1980 – Page 5 – Robin Johnson

Film Review, Vol. 30 No. 10, October 1980

1 February, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“‘I’d sung in a choir when I was 12,’ Robin chirps…” Assuming that any periodical dated October probably hit the stands in September, here’s a British magazine devoting an entire page to Robin, a month before Times Square’s premiere, and four months before it would

Times Square Soundtrack Promotional Video

22 January, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Apparently, in 1980, RSO sent this videotape to record retailers to play in-store to promote the soundtrack to Times Square. It features the two songs performed in the film, “Your Daughter Is One” and “Damn Dog.” The fact that the lyrics to “Your Daughter Is One” consist primarily of curse

“I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!”

2 January, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

But, I will anyway, ’cause that’s how I roll. The first is a not-quite 1 1/2 inch button with the Times Square logo on a black background. As far as I know these were never for sale, and were most likely given to radio stations and theater owners to give

From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack TIMES SQUARE (songbook)

24 December, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

… is exactly what it sounds like, a squarebound book collecting the sheet music for all the songs appearing on the Times Square soundtrack album. This of course excludes “Dangerous Type” by The Cars, which although heard for quite a bit longer in the film than some of the

Forward Into The Past

15 December, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Back issues of Screen International are surprisingly hard to come by. That’s why I’m posting this so far out of the chronological order I’ve been trying to adhere to… I didn’t have this until last week (as of this writing). And I don’t even have the entire issue; I just

Trade Magazine Soundtrack Ad

7 December, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Just like the title says, this is an ad for the soundtrack that ran in 11 x 14 industry magazines. The first one was laminated for display by the person I purchased it from; the yellow border may not be part of the original page. The back is solid yellow,

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – TIMES SQUARE (8-track Version)

28 November, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

8-track tapes would be pretty much gone from U.S. music stores by 1982 (almost the same time as CD players made their debut), but in 1980 they were still a viable release format. As did the cassette, the 8-track loses the back cover and interior gatefold artwork. The front cover

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Times Square (Cassette Version)

19 November, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Cassettes may have already overtaken records as the biggest selling format by 1980. They didn’t sound as good, but they were portable and convenient, and that’s always more important. There was rarely an effort to duplicate the full art of a record album on the relatively tiny insert, though. We

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “TIMES SQUARE” (U.K. Edition)

10 November, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The biggest difference here is that Tim Curry is completely gone. There isn’t even a red circle where Nicky’s badge would be. We’ve seen that before on the promotional “slick”, which was displayed in record stores in the United States. Why each country had their own idea as to this

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “TIMES SQUARE” (Canadian Edition)

1 November, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The music on the Canadian edition of the Times Square soundtrack is identical to the US version. All the international editions are musically identical. (I suppose some might sound better or worse than others, but none of the actual tracks are different.) That’s why, other than the few examples I’ll

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