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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 
photo by Styrous®











 
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        
        
Net links:        
        
         
        
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:        
        
Jimmy Page ~ Death Wish II complete soundtrack links         
        
        
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Sunday, March 1, 2026        
       
 
 















March 18, 2015

101 Reel-to-Reel Tapes 100: Love Story ~ soundtrack (or Love means never having to say . . . whatever!








photos by Styrous©




   reel-to-reel tape box cover detail

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In addition to my 20,000 Vinyl LP collection I'm selling, I have reel-to-reel, pre-recorded tapes for sale. If interested, contact me by email please, not by a comment. 

I will have the Love Story ~ soundtrack, reel-to-reel tape, for sale on Amazon. I have others for sale on eBay now (see links below).    

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I normally don't write a negative article; I can usually find something positive about the subject I've focused on. This is the exception.


reel-to-reel tape box cover


This has possibly got to be the schmaltziest film in cinematic history. And the music (by Francis Lai)! Oye vey! It almost drove me out of the theater.

Ali MacGraw was innocent and beautiful, and Ryan O'Neal was cute as a button but neither of them could bring life into the film for me.


reel-to-reel tape box cover back




Love Story is a 1970 romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who also authored the best-selling novel of the same name. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, John Marley, Ray Milland and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut. 




reel-to-reel tape box cover spine


"Love means never having to say you're sorry" is a line from the film which is corny but memorable; it has been referenced ever since. In 2005 it was voted #13 in the American Film Institute's list AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes. The band Sounds of Sunshine had a Top 40 hit in the United States with a song titled Love Means You Never Have to Say You're Sorry in 1971. "Love means never having to say you're..." is the opening sentence in the popular song Can't Help But Love You by The Whispers, from their album named after the movie, issued in 1972 (links to the music on YouTube below).  




A tragedy (too true), the film is considered one of the most romantic by the American Film Institute (#9 on the list) and one of the highest grossing films in U.S history. It was followed by a sequel, Oliver's Story (1978), starring O'Neal with Candice Bergen (never got over the original so I missed this one).

Oh, well, like Charlie the Tuna, "Sorry, Charlie, StarKist is not looking for tuna with good taste but tuna that tastes good. ." 
 - commercial tag line                                                



reel-to-reel tape label detail

Cast:


Paramount - 0091-6002 


The Love Story ~ soundtrack, reel-to-reel tape, is for sale on Amazon 
  

Other reel-to-reel tapes now for sale on eBay     


Internet music links: 
  
Theme from Love Story on YouTube