Friday, Nov. 24, 2017 is a big day for independent record stores throughout the U.S., and not just because it's Black Friday.
There will be a slew of cool, exclusive titles hitting the shelves. Record stores are a great plea to get together, meet and reconnect with other music fans and discover (or re-discover) favorite titles reissued on vinyl.
TJR and yours truly recently made a trip to Port Of Sound in Costa Mesa to get a preview of Black Vinyl Friday. Port Of Sound specializes in vinyl and has the biggest record selection in Orange County, CA.
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I was also provided audio downloads of several of the most anticipated releases coming to vinyl on Nov. 24, including The Forbidden Zone featuring Danny Elfman and The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Electronic Meditation from Tangerine Dream and Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space. I truly loved listening to each of these legendary albums for the first time, and as a life-long Star Trek fan and long-time fan of Danny Elfman's work as a composer and leader of the groundbreaking rock band Oingo Boingo, it was — to quote Mr. Spock — "fascinating" to be introduced to these long-overdue releases!
The three Varèse Sarabande Records titles set for release on Nov. 24 are worth getting out of bed early to pick up at your favorite record store.
The cult classic film Forbidden Zone was the first to be scored by the now legendary composer, Danny Elfman, and was also the first major recording for Oingo Boingo, (then known as The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo). The soundtrack perfectly captures the band's transition from a cabaret-style group of performers to the influential new wave band they would become. Long out-of-print, this album is being released for the first time on translucent lime green vinyl.
Electronic Meditation is the debut album by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream, originally released June of 1970. It is the only Tangerine Dream album to feature the line-up of Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler. With the release of a new Tangerine Dream album this fall, there is no better time to explore the band’s catalog, starting with this gem. The LP will come in a replica of the original gatefold jacket.
Leonard Nimoy's, “Spock” was unquestionably the most popular character on the original Star Trek series. The first in a series of album releases, Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space, is a cult classic favorite and was Nimoy’s best selling album release. This entertaining and campy album is a piece of mondo bizzaro that has long been out-of-print on vinyl and is a must-have for all the Star Trek aficionados.
The Record Store Day Black Friday 2017 LP releases of THE FORBIDDEN ZONE: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream’s ELECTRONIC MEDIATION, and Leonard Nimoy’s MR. SPOCK'S MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE from Varèse Sarabande Records will be available from participating record stores on Friday, November 24, 2017. Here is specific information on each of the three titles.
THE FORBIDDEN ZONE - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Danny Elfman and The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo
Side One:
1. Forbidden Zone 2:52
2. Hercules" Family Theme 1:50
3. Some of These Days 2:55
4. Journey Through The Intestines 0:55
5. Squeezit's Vision Of His "Sister" 0:35
6. Queen's Revenge 2:32
7. Factory 1:00
8. Love Theme - Squeezit And The Chickens 0:44
9. Flash And Gramps 0:58
10. Squeezit The Moocher (Minnie The Moocher) 4:51
Side Two:
1. Alphabet Song 2:01
2. Cell 63 1:21
3. Witch's Egg 2:23
4. Yiddishe Charleston 1:33
5. Bim Bam Boom 1:54
6. Chamber Music 2:01
7. Pleure 0:39
8. Battle Of The Queens 3:07
9. Love Theme - King And Queen 1:14
10. Finale 3:25
MR. SPOCK'S MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE - Leonard Nimoy
Side One:
1. Theme From Star Trek Performed by Charles Grean
2. Alien
3. Where Is Love
4. Music To Watch Space Girls By Performed by Charles Grean
5. Beyond Antares Performed by Charles Grean
6. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Earth
Side Two:
1. Mission Impossible
2. Lost In The Stars
3. Where No Man Has Gone Before Performed by Charles Grean
4. You Are Not Alone
5. A Visit To A Sad Planet
ELECTRONIC MEDITATION - Tangerine Dream
Side One:
1. Genesis
2. Journey Through A Burning Brain
Side Two:
1. Cold Smoke
2. Ashes To Ashes
3. Resurrection
For more information on Black Vinyl Friday, visit RecordStoreDay.com.
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