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Sometimes, one thing in your life happens that seems to change evrything else around you. Such is the case with "Saturday Night Fever: Original Motion Picture Sountrack". When it was first released as a double-disc vinyl record set in November 1977, it came out around the same time as the movie did to theaters. It would eventually go on to become the best-selling album of all time for nearly 7 years. This album has been certified platinum 15 times by the RIAA. The songs included in this soundtrack release are synonymous with the era which it represents. David Shire composed and adapted 3 tracks for this collection, while fellow instrumentalist Ralph McDonald provided "Calypso Breakdown". Kool And The Gang are heard performing "Open Sesame". MFSB of "TSOP" fame had the song "K-Jee". The Trammps gave us the classic "Disco Inferno". KC & The Sunshine Band shook things up with "Boogie Shoes". Yvonne Elliman went to number one with "If I Can't Have You". Walter Murphy also had a number one song with "A Fifth Of Beethoven". Tavares easily handled "More Than A Woman". The Bee Gees dominate things with 6 songs: "Stayin' Alive", "How Deep Is Your Love", "Night Fever", their version of "More Than A Woman", plus "Jive Talkin" and "You Should Be Dancing". Some vinyl copies of the album contain the studio take of "Jive Talkin", while others feature the live version. Both copies are well worth seeking out. A perfect album from the late 70s, it won the Grammy award for Album of the Year. This is classic popular music that is still fun to dance to!Read full review
I know..."disco sucks," right? Not really. I teach a music appreciation class for the local community college and this is great. If for nothing else it is a great set of musical examples of what was the "in" thing during the late 70's. The remastered CD adds a little more depth to the sounds I remember on the cassette. It may be due to the fact that I played the tape so much when I was younger, but the lyrics were always a bit understated. In the remeastered version, everything is extremely clear. The instrumental numbers have a better sound than I remember the original having. The "Fifth of Beethoven," and "Night on Disco Mountain," are great examples of recycling music from another era (Classical and Romantic)and how they were brought to public attention years after the original. Okay, it's not the music of today...That's fine with me. It is the pop of that era and stills sounds good, although a bit out of date.Read full review
Fun memories of the disco era! With this miserable year of covid, this uplifting soundtrack is so needed & did the trick! Great price, great condition.
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I bought the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack for fun dance and party music. I was really impressed with the quality of the recording and how clear it was on a cd since the original soundtrack was recorded on a vinyl. I can always get the crowd up dancing and singing to good old dance music. If someone wants to have a high quality "older" soundtrack I highly recommend this to anyone and the price was a great value.
I absolutely LOVE this soundtrack!!! Every song on this soundtrack is a hit and you can totally get your boogie on!!! It was a bargain and of good quality!!!
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