A Herr Salat / Tangotreats Co-Production

Ole' Herr Salat's taste is diverse, to say the least - and I mean that as a genuine and passionately felt compliment. Even knowing this, I can quite honestly say that this - a splendid slice of late 70's orchestral disco - I was not expecting. Successful in its time, this album has nonetheless been overlooked for re-release and thus exists only in its original 1978 vinyl pressing on CTI Records.

DAVID MATTHEWS
DUNE
plus, in arrangements by David Matthews
"Space Oddity" by David Bowie
"Silent Running" main theme by Peter Schickele and Diane Lampert
"Princess Leia's Theme" and "Main Theme from Star Wars" by John Williams

Session Orchestra, leader Sanford Allen



DAVID MATTHEWS - DUNE
1. Arrakis (6:04)
2. Sandworms - (4:56)
3. Song Of The Bene Gesserit (2:48)
4. Muad'Dib (6:43)

5. David Bowie - Space Oddity (6:06)
6. Peter Schickele and Diane Lampert - Silent Running (3:19)

JOHN WILLIAMS - STAR WARS
7. Princess Leia's Theme (2:56)
8. Main Theme (3:30)

My transfer from Herr Salat's vinyl. Tagged in English. Both versions include full high resolution scans in .PNG format. Playing time 36:24.

FLAC (at compression level 8) - https://mega.nz/#!Rl5kDB5T!4Cj2upu-vRfUW6k7AvxeQ9b-rpLJVashb05noKin4VY(230mb)
MP3 (LAME 3.99.5 -V0) - https://mega.nz/#!8tpRSADK!VVM8z59jNnpPsLePrCQQ0uUBGA6B8oOigkxYAI_mrMA (81mb)

Side A is given over entirely to David Matthews' "Dune" - a twenty-minute disco tone poem (for lack of better terminology) based on Frank Herbert's phenomenally popular 1965 novel of the same name. It has nothing to do with David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation, or either of the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries'. The four "movements" play continuously without a break.

Side B is a pot-pourii of popular tunes as arranged by Matthews. The first track is a slightly syrupy (but immensely enjoyable) cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity". The second is a short arrangement of Peter Schickele's theme from Silent Running. The final two tracks belong to John Williams. It seems that in the late 1970s it was almost illegal to release a disco album without throwing on a funked-up Star Wars cover or two - this album is no exception. First up, Princess Leia's theme - it begins with sensitive woodwind interplay and light string accompaniment before the main melody appears as a sultry trombone solo. The track develops into a shamelessly over-cooked disco love song with strings that soar up there with the best. The finale is, as it could only be, the main theme itself - it begins with the famous fanfare before the disco beat kicks in, significantly shifting away from the expected march rythym. A middle section complete with ear-splitting R2D2 synthesiser noises leads to a segment of original melody on electric guitar whilst the high strings play an accompaniment that is derived from a slowed-down sequence of notes from Williams' march. Guitar solo out of the way, the B section of the march re-appears accompanied by the full ensemble; a big brassy finish leaves a hanging note in the strings over which the synthesizer noises re-appear briefly, before a fade-out.

Purists will cry... but in all honesty this is all such ludicrously good fun, and the arrangement comes off with a panache rarely seen in such ventures. The band is excellent, as you would expect with names like David Sanborn, Cliff Carter, and Grover Washington Jr - all soloist-grade performers of the highest order. Sanford Allen, formerly a member of the New York Philharmonic, leads the string section. No conductor is credited.

This album has never been released on CD.

Original transfer 11th November 2014. Restoration and final assembly 30th November 2014. Scans 12th November 2014. Yes, it's really taken me that long to post it. Sorry Herr Salat - one more still to come as well...

This looks interesting, that you for sharing.

I found this LP over 35 years ago.

It's way overdue for a CD release.

Thanks for the share.

Thank you!

Thank you very much, tango!

Many thanks!

Love Dune so I'll give this a whirl...thanks!

Is this the same Dave Mathews that would go on to do Yamato 2520 score? Anyway thanks for the upload, these albums always make me cringe, like i did in the actual 70's.
Does anyone else feel the 70's vibe in this current time? I cant place it but it sure feels like it.

Great surprise, thanks a lot!

Crazy as hell, thanks!

Thanks for the share!
(at last someone who encodes at V0)

thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks a lot for the great write up and giving us a chance to hear this!!

So cornball, but so fun! Symphonic disco is actually a pretty good time when executed at this level. Thanks for this excellent-quality upload!

Thanks :)

Thank you share!

thanks

Thanks for the share!
(at last someone who encodes at V0)

Unless specifically requested, I don't encode MP3 any more (for distribution; I still use it personally in the car since SD card space is constantly at a premium) but absolutely -V0 all the way. People who encode 320kbps don't understand a) the way LAME works and b) the purpose of VBR.

If someone particularly wants some lossy format, they can download the FLAC and encode it themselves. Life's too short. I used to measure download statistics and even two or three years ago, I was getting 50 FLAC downloads for every MP3 download. Why bother? Why should I waste space on my cloud drive, and why should I waste time encoding it?

I'm really happy people are enjoying this. It's a kick in the teeth when you spend a week preparing something, you upload it, nobody downloads, and nobody says anything.

Thanks for commenting; you might not think you've got anything to say... but say it anyway. :D

I only knew "Sandworms" until recently when I found out that the other tracks on this LP are great too; I love Space Oddity. Just registered here to finally lay hands on a lossless rip of this gem, so thanks a lot. I owe you a few beers, if you ever drop in Strasbourg, France... ;)


If someone particularly wants some lossy format, they can download the FLAC and encode it themselves.

My thoughts exactly. I plan to hand the collection to my daughter when she's grown up. Don't bother with lossy formats for your collection, life is short and drive space is cheap nowadays. Use lossy only for bringing music out with you on specific occasions, feed the playlist to a script that performs the compression and burns it on your medium of choice.

This is a great album. Thanks for sharing the flac!

Thanks!!!

Thanks man! Could you reupload the FLAC version?

Re-Up:
https://anon.click/ruxaz23
(Mega.nz Behind Capcha)

---or---

https://anon.click/lumeh93
(MediaFire Behind Capcha)

Re-uploaded here: Thread 217179

Thank you

I seemed to have overlooked this oddity.

Shamelessly ripped off and re-uploaded here: http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=217179Originally, I grabbed it on an obscure russian blogspot, so the file didn't came directly from you, however, I sent a report just now and basicly my thread must be removed soon by a modo. I beg your pardon once again, hoping that you don't mind me for this misunderstanding.
My god, duriing years of sharing on many boards, that's the first time that ever happened to me and I'm so embarrassed...

I'm sorry... I didn't even contemplate that it went somewhere else before it came back here - please accept my apologies for flying off the handle.

I shouldn't let this stuff bother me and should instead simply be happy that lots of people are listening to the music.

It's just, these things... they're not just another CD rip... they're made with love and time and care, and this particular one involved an international collaboration. The least these bloggers have to do is say "thanks Herr Salat and tangotreats at ffshrine.org" or even just link the thread where they got it, and as far as I'm concerned honour is satisfied... But they just take the stuff and put it on their blogs.

Cratedigga, no harm, no foul - and thank you for your good-natured reply. :)

Thanks for the re-up!

Any chance for a re-upload of this?