Rare Soundtrack CD's for Sale or Trade

I collect movie soundtrack recordings on CD. You'd be surprised how often a soundtrack is released only to go out of print a year or two later. This causes many soundtrack CDs that were once readily available at malls and superstores everywhere to become rare collectibles after a very short time.

Many movie soundtrack CDs are produced only in limited quantities, sell for high prices to the collector community, and then are never pressed again. Most such discs never appear in regular stores; instead, they are available only from the half-dozen or so soundtrack recording specialty stores around the world. If you're not a collector who's aware of this small distribution network, then you probably never get to see these discs; odds are you wouldn't even know they existed.

Finally, some movie soundtrack CDs are available in other countries, but are rare here in the US because there is no domestic release, or the domestic release falls into one of the catagories listed above, i.e., it was released here as a limited edition pressing, or was simply allowed to go out of print and has not been re-pressed since.

Here, then, are a few discs of varying degrees of rarity, that I would like to trade for stuff on my want-list, or sell for the listed price. If you're interested in buying or trading for these discs, drop me a line at

rayc@raysplace.oldkingcole.com

Note that for purposes of trades, I'm generally not interested in soundtrack song CDs like The Big Chill, Pulp Fiction, or the Forest Gump song collections.

Legend

• -- the item is on hold for someone who has sent e-mail indicating their intention to purchase or trade for it, but I have not yet received the payment or trade. Go ahead and send me e-mail if you are interested in CDs that are "on hold"; I will sell them to you if for some reason I don't receive payment from the person who reserved them. (Your odds are low, though, so don't pass up a copy if you see it somewhere else).
• -- the item has been sold (or traded) and I don't have any more. Since I am not a dealer, I usually only have one (sometimes two if I was thinking ahead and picked up an extra copy) of each CD. However, check back. Since I trade with people, I sometimes end up with new copies of CDs I'd previously sold out of.

• The Accidental Tourist by John Williams, US$95.00 -- notched spine, but otherwise in pretty good shape and the CD itself plays just fine. This Williams disc has been out of print for a while now and is more than a little difficult to find.

• Apollo 13 by James Horner, US$85.00 -- promotional score-only release with black and white cover and 58+ minutes of Horner's underscore.

• Batteries Not Included by James Horner, US$75.00 -- There is a small hole drilled in the lower left-hand corner of the booklet, and another small hole drilled just below the bar-code on the end-paper on the back of the jewel box. The CD is otherwise in good shape (plays just fine). This CD is rare because it has been out of print for so long.

• Ben Hur by Miklós Rózsa, US$50.00
• The 'Burbs by Jerry Goldsmith, numbered, limited edition of 2500, US$75.00

• Coma by Jerry Goldsmith, US$25.00

• Criminal Law by Jerry Goldsmith, US$20.00

• Dick Tracy by Danny Elfman (cut-out, notched box), US$8.00 (Note: This is Danny Elfman's background score, not the song CD)

• Escape from the Planet of the Apes/The Mephisto Waltz by Jerry Goldsmith, US$85.00 -- A private pressing from Pony Express. The music is conducted by the composer.

• Gremlins 2: The New Batch by Jerry Goldsmith, US$20.00

• Heavy Metal: The Score by Elmer Bernstein, US$75.00 -- A private pressing of the classic Bernstein score, with fair sound, conducted by the composer.

• Innerspace by Jerry Goldsmith, US$45.00

• The Killer Elite by Jerry Fielding, US$65.00

• King Solomon's Mines by Jerry Goldsmith, US$30.00

• Lady Hawke by Andrew Powell, Limited Edition, #911 of 2000, US$30.00 (This was the first release on CD of this soundtrack. A non-limited edition has since been released).

• MacArthur by Jerry Goldsmith, US$15.00

• Predator by Alan Silvestri, US$95.00 -- A 79+ minute private pressing from Alien Records. Nicely produced, with good sound, conducted by the composer.

• The River by John Williams, US$25.00

• Spacecamp by John Williams, US$85.00

• Available again! Willow by James Horner, US$55.00

• The Vanishing by Jerry Goldsmith, US$85.00 -- A private pressing from Pony Express. The music is conducted by the composer.

• Foros Timis Ston Greco (Tribute to El Greco) by Vangelis, US$500. One of a limited edition of 3000, never originally available in any store (not even the specialty shops). It was produced as an expensive benefit disc for an art gallery in Athens, which was the only place you could get it. The CD is hand signed by Vangelis himself (in Greek!) and comes in a clothbound box with a gorgeous 8"x11" paperbound art book of El Greco's paintings with text in both Greek and English. The music is more serious than most of Vangelis's recent albums have been. Two opera singers -- soprano Montserrat Caballé and tenor Konstantinos Paliatsaras -- each perform on a (different) track, lending an aura of sublime decadence to the music as only Vangelis can compose it. The music is good, the packaging is outstanding, which, combined with the rarity of anything signed by Vangelis, adds up to a highly desirable CD. It would not surprise me if, in a year or two, this CD becomes the most sought-after Vangelis album of all time.

On Consignment

Write me if you have collectable soundtrack CDs you want to sell through this section of my Web page.

• Alan Silvestri: Selected Themes by Alan Silvestri, US$250. A promotional two-CD set with selections from Predator, Romancing the Stone, Young Guns II, Overboard, Super Mario Bros. and others. Many cuts unavailable anywhere else. Extremely rare and hard to find.

• Honor And Glory by Basil Poledouris, US$150. A promotional CD produced by Mr. Poledouris's agents at the Craft-Benjamin Agency. This CD was only available to people in the movie industry. Includes music written by Poledouris for the Olympics, Amerika and others. Extremely rare.

• Species, Virtuosity, Tales from the Hood, Head Above Water, Unforgettable by Chris Young, US$275. A five-CD promotional set pressed for Chris Young. Each film's soundtrack is on its own CD. These were released as a set and will be sold only as a set. Rare.

• SPFM Tribute to Jerry Goldsmith US$465.00. The legendary Jerry Goldsmith CD with tracks from Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, The Flim-Flam Man, Take A Hard Ride, and Magic. This is one of the rarest, most collectible soundtrack CDs ever produced.

• Blade Runner by Vangelis, US$195.00