The Official La-La Land Records Thread

[JTN 2,030]

Music Box Records is a great alternative, especially if you reside in Europe, but if PayPal is blocked in your country, then I presume you live much farther. 

 

[Madmartigan JC 85]

Thanks!
I'm in Argentina, actually.

[Andy 4,138]

Those Star Trek TOS covers make me want to buy one of them color TVs!

[Andy 4,138]

I wish I’d kept up with the earlier Next Gen/Voyager/Enterprise releases.  I’m sure there’s nice stuff on them, but it’s too pricey on the secondary market for me to go back now.   So I’ll stick with my true love, TOS era. 

[Jay 37,369]

LLL UPDATE FEB 2024

 

If anyone ever asks why don't you labels let us customers know what you have coming out in advance you can forever point to Octopussy and the debacle we are currently in.

When both projects were finally approved for manufacturing last Fall we thought hey, wouldn't it be cool to do a special Xmas announcement AFTER the Black Friday madness on 2 titles that will be in stock and ready to ship first part of January? What we didn't expect is that in the one week between LALD being approved and Octopussy UMG changed their internal process for manufacturing for 3rd parties like us. The holidays hit, people were on vacation, so when they got back and started catching up on things it was discovered that Octopussy was never put through their internal process. Literally a jaw dropping wtf moment for us. So here we are Feb 3 still waiting on the final product to be delivered. To expedite matters we have asked umg to deliver the cds on spindles and get them to us asap so we can personally drive them down to our manufacture and have them packed up, and given back to us to start sending out.

If UMG kept to their word, the spindles shipped out on Friday and we should have them some time this week. If all goes well we will have final product shortly before Valentine's Day. We will START shipping out then. We will be the only place on the planet that will have this product. All other vendors will have to wait until the 2nd and 3rd batches come in which will most likely be late March

In the meantime, those Scarface LPs should be arriving in late February so we will be sending those out then.

TREK TOS VOL 4 arrives mid February

We had to delay some projects now because of this debacle and hope to be back on track with everything in MARCH

Fingers cross Bond makes his way to us shortly

MV

 

https://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=156024&forumID=1&archive=0

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

Nice to finally get an update. I’ll just plan on spinning The Hidden World a bunch before maybe getting my Bond CDs around the beginning of March.

[Badzeee 110]

All sympathies, Jay. The dread hand of bureaucracy interfering with art and capitalism again. 

 

Ah, that’s a bummer, though. I’d hoped to pick up my Bond CDs from a friend’s address in the UK at the end of Feb, but it’s unlikely they’ll arrive in time for my visit from mainland Europe now. I’ll just have to wait. 

[Jay 37,369]

On 22/07/2023 at 7:53 AM, Jay said:

1606 isn't out yet

 

And finally #1606 has revealed itself

[Dr. Rick 1,157]

I'm assuming this is the only release for March from LLL?  Happy for those who've been waiting for this one for a while, looks like it's chock-full of goodies including the pop songs!

[Jay 37,369]

1 hour ago, Dr. Rick said:

I'm assuming this is the only release for March from LLL?

 

They haven't announced anything about if they are going to do flyers this year or just surprise drop every release like this.  Guess we're in wait-and-see mode.

[whitenoise23 22]

Any recommendations on how to get in contact with someone from LLL for support? I've reached out via email twice but haven't gotten a response (I received Die Another Day instead of Octopussy on my last order.)

 

Edit: I just heard back from them; I assume they have just been quite busy. If anyone ends up missing Die Another Day I'll have an extra copy.

[Jay 37,369]

 1. Yes this is it for March. I think that's enough, don't you? Lol

2. This was supposed to come out for Black Friday, but we didn't get final art approval on time.

Original 2023 slate we wanted

HOOK
TOP GUN
MASK OF ZORRO
TOPAZ
OCTOPUSSY
LALD
SILENT NIGHT

3. Lots of hoops, approvals and delays to make this a reality

4. The whole Bond nonsense delayed things. This was gonna be a Valentine's Day gift to y'all, but because of Octopussy shipments being delayed we had to delay Top Gun. Shipping would have been a logistical nightmare, so we sat there for the last few weeks like Mel Gibson in Braveheart shouting out Hoooold! Hoooold!

5. All Bond orders have been shipped out by now. Top Gun will most likely start shipping later next week(and no it won't be delayed... we're sure of that)

6. Next comes the nightmare of Scarface LPs and getting those in and shipping out...that will happen after Bond. By April things will have settled down and gone back to normal with 2 new releases dropping on April 2

Thanks for all your patience and continued support.

