{"product_id":"melvin-van-peebles-watermelon-man-original-soundtrack-lp","title":"Melvin Van Peebles - Watermelon Man (Original Soundtrack) (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen Watermelon Skin Vinyl LP With Liner Notes Insert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReal Gone Music and Second Disc Records reissued the \u003cem\u003eWatermelon Man\u003c\/em\u003e soundtrack in 2022 on green \"watermelon skin\" vinyl, catalog number RGM-1418. The labels describe it as the album's first vinyl reissue in more than 50 years. Mike Milchner remastered it at SonicVision, and the insert carries new liner notes by Joe Marchese of The Second Disc along with photographs from the film's production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWatermelon Man\u003c\/em\u003e (1970) was the only studio film directed by Melvin Van Peebles, whom Real Gone Music's notes call the \"godfather of black cinema.\" Godfrey Cambridge stars as Jeff Gerber, a bigoted insurance salesman who wakes up one morning to find he has become Black, with Estelle Parsons as his wife, Althea. Van Peebles wrote the score himself while recording as a solo artist for A\u0026amp;M, and the soundtrack was first issued in 1970 on the small Beverly Hills label as BHS-26.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe label's notes describe the score as moving between jazz, funk, rock, rhythm and blues, proto-rap and bluegrass. Van Peebles sings \"Love, That's America\" and \"Soul'd On You,\" and Estelle Parsons sings \"Where Are The Children.\" The same notes report that Ry Cooder, uncredited on the original release, played the slide guitar parts throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove, That's America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Guy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEviction Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoul'd On You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere Are The Children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErica's Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFugue #1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFugue #2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFugue #3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 848064014188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Real Gone Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.1.22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Real Gone Music","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":67500934791326,"sku":"848064014188","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/4098508-2851562.jpg?v=1791232694","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/melvin-van-peebles-watermelon-man-original-soundtrack-lp","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}