Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary
Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary
Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary
Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary
Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary
Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary
Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary
Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary

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Almost Famous - 20th Anniversary

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2LP : 180g Black Vinyl - Original soundtrack released officially on vinyl for the first time (Release Date Now 22/04/2022)

Deluxe 2CD : 

  • CD 1: OST
  • CD 2: Highlights from of the expanded soundtrack songs

Super Deluxe 5CD : 

  • CDs 1-3: 65 track expanded soundtrack: 47 songs, 18 film dialog snippets.
  • CD 4: 6 Stillwater songs, 7 Stillwater demos (5 recorded by Nancy Wilson, 2 recorded by Peter Frampton), 3 Stillwater backstage acoustical jams.
  • CD 5: 21 Nancy Wilson score tracks, 14 of which never were used in the film
  • William’s High School Notebook with 40 pages holds:
  • Unreleased photos and stories, memories and dedications from Cameron Crowe, cast members, Nancy Wilson and crew
  • Stillwater Fillmore East Poster: 24”x20”
  • Rolling Stone Newsprint – faithfully recreated 1973 Rolling Stone on newspaper featuring the cover edition with Stillwater and a brand new fully written article from William’s perspective about Stillwater that was recently completed by Rolling Stone magazine in conjunction with Cameron Crowe
  • 2 x Replica Ticket Stubs (Cleveland and San Diego)
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Partnering up with Paramount Pictures who are scheduled to release the very first UHD Blu-ray edition of the film along with a remastered and expanded Blu-ray edition with new bonus features, we have been working directly with Cameron Crowe to expand the soundtrack for this love-letter to rock ‘n’ roll and cult-classic film for the ultimate fan experience.

Every song from the film has been cleared, except for 2 Black Sabbath songs, totaling 47 music tracks including exceptionally hard to clear acts like all 5 Led Zeppelin songs (unprecedented), Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, and Steely Dan to name a few.  Including memorable film dialog sound bites between the songs, the first 3CDs in this expanded soundtrack edition totals over three and a half hours of rock ‘n’ roll greatness and over ninety-minutes more of extra music on CDs 4 & 5.

All 6 Stillwater songs will be “officially” released for the first time (technically they were released on a Cameron Crowe sanctioned bootleg vinyl edition) along with demos for the Stillwater songs by songwriters Nancy Wilson and Peter Frampton, Stillwater backstage jams and Nancy Wilson’s original score music.

Unreleased music includes:

The Who “Amazing Journey / Sparks (Almost Famous Version)” – a brand new mix matching the unique edit experienced in the film approved by The Who only for this expanded soundtrack reissue.

Elton John “Tiny Dancer (Almost Famous Version)” – Paramount gave us the film’s isolated audio tracks and we created a brand-new mix of the iconic Elton song “Tiny Dancer” recreating that poignant moment in the film where the cast sing along with the song on the tour bus. We’ve expanded the experience to feature as much of Elton’s song except where the cast members sing to maintain that emotional moment and this timeless classic by Elton. (awaiting Elton’s final approval)

Stillwater – “Something In The Air” – the original soundtrack featured the Thunderclap Newman recording, but this recording is never heard in the actual film.  The song is featured during a hotel room scene where the film’s fictitious band Stillwater are playing the song acoustically to friends and this is the version that will be in the Uber and two Super Deluxes, while the Thunderclap Newman version will remain on configs featuring the OST.

Steely Dan “Reeling In The Years (Live)” – during the film this song is featured in the background while cast members are watching “The Midnight Special” TV performance by Steely Dan which has never been released on an album until now.

Jeff Bebe “Greenville Riff” (title not final) – Stillwater band member Jeff Bebe is seen in his hotel room jamming on an acoustic guitar for a few seconds, the full nearly 2 minute jam captured during filming will be included on this reissue.

Stillwater “Cover Of The Rolling Stone” – the moment Stillwater find out they will be on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine they break out into an a cappella performance of this song.

