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Godzilla: The Showa-Era Soundtracks 1954-1975 180g 18LP Box Set (Color Vinyl)

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180g Color Vinyl 18LP Collector's Box Set!
All 15 Godzilla Film Soundtracks from Japan's Showa Era! Jacket in EX condition (not mint)

Waxwork Records is proud to present GODZILLA: The Showa Era Soundtracks, 1954-1975. Collected for the very first time are all fifteen Godzilla film soundtracks from Japan's Showa era in a prestigious box set showcasing the groundbreaking music from the iconic giant monster films. In collaboration with Toho, Waxwork is honored to present a lavish collector's box set with remastered audio for vinyl, new artwork by Robert Sammelin, eighteen 180 gram colored vinyl discs, heavyweight matte laminate coated album jackets, an LP storage box with a fold-down magnetic flap featuring an album cover glossary, a turntable slipmat, all housed within a slipcase box with matte satin laminate coating.

In 1954, Godzilla clawed its way from the sea and changed cinema forever. It presented a cultural shift and altered how movie-goers around the world would absorb entertainment. It would go on to spawn fourteen beloved sequels during the historic Showa era, introduced terrifying foes and lovable allies, created lifelong fans, and inspired filmmakers, artists, and storytellers for generations to follow.

Like an unleashed Kaiju, Waxwork is excited to stomp their way further into the Monsterverse with this landmark box set that collects nearly all of the original Godzilla film soundtracks on vinyl for the very first time and featuring the works of composers Akira Ifukube, Masaru Sato, Kunio Miyauchi and Riichiro Manabe.

Features

  • 18LP Collector's Box Set
  • 180g Vinyl
  • Color Vinyl
  • Pre-mastered for vinyl by Thomas Dimuzio
  • Mastered for vinyl by Adam Gonsalves
  • New artwork by Robert Sammelin
  • Heavyweight matte laminate coated album jackets
  • LP storage box with a fold-down magnetic flap featuring an album cover glossary
  • Turntable slipmat
  • Slipcase box with a matte satin laminate coating
  • All 15 Godzilla film soundtracks from Japan's Showa era collected together on vinyl for the very first time

Selections

Godzilla (1954) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Akira Ifukube

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. Elko-Maru Sinking
  3. Bingo-Maru Sinking
  4. Uneasiness On Odo Island
  5. Ritual Music Of Odo Island
  6. Storm On Odo Island
  7. Frigate March I
  8. Odo Island Theme
  9. Godzilla Appears On Odo Island
  10. Horror In the Water Tank
  11. Shinagawa Pandemonium
  12. Attack Godzilla
  13. Godzilla Comes Ashore
  14. Fury Of Godzilla
  15. Deadly Broadcast
Side B:
  1. Godzilla To Tokyo Bay
  2. Repel Godzilla
  3. Devastated Tokyo
  4. Oxygen Destroyer
  5. Prayer For Peace
  6. Frigate March II
  7. Godzilla Under The Sea
  8. Ending

Godzilla Raids Again (1955) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Masaru Sato

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. Koji Kobayashi's Crisis
  3. Battle At Iwato Island
  4. The Quiet Peace
  5. Godzilla Located
  6. SDF Scramble
  7. Godzilla In Osaka Bay
  8. Flares & Godzilla
  9. Scarlet Chain Reaction
Side B:
  1. Osaka In Flames
  2. Death Battle At Osaka Castle
  3. Osaka In Ashes
  4. Northern Land With Dancing Snow
  5. Godzilla Advances
  6. Fighter Sortie
  7. Kobayashi's Plane & Godzilla
  8. Death Of Kobayashi I
  9. Death Of Kobayashi II
  10. Memories Left
  11. Battle To The Death
  12. Last Attack
  13. Ending

