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Jan 12, 2014 - 7:54 PM
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Jim Doherty
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Cool! There are definitely some titles I would go for here if I didn't already have them in some format.
CRIME IN THE STREETS is wonderful, as are the great THREE SKETCHES (all taken from music for three different female characters in 1953's I, THE JURY). However, as has been noted, you can still find the Varese CD of it.
Stevens' HELL TO ETERNITY is mostly big band source music, although a couple of score cues sneak in. Still, it's a rather rare stereo curiosity, and a nice addition to the all-too-sparse Stevens catalog. I will say though that this CD has apparently been taken from the LP reissue from Spain (1980s?) which used some really heavy-handed noise-reduction to bring down the surface noise, as they apparantly dubbed it from an original Warwick LP. Listen to track 24 in the samples, you'll see what I mean.
COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL... just O.K. as far as I'm concerned. Mostly kind of middling jazz stuff. However, you do have to look at the rarity of the original LP and think, "Hmmm... is this something I should pick up?"
HOT ROD RUMBLE: Get it! A wonderful soundtrack full of '50s jazz and semi-rock, plus a few orchestral score cues. (By the way, one of the cues, "Hot Rod Rock" was later used as the main title music for HOT ROD GIRL, made by a different studio.)
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Jan 17, 2014 - 7:57 PM
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Josh
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I'm listening to the Hot Rod Rumble/Murder Inc. disc right now on my home stereo system, and it sounds pretty darn good. It's definitely mono, but it sounds like they "spread out" the sound a bit to give it a stereo effect. I'm referring specifically to the Hot Rod Rumble tracks, incidentally; I've haven't gotten as far as the Murder Inc. tracks yet.
The liner notes are replicated from their respective original LP releases. There is no new information provided in the booklet regarding these CD reissues, so no mention of the sources used for the transfers. If they were mastered from LPs, they did a pretty good job in my opinion. In fact, the sound quality is even better than I expected it to be based on the online samples. Not perfect, but very listenable.
Oh yeah, the music? It's a gas, man! I'd definitely recommend picking this up if you're a fan of these films and/or swinging, instrumental '50s jazz/blues/rock. Really fun stuff. Makes me wanna dance.
EDIT: The Murder Inc. tracks are almost on par with Hot Rod Rumble, sound quality-wise. A bit more treble and a bit less bass on Murder, but otherwise comparable. Whereas Hot Rod is pure groove and 100% instrumental, Murder has several passages with more traditional, dramatic scoring and a few tracks with vocals. I could do without the vocal tracks, since they're not really my bag, but it's very enjoyable overall and features some pretty intense crime jazz cues.
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