VARIOUS – The Wiz (Original Soundtrack) [Reissue] – 2LP – Gatefold Vinyl [AUG 30]

2LP – Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. Including the original 26-tracklist, making it a must-have album for Broadway enthusiasts and fans of The Wiz.

The soundtrack to the 1978 film The Wiz is set to be re-released on vinyl. A cast of iconic Black artists, including Diana Ross, Nipsey Russell, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne and more all feature on the record produced by Quincy Jones. The RIAA-certified Gold soundtrack includes singles You Cant Win, Ease on Down The Road, and A Brand New Day.

The album is comprised of a mix of songs from the original 1975 Broadway musical by Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross alongside songs written specifically for the film by Jones, Ashford and Valerie Simpson, and Anthony Jackson. The soundtrack marked the first collaboration between Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson, setting the foundation for Jones production on Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad.

The soundtrack was ultimately more successful than the film itself, but both maintain a special place in pop culture history. A Brand New Day was a surprise hit in the Netherlands, and when Diana Ross played two sold-out stadium shows in the country in 2009, she closed the shows with the song from the film.

Tracklist:

A1. Main Title (Overture, Part 1)
A2. (Overture, Part 2)
A3. The Feeling That We Have
A4. Can I Go On?
A5. Glinda’s Theme
A6. He’s The WizardHe’s The Wizard / March Of The Munchkins
A7. Soon As I Get Home / Home

B1. You Can’t Win
B2. Ease On Down The Road #1
B3. What Would I Do If I Could Feel?
B4. Slide Some Oil To Me
B5. Ease On Down The Road #2
B6. (I’m A) Mean Ole Lion
B7. Ease On Down The Road #3
B8. Poppy Girls

C1. Be A Lion
C2. End Of The Yellow Brick Road
C3. Emerald City Sequence
C4. So You Wanted To See The Wizard
C5. Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy’s Theme)

D1. Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
D2. A Brand New Day
D3. Believe In Yourself (Dorothy)
D4. The Good Witch Glinda
D5. Believe In Yourself (Reprise)
D6. Home