VA: Sex, Sleaze and Soul (Nice Treat)
I don't recall where I bought this, possibly mail order.
I like movies. (Well, who doesn't?) I like movie trailers, largely. I like radio. I like movie ad spots for radio.
I don't know if I knew exactly what I was getting when I bought this, but I've gotten my money's worth and then some. 41 tracks, all but twelve being radio ad spots for exploitation, Blaxploitation, Gaysploitation (? if that's a thing) Kung Fu, and other generally disreputable films.
And I love it. Often the theatrical trailers are better than the full length films, and the radio ads crank up the sales pitch even more. "The naughty stewardesses, they're a piece of class." I know, a shade misogynist there, but I can partly laugh it off due to the era. 1970s, some possibly some dating back to the 60s.
These ads were often distributed to radio stations as 7" records, some 12", some reel to reels. I don't have any original examples and I don't really want to start throwing money at this sub-sub-set of vinyl oddities. There closest I have is a six minute one side 12" to be played in the lobby for Brainstorm and The Woman Who Wouldn't Die, "special lobby fear-delity." I know nothing about those films, nor many on this collection. But it's the sales pitch, the energy, the earnestness that I enjoy.
The remaining cuts are mostly music cues and themes from Blaxploitation movies, and they're great. No credits are given, but I'm reminded I should seek out a couple of them. I need to look up the availability of Johnny Pate's Bucktown soundtrack. Even Rudy Ray Moore paid for a solid band for his super-cheap, independently-financed The Human Tornado.
The label, Nice Treat, has only this collection to its credit as far as I can tell. No return address. Thrown together graphics on the package. Clearly fly-by-night, which seems appropriate for the subject matter. Still, I don't understand why I can't locate more collections such as this. I'd gladly buy more. Older movie radio spots, more recent, horror, sci fi, monster, mainstream films or fiercely independent, they'd get my business. As long as they sell it.
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