Soundtrack-Spring Break (1983)
Artist: Soundtrack (Cheap Trick, Gerard McMahon, Jack Mack and the Heart Attack, Dreamers, Hot Date, NRBQ, Big Spender)
Format: LP
Cat: 9 23826-1
Year of Release: 1983
Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 Gold Stamp Promo
Date of Sale: 7/8/23
Sell Price: $4.29
Condition: VG+/VG+ Gold Stamp Promo in open shrink
Discogs Last Sold: 3/19/23 VG+/VG+ $3.30
Low:$2.00
Median: $4.21
Average: $4.92
High: $9.02
Current low price: $1.62
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 62
Have/Want: 472/51
Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY
Time It Took To Sell: 8 years
Where and When Bought new mid 80's in cutout bin Al Bums Worcester for a dollar
Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C
Sad To See It Go: No
If there was ever an album I've flipped past in my collection wondering why I had it, the Spring Break Soundtrack is it. Initially, I had zero recollection of the movie and assumed I bought it for the opening Cheap Trick track.
Suddenly, I realized that I do remember liking NRBQ's version of Dave Edmunds' "Me and the Boys." They came out so close together, I honestly can't remember which one was the bigger radio hit. Edmunds released DE7th in 1982, a year before the soundtrack.
As for the rest, it's all kinda faceless new wave. Gerald McMahon contributes a Knack-like "One Of These Days" that isn't compiled in the setlist link. The most likable track after the 2 known quantities goes to the Dreamers power pop track "Kids These Days." There was an actual video made for this. Hot Date, an all female combo in the style of Pat Benatar have a good come on song "Do It To You" and a dud called "Friends."
The only other familiar name, the Glenn Frey produced Jack Mack and the Heart Attack seem to stem from the land of Huey Lewis and the News style bar rock, although :Hooray For The City" pre-dates "The Heart of Rock n Roll" for city listing songs.
This movie grossed ok money, but the Cheap Trick song was a bit of a commerical flop although it made the trailer.
Who hoo hoo.
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