20,000 vinyl LPs 372: Performance Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Performance soundtrack album 

vinyl LP front cover 

 cover photo by 

photo of album cover by Styrous®

On Monday, August 3, 1970, the film Performance was released in the U.S. It was the first movie Mick Jagger acted in and it was a doozy of a performance by him.        

 

From Wikipedia:

Performance is a 1970 British crime drama film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, written by Cammell and filmed by Roeg. The film stars James Fox as a violent and ambitious London gangster who, after killing an old friend, goes into hiding at the home of a reclusive rock star (Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones).       

The film was produced in 1968 but not released until 1970, as Warner Bros. was reluctant to distribute the film, owing to its sexual content and graphic violence. 

Ever notice how illicit items become so overwhelming attractive? Way to go Censors! Nothing like the scent of forbidden fruit! Of course the poster for the film subtly oozed a world of sin.      

  

 

Performance - poster
 

 

Then the trailer for the film amped it to Heaven! Or was it Hell? It's frenetic, bizarre & violent at times. Decide for yourself; it's on YouTube llink below).              

 

Performance is a very dark tale about swinging London as the 60s began to decay and explores the relationship between sex and violence that revolted critics and the public. Marlon Brando was originally chosen to play the gangster role that Fox took over.            

The music personnel for the soundtrack is amazing! It featured Ry Cooder, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Bernard Krause, Jack Nitzsche, Randy Newman and many more. Coder is at his very best.        

 

Performance soundtrack album 

vinyl LP front cover 

 cover photo by 

photo of album cover by Styrous®

it magazine cover - 2018

Rolling Stone magazine cover - 2018

 

Performance soundtrack album 

vinyl LP, side 1 & 2

 cover photo by 

photo of album cover by Styrous®

   

Tracklist:
       
Side 1:

        

A1 - Randy Newman - Gone Dead Train, vocals by Randy Newman, written by Russ Titelman - 2:55
A2 - Merry Clayton & Bernard Krause* – Performance, vocals by Merry Clayton - 1:47
A3 - Ry Cooder  – Get Away, Guitar [Bottleneck Solo] – Ry Cooder - 2:05
A4 - Ry Cooder – Powis Square Guitar [Bottleneck Solo] – Ry Cooder - 2:23
A5 - Bernard Krause* –    Rolls Royce And Acid - 1:47
A6 - Buffy Sainte-Marie – Dyed, Dead, Red
Vocals, Strings [Mouth Bow] – Buffy Sainte-Marie - 2:32
A7 - Jack Nitzsche – Harry Flowers - 4:00

       
Side 2:
       
B1 - Mick Jagger – Memo From Turner, written by Keith Richards, vocals by Mick Jagger - 4:02
B2 - Ry Cooder & Buffy Sainte-Marie – The Hashishin Dulcimer [Solo] – Ry Cooder, Strings [Mouth Bow Solo] – Buffy Sainte-Marie - 3:35
B3 - The Last Poets – Wake Up, Niggers, written by Alafia Pudim - 2:43
B4 - Bernard Krause* & Merry Clayton–    Poor White Hound Dog
Vocals – Merry Clayton - 2:45
B5 - Bernard Krause* – Natural Magic - 1:37
B6 - Bernard Krause* & The Merry Clayton Singers – Turner's Murder - 4:15
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Record Company – Warner Bros. Inc.
    Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
    Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders
    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
       
Credits:
       
    Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
    Bass – Bobby West*
    Conductor – Randy Newman
    Design [Package Design] – Ken Duskin
    Drums – Gene Parsons
    Guitar – Lowell George, Russ Titelman
    Percussion – Milt Holland
    Producer, Arranged By – Jack Nitzsche
    Santoor – Nasser Rastegar-Nejad, Synthesizer [Moog] – Bernard Krause*, written by Jack Nitzsche (tracks: A1 to A7, B2, B4 to B6)
       
Notes:
       
© 1970 -- Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Warner Bros. Records Inc., a subsidiary and licensee of Warner Bros. Inc.
Made in U.S.A.
A Goodtimes Enterprises Production.

Original pressing with green labels.

OST of the movie "Performance" directed in 1968 by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg.
The lyrics of "Memo From Turner" were re-written for this film and therefore different than on the Rollings Stones' Metamorphosis LP from 1975.
According to Colin McCabe (in his book "Performance"), the Moog synthesizer was so new that none were commercially available and a prototype was used for these recordings in 1968 by Bernie Krause.

       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
        

    Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): S39650RE1
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): S39651RE1
    Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched (Variant 1)): BS-2554-A 39650 RE-1 1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched (Variant 1)): BS-2554-B 39651 RE-1 1A
    Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched (Variant 2)): BS-2554 39650 RE-1 A3
    Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched (Variant 2)): BS-2554. 39651 RE-1 A3
    Matrix / Runout (Runout both sides, stamped (Both Variants)): [logo of Artisan Sound Recorders]

Various – Performance: Original Motion Picture Sound Track
Label: Warner Bros. Records – BS 2554
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre:    Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Blues, Stage & Screen
Style:    Blues Rock, Acoustic, Abstract, Psychedelic, Soundtrack

         

         

         

        

         

Viewfinder links:        

         

Marlon Brando           

Merry Clayton        

Ry Cooder        

Mick Jagger       

Bernard Krause          

The Last Poets          

Randy Newman           

Keith Richards        

Buffy Sainte-Marie          

        

Net links:        

        

bfi ~ Performance         

GQ ~ 50 years since Performance, a film so controversial its own studio banned it    

The Guardian ~ I Still Don't Understand It        

IndieWire ~ Inside the Rock ‘n’ Roll Movie Too Shocking for the ’60s     

lecinemadreams.blogspot ~ Performance 1970         

Roger Ebert ~ Performance        

        

YouTube links:        

        

Memo from Turner (Featurette)         

Performance - (Theatrical Trailer)         

Performance PT 10         

Performance links          

         

         

 

 

 

Mick Jagger ~ Performance film still

 

 

 

 

        

        

Styrous® ~ Saturday, August 3, 2024       
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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