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Title - Stranger Things 4 (Soundtrack From The Series) 2LP
Artist - Various

For those unaware, Stranger Things 4 (Soundtrack From The Netflix Series) is out now (November 4th, 2022) as part of the upcoming Record Store Day releases, and includes key music covering various classic eras and styles as featured in the just-released Stranger Things 4.

The soundtrack album is conceptualized and produced by The Duffer Brothers and Nora Felder (Grammy and Emmy nominee Nora Felder has served as music supervisor for Stranger Things since the show’s inception and was nominated for a Music Supervision Grammy the first year the category was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences).

The compilation album is produced by The Duffer Brothers and 2x Grammy nominee Timothy J. Smith. 2-LP version comes in a gatefold package with a 12” x 12” insert.

As we all know by now, the fourth series notably features the explosive Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix of Journey’s Separate Ways (Worlds Apart), which is, of course, featured on this magnificent Stranger Things 4 soundtrack.

Official Remix of Journey’s Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Listening Links

Side A:
1. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix) - Journey
2. California Dreamin’ - The Beach Boys
3. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
4. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
5. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
6. Chica Mejicanita - Mae Arnette

Side B:
7. Play With Me - Extreme>br> 8. Detroit Rock City (Single Version) - KISS
9. I Was A Teenage Werewolf - The Cramps
10. Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
11. Wipe Out - The Surfaris
12. Object Of My Desire (Single Version) - Starpoint

Side C:
1. Rock Me Amadeus (The Gold Mix) - Falco
2. Travelin’ Man - Ricky Nelson
3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
4. Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
5. Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo (Single Version) - Rick Derringer
6. Fire And Rain - James Taylor

Side D:
7. Spellbound - Siouxsie And The Banshees
8. Master of Puppets - Metallica
9. When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die (featuring Mimi Goese) - Moby
10. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Steve Perry & Bryce Miller Extended Remix) - Journey

As always with these Stranger Things soundtracks and scores, they always contain some of the best, newly constructed, and usually atmospherically eerie instrumentals along with quite wonderful flashback music from the day and this one is no different.

Inclusive of essential music tracks evoking various classic eras and styles as featured in the killer Netflix show, the four-sided, vinyl 2LP set kicks things of in some style with the aforementioned, and explosive Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix of Journey’s Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (whilst it should also be noted that a new Steve Perry & Bryce Miller Extended Remix of the same track closes the recording), and that then rolls sweetly into a delightfully calm California Dreamin’ (The Beach Boys) and a still vibrant Psycho Killer (Talking Heads).

FYI: As you might know, California Dreamin’ was a big hit for the Mamas and the Papas, but instead of using that version, the Duffer Brothers elected to use the 1986 cover version of the song by The Beach Boys in place of the original. The substitution is understandable for the cover came out in 1986, the same year that the fourth season of Stranger Things takes place.

Carrying on and the song central to this fourth season, the defining Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) from Kate Bush is along next and actually, due to its new-found popularity, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in mid-June of 2022 (and was Bush’s first number one since Wuthering Heights in 1978), and the first side rounds out with the wondrous, fun ’80s sounds of You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) from Dead or Alive and an absolutely crystalline, alive and reaching Chica Mejicanita from Mae Arnette.

The second side of the collection opens with one of the early shredders of its era, the propulsive Play With Me from Extreme (which features Nuno Bettancourt, one of the all-time underrated guitarists) and the well-known Detroit Rock City (Single Version) by KISS (which soundtracks an intense game of D&D to Argyle’s arrival music), and then along comes the creepingly ambient I Was A Teenage Werewolf (The Cramps), the upbeat Pass The Dutchie (Musical Youth), the side closing on a pulsating Wipe Out (The Surfaris) and an amazing Object Of My Desire (Single Version) by Starpoint; which now brings the great soulful R&B sound back to a whole new generation.

With this incredible 2LP vinyl set of music featured on Season 4’s soundtrack showcasing just how perfectly woven into the show moments and thereafter our heads to remember really is, the music continues onward as the third side opens with the ’80s chart smash Rock Me Amadeus (The Gold Mix) from Falco and then comes the sweet, beautiful voice of Ricky Nelson on his hit single Travelin’ Man - Ricky Nelson, before the atmospheric Tarzan Boy (Baltimora) is brought forth, and that is followed by the silky smooth Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong), the Rick Derringer rocker Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo (Single Version), the side rounding out on the deeply emotional and impactful Fire And Rain (James Taylor).

The fourth, and final side opens on the closing credits, and timeless gem of a track, Spellbound from Siouxsie And The Banshees, before one of the most to the forefront of tracks is given to us, the explosive Master of Puppets from Metallica, the side, along with the whole album, coming to a righteous close on a breathtakingly ethereal When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die (featuring Mimi Goese) by Moby (which backs the tear-jerking scene For Eddie and Max) and then the aforementioned Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Steve Perry & Bryce Miller Extended Remix) from Journey.

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