John Williams – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

John Williams

John Williams –Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

1977

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Version Information

Label
Arista
Catalog numbers
AL 9500
AS 9500
Original year
1977
Version year
1977
Region
US
Format

1 x Vinyl
LP
Album

1 x Vinyl
7"
33 ⅓ RPM
Single Sided
Promo

Version notes

Initial copies include a one-sided "Not For Resale" free Special Complimentary Single, a Disco version of the title theme. Originally issued with a large hype sticker on the shrinkwrap mentioning this "special bonus record".

There also exists a very similar edition "this version" without the 7" and with different text layout on the labels.

B3 - "When You Wish Upon A Star": Interpolated

All selections published by Gold Horizon Music Corp (BMI) except "When You Wish Upon A Star" published by Bourne Co. (ASCAP).

℗ 1977 Arista Records, Inc., New York, N.Y. A Subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.
© 1977 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

A = Side 1, Album; B = Side 2, Album; C = Single

Gatefold cover

LP: AL 9500
45: AS 9500

Tracklist
A1.Main Title And Mountain Visions 3:22
A2.Nocturnal Pursuit 2:34
A3.The Abduction Of Barry 4:32
A4.I Can't Believe It's Real 3:15
A5.Climbing Devil's Tower 2:10
A6.The Arrival Of Sky Harbor 4:31
B1.Night Seige 6:22
B2.The Conversation 2:21
B3.The Appearance Of The Visitors 4:49
B4.Resolution And End Title 6:50
C.Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" 3:13

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