Flowerpot Men: Beat City/Blue Room: I'm Afraid - Promo, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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The Flowerpot Men: Beat City / The Blue Room: I'm Afraid - Promotional 7" - Near Mint*
from the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
A Side:
The Flowerpot Men: Beat City 3:36
Produced by Mike Thorns
1986 Fireball Records
audio propaganda
Matrix: MCA 35081-A
*Condition: Near Mint, very free of any background noise. About 1/3 the way through: 3 very faint "clicks".
B Side:
The Blue Room: I'm Afraid 4:46
Produced by Stephen Duffy
1986 Hughes Music
audio propaganda
Matrix: MCA 35081-B
*Condition: Very Good+, visible & audible imperfections, some background noise, plays very well.
From: Wikipedia
No soundtrack was ever released for the film, as director John Hughes felt the songs would not work well together as a continuous album.
The only official soundtrack that Ferris Bueller's Day Off ever had was for the mailing list. A&M was very angry with me over that; they begged me to put one out, but I thought "who'd want all of these songs?" I mean, would kids want "Danke Schoen" and "Oh Yeah" on the same record? They probably already had "Twist and Shout," or their parents did, and to put all of those together with the more contemporary stuff, like the (English) Beat - I just didn't think anybody would like it. But I did put together a seven-inch of the two songs I owned the rights to - "Beat City" on one side, and... I forget, one of the other English bands on the soundtrack... and sent that to the mailing list.
More info:
Many fans of the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" have been under the assumption for many years that a soundtrack album was once released, but is now "out of print." Though the soundtrack to John Hughes' film is considered by many to be a bonafide '80s classic, Hughes refused to ever release an official soundtrack album. He felt that the selection of songs used in the movie was simply too eclectic and varied to make for a cohesive album. The closest thing to be released was a promotional 7" single with "Beat City" by The Flowerpot Men on the a-side and "I'm Afraid" by Blue Room on the b-side. This was given out at certain screenings of the film in 1986.
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