The artwork for the vinyl albums is also a major draw and quite creative. CD five includes the original seven-track soundtrack score by Nancy Wilson of Heart and fourteen of her outtakes. CD four includes six Stillwater tracks, seven Stillwater demos, and three Stillwater backstage jams. The first three CDs and the first six LPs offer up a healthy dose of classic and underground rock from the early ’70s, with some film dialogue and Stillwater music thrown in. It includes two Stillwater ticket stubs, an oversized Stillwater poster, a replica of the Rolling Stone cover story on Stillwater by William Miller, and a 40-page booklet. The hardcover book that houses the five CDs also comes with additional memorabilia. There are one color and two black-and-white film stills, a handbill-sized Stillwater concert poster, a double album-sized Stillwater poster that pays homage to the inner spread of Joel Bernstein’s photo inside the gatefold of Neil Young’s After The Gold Rush album, two laminated Stillwater backstage passes, four stick-on Stillwater backstage passes, a Gibson/Stillwater guitar pick and three business cards-one for Ben Fong-Torres of Rolling Stone magazine, one for Lester Bangs of Creem magazine, and one for Stillwater’s manager. The extras and memorabilia included will not just thrill fans of the original movie and soundtrack album, but they are done in the same creative and authentic manner that made the film so beloved. There are 36 previously unreleased tracks. Also included are a seven-inch, three song vinyl EP and a hardcover book. The huge box, limited to 1,500 copies, includes five CDs, seven 180-gram vinyl LPs enclosed in three double-album gatefold jackets, and one six-song single album jacket, with the albums in poly-lined sleeves. Also, considering what one gets in this box, the list price of $300 (discounted to $220 on Amazon as of this writing) is actually good value for the money. While the Uber All Things Must Pass box set deservedly received a Grammy nomination for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package category, it’s inconceivable that this set didn’t also receive a nomination in that category. There is also a new limited edition Blu-ray version of the movie and 4K Ultra HD Steelbook, covered here.įirst off, the super deluxe music reissue edition must be considered the soundtrack reissue of the year. This review will cover the super deluxe edition. For the soundtrack album there are a single CD, a 5CD, a 2LP, and a 6LP version, as well as a Super Deluxe Edition. The film celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020, but in 2001 the film and the soundtrack album were reissued in many formats. Other stars of the film included Frances McDormand as Fugit’s character’s mother, Kate Hudson in her breakout role as groupie Pennie Lane, Philip Seymour Hoffman as noise-boy journalist Lester Bangs, and a host of supporting actors including Anna Paquin, Zooey Deschanel, Jimmy Fallon, Marc Maron, and even Peter Frampton, who, along with Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, were responsible for some of the Stillwater music. The group approved the use of their name for the film. The Georgia-based group released two albums on Capricorn Records in the late ’70s. There actually was a band named Stillwater. The fictitious group are played by actors Billy Crudup playing Russell Hammond, Jason Lee playing Jeff Bebe, John Fedevich playing Ed Vallencourt, and Mark Kozelek playing Larry Fellows. One of the keys to the story is the role of the fictional band Stillwater and its music and collective persona, which are also important parts of this reissue. While for the most part affectionately told and a little starry-eyed, it is still the most accurate film portrait of that heady time in music and American culture. This coming-of-age story gives us plenty of insights into the main character’s family, while also providing an authentic peek behind the scenes of the ’70s rock era. He began at the age of 16 and the film’s main character, William Miller (played by Patrick Fugit), becomes a reporter for Rolling Stone when he is 15. His love, knowledge and passion for music came from his years as a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine during its ’70s San Francisco heyday. Music was always important in Crowe’s films. With Almost Famous, Crowe created his most personal movie. Rock music fans can have a healthy debate about what the best rock concert or documentary movie of all time is, but most would likely agree that Almost Famous from 2000, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, is the best, post- A Hard Day’s Night fiction movie ever that uses rock music as its backdrop.īy 2000, Crowe had established himself as a screenwriter and film director with films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High (screenplay) and Jerry McGuire, which he wrote and directed, among other films.
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