• MrWho
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Topic: blaxploitation soundtracks

hi,

I'd like to get some soundtracks of blaxploitation movies from the 70s.

hhv.de offers many of them as repress, for example http://www.hhv.de/item_65037.html
does anyone know something about the quality of those releases?

I also need recommendations for good soundtracks.

thanks

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Re: blaxploitation soundtracks

The Spook who sat by the door from Herbie Hancock is pretty good but my favorite is Bare Knuckles OST though, amazing tunes on that one

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=SQJ9SyAiFEo

Technically is that still blaxpoitation...(most of the actors are white) maybe not the movie but the music is!

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Re: blaxploitation soundtracks

the soundtrack to Three Tough Guys is good

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=l6XmCJq3v … re=related

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=XfhQOPMNi … re=related

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Re: blaxploitation soundtracks

I'm looking for this kind of soul/funk in general...the spook who sat by the door is already on my list...bare knuckles sounds nice too

I think that I just have to order some and see how good the quality is

thanks for the tips so far

5 Reply by kuczera (edited by kuczera 2008-10-14 18:24:34)

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Re: blaxploitation soundtracks

try : willie hutch - the mack
       willie hutch - foxy brown
       shaft - big score and four tops shaft in africa

i purchased the foxy brown reissue some years ago and i can't say it's a great sounding press
better buy the orginal

also well recommended : cleopatra jones, superfly, truck turner, short eyes, troubleman, blackula
etc etc

also we dutchies did some kind off funky (blax)ploitation :

naakt over de schutting

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m203/djkuczera/naakt.jpg


turks fruit


http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m203/djkuczera/turks.jpg



and :

de bende van hiernaast

Vlam Aan
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Re: blaxploitation soundtracks

mhh...

so should I better not start buying repressed records? =/
because there are tons of good stuff...even Goblin http://www.hhv.de/item_83977.html

7 Reply by kuczera (edited by kuczera 2008-10-14 18:33:53)

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Re: blaxploitation soundtracks

MrWho wrote:

mhh...

so should I better not start buying repressed records? =/
because there are tons of good stuff...even Goblin http://www.hhv.de/item_83977.html

dunno,foxy brown just doesn't sound great
i have good reissues too
they are cheap and comparing them to org. pressings it's peanuts

i like to buy my soundtracks original ( don't we all? )
but when it comes to reissues (180 gram) like dagored i'll rather buy them on cd
especially the silent ones
for example my goblin - suspiria has noise only from sliding it into the sleeve
and it's heavyweight vinyl

Vlam Aan