PARIS, TEXAS O.S.T. Ry Cooder LP NM/NM Gold Stamped Promo SRC

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Ry Cooder – Paris, Texas Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Paris, Texas [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Review by Tim DiGravina  [-]

Suggestive of both the imagery of Wim Wenders' movie Paris, Texas and the desert itself, Ry Cooder's score is a peaceful, poetic journey into the soul of an acoustic guitar. "Paris, Texas," "Brothers," and "Nothing Out There" open the album as meditative blends of guitar twang and scratching ambient effects. The songs move at a pretty, slow place, and the opening track sees Cooder plucking his guitar's strings and letting that sound vibrate into thin air; it's a motif that he returns to repeatedly throughout the score. There's a bit of both humor and mystery to the stillness and the echoing, edgy sound effects that crop up. "Cancion Mixteca" includes a memorable turn on vocals by Harry Dean Stanton, singing in Spanish. "No Safety Zone" is almost completely ambient in its ethics, with fleeting experimental guitar playing, as the song works more as a mood-setter than a traditional song. "I Knew These People" begins with an extended segment of dialogue from the film before Cooder's somber guitar creeps in. The effect of the dialogue makes the track a fine, artistic statement, but the moment works better in the context of the movie than as a track on an album. The dialogue comes from a scene where the characters played by Stanton and Nastassja Kinski have a particularly emotional meeting. The majority of the score is delicate and stunningly pretty. The overall sense is that Cooder was reaching for spare, emotional movements. The score is stark, quiet, and as uplifting as it is sad. Cooder makes the music sound as modern and stylish as acoustic music can sound. The album is at once alien and organic. Since "I Knew These People" includes dialogue from Paris, Texas, the score works best for people who have seen the movie, but it's still a powerful and immensely evocative journey for those whose experience with the material is the album alone.

Label: Warner Bros. Records – 9 25270-1 E, Warner Bros. Records – 1-25270

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, SRC Pressing

Country: US

Released: 1985

Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen

Style: Blues Rock, Acoustic, Ambient, Soundtrack

A1 Paris, Texas

Written-By – Ry Cooder

2:56

A2 Brothers

Written-By – Ry Cooder

2:06

A3 Nothing Out There

Written-By – Ry Cooder

1:30

A4 Canción Mixteca

Arranged By – Ry Cooder

Vocals – Harry Dean Stanton

Written-By – Traditional

4:17

A5 No Safety Zone

Written-By – Ry Cooder

1:55

A6 Houston In Two Seconds

Written-By – Ry Cooder

2:00

B1 She's Leaving The Bank

Written-By – Jim Dickinson, Ry Cooder

5:56

B2 On The Couch

Written-By – Ry Cooder

1:28

B3 I Knew These People

Voice – Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski

Written-By – Ry Cooder

8:38

B4 Dark Was The Night

Arranged By – Ry Cooder

Written-By – Blind Willie Johnson

2:50

Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Copyright © – Twentieth Century Fox

Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording

Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Published By – Tonopah & Tidewater Music Co

Art Direction, Design – Gabrielle Raumberger

Engineer [Second] – Judy Clapp, Tony Chiappa

Mixed By [Remixed By] – Mark Ettel

Musician – David Lindley, Jim Dickinson, Ry Cooder

Photography By [(Musicians)] – Susan Titelman

Producer – Ry Cooder

Recorded By – Allen Sides, Mark Ettel

Catalog numbers:

Spine: 9 25270-1 E

Labels: 1-25270

$9.98 printed on spine.

Pressed By uncredited, identified by runout stamps.

Barcode: 0 7599-25270-1

Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 1): 1-25270-A SR-2 1-1 [SRC logo]

Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 1): 1-25270-B SR1 1-1 [SRC logo]

Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 2): 1-25270-A SR-1 1-1 [SRC logo]

Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 2): 1-25270-B SR1 1-1 [SRC logo]

Rights Society: BMI

GOLDMINE GRADING

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.

NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.

VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.

GOLDMINE GRADING

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.

NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.

VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.