FROM: fordat@aol.com (FordaT)
SUBJECT: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Expanded CD USA Street 11/21/95
DATE: 12 Nov 1995 03:42:43 -0500

Well folks,

According to Marshall Blonstein the head of DCC the disc will be available
from DCC on Nov 21st. 

After many delays it will be available in North America. 

Here's the ordering information if you can't wait for it to appear in your
local record store:

DCC Compact Disc Classics
9301 Jordan Ave
Suite #l05
Chatsworth, CA  91311
Direct: 818-993-8822
Fax: 8181-993-0605
Toll-Free: (USA ONLY) 800-301-6874

Good Hunting

Ford A. Thaxton (FordaT@aol.com)



FROM: pkelly@lmumail.lmu.edu (Peter Kelly)
SUBJECT: DCC "RAIDERS" DISC:  THE OFFICIAL WORD
DATE: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:28:45 GMT
ORGANIZATION: SilverScore

Hey folks, 

No need to wait any longer for the new expanded version of this disc. 
Throw away all info you've received on this release - the official word,
direct from the man who works in the same room these things are currently
being held:

The disc is available now, MAIL ORDER ONLY, for $12.00 USD direct from 
DCC.

This price does not reflect s/h, which roughly costs three bucks.

Any reports of this disc being sold overseas are not confirmed by DCC.  It
is currently not publicly available.  According to DCC, the street date is
later this month.  No date is officially available.

I would suggest you order direct from DCC rather than your regular
mail-order outlets simply because this is DCC's courteous effort to 
fulfill your savage desires.  Once the official date has arrived, buy from 
whatever store you like, but expect to pay at least $16.98 USD.

When ordering, let them know you are actually *pleased* they have gone
through the efforts to get this thing out.  DON'T yell at them for
announcing a date and not delivering on it.  That's absolutely immature. 
Simmer your heat.

I don't mean to be so harsh - I'm sorry if I am, but I got the feeling 
from DCC that this whole effort has been more of a headache than anything.
We must show them that we appreciate their efforts in a tremendous way (one
way of doing this is to show your support and order direct from DCC during
this limited reduced price offering).

Don't write, don't fax.  Call 1-800-301-MUSIC    (1-800-301-6874)

Enjoy.  It's been well worth the wait.  The packaging is exquisite.  The
music, classic.


Peter Kelly
SilverScore

From: ldkendal@unix.amherst.edu (Lukas Kendall)
Subject: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - new CD
Date: 13 May 1995 12:31:34 -0400

I saw a query about this so I'll post info. On July 11 DCC Compact Classics
will release a 75 minute gold soundtrack CD to Raiders of the Lost Ark, the
original recording by John Williams. DCC is an audiophile label and (I think)
issues only gold discs, which means the CD is literally coated in 24 karat
gold but sounds exactly the same as a regular aluminum disc. Raiders will
therefore cost somewhere between $30-35; for you audiophiles out there, the
recording has been remixed and remastered to audiophile standards and sounds
terrific.

The Raiders soundtrack was previously available as a 40-something minute CD
from Japan on PolyGram, which itself costs around $35. Don't buy this! The
new version has around a half hour of extra music, including the main title,
all the idol/cave music, the medallion theme (at Marion's bar), the airplane
fight, the submarine music, and much, much more. It is sequenced
chronologically, and music originally edited out for the original album (as
in the Desert Chase) has been restored.

The disc is the same deal as the Star Wars 4CD box set in that it is 
produced by Nick Redman with liner notes by myself, Lukas Kendall. The
booklet (24 pages) has, in addition to my track by track breakdown, new
interview comments from John Williams, Steven Spielberg's text from the
original album, lots of rare photographs, and the Amsel movie-reissue poster
art on the cover.

It is my understanding that the disc will be available in record stores
everywhere when released on July 11. However, that's what I said about the
Star Wars box, and we all know that was incredibly difficult to find. Some
soundtrack specialty mail order dealers which will no doubt stock the CD are
Footlight Records (212-533-1572), Intrada (415-776-1333), STAR (717-656-0121)
and Screen Archives (202-328-1434).

At the moment there are no plans for reissuing Temple of Doom or The Last
Crusade, the latter because Warner Bros. Records still owns the contract on
it, the former just because. (I think they can't find the mixed down tapes of
Temple of Doom, for one thing.) There are also no plans for an Indiana Jones
box set. Drag.

DCC will also issue a 3000 copy limited edition double LP (you know,
records) of the remastered Raiders soundtrack, to be available later this
year. It will have one extra track than the CD (for space reasons), a few
more minutes of music when Indy and Sallah retrieve the Ark from the Well of
the Souls.

Please don't complain to me about the sneaky marketing tricks of pricing a CD
at $35 and making you buy a 2LP set, too, they aren't my ideas.  Any
questions, post or E-mail.

Lukas Kendall
Film Score Monthly
ldkendal@unix.amherst.edu

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