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One of my first experiences with film music came as an adolescent, when I discovered my father's original soundtrack of from BEN HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST on LP. I remember opening the box-set of records and somehow knew that these were special. I blew the few dust particles that found there way onto one of the records (as I had seen my father do to other records many times before), placed it down on the record player and then gently dropped the needle down. I remember some triumphant fanfare bolting out of our hi-fi...and...I was instantly repulsed and thought, "Why would anyone buy a record of this?" I put the record back quickly and joyfully dove back into my Saturday morning cartoons. Despite my innocent dismissal of this classic score, something had subconsciously been planted that morning. A number of years later, I would recall that record set being stored away and, taking a break from recording mixes of my favorite 12 inch singles for a bit, decided it would be a good idea to preserve these records on my new-fangled metal cassette tapes. I blew the dust off them again and then went about recording each side of each record...making sure I had all the proper dolby switches turned on for my serious archival work. Fast forward 20 years and I don't know what ever happened to those heavy cassettes, but I still have those records.
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