Original Soundtrack - The Hot Spot [Analog Productions 45rpm DoLP] 24-bit/96kHz & CD-compatible

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..this double 45rpm reissue destroys the original. If you dig the Paris, Texas soundtrack album for its moody, desolate vibe and superb sonics, you'll love this reissue. It's outta the ballpark great!" Music = 9/11; Sound = 10/11 - Michael Fremer, musicangle.com

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Drop John Lee Hooker off in the parched environs of Paris, Texas and tell him to do his mournful thing and that it’ll be okay because Miles Davis will be right behind him with his mute trumpet following his every musical move the way Ali Akbar Khan followed Ravi Shankar's.

That's the vibe of this soundtrack to the 1990 film "The Hot Spot" directed by Dennis Hopper.

Add Taj Mahal on a few tracks, some slide guitar from Roy Rogers here, rhythm from bassist Tim Drummond and the late, great Earl Palmer, who drummed for everyone from Little Richard to Ricky Nelson to the Beach Boys there, and you have the late Jack Nitszche’s deliciously langourous musical game plan for the soundtrack.

There was no American vinyl issue of this back in 1990. In fact, there wasn’t much vinyl of anything back then and whether or not the original UK vinyl was sourced from analog is in doubt, yet original copies of it go for upwards of $100.00.

I’ve got a copy and take my word for it, that this double 45rpm reissue destroys the original. If you dig the Paris, Texas soundtrack album for its moody, desolate vibe and superb sonics, you’ll love this reissue. It’s outta the ballpark great!




Track listing:

Side A:

1. Coming to Town
2. Empty Bank
3. Harry's Philosophy

Side B:

4. Dolly's Arrival
5. Harry and Dolly
6. Sawmill
7. Bank Robbery

Side C:

8. Moanin'
9. Gloria's Story
10. Harry Sets up Sutton

Side D:

11. Murder
12. Blackmail
13. End Credits

Personnel

Miles Davis, trumpet
Tim Drummond, bass
Bradford Ellis, keyboards
John Lee Hooker, guitar, vocals
Taj Mahal, guitar, vocals
Earl Palmer, drums
Roy Rodgers, slide guitar