When I was 16 the guidance counselors at my high school went around to all the classes and warned us not to see The Exorcist because it was making people go crazy and we might suffer irreversible brain damage. We went to see it that very night just from that warning! Although perhaps best know for its use of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, that is the least impressive piece on this overlooked soundtrack masterpiece. Jack Nitzsche's score is truly music from hell, featuring the most frightening orchestra work I've ever heard. I can't even play this tape when I'm by myself in the house. I'm trying to picture someone buying this on 8-track: down at the local K-mart, circa 1974, Dad says to himself "Hmmm.... think I'll pick up a copy of  The Exorcist on 8-track to listen to in the family station wagon." Can't picture it.

Excellent quality tape, too. Don't know if this one is rare or not, but I've never seen another copy. One of my favorite soundtracks!

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