[texasvinyl]

Splurged and won this auction today during auction bonanza on ebay. Been after this awhile, it's a nice complement to the dimensioni sonore series and gruppo records. Controfase is very much a composed gruppo record.. it has morricones name on it but macchi and branchis fingerprints are all over this one. Especially macchi IMHO with the "ticking clock" vibe in several tracks.

Did anyone win any auctions today? Was gonna bid on the Japanese grizzly but I fell asleep, also I might prefer the cover on the US release.

[Bezulsqy]

Fantastic spins guys. Loved the Herrmann tribute! And @Static: what a run!
And I agree on the sentiment about the old Mondo releases. But we do have DWRC as a part of Mondo now. It would be strange if some titles that we expect DWRC to release would be on Mondo or vise versa...

[Hatter313]

Those early days were so interesting, the titles that were coming out were just incredible. Not that things have gone down hill, just the opposite really, but I remember freaking out about the city of the living dead release that DW did on the linen feel huge gatefold, and even that was a ways into this resurgence.

I don't miss the "random variant" days in the least, but I still remember the excitement of getting a mondo shipment and seeing if i had managed to score the variant. when i saw the orange in my Halloween release i might have fist pumped the air....neither confirming nor denying that haha.

[tim28212]

Ordered Friday and delivered on Monday. Fasted delivery from a record label ever!
Jerry Goldsmith ‎– Logan's Run
Waxwork Records ‎– WW035
Green & Red vinyl

[static14]

@Tim how does it sound?

[tim28212]

@Tim how does it sound?

Even on my secondary system in the living room I can tell a big difference from my MGM original. They did a terrific job on the remastering job. I have the Film Score Monthly CD release (which is what this is I believe) but had forgotten how much music was missing on the original MGM release. The first LP is close to the length of it. My only complaint, some notes on the full score would have been nice. I'm gonna have to dig out my CD for that I guess

[static14]

Oof. I didn’t wanna hear that there was a big difference... :) trying not to buy this.

[texasvinyl]

Yeah thanks a lot tim! You're supposed to say my mgm copy shits rainbows, all the bonus tracks are Jerry Goldsmith farting into a mic, and also Martin Ansin can't draw :-)

Now I'm gonna have to buy this

[deafmetal]

@Hatter - I stumbled across the first Death Waltz release for Zombi 2 online, and then quickly found the launch site with the first subscription and the Graham Humphreys poster artwork. I remember thinking at the time that the full subscription was too expensive, haha. That said, I was completely floored that somebody was pressing the Frizzi score on vinyl. It was like a dream come true.

Speaking of auctions (congrats on the Controfase, @tex!), I'm listening to my haul from the 45 slaughter a few weeks ago:

[Bezulsqy]

@ Deaf: very nice 45's!

I'll start the day with my latest acquisition.

[ScoJo]

@Hatter - I stumbled across the first Death Waltz release for Zombi 2 online, and then quickly found the launch site with the first subscription and the Graham Humphreys poster artwork. I remember thinking at the time that the full subscription was too expensive, haha. That said, I was completely floored that somebody was pressing the Frizzi score on vinyl. It was like a dream come true.

Speaking of auctions (congrats on the Controfase, @tex!), I'm listening to my haul from the 45 slaughter a few weeks ago:

Lovely haul @deaf -though I must say, a single-edit of the mighty, all-time great Come Maddalena is frankly a crime against music ;)

[Bezulsqy]

Using the board again for inspiration.
The oldest Mondo release I own: MOND-022

[Bezulsqy]

Because of all that Airwolf talk in the tape thread:



And on the other side:

[Bezulsqy]

My Herrmann contribution:

[texasvinyl]

Wait there was a 45 slaughter? Same collection? Nice grabs deaf

[texasvinyl]

I woke up with this music in my head and had to listen to it. I probably am overdue to rewatch the film. Hard to believe it is nearly 80 years old and was the first ever multi-channel stereo soundtrack.

[Bezulsqy]

[deafmetal]

Lovely haul @deaf -thoug I must say, a single-edit of the mighty, all-time great Come Maddalena is frankly a crime against music ;)

Agreed, it fades out so quickly that I just have to start it over again. I'm completely obsessed with the theme. One of my top five Morricone compositions (Il Maestro e Margherita and Il Bruno, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo being two others), . Do you know the original '71 Come Maddalena cut on the LP version is 35 seconds longer than the CD or reissue version? [paging @EvanCampbell or any other owner of this LP] Any idea if it's a longer opener with those f'ing killer drums?