Neil Young “Cortez The Killer (Live)” – in the film Cameron Crowe used a bootleg live recorrding of Neil Young’s live performance from the Paramount Theatre on March 13, 1999. Neil Young has graciously found his 8-track analog multi-track recording of the performance and newly mixed it for this boxset.

Stillwater Demos – Nancy Wilson recorded demos using her vocals for the 4 Stillwater songs she wrote as did Peter Frampton for the 2 Stillwater songs he wrote and all 7 demos (“Love Comes And Goes” has two demos) are released here for the first time.

Stillwater Backstage Jams – we’ve found 3 recordings by Stillwater performed during film shooting of acoustical recordings for Led Zeppelin’s “That’s The Way,” Neil Young’s “Down By The River” and their own “Fever Dog”.

Nancy Wilson Film Score – other than “Lucky Trumble” featured on the original OST – all of Nancy Wilson’s original score music has never been released officially until now including 14 recordings that didn’t make the final film all together totaling 37 minutes in complete length.

Tracklist

SUPER DELUXE 5CD - *Previously unreleased

CD1

  1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) – Alvin & The Chipmunks
  2. The Oogum Boogum Song – Brenton Wood
  3. America – Simon & Garfunkel
  4. “One Day You’ll Be Cool”
  5. Amazing Journey / Sparks (Almost Famous Version) – The Who*
  6. Search And Destroy – Iggy & The Stooges
  7. “Rock N’ Roll It’s Over”
  8. It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference – Todd Rundgren
  9. “Don’t Take Drugs”
  10. Teacher (U.S. Version) – Jethro Tull
  11. “We Are Band Aids”
  12. Roundabout – Yes
  13. “Incendiary”
  14. I’ve Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People – Yes
  15. Feel Flows – The Beach Boys
  16. “This Is Penny Lane”
  17. River – Joni Mitchell
  18. “Piggyback Ride”
  19. Fever Dog – Stillwater

CD2

  1. Every Picture Tells A Story – Rod Stewart
  2. Small Time Blues (Acoustic) – The Hyatt Singers
  3. Something In The Air – Stillwater & Cast*
  4. Easy To Slip – Little Feat
  5. “Rolling Stone Magazine”
  6. Go All The Way – The Raspberries
  7. Mr. Farmer – The Seeds
  8. One Way Out (Live) – The Allman Brothers Band
  9. “Don’t Forget The Rules”
  10. Albert Flasher (Live) – The Guess Who
  11. Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  12. “Just Make Us Look Cool”
  13. Love Thing – Stillwater
  14. That’s The Way – Led Zeppelin
  15. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
  16. Future Games – Fleetwood Mac
  17. Burn – Deep Purple
  18. You Had To Be There – Stillwater
  19. “I Am A Golden God”
  20. Dear Jill – Blodwyn Pig
  21. Tiny Dancer (Almost Famous Version) – Elton John and Cast*

CD 3

  1. Looking At You – MC5
  2. Reeling In The Years (Live) – Steely Dan*
  3. Lucky Trumble – Nancy Wilson
  4. Untitled – Jeff Bebe*
  5. I’m Waiting For The Man (Live) – David Bowie
  6. “Your Mom Kind Of Freaked Me Out”
  7. “Please Welcome Stillwater!”
  8. Love Comes And Goes – Stillwater
  9. “You Gotta Take What You Can, When You Can”
  10. The Wind – Cat Stevens
  11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  12. Slip Away – Clarence Carter
  13. Misty Mountain Hop – Led Zeppelin
  14. Wishing Well – Free
  15. “Cover Of The Rolling Stone”
  16. Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters – Elton John
  17. Colour My World – Jefferson High School Band
  18. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
  19. Cortez The Killer (Live) – Neil Young*
  20. “You Made Friends With Them”
  21. The Rain Song – Led Zeppelin
  22. “We All Know What You Did To Him”
  23. Bron-Yr-Aur – Led Zeppelin
  24. “What Do You Love About Music?”
  25. Tangerine – Led Zeppelin

