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…
[gallery columns="2" size="medium" ids="1949,1950"] 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…
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. [gallery size="medium"…
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…
The biggest difference here is that Tim Curry is completely gone. There isn't even a red circle where Nicky's badge would be. [gallery columns="2" size="medium" ids="1875,1877,1876,1878"] We've seen that before on the promotional "slick", which…
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…
[gallery columns="2" size="medium" ids="1775,1777,1776,1784"] Finally, here's what all the fuss was about. The 2 record set containing all but one of the songs from the film. In their haste to load the film with soundtrack…
... was, for some reason, the title of the promotional soundtrack sampler in the UK. [gallery columns="2" size="medium" ids="1695,1696"] It's a much more attractive package than the US sampler, with a strip of stills across…
[gallery columns="2" size="medium" ids="1682,1683"] This 6-track, white-labelled, white-sleeved record was used by RSO to promote the Times Square soundtrack in the U.S. As there was no art, it may be the most boring promotional item…
[caption id="attachment_1616" align="alignleft" width="300"] [/caption]"O" is for "oversized," I assume. This image is the same size as the image of the last poster, but trust me, the actual poster is double the size -- just…