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American Graffiti [Box set] [Soundtrack]

~ American Graffiti (Related Recordings), Various Artists - Rock - Vintage Rock & Roll, Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1973
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  • Audio CD (20 Mar 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set, Soundtrack
  • Label: Universal / Island
  • ASIN: B000026E2D
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 66,545 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley, Bill Haley & His Comets, Danny Cedrone, Billy Williamson, Johnny Grande, Marshall Lytle, Billy Gussak, Joey d'Ambrosio, Milt Gabler
2. Sixteen Candles - The Crests
3. Runaway - Del Shannon
4. Why Do Fools Fall In Love? - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
5. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly, Gary Tollet, Jerry Allison, June Clark, Larry Welborn, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty, Romana Tollet, Wolfman Jack
6. Fanny Mae - Buster Brown, Wolfman Jack
7. At The Hop - Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids
8. She's So Fine - Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids, Kim Fowley
9. The Stroll - The Diamonds
10. See You In September - The Tempos
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Disc: 2
1. Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino
2. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, Fred Below
3. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
4. Get A Job - The Silhouettes
5. To The Aisle - The Five Satins, Wolfman Jack
6. Do You Wanna Dance - Bobby Freeman
7. Party Doll - Buddy Knox
8. Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings
9. You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) - Johnny Burnette
10. Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers
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For those of us who grew up in the '70s, this drive-in compilation of '50s and '60s rock and doo-wop, complete with Wolfman Jack introductions, was our introduction to this music. There are 41 jukebox hits here, and every one of them is a classic of its time (although two tracks--"At the Hop" and "She's so Fine" are covers by the revival band Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids). In his 1973 movie, director George Lucas used the music (and the presence of mysterious deejay Wolfman) as the AM-radio soundtrack to one night in suburban California, 1962. The idea was to capture and sustain an end-of-summer, end-of-innocence mood that's in the air throughout the picture-- not as a shortcut to establishing a period (as in Robert Zemeckis'Forrest Gump). There's an awful lot of spontaneous energy in these tunes--from Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly, to the Platters and the Clovers and the Del-Vikings, to the Crests and the Beach Boys--and also just a hint of melancholy that goes down very nicely with a burger, shake, and fries. --Jim Emerson

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect selection, 3 Mar 2001
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Of course the movie is absolutely wonderful. One of the best ever made, and when it comes to the soundtrack, it has to be among the best 50's/early 60's compilations ever made. If you have the slightest interest in that kind of music, this is an essential album. It might not contain the most popular songs, the number 1's, of that era (even if it has a few of those as well). Instead it contains only really great songs which really captures the time. Interesting fact. 10 % of the movies budget went to obtaining the music rights, and that really was money well spent.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best soundtracks for one of the best movies ever!, 25 Feb 2001
I first heard this album years ago upon its release (before I saw the movie) and I was utterly hooked! I bought the album but subsequently 'lost' it (and many others) in a burglary. I searched for a replacement for years only to be told by a very high profile record store that it had been deleted! Now finally I have found a copy! My life is a little more complete now! The Wolfman Jack voice overs really add to the overall panache of this slick compilation of classic tracks which serve to perfectly evoke 1960's American teen spirit. A must for any rock 'n' roll fan or anyone interested in nostalgia. Go buy this album now!
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic songs from '50s, '60s shine in this album, 20 Nov 2003
By Alex Diaz-Granados "fardreaming writer" (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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Of all the categories of music available on compact discs (or cassettes), one of my favorites has always been the movie soundtrack. Not only does a good soundtrack album helps listeners remember favorite scenes from the movies, but it also may inspire them to explore musical styles they would have otherwise never listened to.

Just as John Williams Romantic-era stylings of his Star Wars scores opened my ears and mind to classical music at the age of 14, the songs of various artists featured in the soundtrack for 1973's George Lucas nostalgia-laced American Graffiti opened my heart and soul to the early rock 'n' roll and doo-wop of the late 1950s and early '60s. Having been born in 1963 into a household where only my older sister listened to such artists as The Beatles, Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck, it was only in the days of "Happy Days" (a TV sitcom that was inspired by the success of Lucas' first real successful movie) that I got a taste of early rock 'n' roll songs in the vein of "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock," the song that kicks off this 2-CD, 41-song album.

The songs presented here were not only chosen by director George Lucas because they fit the time period (no song here was released after 1962), but also because the songs themselves were like a Greek chorus commenting on the on-screen doings of Steve, Laurie, Curt, John, Carol, Debbie and Toad. If the mood is upbeat, then songs like "Rock Around The Clock" are featured. For more emotionally charged sequences (Steve and Laurie's heart-rending argument at the school dance, for instance), The Platters' famous cover of Kerns' "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" and "Only You" are perfect accompaniment.

From that first track by Bill Haley and the Comets (such a whimsical and punny band name) to the surfin' crowd-pleasing Beach Boys' "All Summer Long," the original soundtrack album of American Graffiti will not only have listeners who saw the movie remembering the film's various characters and situations, it will also evoke the seemingly more innocent era of that pre-Cuban Missile Crisis summer of '62, with its cruising teenagers, drive-in diners with roller skating waitresses and the optimism of the Kennedy years.

This is a fun soundtrack album to listen to. If you're old enough to remember the era, it will be a personal musical portal to the past. If you're like me, born after 1962 and more familiar with Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Usher, and Britney Spears, give it a listen. It may open your heart and soul to older, yet still wonderful styles of early rock 'n' roll.

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5.0 out of 5 stars simply the best soundtrack cd
this is simply the best rock n roll soundtrack of all time i
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best
Some of the greatest rock n roll artists of all time come together to make a perfect album,result one of the greatest soundtrack of all time is being made. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2000

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Well what can i say about george lucas's first feature film, and what a classic it is. Having recently watched it, i was was amazed by some of the tunes that were being belted... Read more
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