Spinal Tap-Spinal Tap (The Original Soundtrack Recording From The Motion Picture "This Is Spinal Tap") (1984)


 

Artist: Spinal Tap

Title: Spinal Tap (The Original Soundtrack Recording From The Motion Picture "This Is Spinal Tap")

Label: Polydor

Format: CD

Cat #: 817 846-2

Year of Release: 1984

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ drill in barcode

Sell Date: 7/1/21

Sell Price:$3.99

Discogs Last Sold: 5/10/21

Low: $1.00

Median: $3.75

Average: $5.21

High: $15.00

Current low price: $3.40

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13

Have/Want: 311/36

Where Sold: Crofton, MD

Time it took to sell: 8 years

Where and When Bought: free promo

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

When it's 4th of July and fireworks are going deep into the night, what better music bed to crank up than the Spinal Tap Soundtrack?  I did just that, and it made perfect sense.

The songs were better in the movie of course.  Designed for maximum laffs, a parody that hit too close for some.  "Stonehenge" was a wink and a nod to the Black Sabbath Born Again stonehenge stage setup I witnessed only one year prior to this film.  Tears rolled down my cheeks when Stonehenge was unearthed in the film.

Following the common path of the 20 year British Metal Veteran, you get the Beatles and Flower Power eras closing the record, leaving the aural playing field for the mainstream headbanging audience the record was sold to.  "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" is Kiss style for example. 

You can't really go wrong with the memorable anthems: "Hell Hole," "Sex Farm," and of course "Big Bottom."

Talk about mud flaps!

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