MV

 

https://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=156310&forumID=1&archive=0

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

So they really put Top Gun up for sale at 10AM on a Friday instead of the usual time on a Tuesday? Do we think this is going to be the new normal?

[Tallguy 3,398]

9 hours ago, A. A. Ron said:

So they really put Top Gun up for sale at 10AM on a Friday instead of the usual time on a Tuesday? Do we think this is going to be the new normal?

 

That's probably just the danger zone.

[JTN 2,030]

On 2/3/2024 at 3:17 AM, Jay said:

 1. Yes this is it for March. I think that's enough, don't you? Lol

2. This was supposed to come out for Black Friday, but we didn't get final art approval on time.

Original 2023 slate we wanted

HOOK
TOP GUN
MASK OF ZORRO
TOPAZ
OCTOPUSSY
LALD
SILENT NIGHT

3. Lots of hoops, approvals and delays to make this a reality

4. The whole Bond nonsense delayed things. This was gonna be a Valentine's Day gift to y'all, but because of Octopussy shipments being delayed we had to delay Top Gun. Shipping would have been a logistical nightmare, so we sat there for the last few weeks like Mel Gibson in Braveheart shouting out Hoooold! Hoooold!

5. All Bond orders have been shipped out by now. Top Gun will most likely start shipping later next week(and no it won't be delayed... we're sure of that)

6. Next comes the nightmare of Scarface LPs and getting those in and shipping out...that will happen after Bond. By April things will have settled down and gone back to normal with 2 new releases dropping on April 2

Thanks for all your patience and continued support.

MV

 

https://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=156310&forumID=1&archive=0

“Releasing soundtracks ain’t like dusting crops, boy!”

 

It sure ain’t for the faint-hearted.

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

Without the right producer and mastering engineer we could crap out rushed audio edits or terrible cover art and that’d end your label real quick, wouldn’t it?

[Faleel 5,354]

That's no CD, that's a Vinyl record.

[JTN 2,030]

13 hours ago, A. A. Ron said:

So they really put Top Gun up for sale at 10AM on a Friday instead of the usual time on a Tuesday? Do we think this is going to be the new normal?

I think the new norm is that there is no norm. Everything's been pretty hectic lately, so anything can happen anytime. 

[Smaug The Iron 515]

13 hours ago, A. A. Ron said:

So they really put Top Gun up for sale at 10AM on a Friday instead of the usual time on a Tuesday? Do we think this is going to be the new normal?

According to this it seems that it will be back to Tuesday again. 

On 02/03/2024 at 3:17 AM, Jay said:

By April things will have settled down and gone back to normal with 2 new releases dropping on April 2

 

[Jay 37,369]

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https://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=156340&forumID=1&archive=0

[Stark 316]

Everyone, get Matrix if you haven’t already!!! That’s a good price for Darkman too.

[mstrox 6,651]

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/HLwnigqpi7SG9k3S/?mibextid=WaXdOe
 

[Trope 527]

It's nice for them to take a break from the extremely popular releases and do something a little more niche (at least I personally have never before heard of these films or composers). 

 

And it's nice for me that my wallet can recover before the next John Williams round - Please be Catch Me If You Can or The Terminal!

[DangerMotif 1,038]

8 minutes ago, Trope said:

It's nice for them to take a break from the extremely popular releases and do something a little more niche

They’ve been doing this for over a year straight 

[Trope 527]

4 minutes ago, DangerMotif said:

They’ve been doing this for over a year straight 

I wouldn't call Hook, The Mask of Zorro, Octopussy, Live and Let Die, or Top Gun niche...

[Edmilson 7,466]

Their Facebook post is extremely funny:

 

New releases for April 2024 (yes, that's it... that's what is coming out this month, so please don't ask us if something else is coming later in the month. See how this works? 😁)

 

It's like they're saying "yeah, we know, no Williams, Horner, Goldsmith, etc., just minor scores from mostly unknown composers, now stop whining"

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

4 hours ago, Trope said:

It's nice for them to take a break from the extremely popular releases and do something a little more niche (at least I personally have never before heard of these films or composers). 

 

And it's nice for me that my wallet can recover before the next John Williams round - Please be Catch Me If You Can or The Terminal!

I really, really want Catch Me If You Can.

