Just lucked out on a bunch of RARE original John Williams soundtracks on vinyl- including "Diamond Head"!!

[radioflyer 43]

I have to travel to Fresno for work every two weeks, and while the drive is arduous, it's made up for after discovering a vintage record store that has an embarrassment of John Williams original pressings. I don't think they know what treasures they have! 

I'm giddy and wanted to share with other Williams lovers!! 

[Jurassic Shark 6327]

Nice haul! What did you have to pay per item?

[That_Bloke 44]

Good stuff. When I read the thread title I thought you missed out on buying them, as where I'm from "lucked out" means "bad luck" or "missed opportunity"  

 

Oh the English language!

[Bespin 4297]

I love Diamond Head very much.

 

That's the first big movie project of Williams released as an album, although the theme is from another composer.

[Thor 3777]

Congrats, radioflyer! A good selection you've got there.

[Miguel Andrade 767]

Some great stuff in there!

[MrScratch 206]

I always found it odd that Missouri Breaks got a soundtrack release back then but The Cowboys did not.  The Cowboys was more successful and the music is better and more marketable.  The Missouri Breaks was a dumpster fire of a production behind the scenes, wasn't it?

[radioflyer 43]

9 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Nice haul! What did you have to pay per item?

$10 each, except "Diamond Head" which was $17. 

[Thor 3777]

The early 70s was a bad time to be a JW fan. A lot of scores went unreleased. Why they didn't release THE COWBOYS at the time (outside the "promo" LP), I don't know. Maybe those of you who own the expanded release can check the liner notes. I'm sure it's in there.

[Matt S. 340]

1 hour ago, MrScratch said:

I always found it odd that Missouri Breaks got a soundtrack release back then but The Cowboys did not.  The Cowboys was more successful and the music is better and more marketable.  The Missouri Breaks was a dumpster fire of a production behind the scenes, wasn't it?

 

Could be because The Missouri Breaks was 1976, after Williams really hit it big with Jaws, so his name was more marketable than in 1972.

[Thor 3777]

18 minutes ago, Matt S. said:

 

Could be because The Missouri Breaks was 1976, after Williams really hit it big with Jaws, so his name was more marketable than in 1972.

 

But he had quite a lot of soundtracks released in the 60s. More, overall, than the early 70s, for some reason.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6230]

I like the Earthquake sounds on the Earthquake OST. Adds a ton of charm to the album.

[Thor 3777]

1 minute ago, Ghostbusters II said:

I like the Earthquake sounds on the Earthquake OST. Adds a ton of charm to the album.

 

Ugh. Personally hate it when they add sound effects to soundtracks. With EARTHQUAKE, I can just remove the track from my playlist (if memory serves), but I remember those old Kunzel/Cincinatti Pops albums, they were actually ingrained in the tracks themselves.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6230]

The Kunzel ones can be a bit much because of the extreme dynamic range.

[JTWfan77 808]

Off topic, but the Terminator recording on The Big Picture album is fantastic (being a hybrid electronic/orchestral reimagining) and the opening sfx that eventually morphs into the percussion line of the theme itself really adds to the fun of that piece.

 

Oh, and the Earthquake opening sfx before the Main Title on that LP (and the VS CD that I own) are a great bit of 70s cheese.

 

Just a pity that the opening track of Dracula lacked sfx of wolf howls followed by creaking coffin hinges

[Quintus 5110]

4 hours ago, MrScratch said:

I always found it odd that Missouri Breaks got a soundtrack release back then but The Cowboys did not.  The Cowboys was more successful and the music is better and more marketable.  The Missouri Breaks was a dumpster fire of a production behind the scenes, wasn't it?

 

I absolutely love the music though. John Williams in dusty country mode is cool AF.

[King Mark 2656]

vinyl...I would have left them there