Walt Disney Records (2021, Reissue)
Keeping with soundtracks for a few more Fridays, today let's start talking about the somewhat recently released reissues of the Star Wars soundtracks in Japan. First up is Star Wars, and no, I'm not going to call it anything but Star Wars.
I don't think it's super necessary to talk about the specifics of John Williams score. Chances are the melody from one of his compositions is already playing in your head while you read this. So I'm going to focus more on the records themselves.
This is a double LP set with the same track list and order from the original soundtrack release back in the 70s. That's all well and good, but at this point in my life, I'm much more used to listening to the special edition soundtracks that came out in the late 90s on CD. Those have the score in actual film order, where these soundtracks just sort of have random pieces playing at random times. I never understood why it was originally released that way back then, and it makes even less sense to me that we can't get a proper vinyl release of that version now.
The sound quality is very nice. There's a lot of historical talk about how Japanese versions of records often sound better. I don't know that I can really hear a discernible difference, but I'm just a dumb guy and I don't have a particularly well trained ear. But, this does sound great.
For me, the major draw is the artwork and obi strip. There's something about the way those visuals just make me feel and I love the way they look. Imported, these records are kind of overpriced. I've seen them sell from fifty to a hundred dollars a pop. Luckily, I got mine for Christmas. Very happy to have them, but I would have had a difficult time pulling the trigger and buying them myself.
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