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Vintage Soundtrack Advertisements

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:20 pm
by deafmetal
Anybody know of an online collection or blog with vintage advertising posters for original scores/soundtracks? Google search did not turn up anything.



Either way, feel free to post any finds to this thread.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:27 pm
by deathwaltz


Not a score but I just wanted to share !

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:35 pm
by Spun out of control
^^ Love those old 60s/70s/80s horror and sci-fi posters but that's a whole world of collecting & possible expense I'm yet to enter... :)

That's why those AMC LP re-releases that Red Goblin works on are so cool... where he includes old lobby cards and vintage promo ephemera.

As for posters advertising actual soundtracks - that's got to be pretty niche?

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:04 pm
by deafmetal
@Spencer - Great! I have not see that one before, and in Variety no less.

I am very curious if adverts for soundtracks were more or less common in Europe and the UK than in the US.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:33 pm
by monsterworship

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:41 pm
by deafmetal
@Spun - Perhaps not store posters, but magazine ads might be prevalent, or maybe they barely exist at all.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:13 pm
by maxvelvet
Image

;)

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:36 pm
by Spun out of control
Trust @maxvelvet to come up with the goods ;)

Great stuff... how times have changed - no 'Super limited - be quick!' blurb on that poster...

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:42 pm
by thewaystation
Classic: In a nod to b-movie attitude, Village of Eight Gravestones and Horror Express are mixed up :)

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:55 pm
by monsterworship
I have 8 of those 12 :)

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:07 pm
by Hatter313
I've got 2 myself, Tourist Trap (which i got for a steal) and i just picked up Patrick this weekend actually.

and that "Horror express" is such an odd beast with the Horror Rhapsody thing, i've had it in my hand a few times and never picked it up.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:21 pm
by maxvelvet


Original italian pressing came with the poster of the ost! ;)

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:36 pm
by Hatter313
That's awesome. i think the wah wah reissue due out in september now may include that as well.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:13 pm
by deafmetal
@Max - Fantastic, exactly what I was hoping to see. I am guessing magazine adverts will be the most plentiful. Since no blog seems to exist, let's keep this thread going.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:24 pm
by the thing


From the pages of Fangoria.

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:33 pm
by the thing

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:51 pm
by deafmetal
@thething - Thank you, great blog! Is it yours?

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:25 pm
by the thing
Hey Deaf
It's not my blog. I'd remembered some soundtrack ads in Fangoria and stumbled across this collection. Too bad they're not in colour, but a good portion of Fango was always B+W.
Searching through 'retro' or 'vintage' blogs is usually a gold mine for things like this. Haven't seen one dedicated to horror ads or soundtrack ads, though.
I'm a little confused by the Classy Fred Blassie record on the "music for maniacs" order form.
"Picture disk mix of horror and wrestling!" I'm not sure it's either...in fact I'm not sure what it is... but I want it!




[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4NxJtrgepw[/video]

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:29 pm
by NMA
Deleted :)

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:37 pm
by deafmetal
@NMA - Was that for the Vinyl Now Playing List thread?

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:39 pm
by NMA
@deafmetal Oops! You're right. I had two tabs open and I replied to the wrong thread obviously ;) ** Fixed it now :) **

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:32 am
by Spun out of control

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:43 am
by maxvelvet
@Spun Nice! ;)

Here's a 1977, UK ad for Suspiria:



vintage stuff always rule!

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:56 pm
by deafmetal
Very interesting to see these boutique mail order distros advertising primarily Varese Sarabande horror/scifi vinyl. Wish I had been able to get copies of Fangoria a bit easier back in the day. It would be interesting to hear from any forum members who were actually ordering vinyl out of these mail order shops.

Vintage ad for Alien swag, including OST vinyl:



Not the OST here, but a fun look anyway:


Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:04 pm
by bpwlogan
Cool TCM PT2 ad Deaf. Good old Media Home Entertainment.