Friday, September 19, 2008

DES: The story of Star Wars and OST

This a good collector's item that I found sometime ago in mint state, never used.

I think that this boxset was only released in open reel tape at the end of 70's, just after the theatrical release of the movie. Separatelly was released in vinyl too.

There are two tapes recorded at 7.5 ips - 19 cm/s in 4 track stereo configuration, plus a complete list of all components of the orchesta and an album with high quality pictures of the movie.

The sound quality is good in both tapes. The first tape contains the original soundtrack composed by John Williams and the second tape contains the story of Star Wars, that is basically the sound of the original movie, but with a narrator that conduces the story. The total running time of the story is about 50 minutes.

Here are some pics of this collector's item:





























3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have a copy of this also - Teac gave these away to some stores that carried their tape recorders. I got mine as a former manager of Circuit City . threw several away at one time.

Any known value to these?

Neil

JediTray said...

I have this set also. Do you know if TESB was released on reel to reel format?

Anonymous said...

Hello,
THX for posting this. All I can say is WOW. ? Are you willing to sell this, and if so, how much are you asking for it?
Will Wright
Aok2bwright@gmail.com