Toomorrow (soundtrack)

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Toomorrow
Soundtrack album by
Toomorrow
Released1970
Recorded1970
Genre
LabelRCA
ProducerRitchie Adams
Mark Barkan
Olivia Newton-John chronology
Toomorrow
(1970)
If Not for You
(1971)

Toomorrow is the soundtrack from the 1970 film,[2] featuring the band Toomorrow with British - Australian singer Olivia Newton-John (her first major release album). The film was a sci-fi musical mix directed by Val Guest and was Newton-John's second movie. It was Don Kirshner's less successful follow up to his work with The Monkees.[3]

Band members of the band Toomorrow were Olivia Newton-John (vocals),[4] Karl Chambers (drums), Ben Thomas (guitar, vocals) and Vic Cooper (organ, piano, saxophone, guitar, recorder).[5]

"You're My Baby Now" was released as a 7" single with picture sleeve on RCA Records, with "Goin' Back" on the B side.

According to Newton-John's biographer Tim Ewbank, Bruce Welch tried to rescue this album by bringing in new, but well established British songwriters, to reconstruct a mk2 version of this album. Due to the knock on effect this would have had on the film version, requiring substantial and costly re-filming this idea was shelved.[citation needed] A non-album follow up single by Toomorrow, "I Could Never Live Without Your Love", was released on Decca Records, produced by Welch.

Songs[edit]

All songs written by Ritchie Adams and Mark Barkan, except "Spaceport", composed by Hugo Montenegro.[6]

  1. "You're My Baby Now" (3:00)
  2. "Taking Our Own Sweet Time" (3:04)
  3. "Toomorrow" (instrumental) (2:07)
  4. "Let's Move On" (2:20)
  5. "Walkin' on Air" (instrumental) (2:13)
  6. "If You Can't Be Hurt" (2:59)
  7. "Toomorrow" (2:01)
  8. "Walkin' on Air" (2:55)
  9. "Spaceport" (2:44)
  10. "Happiness Valley" (2:35)
  11. "Let's Move On" (instrumental) (0:56)
  12. "Goin' Back" (2:54)

2014 release on compact disc[edit]

Toomorrow was released on compact disc in 2014 by Ohio-based label Real Gone Music.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cooper, Kim (2001). "Toomorrow". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. pp. 217–218.
  2. ^ "Toomorrow". IMDb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Olivia Newton-John movie Toomorrow". Only Olivia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ^ Mist, David (1969). Made in Australia. Sydney: Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd. pp. 13–14.
  5. ^ "Toomorrow - Toomorrow (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Toomorrow ?– Toomorrow". Discogs. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Toomorrow, From the Harry Saltzman, Don Kirshner Film Toomorrow, Original Soundtrack Recording". Amazon.com. Retrieved 30 October 2015.