Quincy Jones MACKENNA'S GOLD LP Film Soundtrack OST José Feliciano Gregory Peck

	£		25
	$		33

Here I have for sale the rare soundtrack album to 'Mackenna's Gold' (1969), featuring music by Quincy Jones. He composed this the same year as his cult soundtrack to 'The Italian Job'. This movie starred Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif and Telly Savalas.

This Quincy Jones soundtrack enjoyed its first official CD release earlier this year on the Intrada label. However, there is no more music on it than on this original vinyl album.

Quincy Jones's score was nominated, but did not win, a Grammy Award for best score from a motion picture. This is the first UK issue.

Mackenna's Gold – Quincy Jones / José Feliciano (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1969)

Condition (refer also to notes at bottom):
Vinyl – EX. Wonderfully clean on visual inspection. No scratches/marks. Played just pre-listing and sound clarity is superb throughout. No skipping, jumping or sticking. A fantastic-quality issue of this soundtrack.
Outer sleeve (Cover) – VG. Superb laminated front. Colours of main artwork are unfaded and clean. Some vein-like creasing in from spine. A few other creases elsewhere. Disc outline impression visible slightly. A few marks in top centre and bottom left and right. Band of soiling top to bottom along aperture edge on front. Aperture itself remains clean and intact with only very light wear. Corners are slightly nicked while edges and spine are clean and unworn. Reverse has just a few marks on it and a black line in very top right corner and bottom edge near right corner. A few creases and some soiling in places, otherwise very good.
Inner sleeve – EX. White 'window' paper with angled corners and plastic lining. Some folding and creases. Clean and intact.


Label: RCA Victor SF 8017
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Year: 1969
Country: UK
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen, Vocal
Style: Soundtrack, Score, Instrumental, Theme, Traditional


Track listing:

Side A:
A1. Overture     
A2. Ole Turkey Buzzard (English Version) – Featuring José Feliciano
A3. Canon Del Oro     
A4. Waterhole Trek     
A5. Reve Parisien     
A6. Ole Turkey Buzzard (Instrumental)     

Side B
B1. Soul Full Of Gold     
B2. Main Title     
B3. Apache Camp     
B4. Massacre Montage     
B5. Ole Turkey Buzzard (Spanish Version) –Featuring – José Feliciano
B6. Finale     

Illustration: Howard Terpning


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About the film:
Mackenna's Gold is a 1969 western film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Ted Cassidy, Camilla Sparv, and Julie Newmar. It was photographed in Super Panavision 70 and Technicolor by Joseph MacDonald, with original music by Quincy Jones.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Heck Allen using the penname Will Henry, telling the story of how the lure of gold corrupts a diverse group of people. The novel was loosely based on the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings, crediting the Frank Dobie account of the legend (Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver) in the Author's Note.


Cast:
• Gregory Peck as Marshal Sam MacKenna
• Omar Sharif as John Colorado
• Telly Savalas as Sergeant Tibbs
• Camilla Sparv as Inga Bergemann
• Keenan Wynn as Sanchez
• Julie Newmar as Hesh-Ke
• Ted Cassidy as Hachita
• Lee J. Cobb as The Editor
• Raymond Massey as The Preacher
• Burgess Meredith as The Storekeeper
• Anthony Quayle as Older Englishman
• Edward G. Robinson as Old Adams
• Eli Wallach as Ben Baker
• Victor Jory as the Narrator


The film had a large success in the Soviet Union. It was first shown at the VIII Moscow International Film Festival in 1973, following by a cinematic premiere in 1974. The film was viewed by 63 million people and now stands fourth in the all-time rating of a foreign film distribution in the Soviet Union.


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About the soundtrack:

The original score and songs of the film were composed by Quincy Jones. The opening song, "Old Turkey Buzzard", is a recurring background theme. It was sung by José Feliciano and was composed by Quincy Jones with lyrics by Freddie Douglas. José Feliciano also plays guitar and add vocals in many parts of the soundtrack and Spanish version of the theme song "Viejo Butre" for the Spanish-language edition of the movie.

The theme song was used on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2007 as a random running gag. A 13-second clip would be played after Letterman threw his blue index cards through the "glass" window behind his desk, and was often combined with a video clip of the turkey buzzard soaring in the sky during the movie's opening sequence.

Letterman would gradually show increased mock irritation with the clip in discussions with bandleader Paul Shaffer, while at the same time calling it "exciting, moving, inspirational" and "stirring, haunting, beautiful". The running gag ultimately resulted in Feliciano making a guest appearance on the Late Show on October 16, 2007, singing a longer version of the song (with the buzzard video clip superimposed over him).


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Postage and packaging FREE to UK. Will post worldwide - Europe £6.50; Americas £9; Asia and Australia £11. No returns accepted.

Payment by cheque (UK only) or Paypal please.

Please see my other soundtrack listings.  

Thanks for looking and happy eBaying!



ITEM CONDITION - items are graded according to Record Collector definitions - see below:

MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.

VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.

FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced.

POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection filler.