[Yavar Moradi 2,599]

Liner notes writer Jeff Bond had some cool stuff to share about these two new releases, on Facebook:

 

”Okay, this was fun. Several years ago I wrote liner notes for Oliver Nelson’s tremendous score for the oddball missing link movie Skullduggery. This is a real find in great sound from an incredibly underrated and underrepresented composer. Skullduggery sat around for several years until LLL positioned it as the back end of a double album, so now we get another terrific score for a grim little western with Richard Widmark, Death of a Gunfighter. Bonus: Oliver Nelson is best known for working himself to death writing music for The Six Million Dollar Man, and you actually get some Six Million Dollar Man music here as Nelson reused some of his main title music as the opening to one SMDM episode.

I also had the pleasure of talking to Sylvester Levay, one of the major 80s synth score composers and the artist behind the 70s hit “Fly, Robin Fly” about his score for the ridiculous but refreshingly analog action thriller Navy Seals—music that made Jim Abrams laugh so much he hired Levay to score his takeoff of military action films Hot Shots! Thanks to Michael V. Gerhard and Mike Matessino for these wonderful gigs.”

 

 

The Oliver Nelson release is actually HUGE, guys. He's not a minor figure in music; in fact he was very prolific in the world of jazz through the 60s and early 70s until his untimely death at age 42:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Nelson_discography

 

He's only relatively unknown as a film/TV composer because his career was cut very short by his early death, with his highest profile work being the beloved series The Six Million Dollar Man, which a lot of 70s film music fans pine after. He became a favorite of mine as a kid because he wrote my #1 favorite Columbo score, "The Greenhouse Jungle":

 

(I'm far from the only fan of this score; on YouTube I found covers of the theme including one guy in Russia playing it on his Casio!)

 

The only film score of his ever released on album (until tomorrow) was Zigzag, which FSM premiered on CD many years ago, adding the previously-unreleased film recording alongside the unique LP recording. Death of a Gunfighter (I'm a sucker for 60s western scores too) and Skullduggery were his *only* two other scores written for theatrically released feature films! So yeah...despite his discography being mainly non-film music, his film music on album has now just TRIPLED with this amazing premiere twofer. I highly encourage folks to check out the sound samples when released, if you like 70s stuff at all. It's pretty friggin' awesome.

 

This is the release of the YEAR so far, for me.

 

Yavar

[bruce marshall 1,315]

FB link?

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Possibly the first time that not only have I never heard of either film in a flyer, I've not sure I've heard of either composer.

 

They're the sort of thing I'd normally expect to see from someone like Quartet, not LLL. I'm assuming that they've got lots of bigger titles waiting in various stages of development/approval hell.

[Jay 37,369]

10 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

FB link?

 

9 hours ago, mstrox said:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/HLwnigqpi7SG9k3S/?mibextid=WaXdOe

 

[OneBuckFilms 323]

Interesting to see such releases.

[Yavar Moradi 2,599]

6 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

They're the sort of thing I'd normally expect to see from someone like Quartet, not LLL. I'm assuming that they've got lots of bigger titles waiting in various stages of development/approval hell.

 

The LLL guys are big fans of Oliver Nelson (again, particularly his music for The Six Million Dollar Man has been expressed as a grail for the label, for some time) so I assure you this isn't a minor title for them, or a placeholder.

 

Yavar

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Oh I'm in no doubt they're putting out stuff they love, but in the wider soundtrack community and for fans of more modern stuff, it feels rather niche.

 

If we get to June's flyer and I don't recognise any composers, then I'll start to ask what's going on 

[Andy 4,138]

A quick scan through Discogs, and I think this is the first ever score release for Oliver Nelson.  Unless I’m not seeing one. 
 

I love when the labels present something unusual that’s a labor of love.  That’s how gems are discovered. 

[Faleel 5,354]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

A quick scan through Discogs, and I think this is the first ever score release for Oliver Nelson.  Unless I’m not seeing one. 
 

 

Quote

The only film score of his ever released on album (until tomorrow) was Zigzag, which FSM premiered on CD many years ag

 

[Andy 4,138]

Ah, I stand corrected. 
 

Well I love the bongo heavy $6MDM sound, which reminds me of being very young.  So I think I’ll be on board for this. 

[Yavar Moradi 2,599]

20 minutes ago, Andy said:

A quick scan through Discogs, and I think this is the first ever score release for Oliver Nelson.  Unless I’m not seeing one. 
I love when the labels present something unusual that’s a labor of love.  That’s how gems are discovered. 