CD 4 - STILLWATER

  1. Fever Dog
  2. Love Thing
  3. You Had To Be There
  4. Hour Of Need
  5. Chance Upon You
  6. Love Comes And Goes

CD 4 - STILLWATER DEMOS

  1. Love Comes And Goes (Early Version)*
  2. Fever Dog*
  3. Love Thing*
  4. Chance Upon You*
  5. Love Comes And Goes*
  6. Hour Of Need*
  7. You Had To Be There*

CD 4 - STILLWATER BACKSTAGE JAMS*

  1. That’s The Way (Acoustic) – Larry Fellows & Ed Valencourt
  2. Down By The River (Acoustic) – Larry Fellows & Ed Valencourt
  3. Fever Dog (Acoustic) - Stillwater

CD 5 - Original Motion Picture Score

  1. Prefunction*
  2. Cabin By The River*
  3. Lucky Trumble
  4. Dapple Tree*
  5. Cabin In The Air*
  6. Dear Peggy*
  7. Bye Bye Now*

CD 5 - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE OUTTAKES*

  1. Cabin (Outtake 1)
  2. Moody
  3. Morocco
  4. Aurora
  5. Mood Swing
  6. The Teenager
  7. Borealis
  8. Strummy
  9. Tiny Dancer Intro
  10. Mando Swagger
  11. Cabin (Outtake 2)
  12. Love Stomp
  13. Function
  14. Aaron’s Real Room

DELUXE EDITION 2-CD - *Previously unreleased

CD1

  1. America – Simon & Garfunkel
  2. Amazing Journey / Sparks (Almost Famous Version) – The Who*
  3. It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference – Todd Rundgren
  4. I’ve Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People – Yes
  5. Feel Flows – The Beach Boys
  6. Fever Dog – Stillwater
  7. Every Picture Tells A Story – Rod Stewart
  8. Mr. Farmer – The Seeds
  9. One Way Out (Live) – The Allman Brothers Band
  10. Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  11. That’s The Way – Led Zeppelin
  12. Tiny Dancer (Almost Famous Version) – Elton John and Cast*
  13. Lucky Trumble – Nancy Wilson
  14. I’m Waiting For The Man (Live) – David Bowie
  15. The Wind – Cat Stevens
  16. Slip Away – Clarence Carter
  17. Something In The Way – Thunderclap Newman

CD2

  1. The Oogum Boogum Song – Brenton Wood
  2. Search And Destroy – Iggy & The Stooges
  3. Teacher (U.S. Version) – Jethro Tull
  4. Roundabout – Yes
  5. River – Joni Mitchell
  6. Small Time Blues (Acoustic) – The Hyatt Singers
  7. Go All The Way – The Raspberries
  8. Albert Flasher (Live) – The Guess Who
  9. Future Games – Fleetwood Mac
  10. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
  11. Burn – Deep Purple
  12. Dear Jill – Blodwyn Pig
  13. Reeling In The Years (Live) – Steely Dan
  14. Looking At You – MC5
  15. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
  16. Love Comes And Goes – Stillwater
  17. Love Thing – Stillwater
  18. Hour Of Need - Stillwater

OST 2LP - *Previously unreleased

LP1 - SIDE A

  1. America - Simon & Garfunkel
  2. Sparks - The Who
  3. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren
  4. I've Seen All Good People: Your Move - Yes
  5. Feel Flows - The Beach Boys

LP1 - B

  1. Fever Dog - Stillwater
  2. Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
  3. Mr. Farmer - The Seeds
  4. One Way Out (Live) - The Allman Brothers Band

LP2 - SIDE C

  1. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  2. That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
  3. Tiny Dancer - Elton John

LP2 - SIDE D

  1. Lucky Trumble - Nancy Wilson
  2. I'm Waiting For The Man (Live) - David Bowie
  3. The Wind - Cat Stevens
  4. Slip Away - Clarence Carter
  5. Something In The Way - Thunderclap Newman
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