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Akira Ifukube

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. Series Of World Wonders
  3. The Sparkling Iceberg
  4. Pashin Commercial
  5. The Seahawk In Crisis
  6. The Great News Gathering Team Departure (Music by Sei Ikeno)
  7. The Seahawk's SOS
  8. Faro Island
  9. The Natives
  10. Thunder And The Devil
  11. Fumiko's Misgivings
  12. Godzilla's Resurrection
Side B:
  1. Faro Island Exploration
  2. They Cry Of The Devil
  3. A Prayer To The Rolling Thunder
  4. The Devil In The South Seas Drums Of Battle
  5. Giant Octopus Vs. King Kong
  6. The Sleeping Devil
  7. King Kong Advances On Fuji
  8. Godzilla Goes South
  9. The Terror Of Godzilla
Side C:
  1. The Invincible King Kong
  2. Preparation For Operation Burial
  3. King Kong Vs. Godzilla I
  4. Preparations For Operation One Million Volts
  5. Burial Plan Commencement
  6. Operation Burial
  7. Operation Burial Fails
  8. Operation One Million Volts I
  9. Operation One Million Volts II
  10. Kong Shows Up In Tokyo
  11. The Plan To Rescue Fumiko I
Side D:
  1. The Plan To Rescue Fumiko II
  2. The Plan To Transport King Kong
  3. King Kong Advances On Fuji
  4. The Confrontation At Fuji
  5. King Kong's Resurrection
  6. King Kong Vs. Godzilla II
  7. Ending

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Akira Ifukube

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. After The Storm
  3. The Giant Egg Drifts Ashore I
  4. The Giant Egg Drifts Ashore II
  5. The Little Beauty's Theme
  6. Reflection Of The Little Beauty
  7. The Giant Moth At Night
  8. Mothra Leaves
  9. Hamakaze Hotel
  10. The Dome Is Activated
  11. Mysterious Radioactivity
  12. Godzilla Appears
  13. The Attack On The Industrial Complex
  14. Godzilla And Nagoya
Side B:
  1. The Dome At Sunset
  2. Infant Island
  3. Evil Spirit Purification Ceremony
  4. Sacred Springs
  5. Mothra's Song (Music by Yuji Koseki, Words by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Shinichi Sekizawa, Ishiro Honda)
  6. Mothra's Journey
  7. Godzilla Vs. The Tank Corps
  8. Godzilla Advances
Side C:
  1. Mothra Vs. Godzilla I
  2. Plan A Electrical Discharge Strike
  3. Plan B Electrical Discharge Strike
Side D:
  1. Mahara Mothra
  2. The Birth Of The Larval Mothra
  3. Mothra Vs. Godzilla II

Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (1964) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Akira Ifukube

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. Princess Salno I
  3. The Flash
  4. Kurobe Valley Theme Song I
  5. Kurobe Valley Theme Song II
  6. Discovery Of The Meteor
  7. Why That Direction? (Music by Sei Ikeno)
  8. Let's Try To Be Happy I (Music by Hiroshi Miyagawa, Words by Tokiko Iwatani)
  9. Princess Salno II
  10. Rodan From Aso
  11. Godzilla From The Pacific Ocean
  12. Magnetism
  13. The Two Monsters Appear In Yokohama
  14. The Birth Of King Ghidorah
  15. Matsumoto City And King Ghidorah
  16. Godzilla Vs. Rodan I
  17. The Fury Of The Gravity Beam
Side B:
  1. Let's Try To Be Happy II (Music by Hiroshi Miyagawa, Words by Tokiko Iwatani)
  2. Godzilla Vs. Rodan II
  3. Godzilla Vs. Rodan III
  4. The Three Monsters Converge
  5. The Three Monsters Parley
  6. Godzilla Attacks Rodan
  7. The Greatest Battle On Earth I
  8. The Greatest Battle On Earth II
  9. Ending

Invasion Of Astro-Monster (1965) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Akira Ifukube

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. The P1 And Jupiter
  3. The P1 Descends
  4. The Mystery Of Planet X
  5. The Underground Passage
  6. Monster Zero
  7. The P1 Returns Home
  8. Washigasawa And Lake Myoujinko
  9. Godzilla At The Bottom Of The Lake
  10. Appearance Of The Disc
  11. The Electromagnetic Capsule
  12. Back To Planet X
  13. Arrival At Planet X
  14. The 3 Monsters On Planet X
Side B:
  1. Namikawa On Planet X
  2. Leaving Planet X
  3. The Earth In Utter Chaos
  4. Monster Control I
  5. Monster Control II
  6. The Fury Of The 3 Monsters
  7. Monster Mega-War March
  8. Monster Mega-War
  9. Ending

