National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - Various Artists
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Brenda Bennett, Lindsey Buckingham, Ralph Burns, Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis, Nicolette Larson, Susan Moonsie, June Pointer-Whitmore, Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin), Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman), Johnny Ramone (John Cummings), Tommy Ramone (Tom Erdelyi), Ramones, The Fleetwoods, Gary Troxel, Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews), Vanity 6
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Holiday Road
Running Time: 2:11
Comments: Chart: Billboard US Hot 100 Singles Peak Position: 84 Peak Dates: Aug 20, 1983 Weeks On Charts: 7 (P) (C) 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. |
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Mister Blue
Running Time: 2:24
Comments: by The Fleetwoods. Usually credited as "Mr. Blue". Recorded in 1959. |
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Blitzkrieg Bop
Date Performance: 1976, Running Time: 2:13
Comments: by Ramones (P) 1976 Sire Records Inc. |
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Deep River Blues
Running Time: 4:24
Comments: by Ralph Burns (P) (C) 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. |
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Summer Hearts
Running Time: 3:07
Comments: by Nicolette Larson (P) (C) 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. |
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Little Boy Sweet
Running Time: 3:48
Comments: by June Pointer (P) 1983 Planet Records |
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The Trip (Theme From Vacation)
Running Time: 2:37
Comments: by Ralph Burns (P) (C) 1982, 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. |
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He's So Dull
Running Time: 2:31
Comments: by Vanity 6 (P) (C) 1982, 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. |
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Christie's Song
Running Time: 3:02
Comments: by Ralph Burns (P) (C) 1982, 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. |
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Dancin' Across The USA
Running Time: 3:09
Comments: (P) (C) 1982, 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. |
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1983
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Domestic Vinyl/CD Album
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Dewayne Blackwell (Songwriter), Lindsey Buckingham (Songwriter), Ralph Burns (Songwriter), Dez Dickerson (Songwriter), Franne Golde (Songwriter), Peter Ivers (Songwriter), Peter McCann (Songwriter), Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) (Songwriter), Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) (Songwriter), Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman) (Songwriter), Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman) (Songwriter), Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) (Songwriter), Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) (Songwriter), Tommy Ramone (Tom Erdelyi) (Songwriter), Tommy Ramone (Tom Erdelyi) (Songwriter), Terry Sampson (Songwriter), Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) (Songwriter), Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) (Songwriter), Steve Wax (Executive Producer), Brenda Bennett (Produced By), Brenda Bennett (Produced By), Lindsey Buckingham (Produced By), Richard Dashut (Produced By), Jay Gruska (Produced By), Craig Leon (Produced By), Susan Moonsie (Produced By), Susan Moonsie (Produced By), Michael Ostin (Produced By), Richard Perry (Produced By), Bob Reisdorff (Produced By), The Starr Company (Produced By), Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) (Produced By), Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) (Produced By), Vanity 6 (Produced By), Brenda Bennett (Arranged By), Brenda Bennett (Arranged By), Susan Moonsie (Arranged By), Susan Moonsie (Arranged By), The Starr Company (Arranged By), Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) (Arranged By), Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) (Arranged By), Vanity 6 (Arranged By), Another Starr (Production), Steve Wax Enterprises (Production), Trevor Albert (Album Coordinator) |
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Warner Bros. Records |
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9 23909-1
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29:26
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Original Motion Picture Sound Track
Lindsey Buckingham appears courtesy of Asylum Records
Ramones appears courtesy of Sire Records
June Pointer appears courtesy of Planet Records
The Fleetwoods appears courtesy of Liberty Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.
TRAVEL TIPS
P) (C) 1982, 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S., a Warner Communications Company
3300 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, Calif. 91510
3 East 54th Street
New York, New York 10022
Made/Printed in U.S.A.
All Rights Rreserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
Also available on cassette.
A MATTY SIMMONS PRODUCTION
A HAROLD RAMIS FILM
CHEVY CHASE
"NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION"
BEVERLY D'ANGELO
IMOGENE COCA
RANDY QUAID
SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY JOHN CANDY
AND INTRODUCING CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY RALPH BURNS
SCREENPLAY BY JOHN HUGHES
PRODUCED BY MATTY SIMMONS
DIRECTED BY HAROLD RAMIS
R - RESTRICTED: UNDER 17 REQUIRES ACCOMPANYING PARENT OR ADULT GUARDIAN
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Non-Mac triumph for Lindsey Buckingham...
Review written by Jon the Moonspinner, February 18th, 2010 With "Holiday Road", Lindsey Buckingham managed to create a movie theme so iconic, it's recognized by all age groups, all over the world (thanks in part to the popular "Vacation" movies, but also because it's such a wonderfully catchy, weirdly-sunny tune). No small feat, this. And it must make Buckingham very proud to hear his music carry over for generations. Unfortunately for "Holiday Road", while it sounded great in the picture (and sounds great on Lp), it didn't move as a single (Warner Bros. did try, but it was hard to find even in 1982). Closing the movie out was a second Buckingham track, "Dancin' Across the USA", and it's even better than "Holiday Road". This may have just been a "Law and Order" outtake, but what a leftover! Blissfully lazy, the song is like a musical homecoming for a lonesome cowboy. It retains much of "Law and Order"'s knockabout charm, but actually equals nearly everything on the record with the possible exception of "Trouble". The rest of the "Vacation" soundtrack (aside from a Ramones song you can find elsewhere) can be politely ignored.
Hard to find but grab if located for LB tracks alone
Review written by John Fitzgerald, June 26th, 2005
This a hard item to come across these days but if you do find it, you should pick it up for a few good tracks. Of most relevance here is Lindsey Buckingham's two tracks, the opening 50's tinged speedy bouncing sing along "Holiday road" and the closing off (intentionally) but up beat bouncer "Dancin' across the USA" with it's sunny Beach Boys type background vocals. There's three lightweight score pieces here by Ralph Burns, the guitar led slow burn of "Deep river blues", "The trip (Theme from Vacation)" which is a acoustic strummer with light horns and "Christie's song" which features flutes, strings, bass and piano and has a slight stripper feel. The Fleetwoods' "Mister blue" was a sleeper hit in the late 50's and it deserves some exposure here with it's stroll like speed and pleasant vocalizing, it's a highlight here as is, in contrast, The Ramones' anthemic crashing, numbing rocker "Blitzkrieg bop". Rounding out the album, we get Nicolette Larson's clave and piano led balladish "Summer hearts" (which is the "best of the rest"), June Pointer's bouncy clapping stomp "Little boy sweet" and Vanity 6's perky valley girl type pop rock of "He's so dull". I heard a while back of a very rare CD pressing Warner Brothers had done to promote National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation" movie/soundtrack which also included the material on this album (in addition to the material that appeared in the other Vacation flick mentioned) but unfortunately little has been heard of this album's CD release outside of that but hopefully it will become easier to find should it be released someday on CD as this album deserves a reissue.
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"Holiday Road" is by Lindsey Buckingham
"Dancin' Across The USA" is by Lindsey Buckingham
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2011-01-21 |
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Discography entry submitted by Nichole Bechel, Jeff Kenney & Marty Adelson. |
