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Motion Picture Soundtrack Released on Numbered
Limited Edition 180g Pure Virgin Vinyl LP!
Specially Remastered for This LP by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio!
Eddie and the Cruisers is a 1983 American film directed by Martin Davidson based
on the novel by P.F. Kluge. The story concerns the mysterious death of a
fictional '60s rock star. The film received mixed reviews, did not do well at
the box office and was pulled from theaters after three weeks.
After successful screenings on HBO in 1984, the album suddenly climbed the
charts, going quadruple platinum. Nine months after the film was released in
theaters, the main song in the film, "On the Dark Side," was the number one song
in the country on Billboard's Mainstream, Rock, and Heatseeker charts; and #7 on
the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Another single from the film, "Tender Years,"
peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Cafferty was hired to write a few songs for the film, but he did such a good job
of capturing the feeling of the 1960s and 1980s that Davidson asked him to score
the entire film. Only Michael "Tunes" Antunes, the tenor saxophone player for
the Beaver Brown Band, and Helen Schneider were professional musicians in the
cast.
"There was a year's delay before this film, which concerns the mysterious
death of a fictional '60s rock star, took off via video and cable TV, but when
it did, the soundtrack album, featuring such songs as 'On the Dark Side' and
'Tender Years' by John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, took off with it..."
- William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com
Features:
• Numbered Limited Edition
• 180g Virgin Vinyl
• Specially Remastered for This LP by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Selections:
Side 1:
1. On The Dark Side
2. Tender Years
3. Runaround Sue
4. Down On My Knees
5. Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
Side 2:
1. Wild Summer Nights
2. Boardwalk Angel
3. Betty Lou's Got A New Pair Of Shoes
4. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)
5. Season In Hell (Fire Suite)