Walt Disney Records (2021, Reissue)
Last week we had Star Wars, this week we have the Japanese reissue of the Empire Strikes Back soundtrack. A lot of what I have to say about this record echos things that I wrote last week. I still don't understand why these soundtracks are being reissued as is. The versions where the entire score is played in order are so much better and it seems crazy to me that there's no vinyl version of any of them.
As far as the three soundtracks go, I find Empire to be the least distracting when it comes to out of order songs. The vinyl sounds great, but like I've said, I'm no audiophile so I have no idea if it's appreciably better than any other version.
Once again, the main draw for me is the artwork, which is fantastic. I think it's the best of the three Japanese reissues and it is far, far superior to the original US artwork, which was just the picture of Vader's helmet from the advanced poster artwork. Again, happy to have a nice version of this on vinyl, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that just having it as something to collect drove the acquisition more than a desire to listen to it repeatedly. Plus, I got it for Christmas, which is even better.
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