The Apocalypse Now Sessions (1979)
Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Phil Lesh (& Others) Journey Into Francis Ford Coppola’s Heart Of Darkness
Francis Ford Coppola’s bleak indictment of the Vietnam war, Apocalypse Now, included so many different musical elements – electronic, orchestral, atmospheric, tribal, The Doors – that it’s hard to believe it coherently held together in a single film. The contributions of the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann (and friends) were minor in the film’s final mix, but nonetheless effective – which is why this CD of expanded session tapes is such a treat for fans. Clocking in at a mere 35+ minutes (there must be more) these improvised drum and effects sessions offer more tantalizing glimpses into Coppola’s dark vision that was Apocalypse Now. Dead fans, soundtrack fans and drum majors will appreciate. Amazon.
Compound
Trenches
Street Gang
The Beast
Steps
Tar
Lance
Cave
Hell’s Bells
Kurtz
Napalm For Breakfast
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Hi Willard,
The link appears to be to deposit Files and has been removed. Could you repost this? I’m curious. And many many thanks for all the really great and interesting stuff you post. Yours is the first music blog on my list! Keep up the great work.
Many thanks, new link up.
Great service, Willard! Much appreciated.
Thanks Willard! Awesome playing on this.This is the film Coppola never really finished and had to give it away for his own sanity.
(all together, now… “Oh, Mickey you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow our minds, Hey Mickey!”)
Just tried it again, same result: cannot extract.
Don’t get it. Just d/l’d it myself and it opened fine and have had no other complaints. I’ll reup it elsewhere. I’ll suggest that before you open it again, make sure you’ve dumped any and all of your previous d/ls just in case there’s some computer memory thing at work.
That time it worked. THANX, Will!
No prob. Glad you got it.