The Friends of Eddie Coyle

A 13 track film soundtracks album (28m 40s) — released January 26th 2024 on Wewantsounds

The music composed here by Dave Grusin for this superb film is both funky and jazzy and on a par with Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin's best soundtracks of the early 70s. Peter Yates who had directed 'Bullitt' knew who to go for when it came to outstanding musicians and Grusin was certainly one of the best young composers in Hollywood at the time. He would sign another more famous score in 1975 with "3 Days of the Condor" but The Eddie Coyle soundtrack recorded two years before is even more stunning. It plays like a hypnotic slow-burning suite and is performed by the cream of the LA jazz scene including John Guerin, Chuck Rainey, Tom Scott, Bud Shank and percussionist Emil Richards.

Amazingly the score never got released on vinyl when the film first came out in 1973 and Wewantsounds are now proud to make it available on vinyl for the first time and on CD.

- First Ever LP release

- Remastered from the original tapes with one bonus track

- Liner Notes by UK journalist and musician David Toop

- Gatefold Sleeve with Artwork by famed Alternative Movie Poster designer Oliver Barrett

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