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September 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 628

Bill Conti, Gonna Fly Now [Single] (1977) I have the soundtrack albums for Rocky (the first film) and also for Rocky III (maybe one day I’ll collect the rest). I love the Rocky franchise and have watched some of the films a bunch of times, and all of them at least once. And so my […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1977, A-side, B-side, Bill Conti, EP, Gonna Fly Now, LP, Movie, Record, Reflections, Rocky, Score, Single, The Vinyl Countdown # 628, Theme, Vinyl ·

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January 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1433

Bill Conti & V/A, Rocky III [OST] (1982) Before I could find the original Rocky soundtrack I had this. Worthy, obviously, for Eye Of The Tiger but the version of the Gonna Fly Now – the Rocky theme – was a letdown. So if anything this record kept me searching for the original soundtrack – […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Bill Conti, Eye Of The Tiger, Frank Stallone, Gonna Fly Now, Pushin', Rocky, Rocky III, Sly, Survivor ·

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August 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1879

Bill Conti, Rocky (1976) At some point – a few years back – I started to think of Gonna Fly Now as one of the greatest pieces of music ever. The irony that I might have been attempting was so deep that I couldn’t work out my true feelings about this piece of music. All […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Bill Conti, Eye Of The Tiger, Gonna Fly Now, Philadelphia Morning, Rocky, Rocky III, Vinyl ·

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