Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack & TEST PRESSING 12" Vinyl LP (1980)
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Offered are a copy of the THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Symphonic Suite From The Original Motion Picture Score. Music by John Williams, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Charles Gerhardt. Chalfont Records, Inc. SDG 313 Digital Stereo, Vinyl, LP, Album
An early all Digital release, recorded and mastered in England by "Soundstream", Inc. This is the non-DBX version. DBX encoded copies (though very limited) exist for use only with DBX processing equipment. Pressed in Japan.
And a TEST PRESSING of the same LP by KM Music Inc.
A Test Pressing is what you might expect it to be from its name: a vinyl record made to test the quality of the finished product before pressing thousands of records. Test pressings are made to ensure that the grooves themselves are clean, deep enough, and formed correctly when the master presses into the vinyl blank; that the grooves, label and center hole are not off-center; that the vinyl does not warp; things like that. Test pressings are supposed to be destroyed, and most of them are so the ones that survive are very rare.
These two items were given to me by Scott Holton at Varese Sarabande in 1980 to assist with our coverage of the film release as West Coast Editor of Fantastic Films magazine. Both LPs are in EXCELLENT condition. The released LP has some storage wear to the spine but is otherwise EXCELLENT also. They have been stored away for the last 40 years. From a non smoking home.
Tracklist
A1a 20th Century-Fox Fanfare
Composed By – Alfred Newman 0:20
A2 Luke's First Crash 2:29
A3 Han Solo And The Princess 4:24
A4 The Asteroid Field 4:12
A5 The Training Of A Jedi 1:55
A6 The Battle In The Snow 3:02
B1 Imperial March 3:20
B2 The Magic Tree 3:37
B3 Yoda's Theme 3:33
B4 The Rebels Escape Again 3:01
B5 Lando's Palace, The Duel (Through The Window) 5:02
B6 Finale 4:35
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