 

You need this great FSM release! Figured you could use a link to check out the sound samples... 

https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/cds/detail.cfm/CDID/354/Zigzag-The-Super-Cops/

 

It's OOP but pretty affordable secondhand on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/9303368-Oliver-Nelson-Jerry-Fielding-Zigzag-The-Super-Cops-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack

 

Very cool of FSM to premiere the LP recording on CD along with the film recording which had previously been completely unreleased! Really neat to have them side by side.

 

Yavar

[bruce marshall 1,315]

I can't link to their FB page.

Guess im blocked😣😳

[Corellian2019 386]

Mr. Nelson also conducted the film recording of Last Tango In Paris, FWIW

[Yavar Moradi 2,599]

He also made a significant impact with his arrangements of that score. I know he’s not the composer but I can still hear his “voice” in it.

 

Yavar

[Jay 37,369]

So I've been getting LLL emails since my first order with them ~20 years ago, but I did not get the email about today's releases for some reason.  Did anybody else who normally gets their emails not get today's?

 

Here's what I found from those who did get it on FSM:

 

 

25% OFF YOUR ENTIRE ORDER OF IN-STOCK TITLES

starts April 2 at 12 noon (pst)!!!

 

That’s right! It’s time to Spring into great savings with 25% OFF YOUR ENTIRE ORDER of IN-STOCK titles – including this month’s two new releases!
Discount will be applied at checkout. (This offer applies to IN-STOCK items only and excludes our SCARFACE VINYL 2XLP and the purchase of Gift Certificates).

Special offer starts 4/2 at 12 noon (pst) and runs through 4/16

Only at www.lalalandrecords.com

 

BACK IN STOCK

TITANIC: LIMITED EDITION (4-CD SET) – LAST BATCH!!!
THE MASK OF ZORRO: LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET)
THE KARATE KID 35th ANNIV: LIMITED EDITION – LAST BATCH!!!

Get ‘em starting as part of our 25% OFF special! – TITANIC and KARATE KID are gone for good once they are sold out!

 

Please be patient with shipping. We are working steadily to get orders out in a timely fashion. Expect up to 10 business days from the date you place your order for it to ship from our warehouse and, then, we respectfully ask customers wait up to 4 weeks to inquire about packages/deliveries not yet received. All such inquiries should be made to info AT lalaland-ent DOT com – Thank you.

NOTE: New orders may not be combined with previous or current orders.

 

La-La Land Records and MGM proudly present the re-issue of acclaimed composer Sylvester Levay’s (COBRA, HOT SHOTS!, STONE COLD) original motion picture score for the 1990 big-screen ensemble actioner NAVY SEALS, starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton, and directed by Lewis Teague.

 

A notable ‘90’s action score, Sylvester Levay’s NAVY SEALS unleashes the composer’s inventive, unique and strikingly effective meld of live orchestra and synthesizer, resulting in a work that is thematically charged, robust and brassy, while also teaming with exciting electronic rhythms and textures.

 

This release uses the previous stereo Intrada album for its main score presentation, resequenced into chronological order and with a re-creation of the end titles. The additional bonus mono cues are sourced from a mono 1/4" tape provided by MGM.

 

Produced by Neil S. Bulk and mastered by Doug Schwartz, this limited edition CD release of 1000 units features exclusive, in-depth liner notes by author Jeff Bond, featuring new interview comments from the composer and art direction by Dan Goldwasser.

 

SCORE PRESENTATION 52:45
1. Main Title – Navy SEALs 3:10
2. The First Mission 2:00
3. Search Team 4:52
4. The Missiles 0:21
5. Freighter Raid 6:14
6. Never Talk About Mom 0:56
7. Training Camp 1:40
8. High Jumpers 5:22
9. Into Town 4:49
10. Graham’s Dead 1:21
11. Funeral 2:00
12. The Flag 2:17
13. Going To Beirut 4:53
14. God Is Dead 0:55
15. Sneak To The Building / Planting The Dynamite 3:16
16. Da Auto Part I 1:19
17. Da Auto Part II 1:23
18. Back To The Sub 2:01
19. To The Rescue 1:11
20. End Title – Navy SEALs 2:14

 

ADDITIONAL MUSIC 8:24
21. Tears Of Rage (SOURCE) 1:03
22. Main Title (MONO, FILM VERSION) 3:17
23. You’re Welcome (MONO) 0:41
24. Saving Curran (MONO) 0:25
25. Da Auto Part I (MONO, EXTENDED VERSION) 1:29
26. Underwater Fight (MONO) 1:18

TOTAL ALBUM TIME 61:15

 

La-La Land Records and Universal Studios proudly present the nineteenth title within the acclaimed Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection – DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER, with music by the distinguished jazz player and arranger Oliver Nelson (IRONSIDE, THE NAME OF THE GAME, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN). Available for the first time in any format, acclaimed composer Oliver Nelson’s brilliant original motion picture score for 1969’s big-screen western DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER, paired on this release with his jungle-adventure score for 1970’s SKULLDUGGERY, marks the world-premiere release of this music in this limited edition CD presentation.

