Yesterday's Hero Soundtrack LP
Yesterday’s Hero
1979, Columbia/EMI/Warner
Various
Warwick, LP, 1979, WW 5075
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The 1970’s were a busy year for author Jackie Collins; 1979 saw three of her novels, ‘The Stud’, ‘The Bitch’ and ‘The World Is Full Of Married Men’ adapted for the screen. ‘Yesterday’s Hero’, which she scripted and also released in 1979, starred Ian McShane (‘Lovejoy’) as Rod Turner, a washed-up footballer who kicks the booze and makes his way back to the Premier League. A box office flop, the film also starred American singer/actress Suzanne Somers as his squeeze, Misty and Paul Nicholas, as pop singer and owner of Turner’s football club, Clint Simon, the latter also appearing in ‘Married Men’. Both performed on the ‘Yesterday’s Hero’ soundtrack. Hit makers, Bugatti/Musker, fresh from writing the soundtrack for, yes, you guessed it, ‘The World Is Full Of Married Men’, were hired to pen a handful of disco inspired songs but these did nothing to improve matters. The album, featuring a poor collection of second-rate disco tracks from the likes of Toto (‘Hold The Line’), Heatwave (‘Razzle Dazzle’) and Foxy (‘Get Off’) is only marginally more listenable. Meanwhile, soundtrack middleweight, Stanley Myers (‘The Deer Hunter’), who wrote the score, was relegated to the sidelines. Shameful.
Yesterday’s Hero Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
Side One:
1. Yesterday’s Hero (Paul Nicholas).
2. Ring My Bell (Anita Ward).
3. Wanted (The Dooleys).
4. At Midnight (T-Connection).
5. That’s Not What We Came Here For (Suzanne Somers/Paul Nicholas).
6. Duke Of Earl (Darts).
7. Pick Me Up, I’ll Dance (Melba Moore).
8. What You Won’t Do For Love (Bobby Caldwell).
9. Easy Come, Easy Go (Sutherland Brothers).
10. Disco Music (J.A.L.N. Band).
Side Two:
1. Razzle Dazzle (Heatwave).
2. Hold The Line (Toto).
3. Let’s Work It Out (Suzanne Somers/Paul Nicholas).
4. You Bet Your Love (Herbie Hancock).
5. Get Off (Foxy).
6. Every Night (Phoebe Snow).
7. Out Of Love With Love (Suzanne Somers).
8. Don’t It Make It Better (Bill Withers).
9. Dance With Me (Peter Brown).
10. We’ve Got Us (Suzanne Somers/Paul Nicholas
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