This LP is by far one of the rarest in my collection, and one of the most interesting to boot. In 1982, this record was released as the "official soundtrack", so to speak, to the 12th Festival International De Paris Du Film Fantastique Et De Science Fiction, with a special focus on my favorite director of all time, Lucio Fulci. This is one of the earliest re-releases of any soundtrack material from any of Fulci's films after their original LP releases in Italy (if applicable), long before companies like Lucertola Media came into being or BEAT Records got to releasing anything to CD; selections from The Beyond (the greatest horror film of all time) and The House By The Cemetery are included here in warm vinyly glory, as well as original material for the festival by avant-garde musician Yan Tregger.
The tracklisting is as follows:
Yan Tregger
A1. Bloodnight
A2. Shout In The Dark
B1. Stab (Festival Overture)
Fabio Frizzi (The Beyond soundtrack)
B2. Verso L'Ignoto
B3. Suono Aperto
B4. Sequenza Coro E Orchestra
Walter Rizzati (The House By The Cemetery soundtrack)
B5. Quella Villa
B6. I Remember
B7. Tema Bambino
Because of the multiple reissues of those soundtracks on CD over the years, that Yan Tregger material is really the only reason to go after this disc, although I would think that the Fulci soundtracks are the reason this LP is so rare in the first place. Bloodnight itself is a pretty awesome dark euro-disco piece, and the best way I've ever seen it described online is "if Thriller came from Hell". Shout In The Dark would make some interesting background music for a club scene in some ultra-violent late 80s French exploitation flick, too. The festival overture that opens side B is merely a sped up rearrangement of Bloodnight, and it's pretty short.
I scored a copy of this album for about fifty dollars after an unchallenged eBay bid, from a seller in California. It came still in its original shrinkwrap, but I did end up pulling that off once I realized it was opened to pull the record out. (Cue the sounds of fellow collectors cringing.) If it helps any, I did hold onto that shrinkwrapping and keep it as an extra insert inside the jacket, in case I ever wanted to go through the headache-inducing process of putting it back on again.
I have to wonder if Fulci ever held onto a copy of this record for himself...
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