Fever Ray Soundtrack
Anita Damelio
Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977 by RSO Records. Prior to the release of Thriller by Michael Jackson, Saturday Night Fever was the best-selling album in music history, and still ranks among the best-selling soundtrack albums worldwide, with sales figures of over 40 million copies.[3][4]
According to the DVD commentary for Saturday Night Fever, the producers intended to use the song "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs in the rehearsal scene between Tony and Stephanie in the dance studio, and choreographed their dance moves to the song. However, representatives for Scaggs's label, Columbia Records, refused to grant legal clearance for it, as they wanted to pursue another disco movie project, which never materialized. Composer David Shire, who scored the film, had to, in turn, write a song to match the dance steps demonstrated in the scene and eliminate the need for future legal hassles. However, this track does not appear on the movie's soundtrack.
The Bee Gees' involvement in the film did not begin until post-production. As John Travolta asserted, "The Bee Gees weren't even involved in the movie in the beginning ... I was dancing to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs."[8]
We were recording our new album in the north of France. And we'd written about and recorded about four or five songs for the new album when Stigwood rang from LA and said, 'We're putting together this little film, low budget, called Tribal Rites of a Saturday Night. Would you have any songs on hand?', and we said, 'Look, we can't, we haven't any time to sit down and write for a film'. We didn't know what it was about.[10]
The brothers wrote the songs "virtually in a single weekend" at Chteau d'Hrouville studio in France.[8] The first song they recorded was "If I Can't Have You", but their version was not used in the film.
However, as there was a shortage of qualified drummers in the area, they tried out a drum machine, with unsatisfactory results. After listening to the drum track of the already-recorded "Night Fever", they took two bars from that track, and re-recorded them as a loop.[11]
To commemorate the movie's 40th anniversary, Capitol Records released a newly remastered version (However, CD 1 is the same remaster used for the 1995 Polydor release.) on April 21, 2017, with the original artwork and gatefold packaging.[13]
On November 17, 2017, a deluxe box set was released with the original soundtrack, 4 new mixes of "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever", "How Deep Is Your Love" and "You Should Be Dancing", a collector's book, art prints, a movie poster and a turntable mat.[14]
The soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[21] It is the only disco album to do so, and one of only three soundtrack albums so honored. In 2012, the album was ranked No. 132 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", ranked again in a 2020 revised list at number 163.[22] The soundtrack hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart's Pop Album and Soul Album charts. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 57th greatest album of all time, and it was ranked 80th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.[citation needed] Pitchfork Media listed Saturday Night Fever as the 34th best album of the 1970s.
Experience the disco era with the iconic "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack on vinyl. Immerse yourself in the groovy beats and infectious tunes of this timeless classic. Featuring chart-topping hits by the Bee Gees and other legendary artists, this soundtrack captures the essence of the '70s disco scene. Relive the electrifying energy and dance-floor magic with every spin. Whether you're a fan of disco or a collector of vinyl records, this soundtrack is a must-have for your collection. So put on your dancing shoes, turn up the volume, and let the music transport you back to the golden age of disco. Get your copy of the "Saturday Night Fever" vinyl soundtrack today and get ready to boogie the night away.
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Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever soundtrack RSO record label award. The soundtrack to the classic film was released on Jan. 7, 1977 and while this is not a RIAA award, the track was in fact certified Gold by the RIAA on Nov. 22, 1977 for 500,000 copies sold. This award represents the very first success of what would become nothing short of a smash, landing at #20 the RIAA's list of top selling albums of all time in the U.S. at 16 million copies sold.
Filled with legendary Bee Gees hits along with tracks from Kool & the Gang, KC & the Sunshine Band, Yvonne Elliman, The Trammps and more. The album went to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, where it stayed 24 weeks in a row from January to July 1978. The album remained on Billboard's album charts until March 1980 -- 120 weeks. It also topped the charts in the UK, spending 18 weeks at #1, and won the Grammy award for Album of the Year. It would go on to be certified an impressive 16x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA by 2017, becoming a rare RIAA Diamond certified album. See image above for RIAA sales certifications of this album*.
Detailed Item Description: This is a label award for the Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever soundtrack RSO record label that would have been manufactured in 1978 making it about 44 years old. It is presented to Larry Smith. It is not known what role Smith played in the creation or marketing of the record.
The award is in VG condition with all original components including backing board with Dejay Products manufacturer sticker. It has some typical minor mars on the frame and plexiglass but displays nicely on a wall.
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Disco's most popular document was, at the time of its release, also one of its least representative: Saturday Night Fever is disco for straight, white males. A phenomenon 30 years ago, John Badham's B-movie and its accompanying 2xLP soundtrack not only made John Travolta a star, but escorted the music out of gay discotheques and black nightclubs and into the glare of the mainstream. However, it did so by diluting disco's more extreme elements to create a safer, more marketable package. Even then, conservative audiences saw disco culture as a Sodom and Gomorrah rather than an alternative Eden. The recent surge of interest in the era-- specifically in Peter Shapiro's excellent history Turn the Beat Around, but also demonstrated by groups like Scissor Sisters and Franz Ferdinand-- only sets disco's outsider nature, as well as this collection's shortcomings, in sharper relief.
The movie itself is seedy in a different way (rape, bigotry, death), but as film critic David Thompson writes, "Children ignored its...sordid suburban context. That film only existed when Travolta danced." In addition to his extraordinary dance moves, the actor's edgy, preening presence holds the camera's attention as it juxtaposes him with the lifeless neighborhood around him. Similarly, the soundtrack, which Rhino is reissuing on its 30th anniversary, is a showcase for hetero heartthrobs the Bee Gees, who contribute a third of the tracklist, get a writing credit for Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You", and even grace the cover as some sort of mirrorball Holy Trinity. It makes cynical sense: The Bee Gees played their own instruments; had a dubious history in sub-Beatles pop; and were white and handsome-- all of which made them more marketable to new audiences than their black, female, or homosexual peers. As such, they should be critical pariahs on par with Stone Temple Pilots or the Killers, but their six tracks on Saturday Night Fever are frequently brilliant and redemptively fun. With its snaking instrumental melody and sneaking beat, opener "Stayin' Alive" is all cocksure strut, even separated from Travolta's stroll through the credits, and "Night Fever" and "You Should Be Dancin'" have an urgency that makes dancin' seem like a life-or-death imperative. Their portion of the soundtrack forms a condensed hits package that few bands of the era can rival.
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