ANDROMEDA STRAIN 1970 electronic soundtack GIL MELLE
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Description
ANDROMEDA STRAIN
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LP
Hexagonal Music:
How I Manufactured The Andromeda Strain Soundtrack LP
by Dr. Rick Steinberg
In 1970, during the editing of his now classic movie The Andromeda Strain, the director, Robert Wise, approached me with a view to have the soundtrack album marketed in a special manner. I was then in charge of Order Service for MCA Records; that is, record maker. He asked if it was possible to have the record pressed in a hexagonal shape as the extra terrestrial viral strain called Andromeda in the film was hexagonal. I said anything was possible, but that it would cost an estimated $20,000. While this was then a high figure for record production, it was minimal to the movie business and was agreed.
The executives at Kapp Records were only too happy to go along with the scheme as it relieved them of the production costs. I discussed the matter with the president of Monarch Records, who pressed all MCA record at that time. My idea was to have the music recorded in 10" format but put on a 12" matrix and a steel hexagonal mold would then be made and this would be used in a press to trim the excess material to make a hexagonal shape.
Kapp had agreed to a production run of 10,000 records. The original records sold out fairly rapidly. Gil Melle, the composer of the music, urged a second pressing, but the Kapp management did not want to go to the expense of reproducing the original format. It was therefore decided to repress the 10" recording on a 12" standard record and package it in a standard jacket. This did not sell so well, and MCA soon lost interest in the record.
THIS IS THAT SELDOM SEEN FOLD OUT PACKAGE WITH THE ODD SHAPED RECORD WITHIN. It’s a bit hard to photograph, as it’s completely reflective. It’s also quite fragile and doesn’t turn up very often.
LISTEN TO PART OF THIS RECORD HERE!
TRACK LISTING:
- Hex
- Andromeda
- Desert Trip
- The Piedmont Elegy
- Op
- Xenogenesis
- Stobe Crystal Green
CONDITION: VG++ RECORD which is very quiet- and rarely turns up this clean. Still has original octagonal plastic inner sleeve too. VG++ JACKET. A few bends and creases to the jacket, but overall quite serviceable. No tears. The few bits of wear on the flaps are all tucked under when it’s folded up as shown.
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