Eddie & The Cruisers - Soundtrack
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Free Music Notes for Eddie & The Cruisers - Soundtrack
Free Music Review: Volcano Got It Right....Ignore The Printed Track Listing
Hit: 5 Stars
Eddie and the Cruisers came out a year before Streets Of Fire would be the next project for actor Michael Pare in another rock n' roll film with an awesome soundtrack to boot. The movie about the disappearance of a (fictional) leader of a rock band was not too shabby ( I only saw it on cable a couple of times)...Point being, both soundtracks (hand in hand) I would highly recommend to any an avid music collector to prove that the 80's music was not all commercialized-synthesized shlock. Both retro in sound to the 50's and 60's with a contemporary edge that have stood the test of time exceptionally well !
Many have compared Eddie & The Cruisers/John Cafferty soundtrack to Springsteen's and the E Band's work (hopefully as compliment and not as a rip off).Let's just say the Boss is the Boss and John Cafferty is John Cafferty. John Cafferty and his band were/are anything but a rip off. He has this very distinct knack for writing original and performing his material with plenty of hooks and upbeat melodies. His vocals are also easily recognized.They seem to have the tough rebellious rockin' edge to them when called for and yet that controllable warm vocal range that allows him to do a great ballad like Tender Years!The Beaver Brown Band can do no wrong---the sheer artistry and musical synergy between JC & BBB is a great musical force unto itself.
The Volcano company did include ALL the right tracks that were on the original vinyl pressings and cassette versions. The only small quirk (which in no way affects playback or has deleted anything) is the way the tracks are physically/digitally numbered on the disc; they do not correspond with the printed listing on the back cd cover. Does this matter? Heck no...but I was ready to return the cd before I listened to it's entirety. I thought the track Hang Up My Rock N' Roll Shoes had been deleted and that Season In Hell (Fire Suite) had been cut down to only two mintues plus (scratching my head like crazy)! Volcano has kept Hang Up My Rock N' Roll Shoes as part of Down On My Knees track (as one big track). Season In Hell (Fire Suite) has been split into two separate tracks (again, no sweat ,the suite/track still blends smoothly---no breaks or "cuts"). Believe me, I was ready to take my copy back to the cd music store...
The mystery of why this soundtrack was not released in it's correct entirety in the first place is like the mystery surrounding Eddie's disappearance in the film (though, we the buying public can draw many a conclusion of our own why the screw ups occurred with the initial cd release).As for the Volcano version and the other version that many felt ripped off by (two tracks missing), there will be no surprise if in time another version is released with additional material (definitive soundtrack)...Aye, aye, aye, the things record companies do to drive us buyers nuts !!!
Free Music Review: Why are the titled wrong?
Hit: 4 Stars
It is listed that there are 10 tracks and there are only 9
There is a song called runaway that isn't even on the cd
Tender years and wild summer nights are which is a good thing
great cd just wish the songs were listed right!
Free Music Review: CLASSIC ALBUM: EDDIE AND CRUISER SOUNDTRACK
Hit: 5 Stars
I was totally blown away from the sound
that came from John Cafferty's songs
On the film that gave him the exposure
to the later albums that were forgotten
by radio stations.
Man, to hear these songs comparable
if not better than Bruce Springsteen.
He's got this ability to move u,
but also soothe you with his
powerful melodies and words
For serious fans, get all of
his work. I know a real musician/songwriter
when I hear one, and John Cafferty
is a winner in my book
How he never made it big
is beyond me
Free Music Review: Still holding up well after all these years
Hit: 5 Stars
One of my friends was one of the handful of people who actually saw this movie in it's theater run and couldn't stop talking about it. We searched everywhere for the soundtrack, but it was a tough find in those days (late '83?) When he finally tracked it own, he stuck it on the back side of a 90 minute cassette that I had given to him to record the new Cheap Trick album. I liked the Cheap Trick album, but when the tape clicked back for side two, I was blown away by the Eddie & the Cruisers music. When the album took off the following summer, he and I had our hands full dubbing and recording for all of our friends, and my tape spent a ton of time in my car stereo alongside Born In The USA. Never having heard the new version without Tender Years and Wild Summer Nights, I can't comment on the replacement songs, but I can tell you the songs that they replaced were both great. Tender Years is one of the best ballads from this time period and Wild Summer Nights may be one of the great lost classics of the mid '80's. I saw the band play on the subsequent tour in the winter of 1984 and based on that show always expected them to be the next big thing. (Well, even J.J. Jackson was wrong about Thomas Dolby.)Free Music Review: Where is Tender Years?
Hit: 1 Stars
My girlfriend ordered this CD last week and there is no Tender years or Wild Summer Nights? Why do they have them listed as tracks when they were taken off the CD? Without Tender Years this soundtrack is incomplete. Only the old Scotti Brothers version of this CD has Tender Years and Wild Summer Nights.