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And now, on with the post!
Last week we looked at Disney's "Black Hole" movie album from 1979...This week, we're going to look at the inspiration for that movie...and album.
In 1977, two years before the Disney effort, this hit the record store shelves:
Yep, Lucasfilm did the whole thing before "The Black Hole" was even thought of. Of course, at the time releasing a story album with a movie was much more common than it is today. There were very few home formats to watch movies on out there, and very few people had access to them. Still, just about everyone had a record player, so it made sense.
This album is mainly interesting for the pictures and the clips from the movie that tell the story. It's not bad, but it sure ain't a Blu-Ray. So the next time your DVD freezes at a bad time in a movie, or you lose your Netflix signal, remember that you could be listening to a scratchy vinyl disc...and be thankful for what you have.
Until next time, fly 'em fast and high!
I vividly recall this being the only way to relive the story in the late '70s without reading the novelization. It was this record and the card sets that fueled our imaginations until Empire came out.
ReplyDeleteMy kids, who know the films by heart but have never seen the original trilogy or Episodes II & III on the big screen, have no concept of the hardships we faced.
That's true! We were a hardy bunch!
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