Ebirah, Horror Of The Deep (1966) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Masaru Sato

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. Enduring Dance Rally
  3. Appearance Of Yoshimura
  4. Transportation By Yahlen I
  5. Transportation By Yahlen II
  6. Yacht And Hurricane And Monster
  7. Letchi Island
  8. Red Bamboo
  9. Fierce Ebirah
  10. No Way To Survive
  11. Wish Of Dayo I
  12. Mothra's Song I (Words by Tokiko Iwatani)
  13. Sleeping Godzilla
  14. Infiltration Of The Enemy Base I
  15. Infiltration Of The Enemy Base II
  16. Escape
  17. Ryota's Escape
Side B:
  1. Mothra's Song II (Words by Tokiko Iwatani)
  2. Crisis In The Pasture
  3. Sleeping Godzilla
  4. Godzilla's Wakening
  5. Departure Of Boat To Letchi Island
  6. Rebirth Of Godzilla
  7. Godzilla Vs. Ebirah I
  8. Red Bamboo Base
  9. Retreat From Base
  10. Godzilla Vs. Giant Condor
  11. Godzilla Vs. The Fighter Squadron
  12. The Demolition Of Red Bamboo Base
  13. Godzilla Vs. Ebirah II
  14. Godzilla Vs. Ebirah III
  15. The Wish Of The People On Infant Island
  16. Godzilla Vs. Ebirah IV
  17. Mothra's Song III (Words by Tokiko Iwatani)
  18. The Arrival Of Mothra
  19. Before Nuclear Explosion
  20. Ending

Son Of Godzilla (1967) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Masaru Sato

Side A:
  1. Opening
  2. Main Title
  3. The Sherbet Plan
  4. Visitors From The Sky
  5. The Uninvited Guests
  6. The Giant Praying Mantis
  7. The Young Girl From Sollgel Island
  8. Preparing For The Experiment
  9. The Frozen Sonde I
  10. The Synthetic Radioactive Sonde I
  11. The Island's Misery
  12. Kamacuras
  13. The Appearance Of The Egg
  14. The Silhouette Of The Tree
  15. The Birth Of Minilla
  16. Parent Godzilla Comes Ashore
  17. Saeko And Minilla
  18. Maki And Saeko
  19. Godzilla And Minilla I
Side B:
  1. Godzilla And Minilla I
  2. Night On Sollgel Island
  3. The Hot Red Marsh
  4. The Research Team's Impatience
  5. Saeko's Crisis
  6. Minilla Vs. Kamacuras
  7. The Appearance Of Kumonga
  8. Preparing To Escape
  9. Minilla Vs. Kumonga
  10. Preparing For The Final Experiment
  11. Frozen Sonde II
  12. The Synthetic Radioactive Sonde II
  13. Godzilla Vs. Kumonga
  14. Snow Falls On The Tropical Island
  15. Ending

Destroy All Monsters (1968) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Akira Ifukube

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. Title Credits
  3. Monster Land
  4. The Lunar Base I
  5. Unusual Change On Monster Island
  6. The Lunar Base II
  7. SY-3
  8. The Unmanned Subterranean Center
  9. The Kilaak Starmen I
  10. Escape From Monster Land
  11. The Unknown Metal
  12. Discovery Of The Monster Controls
  13. Rodan Comes Flying
  14. The 4 Monsters Attack Tokyo
  15. Counter-Monster Warfare
  16. Command Post Ruins
  17. Monster Defense Line
Side B:
  1. Rodan In Pursuit
  2. The Kilaak Starmen II
  3. The Lunar Base And SY-3
  4. SY-3 Sortie
  5. The Expedition Vehicle Breaks Through I
  6. The Expedition Vehicle Breaks Through II
  7. Remote Control Destruction
  8. The Monsters Pow-Wow On Earth
  9. Major Battle At Fuji I
  10. Major Battle At Fuji II
  11. Base Destruction
  12. Fire Dragon Pursuit
  13. Ending

All Monsters Attack (1969) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Kunio Miyauchi

