Toomorrow OST LSA 3008 UK LP 1st Prs Olivia Newton-John
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Jun 8, 2009
Sold Date
May 29, 2009
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Description
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Album Information
Artist Tommorow feat. Olivia Newton-John Title S/T (OST from the film Toomorrow) Record Label RCA Victor Cat. number LSA 3008 Mono/Stereo? SCountry
UK Released 1970 Matrix no. ZYRS 4875-1 ZYRS 4876-1 Please enquire if you need the matrix numbersPostage, Packaging & Handling costs Please click on this link for full postage & packaging information
Album Condition
Disc
Marks
Side 1
EX Side 2 EXSurface
Hairlines
Side 1
EX Side 2 EXScratches
Side 1
VG Light surface scratch on Tk 2 - not audible Side 2 EXOther Info.
Disc in Excellent ConditionSound
Surface Noise
Side 1
EX Side 2 EXPops/Clicks
Side 1
VG Very occasional light crackles Side 2 VG Very occasional light cracklesScratches
Side 1
EX Side 2 EX Other Info.Sleeve
Ring / Surface Wear
Front
EX Light ring wear Back EX Price written in pencil. Light ring wear. InsideCard Creases
Front
EX A few laminate creases Back EX InsideShelf Wear
Edge
EX Spine EX Corner EX Other Info. Sleeve in Excellent conditionAll records are graded by the Record Collector Rare Price Guide - Grading System
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Background Information
Click on the link to find the original source of this information: - Tommorow In 1970 Olivia made her second movie entitled Toomorrow. Don Kirshner, who had created the Monkees in 1965, wanted to repeat this success and manufacture another pop group. He teamed up with Harry Saltzman maker of the popular James Bond movies. The group Toomorrow was to be launched via the cinema and via an album and single.The group consisted of Australian 21 year old Olivia; English keyboard player Vic Cooper 25, American drummer Karl Chambers 22 and Ben Thomas American 24 year old singer. Originally Chirs Slade (who went onto ACDC fame) was to be a member - see photo but before the movie was made he left and was replaced by Karl Chambers (Karl sadly died Feb 2002 from cancer).
According to Olivia the film and record took two years to make and the band were sent back and forth to America sometimes only to be told they were not needed and sent on holiday for a week! This was not all bad news as the group members were all on high wages, Olivia was reported to have been given a ?10,000 retainer a year, not a mean sum in 1970! In fact no expense was spared, the film cost around 1 million to make.
The film opened amidst much publicity Bruce Welch, who was Olivia's boyfriend at the time, had this to say about the film and music: "The film was a disgrace. It was reminiscent of so many of the low-budget pop pictures that were made during the early sixties, and the biggest let down of all was the music. It was all so lightweight. There were no hit songs - the numbers were naive and instantly forgettable....Instead of going for the best songwriters available, Kirshner had simply handed the job to some unknown writers he had signed to his publishing company and, of course, it couldn't possible work." (Rock N' Roll - I Gave You The Best Years of My Life by Bruce Welch 1989)
Apparently afterwards Bruce arranged a private screening for some of his songwriting colleagues and composers to see if they could rescue the film but they realized that it would have meant re-shooting many of the major scenes and costing just too much money. So Toomorrow opened and closed again in about a week. Toomorrow released the album and two singles both without much success and then disbanded.
Nowadays Don Kirshner, distances himself from the project, claiming on Headliners and Legends (2000) that he left the project before it was finished as he could see it was going in the wrong direction. Rumor has it that he won't allow the movie to be shown again during his lifetime. However, it was shown in 2000 at a special LA Film Festival and the one remaining movie copy is in private hands. There is a bootleg video copy of the movie on video from Japan but this isn't brilliant quality.
Olivia, as the only female member of the group, wearing tight shorts and mini skirts certainly looks cute. It has been suggested that perhaps if the movie had turned out a success Olivia would have never been saddled with the label "girl next door". However, in an interview in 1983 Olivia said that she had been asked to do one scene in her underwear but she had refused and burst into tears at the very thought! Olivia wasn't happy with her acting in this movie and has mentioned that she was instructed "to project" so spent the movie shouting. And her English accent doesn't always work. However, Olivia has now made peace with the movie laughingly calling it "a cult sci-fi movie."
Toomorrow released a vinyl album entitled Toomorrow (RCA LSA 3008) and two singles: I Could Never Live Without your Love/Roll Like The River (not available on the album) and You're My Baby Now/Going Back. All of which are now rare and expensive!
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