Cooley High (1975)

Starring:

• Glynn Turman
• Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs 
• Garrett Morris 
• Cynthia Davis 
• Corin Rogers 
• Maurice Leon Havis 
• Joseph Carter Wilson 
• Sherman Smith

Storyline
Richard "Cochise" Morris (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs), a local basketball hero, and Leroy "Preach" Jackson (Glynn Turman), who dreams of a career in writing, are likable Chicago high school students in 1960s Chicago. They're into hanging out with friends, pretty girls, and the Motown sounds so popular during the era. Each wants to make it big in his way, but not everybody they meet is looking out for them, as they learn when a seemingly harmless outing goes awry.

Truck Turner (1974)

Starring:

• Isaac Hayes
• Yaphet Kotto 
• Alan Weeks
• Annazette Chase 
• Nichelle Nichols 
• Sam Laws 
• Paul Harris 
• Scatman Crothers 
• Stan Shaw

Storyline
Bounty hunter Mack "Truck" Turner (Isaac Hayes) almost always finds his target, but his latest prize -- a pimp called Gator (Paul Harris) -- is killed while Turner is chasing hm. Gator's girl, Dorinda (Nichelle Nichols), vows to avenge his death and offers ownership of her successful call girl operation to anyone who can knock off Turner. Upscale pimp Harvard Blue (Yaphet Kotto) steps in, upping the ante with professional assassins. Turner, however, isn't going down quickly.

Fred Karlin - Leadbelly OST (1976)

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING From The Paramount Motion Picture LEADBELLY
Arranged and Conducted By FRED KARLIN, abc Records ABDP-939
Hi Tide Harris (Leadbelly vocals)
Art Evans (Blind Lemon vocals)
Dick Rosmini (12-string guitar)
David Cohen (6-string guitar) - Go Down, Ol' Hannah
Brownie McGhee (Guitar)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee ( Harmonica, Jew's-Harp)

1 Fannin' Street
2 Good Mornin' Blues
3 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
4 The Midnight Special
5 Cotton Fields
6 The Challenge
7 Silver City Bound
8 Rock Island Line
9 Goodnight Irene
10 Black Girl
11 Green Corn
12 Bring Me a Li'l' Water, Silvy
13 Old Riley (In Dem Long Hot Summer Days)


Funkback's comment:
If anyone has a source for a proper review please feel free to contribute! All I can say is that it's rockin' good music and some beatuiful folk songs in here. I mean a musical duel between Leadbelly and Blind Lemon Jeffersson on a train? Does it get any funkier than that? It's a moody score provided by Karlin to set the background for Leadbetters descent into whiteman's hell. The movie doesn't cover his entire career so to aprecciate that I suggest You go elsewhere. There are no original Leadbelly recordings in this OST.

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