 

Considered one of the most distinct and underrated composers of the late ’60s and early ’70s, Oliver Nelson tragically passed away of a heart-attack in 1975 at the young age of 43, sadly cutting the African-American maestro’s fast-growing canon of work short. From his lean, elegiac and blues-tinged work on DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER to his rousing and rhythmically charged score for SKULLDUGGERY, this release vividly demonstrates Nelson’s incredible talents and versatility. Also featured here is the song from DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER, “Sweet Apple Wine,” performed by one of the film’s stars, the great Lena Horne.

 

Produced, mixed, edited and mastered by Mike Matessino from stereo vault elements, this special limited edition of 1500 units features exclusive liner notes written by author Jeff Bond and sharp art direction by Dan Goldwasser.

 

DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER
1. Sweet Apple Wine 1:11 Performed by Lena Horne
2. Emblem 0:26
3. Main Title (‘Death Of A Gunfighter’) 1:14
4. Claire / Cottonwood Spring / Good Night Marshal 3:12
5. Dark Stable 1:22
6. Claire Asleep 1:04
7. Poor Luke 1:02
8. Fish Pond / Get Up Pa 2:22
9. Father And Son 1:53
10. Cool Off 3:30
11. Grim Walk / Oxley And Rifle 2:28
12. Damn It Andy / Confused Patch / Goodbye Frank 4:13
13. Wedding Day 2:37
14. Will Gets His 2:33
15. Light Gun Battle 1:24
16. Last Walk 1:25
17. End Title (‘Death Of A Gunfighter’) 1:12
18. Sweet Apple Wine (Long Version) 2:21 Performed by Lena Horne
Total Time: 35:43

SKULLDUGGERY
19. Main Title (‘Skullduggery’) 4:02
20. Tool Shed / Smash The Bottle 2:19
21. Paddlers 0:43
22. Boat Trip 2:27
23. The Trip Continues 3:03
24. Sack Time 1:18
25. Rain Forest 2:25
26. Let’s Get Out 1:24
27. Him Lost 1:20
28. Come In / Hidden Valley 1:22
29. Salty Bones 1:55
30. Don’t Keep Your Fossils Waiting 0:51
31. Enter Tropis 1:09
32. Rover Or Sport 1:53
33. How About A Kiss 1:16
34. Trek Back 0:50
35. Mining Operation 1:10
36. Bare Midriff / Morris Minor 1:19
37. Missing Link Murder / Head Lines 0:39
38. He Was Born Dead 2:49
39. Topazia’s Rag Doll 1:13
40. End Title (‘Skullduggery’) 1:34
Total Time: 37:30

Total Album Time: 73:20

[mstrox 6,651]

I got today’s email.  Might poke around for the sale, but I think o have everything I wanted from LLL.

[Holko 9,526]

3 minutes ago, Jay said:

Did anybody else who normally gets their emails not get today's?

I haven't been getting them for months now. I tried writing emails to them but no answer, I messaged them on FB and after a week or two they responded... to write them an email. Wrote again, no response, no newsletter.

[Richard Penna 3,694]

I got the e-mail way earlier this morning and I seem to get them on a regular basis.

 

Now if they could at some point get TLW back in stock, that would be very helpful.

[Jay 37,369]

I opened up an old newsletter email from them and there was  a link at the bottom that said "Please click here to modify your message preferences or to unsubscribe from any future mailings".  I went into that page and there was some checkboxes for various email types, some one which were unchecked for me.  So I checked those off, and hopefully won't miss the next email.

[Marian Schedenig 8,200]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Did anybody else who normally gets their emails not get today's?

 

I got it.

[Jurassic Shark 12,079]

He needs a better email for this. 

[bollemanneke 3,349]

I got it too. Never had e-mail problems, it was the FB problem that took years to sort.

 

Also, how on earth is Titanic only going OOP now? The hype surrounding that score release was quite insane. With good reason.

[Yavar Moradi 2,599]

Well it’s still 5000 copies at $50 for a single score.

 

Yavar