PERFORMANCE Original Motion Picture Sound Track PROMO LP NM/VG+ Mick Jagger 1970
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Description
Performance Review by Mark Allan
This soundtrack captures the various moods of a spacy film starring Mick Jagger as a reclusive rock star whose home is invaded by a fleeing gangster. On the opening track, Randy Newman is driven hard by Ry Cooder's fierce slide guitar. If you listen closely, you can hear the laconic Newman almost crack up laughing as he rocks like never before or since. Other musical notables include Merry Clayton and Buffy Sainte-Marie. Veteran producer Jack Nitzsche wrote most of the tunes, a notable exception being "Memo From Turner," penned by Jagger and Keith Richards. Listening to only the soundtrack, you miss the bizarre context of the movie, but this is one interesting listen.
Performance: Original Motion Picture Sound Track
Various - Performance: Original Motion Picture Sound Track album cover
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Label: Warner Bros. Records – BS 2554
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Blues, Stage & Screen
Style: Blues Rock, Acoustic, Abstract, Psychedelic, Soundtrack
A1 Randy Newman– Gone Dead Train
Written-By – Russ Titelman
2:55
A2 Merry Clayton & Bernard Krause*– Performance
Vocals – Merry Clayton
1:47
A3 Ry Cooder– Get Away
Guitar [Bottleneck Solo] – Ry Cooder
2:05
A4 Ry Cooder– Powis Square
Guitar [Bottleneck Solo] – Ry Cooder
2:23
A5 Bernard Krause*– Rolls Royce And Acid 1:47
A6 Buffy Sainte-Marie– Dyed, Dead, Red
Vocals, Strings [Mouth Bow] – Buffy Sainte-Marie
2:32
A7 Jack Nitzsche– Harry Flowers 4:00
B1 Mick Jagger– Memo From Turner
Written-By – Keith Richards
Written-By, Vocals – Mick Jagger
4:02
B2 Ry Cooder & Buffy Sainte-Marie– The Hashishin
Dulcimer [Solo] – Ry Cooder
Strings [Mouth Bow Solo] – Buffy Sainte-Marie
3:35
B3 The Last Poets– Wake Up, Niggers
Written-By – Alafia Pudim
2:43
B4 Bernard Krause* & Merry Clayton– Poor White Hound Dog
Vocals – Merry Clayton
2:45
B5 Bernard Krause*– Natural Magic 1:37
B6 Bernard Krause* & The Merry Clayton Singers– Turner's Murder
Vocals – The Merry Clayton Singers
4:15
Bass – Bobby West*
Conductor – Randy Newman
Drums – Gene Parsons
Guitar – Lowell George, Russ Titelman
Percussion – Milt Holland
Producer, Arranged By – Jack Nitzsche
Santoor – Nasser Rastegar-Nejad
Synthesizer [Moog] – Bernard Krause*
Written-By – Jack Nitzsche (tracks: A1 to A7, B2, B4 to B6)
A Goodtimes Enterprises Production.
OST of the movie <i>Performance</i> directed in 1968 by Donald Cammell / Nicolas Roeg.
A dark, experimental film with the cut-up technique dealing with issue of identity crisis which included graphic depictions of sex, drug use and violence. Warner Bros. studio executives, who believed they were getting a Rolling Stones equivalent of the Beatles <i>A Hard Day's Night</i> (1964), denied the film a cinematic release. <i>Performance</i> was finally released in 1970 after several recuts and changes but is now frequently cited as a classic of British cinema.
The lyrics of <i>Memo From Turner</i> were re-written for this film and so different than on the Rollings Stones <i>Metamorphosis</i> LP from 1975.
According to Colin McCabe (in his book <i>Performance</i>) the Moog synthesizer was so new that none were commercially available and a prototype was used for these recordings in 1968 by Bernie Krause.
GOLDMINE GRADING
MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.
NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.
VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.
VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.
GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.
POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.
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