Side A:
  1. Main Title (Monster March I) [Music by Gendai Kano, Words by Shinichi Sekizawa]
  2. Monster March II (Music by Gendai Kano, Words by Shinichi Sekizawa)
  3. Alongside The Tracks On The Way Home
  4. Dawdling Away The Time
  5. Message From Mother
  6. The Love Assignment
  7. Ichiro Heads Off To Monster Island
  8. Godzilla Vs. Kamacuras
  9. Monster Island's Monsters I
  10. Monster Island's Monsters II
  11. The Strange Vines
  12. The Encounter With Minilla
  13. The Appearance Of Gabara
  14. Ichiro And The Local Bully
  15. Back To Monster Island
  16. Gabara Attacks
  17. Reunion With Minilla
  18. Godzilla Vs. Ebirah
Side B:
  1. Godzilla Vs. Kumonga
  2. Minilla Vs. Gabara I
  3. Minilla's Lesson
  4. Minilla Vs. Gabara II
  5. Minilla's Unusual Strategy
  6. Godzilla Vs. Gabara
  7. Ichiro's Bravery
  8. Three Men In The Abandoned Building
  9. Ichiro's Crisis
  10. Ichiro Gets Busy
  11. Lord Admiral Brat Showdown
  12. Ending

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Riichiro Manabe

Side A:
  1. Opening
  2. Give Back The Sun! I (Words by Yoshimitsu Banno)
  3. Bizarre Incident At Suruga Bay
  4. Investigation At The Bottom Of The Sea
  5. The Giant Tadpole
  6. Terror In The Water
  7. Ken's Cry
  8. The Mysterious Monster
  9. Godzilla And The Polluted Ocean
  10. Multiplying
  11. Hedorah Comes Ashore
  12. Give Back The Sun! II (Words by Yoshimitsu Banno)
  13. Smokestacks And Hedorah
  14. Godzilla Launches An Offensive
  15. Give Back The Sun! III (Words by Yoshimitsu Banno)
  16. Hedorah In Pieces
  17. Two Giant Monsters In The Factory Town
  18. The Factories That Strip Away The Green
  19. Fragments
  20. Hedorium
  21. Catalytic Action
Side B:
  1. Hedorah's Birthplace
  2. Highway Attack
  3. Sulfuric Acid Mist
  4. Anti-Hedorah Masks Hit The Market
  5. Nuclear Fission
  6. Identifying The Weak Spot
  7. The Transforming Pollution Monster
  8. Preparing For The Electrode Plate Experiment
  9. Guitar In The Wilderness I
  10. Guitar In The Wilderness II
  11. Our Energy I
  12. The Flowers Die, The Water Dies
  13. Our Energy II
  14. Telepathy From Godzilla
  15. Showdown At The Foot Of Mt. Fuji I
  16. Showdown At The Foot Of Mt. Fuji II
  17. The Youngsters Die
  18. Godzilla's Bitter Struggle
  19. Showdown At The Foot Of Mt. Fuji III
  20. Operation Lead The Way
  21. Hedorah Approaches I
  22. Hedorah Approaches II
  23. Tranquility
  24. Radioactive Fury
  25. Godzilla In Flight
  26. Give Back The Sun! (Male Chorus Version) I [Words by Yoshimitsu Banno]
  27. Victory
  28. Godzilla Heads Off
  29. Give Back The Sun! (Male Chorus Version) II [Words by Yoshimitsu Banno]
  30. Give Back The Sun! (Male Chorus Version) III [Words by Yoshimitsu Banno]
  31. Ending

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Akira Ifukube

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. Childland Construction
  3. Monster Island
  4. Special Tape
  5. Construction Committee President
  6. Night Park
  7. Tape's Whereabouts
  8. Anguirus Sent Forth
  9. Older Brother's Whereabouts
  10. Identity Investigation
  11. To Yamano City
  12. Disaster One Year Ago
  13. Defense Force Deployment I
Side B:
  1. Anguirus Repulsion
  2. Take-Off
  3. Assassination Squad Attack
  4. Signal To Space
  5. Godzilla, Anguirus Depart
  6. Godzilla Tower Infiltration
  7. M Space Species
  8. Invader's True Shape
  9. Defense Force Deployment II
Side C:
  1. Space Monsters Attack Tokyo
  2. Four Giant Monsters' Violent Fight
  3. Godzilla Tower Escape Plan
Side D:
  1. Earth Monsters Vs. Space Monsters
  2. Space Monsters' Fierce Attack
  3. Destruction Of Godzilla Tower Operation
  4. Earth Monsters' Counterattack
  5. Ending (Godzilla March) [Music by Kunio Miyauchi, Words by Shinichi Sekizawa]

