc - ok, ok, so whilst this is neither uncommon nor indeed rare, it is such a stonkingly well-made package that it takes pride of place on my CD shelf.....so it does fit in this category for me) and Minority Report 2-Disc ( at Miguel...)

[APBez 11]

My copy of 'Greatest Hits - 69-99', signed.

My copy of 'Superman - 2CD Rhino', signed.

My copy of 'E.T. - 20th Anniversary Ed.', signed.

Indiana Jones and TOD, original.

Star Wars: ROTJ, the first JW score I bought... I think.

Wasn't easy compiling this list. :-)

APBez

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Angela's Ashes, sans narration

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, original release

Jane Eyre

Jaws 2

The Witches of Eastwick OST

Ray Barnsbury

[John McClane 1]

The only rare CD I have, is still the Japanese release of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

It's also special because I bought it in my first-ever vacation out of Italy.

[nightscape94 968]

Wow, there's a sight for sore eyes. A Mirko post.

Tim

[Greg1138 3]

Aye Cap'n....back from exile once more......

[John McClane 1]

Wow, there's a sight for sore eyes.  A Mirko post.

Tim

Don't get used to it.

[nightscape94 968]

Maybe this is a strange indication that Ricard will start posting again...........not.

Tim

[John McClane 1]

It wasn't my fault.

[MSM 194]

My fav. Williams albums:

1) Jurassic Park OST

2) Cinema Serenade

3) Sabrina

4) Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores

5) Hook

Rare JW (original cds):

1) Temple of Doom

2) The Fury

3) Heartbeeps

4) The Poseidon Adventure/The Paper Chase/Conrack

5) The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

Rare JW (lps):

1) Star Wars

2) The Fury (unopened)

3) Dracula (unopened)

4) Several BPO lps

[Orson 1]

Images

Spacecamp

The Eiger Sanction

The Towering Inferno (expanded)

Witches of Eastwick

[Luke Skywalker 2,385]

HI mirko!

Good to see you return from Dagobah

[John McClane 1]

I'm back from the crypt only for few days, then I'll disappear again, don't worry.

BTW, I wish I could have the DCC expanded release of Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it's out of print and very rare. It sucks to see a only 10 years old release being already OOP and extremely rare to find.

Even Colony, in Times Square (where I bought Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) didn't have it. Duh.

[Mr. Breathmask 624]

A friend of mine picked it up last year for a mere 25 Euros in a store in Germany, where it was just sitting on the shelve. He was unaware of its rarity at the time. When he told me he got Raiders I went through the roof. Then he said he was a bit disappointed with the music, but by then, my enthusiasm had spoiled my attempts to take it off his hands. Not even offering a tenner helped by that time. Bummer.

- Marc, who sure would like an original Raiders.

[MrScratch 296]

My copy of 'Greatest Hits - 69-99', signed.

My copy of 'Superman - 2CD Rhino', signed.

My copy of 'E.T. - 20th Anniversary Ed.', signed.

If we're talking autographs, then I'm also very proud to own:

Star Wars Anthology Disc 4, signed by JW in gold ink

The Phantom Menace, signed by JW on the night he premiered TPM music with the BPO

Schindler's List, signed by both Williams and Perlman

Jeff

[John McClane 1]

A friend of mine picked it up last year for a mere 25 Euros in a store in Germany, where it was just sitting on the shelve. He was unaware of its rarity at the time. When he told me he got Raiders I went through the roof. Then he said he was a bit disappointed with the music, but by then, my enthusiasm had spoiled my attempts to take it off his hands. Not even offering a tenner helped by that time. Bummer.

- Marc, who sure would like an original Raiders.

And yet you're still able to call it "friend"! LOL If he really was a bit disappointed with the music, why just doesn't sell it (to you) and be satisfied with a CD-R? Menace him, bro! I'm sure he's less JW fan than you so he doesn't deserve such a treasure!

[Greg1138 3]

I'm back from the crypt only for few days, then I'll disappear again, don't worry.

BTW, I wish I could have the DCC expanded release of Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it's out of print and very rare. It sucks to see a only 10 years old release being already OOP and extremely rare to find.

Even Colony, in Times Square (where I bought Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) didn't have it. Duh.

I got mine from the Amazon.co.uk Marketplace for £8.97 including postage about 6 months ago.....not as rare as perhaps you think.....

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

I just completely forgot to add The Witches of Eastwick OST....that was an exciting e-bay win.

Ray Barnsbury - who competed with another bidder as the seconds ticked away...and won

[nightscape94 968]

Images

Hook - 3-CD Set

The Towering Inferno - 2-CD Complete Score

The Witches of Eastwick- Complete

Born on the Fourth of July - Complete Score

Jury Prize: The Fury - Limited Edition

Tim

[John McClane 1]

Hook - 3-CD Set

The Towering Inferno - 2-CD Complete Score

The Witches of Eastwick- Complete

Born on the Fourth of July - Complete Score

Tim  

Well Tim, if we also count bootlegs, I have them all too! Maybe the thread was about the original CDs?

[nightscape94 968]

When's the last time any thread stayed on topic for more then 5 posts? Anyway, an album is simply a collection of recordings or pictures in a single unit (disc, book, vynl..etc). So technically a bootleg is still considered an album.

Tim

[John McClane 1]

So technically a bootleg is still considered an album.  

If so, my John Williams' collection is 90% complete, as I own pretty much every expanded/complete bootleg release. o_O

[pixie_twinkle 60]

Spacecamp (Japanese CD)

The Witches of Eastwick (Warner CD)

Diamond Head (vinyl)

Checkmate (vinyl)

Not With My Wife You Don't (vinyl)

I have all the FSM and Varese special releases too. I'm not as proud of them however as they were not difficult to find. You just need to buy them within the first month or so of release. It amazes me that people procrastonated when Towering Inferno was on sale at FSM for about 6 months for 25 bucks. But the second FSM sold out people started rushing to bid for it on ebay and pay 100 bucks!

[Josh500 1,620]

I have about 65 John Williams CDs at home, but God, I wish I had them all!!! Does anyone know -- who owns the most JW CDs (not including bootlegs) here??? And how DO you get bootlegs, by the way???

[John McClane 1]

I think ChrisCrusherComix and Miguel Andrade has the biggest collection.

As for bootlegs, the most commonly given answer is: p2p softwares, with eMule being the most used. You can really find a lot of stuff there (althought on SoulSeek I've found a lot of stuff that weren't on eMule - in fact I heard that that are a few softwares better than the mule speaking of availability of scores).

[Docteur Qui 1,581]

The Fury

[fommes 165]

The Fury

Monsignor LP

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Gerhardt's original Star Wars / Close Encounters CD album

Raiders of the Lost Ark