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Cruising

original motion picture soundtrack

Format: 3xLP
Record Label: Waxwork
Condition: New (sealed/shrink wrapped)

Triple album - all music sourced and re-mastered from the original master tapes - 180 gram blue, black, and white vinyl - triple gatefold jacket with satin coating and spot UV gloss - includes a 12"x12" booklet with exclusive liner notes by William Friedken

Available for the first time, the original 1980 soundtrack release has been expanded to include the complete film music. Spanning three LP’s, Waxwork worked closely with director William Friedkin, Sony, and Universal Pictures to locate and unearth the original masters that include the original Jack Nitzsche score sessions, the Germs recording sessions, and all music recorded for the film featuring The Cripples, Barre Phillips, Mutiny, and many more. This is the long awaited and definitive Cruising soundtrack release requested by fans of the film, punk rock, and the counter culture for decades.

Cruising is a 1980 erotic crime thriller directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, Sorcerer) and starring Al Pacino and Karen Allen. It is loosely based on the novel by the same name about a serial killer targeting gay men associated with the underground leather and S&M scene in New York City. The production and shooting of Cruising was plagued with protests and petitioning to stop the filming by gay rights activists. The movie was received poorly upon release, however, Cruising has gone to amass a large cult-following and is now considered to be a wildly underrated and thought provoking film that was years ahead of it’s time. Cruising and director Friedkin unapologetically explored topics that were largely considered at the time to be taboo, noncommercial, and dangerous.

Director William Friedkin’s renegade approach at documentary style filmmaking took him to the darkest corners of the underground where his research and discovery of crime, lifestyle duality, and the burgeoning gay leather scene sparked the creation of a landmark film that is a topic of intense conversation and examination to this day.

Track Listing: WILLIE DEVILLE - Heat Of The Moment / THE CRIPPLES - Loneliness / JOHN HIATT - Spy Boy / MADELYNN VON RITZ - When I Close My Eyes I See Blood / MUTINY - Lump / ROUGH TRADE - Shake Down / WILLIE DEVILLE - Pullin' My String / GERMS - Lions Share / THE CRIPPLES - Hypnotize / WILLIE DEVILLE - It's So Easy / BARRE PHILLIPS - A-I-A / RALPH TOWNER - Waterwheel / BARRE PHILLIPS - Movement / MUTINY - The Ballad Of Capt. Hymbad / GERMS - Throw It Away / Not All Right / Now I Hear The Laughter / Going Down / My Tunnel / THE CRIPPLES - New York Street Rap / Hepcat / ROUGH TRADE - Hurry / Long Distance Runner / Don't Let It Get To Your Head / MUTINY - Reality / How's Your Loose Booty? / Will It Be Tomorrow?