STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - MARVIN HAMLISCH - THE STING (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember  Manhattan born  composer and conductor, Marvin Hamlisch, on what would have been his 76th Birthday. He died in 2012, age 68, from lung failure. To honor his legacy we spotlight the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to The Sting, the 1973 caper film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The soundtrack (MCA 1974) was produced by Gil Rodin, features several Scott Joplin ragtime compositions, adapted by Hamlisch. It peaked at #1 in both America and Australia.

A1. "Solace" (Joplin)—orchestral version
A2. "The Entertainer" (Joplin)—orchestral version
A3. "The Easy Winners" (Joplin)
A4. "Hooker's Hooker" (Hamlisch)
A5. "Luther"—same basic tune as "Solace", re-arranged by Hamlisch as a dirge
A6. "Pine Apple Rag" / "Gladiolus Rag" medley (Joplin)

B1. "The Entertainer" (Joplin)—piano version
B2. "The Glove" (Hamlisch)
B3. "Little Girl" (Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry)
B4. "Pine Apple Rag" (Joplin)
B5. "Merry-Go-Round Music" medley; "Listen to the Mocking Bird", "Darling Nellie Gray", "Turkey in the Straw" (traditional)
B6. "Solace" (Joplin)—piano version
B7. "The Entertainer" / "The Ragtime Dance" medley (Joplin)

Arranged By – Gunther Schuller 
Engineer – Ami Hadami
Executive-Producer – Gil Rodin
Liner Notes – George Roy Hill
Photography By – Chester Maydole

Piano, Producer – Marvin Hamlisch

Songwriter – Benjamin Hanby (tracks: B5)
Violin – Bobby Bruce (tracks: B3)

Written-By – Alice Hawthorne (tracks: B5), Francis Henry (tracks: B3), Madeline Hyde (tracks: B3), Marvin Hamlisch (tracks: A4, A5, B2), Scott Joplin (tracks: A1 to A3, A6, B1, B4, B6, B7)