March 1, 2026

20,000 vinyl LPs 409: Jimmy Page ~ Death Wish II soundtrack

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vinyl LP front cover 
 cover illustration by R. Graves 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


On Monday, March 1, 1982, the first solo LP by guitarist and founder of the rock band Led ZeppelinJimmy Page was released.         
 
That year, Page collaborated with director Michael Winner to record the Death Wish II soundtrack. This and several subsequent Page recordings, including the Death Wish III soundtrack, were recorded and produced at his recording studio, The Sol in Cookham, which he had purchased from Gus Dudgeon in the early 1980s.         
 


vinyl LP front cover details 
cover illustration by R. Graves 
detail photos of album cover by Styrous®



Death Wish II is a 1982 American vigilante action-thriller film directed and co-edited by Michael Winner and produced by Cannon Films. It is the sequel to the 1974 film Death Wish. It is the second installment in the Death Wish film series. The sequel makes a complete breakaway from the Brian Garfield novels Death Wish and Death Sentence, redefining the Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) character. It was succeeded by Death Wish 3. All three films starred Charles Bronson.               


vinyl LP back cover 
photo of album back cover by Styrous®
 
 
The actions of the Bronson character are dictated by the inability of the police to prevent crime, the preoccupation of the courts with technical rather than real justice, and the cancerous climate of fear in which we find ourselves today. Paul Kersey is no hero. In his pursuit of vengeance he loses the only emotional relationship of his life and by story's end has become as much a victim of crime as the thugs he leaves dead in his wake".             
 

 
vinyl LP back cover details 
detail photos of album back cover by Styrous®
 




vinyl LP record sleeve 
photo by Styrous®
 

vinyl LP record sleeve back 
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vinyl LP record side 1 
photos by Styrous®
 
 
 

 
vinyl LP record side 2 
photos by Styrous®
 

   
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1 - Who's To Blame - 2:38
A2 - The Chase - 5:45
A3 - City Sirens - 1:57
A4 - Jam Sandwich - 2:35
A5 - Carole's Theme - 2:48
A6 - The Release - 2:32
       
Side 2:
       
B1 - Hotel Rats And Photostats - 2:36
B2 - Shadow In The City - 4:00
B3 - Jill's Theme - 3:59
B4 - Prelude - 2:18
B5 - Big Band, Sax, And Violence - 2:48
B6 - Hypnotizing Ways (Oh Mamma) - 2:45
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
    Copyright © – Swan Song Inc.
    Pressed By – Allied Record Company
    Pressed By – Europadisk
    Published By – Flames Of Albion Music Inc.
    Mixed At – The Sol Studio
    Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
       
Credits:
       
    Drums – Dave Mattacks
    Electric Piano – Gordon Edwards (2)
    Engineer, Mixed By – Stuart Epps
    Producer, Written-By, Electric Guitar, Bass – Jimmy Page
    Vocals – Chris Farlowe
    Written-By – Gordon Edwards (2) (tracks: A3)
       
Notes:
       
"AR" in matrix number denotes an Allied Record Company pressing.

Soundtrack to Michael Winner's 'Death Wish II' (1982).

Matrix Info:
Sides A/B: "EDP" is in an oval.
Side A: The "4" in "824887" is a "4" etched over an "8"
Side A: "++" is two plus signs, with a dot in each quadrant (8 dots total).
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
        
    Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): ST SS 824887 AR
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): ST SS 824888 AR
    Matrix / Runout: + ++ △1198 ST-SS 824887-B (2) B-16558-B EDP MISFI SM1 STRAWBERRY
    Matrix / Runout: + △1198-X ST-SS-824888-B (2) B-16558-B EDP MISFI SM1 STRAWBERRY
    Matrix / Runout (Sides A/B - stamped): EDP
    Matrix / Runout (Sides A/B - stamped): STRAWBERRY
    Rights Society: ASCAP
 
Jimmy Page – Death Wish II (The Original Soundtrack)
Label: Swan Song – SS 8511
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, AR - Allied Pressing
Country: US
Released: Mar 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Classic Rock, Synth-pop, Symphonic Rock

         
Viewfinder links:        
        
Charles Bronson        
Gus Dudgeon         
Jimmy Page        
Michael Winner        
        
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YouTube links:        
        
Jimmy Page ~ Death Wish II complete soundtrack links         
        
        
         
        
        
        
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