Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are tipping off 2017
with a slam dunk release! The 1979 cult favorite film The Fish That Saved
Pittsburgh featured an all-star team from the worlds of basketball and
Hollywood - Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Meadowlark Lemon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry
Tarkanian, Stockard Channing, Jonathan Winters, Flip Wilson, Debbie Allen, Harry
Shearer, and more – for its fantastical tale of a struggling Pittsburgh
basketball team that beats the odds with a little help from the heavens. The
movie’s soundtrack was equally illustrious. Pop-soul maestro Thom Bell,
renowned for his work with The Spinners, The Stylistics, The Delfonics, and
Johnny Mathis, wrote, produced, arranged, and conducted his very first motion
picture score, and the result was a soul symphony incorporating funk, disco,
and jazz rhythms, and of course, Bell’s trademark luscious balladry.
An A-team
of R&B’s finest artists was enlisted to perform Bell’s all-new songs,
including The Four Tops, The Spinners, Bell and James, Phyllis Hyman, The
Delfonics’ William “Poogie” Hart, and The Sylvers, plus country superstar
Loretta Lynn, ragtime legend Eubie Blake, and the one and only Doc Severinsen.
Yet, when the movie came and went from theatres, so did the soundtrack
album…until now! The Fish gained a cult following on television and VHS, and
now, it’s time for its sizzling soundtrack to have its chance on the court,
too. Hip-hop’s most tuned-in artists have already sampled these lost grooves;
now you can hear the originals!
The first-ever CD release of The Fish That
Saved Pittsburgh boasts a sparkling new remastering from the original Lorimar
Records tapes by XXX at Sony’s Battery Studios, detailed liner notes by The
Second Disc’s Joe Marchese featuring fresh quotes from Thom Bell, and three
rare bonus tracks: two distinctive 12-inch mixes of Bell and James’ infectious
title track, and the lush, dramatic “Pisces Theme.” This deluxe Expanded
Edition is nothing but net, and a must-have for classic soul fans from Philly
to Motown…and of course, Pittsburgh. The Doctor is in!
1. A Theme for L.A.'s Team
2. Magic Mona
3. Mighty Mighty Pisces
4. (Do It, Do It) No One Does It Better
5. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
6. Moses Theme
7. Chance of a Lifetime
8. Follow Every Dream
9. Ragtime
10. Is It Love, Must Be Love
11. Pisces Theme
12. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
13. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
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