Isaac Hayes – Truck Turner (Original Soundtrack)
Okay, it has been a long time since I saw a movie and instantly thought, “I need that soundtrack!” What was the last one? “Go!”? “Empire Records”? Something back thataway. And most of the...
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Never On Sunday – Original Movie Soundtrack
This is one of those things that has always been around in my life, and yet I had never actually seen the movie. Throughout my youth, the song “Never On Sunday” was ubiquitous –...
Joe Jackson — Tucker
Joe Jackson – Tucker Whereas “Mike’s Murder” just seemed to work as an album, without much consideration of the movie it was ostensibly the soundtrack to, 1988’s “Tucker” is much more of a traditional...
Joe Jackson — Mike’s Murder
We only lived in Presidential Plaza in Syracuse for a year, yet there is so much music that I directly associate with that apartment. This album is definitely part of that. In part, it...
Herman’s Hermits – Hold On!
I have good news: the music on this 1966 soundtrack album has almost nothing to do with the Herman’s Hermits movie of the same name. Their second film is about . . . no,...
Isaac Hayes – Truck Turner
Back last autumn we finally decided we needed to subscribe to the Criterion Channel – all kinds of movies we wanted to see that had gone behind their paywall when they split off as...
Get Yourself A College Girl (Original Soundtrack)
Oh, boy. I may have some explaining to do. I swear I bought this for the kitsch factor, for how stupid and outdated the title seemed. I think I bought this in the fall...
Elton John — Friends
I can’t say that this record stalked me for decades, exactly. I mean, it stalked everybody. If you ever pawed through a used record store’s bargain bin, you found a copy (or several) of...
The Dave Clark Five — Having a Wild Weekend
It’s 1965, and you’re a British Invasion band that has ridden the wave across the pond and conquered America with the “(Insert English Region Name Here) Sound.” Just like The Beatles. So naturally, you’re...
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