Steve McQueen THE WAR LOVER LP Richard Addinsell Film Soundtrack Shiro Hirosaki

	£		25
	$		33

Hard-to-find US import of the soundtrack album LP to Steve McQueen movie ‘The War Lover’ (1962, dir. Philip Leacock), conducted by Shiro Hirosaki and featuring the film’s theme composed by Richard Addinsell.

The movie starred Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Ed Bishop and features a young Michael Crawford.
The War Lover (Music Inspired By The Motion Picture) – Richard Addinsell, Shiro Hirosaki

Condition (refer also to notes at bottom):
Vinyl – G-VG. Wonderfully clean on visual inspection. Played just pre-listing and sound clarity is very good. Some surface noise and distortion in a few places but the cues overall sound clean and bright.
Cover – VG-EX. Superb laminated front cover. Minor edge/corner wear. Soiling on white band at bottom of front. Mild aperture wear/dropout. On rear flipbacks are intact but are soiled on join to rear cover. Overall very clean. Minor scuffing and discolouration in parts. Spine is intact.
Inner Sleeve – VG. White paper with centre hole. Yellowed but this may be original colour. Some folding and creasing. Intact.

Label: Colpix Records ‎– CP 512
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Import
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Stage & Screen, Easy Listening, Vocal, Theme
Style: Soundtrack, Contemporary, Score, Instrumental

Track listing:
A1  Main Title: Love Theme From The War Lover (Composed By Richard Addinsell)
A2  The White Cliffs Of Dover    
A3  In The Blue Of The Evening    
A4  He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings    
A5  We Could Make Such Beautiful Music    
A6  Walking By The River    

B1  I Hear A Rhapsody    
B2  Moonlight Cocktail    
B3  Because Of You    
B4  You Walk By    
B5  Roll Me Over    
B6  End Title: Love Theme From The War Lover

Composed By – Richard Addinsell
 
Conductor – Shiro Hirosaki
Engineer – Bob Simpson
Producer – Jack Lewis

Gold label with black print, black and white logo at top.


About the film:
The War Lover is a 1962 British black-and-white war film directed by Philip Leacock and written by Howard Koch loosely based on the 1959 novel, The War Lover by John Hersey, altering the names of characters and events but retaining its basic framework. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Ed Bishop and features a young Michael Crawford.

The war itself is not the most important element of the film. Instead it focuses on the character of Captain Buzz Rickson played by McQueen and his determination to serve himself and get what he wants – in the process antagonising everyone.

Cast
Steve McQueen as Captain Buzz Rickson
Robert Wagner as 1st Lieutenant Ed Bolland
Shirley Anne Field as Daphne Caldwell
Gary Cockrell as 2nd Lieutenant Marty Lynch
Robert Easton as Sergeant Handown
Michael Crawford as Sergeant Junior Sailen
Ed Bishop as Colonel Vogt (credited as Edward Bishop)
Bernard Braden as the Flight Surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Randall
Tom Busby as Farr (one of the crew)

Actor Warren Beatty turned down the role of Rickson, possibly because he had recently caused the divorce between Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, and the two men were not on speaking terms.


Production:
The War Lover was filmed in England at RAF Bovingdon in Hertfordshire, RAF Manston in Kent, around Cambridgeshire (including in the grounds of King's College, Cambridge), and at Shepperton Studios in Surrey.

Three Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers formed the main aerial component in the film and were composed of one B-17G and two postwar PB-1W Coast Guard rescue aircraft located in the United States. After extensive modifications, the three warbirds flew the arduous trans-Atlantic crossing to England. Martin Caidin, who would later write the novels on which the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man and the film Marooned were based, was one of the pilots who flew the B-17s for the film. Caidin chronicled the adventures of the crossing in the book Everything But The Flak.

The War Lover was shot in 1961 and released in the United States on 25 October 1962. The film opened in London in June 1963. Some short but rare footage of actual air combat is included – especially the attacking Messerschmitt Bf 109G armed with 20 mm cannons firing at the B-17s. The film also makes use of the crash landing footage from the 1949 film Twelve O'Clock High.


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ITEM CONDITION - items are graded according to Record Collector definitions - see below:

MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.

VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.

FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced.

POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection filler.