I have lost so many auctions for the OG on General Music, while also attempting to avoid the UK bootleg. I'm gonna have to throw down some day soon though.

Wait there was a 45 slaughter? Same collection? Nice grabs deaf

Yes and yes, same collection. It was also brutal.

[ScoJo]

Lovely haul @deaf -thoug I must say, a single-edit of the mighty, all-time great Come Maddalena is frankly a crime against music ;)

Agreed, it fades out so quickly that I just have to start it over again. I'm completely obsessed with the theme. One of my top five Morricone compositions (Il Maestro e Margherita and Il Bruno, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo being two others), . Do you know the original '71 Come Maddalena cut on the LP version is 35 seconds longer than the CD or reissue version? [paging @EvanCampbell or any other owner of this LP] Any idea if it's a longer opener with those f'ing killer drums?

I have lost so many auctions for the OG on General Music, while also attempting to avoid the UK bootleg. I'm gonna have to throw down some day soon though.

Wait there was a 45 slaughter? Same collection? Nice grabs deaf

Yes and yes, same collection. It was also brutal.

Dude...warms my heart to hear the love for this track, one which was my gateway into Morricone proper when I was played the Mondo Morricone CD comp back in the late 90s and my life...kinda...changed. Those three comps are still the cornerstone of my abiding passion for Il Maestro (along with my grandfather giving me his Fistful of Dollars OST when I was 8 or 9...which I still have!)

I must tell you though, and sorry to disappoint, but I'm pretty sure that running time of Come Maddalena on discogs for the GM LP track version is just a typo. I've been wrong before, but it doesn't seem right to me that every appearance of the track after that (and there have been many!) is around 9.13. And I think rip which appears to be from the GM LP seemingly proves it?



Anyway, don't let me get between you and your imagination, dreaming of that extra 30 blissful seconds of Restuccia on the skins ;D

[texasvinyl]

a beautiful track indeed. man yall should have let a brother know about the 45 bonanza! although its probably best I didnt. I did some damage on this round of LPs. oops. But this morricone track is great background music as I smash the shit out of this F5 key attempting futilely to get a kastel jaws print without a shop bot.

[deafmetal]

@ScoJo - Ah, my dream of an undiscovered drum solo destroyed! ;) Seriously though, that tune gives me chills. I also enjoyed your story of the Mondo Morricone connection. I hope that even when I am all old and broken, that I will still be able to listen to my favorite Morricone and Edda Dell'Orso collaborations until the very end...

a beautiful track indeed. man yall should have let a brother know about the 45 bonanza! although its probably best I didnt. I did some damage on this round of LPs. oops. But this morricone track is great background music as I smash the shit out of this F5 key attempting futilely to get a kastel jaws print without a shop bot.

Any luck? I really wanted one of those prints. I have a replica of the original printed one-sheet framed on my wall, but the standalone of Kastel's original art just looks so good. Damnit, Mondotees.

[texasvinyl]

I was really, really close. Problem was I was refreshing the store page the most and only occasionally the twitter. Turns out they tweeted out a live link before they updated the store, so I was a few seconds behind the curve and that's all she wrote. I admit I jumped on ebay and snagged the first copy a guy had listed for $299. I think I can sell my Tyler Stout Mondocon Goonies variant for 300-350, and I'd rather have this Jaws on the wall even though I do love that goonies poster.

[deafmetal]

I was really, really close. Problem was I was refreshing the store page the most and only occasionally the twitter. Turns out they tweeted out a live link before they updated the store, so I was a few seconds behind the curve and that's all she wrote. I admit I jumped on ebay and snagged the first copy a guy had listed for $299. I think I can sell my Tyler Stout Mondocon Goonies variant for 300-350, and I'd rather have this Jaws on the wall even though I do love that goonies poster.

Jaws or The Shark ? Either way, I fully support this. It's about as iconic as it gets.

[texasvinyl]

Jaws, the art print from the book cover is great, but I was shooting for the movie poster and am hoping the brighter blue will really pop.

[tim28212]

I have an original Jaws movie poster in my office at work. I really wanted The Shark. So cool! But, got tied up at work and missed the whole thing.