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Riichiro Manabe

Side A:
  1. Opening
  2. Main Title
  3. Changes Of The Lake
  4. Highway Road
  5. What The Intruders Left Behind
  6. Deteriorated Room
  7. Intent Of The Intrusion
  8. Chase
  9. Making Of A Robot
  10. Kidnap I
  11. Kidnap II
  12. Underwater Kingdom
  13. Megalon On Land
  14. Jet Jaguar Takes Action
  15. Car Chase
  16. Defense Team Takes Action
  17. Attack Preparation
  18. Crisis In The Container
  19. Megalon Approaches
  20. Attack Begins
  21. Monster Island Flies
  22. M. Space Hunter Sends Message To Star
Side B:
  1. Invincible Megalon
  2. Godzilla Of Monster Island
  3. The Fierceness Of Megalon & Gigan
  4. The Big Transformation Of Jet Jaguar
  5. Jet Jaguar
  6. Godzilla By Way Of The Sea
  7. Bitter Battle
  8. Godzilla Appears
  9. Monster Match I
  10. Monster Match II
  11. Monster Match III
  12. Strike Back
  13. Godzilla's Strong Punch
  14. Victory Shake
  15. Jet Jaguar Growth
  16. Godzilla & Jet Jaguar Punch-Punch-Punch (Music by Riichiro Manabe, Words by Shinichi Sekizawa)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Masaru Sato

Side A:
  1. Opening
  2. Main Title
  3. Phantasm Of Fear
  4. The Ornament In The Cave
  5. The Legend Of Caesar
  6. Black Cloud Mountain
  7. The Mysterious Intruder
  8. The Disquieting Shadows
  9. Azumi's Cry
  10. Godzilla Vs. Anguirus
  11. Godzilla Vs. Godzilla
  12. The Appearance Of Mechagodzilla
  13. Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla
  14. Restoration Of Mechagodzilla
  15. Sunflower
  16. Sunlight On The Sea
  17. Godzilla And The Torpedo Attack
Side B:
  1. The Sea Coral
  2. Traces Of The Dark Cloud
  3. Mechagodzilla Repair Work Complete
  4. The Fallen Pipe
  5. The Aggressor's True Identity
  6. Red Moon
  7. Keisuke's Return
  8. The Sun Rises In The West
  9. The Appearance Of King Caesar
  10. Mechagdozilla Swings Into Action
  11. Miyarabi's Prayer (Words by Jun Fukuda)
  12. King Caesar Vs. Mechagodzilla
  13. The Legendary Monster
  14. Godzilla Comes Ashore
  15. Showdown Between The 3 Large Monsters In Okinawa I
  16. Showdown Between The 3 Large Monsters In Okinawa II
  17. The End Of The Invasion
  18. Ending

Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Akira Ifukube

Side A:
  1. Main Title
  2. 'Akatsuki One' In Distress
  3. Mugal To The Earth
  4. Dr. Mafune's Past
  5. The Female In The Mafune Family
  6. Off To Mount Amagi
  7. Mechagodzilla II
  8. Ichinose And Katsura
  9. Katsura's Memories
  10. Escape From Titanosaurus
  11. Ichinose Gets Tailed
  12. Titanosaurus Swings Into Action
  13. Titanosaurus Attacks
  14. The Appearance Of Godzilla
  15. Cyborg Surgery
  16. Completed Robot Monster
Side B:
  1. The Mafune Family Tragedy
  2. Mechagodzilla II Goes On The Offensive
  3. Mechagodzilla Counterattacks
  4. Godzilla Arrives
  5. Godzilla Vs. Titanosaurus
  6. Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II
  7. Katsura's Death I
  8. Katsura's Death II
  9. Invaders' Last Moments
  10. Ending

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