Laurie Anderson | The Interview From The Film Soundtrack To Home Of The Brave

Laurie Anderson 

The Interview From The Film Soundtrack To Home Of The Brave

Burbank, USA: Warner Bros. Records, 1986

12” double vinyl LP

Edition size unknown

A radio promo double LP (also available on cassette) featuring excerpts of songs from Anderson’s forthcoming live performance film, and soundtrack, paired with interview snippets designed for DJ’s to play in lieu of interviewing the artist in person. 

Given that it’s nearly forty years old and was only distributed to radio stations, the disc is surprisingly not scarce. According to the cover blurb (below), the company issued a similar promotional disc monthly. 

"The Warner Bros. Music Show for this month features an exclusive, in-depth interview with performance artist, musician, movie maker Laurie Anderson. In this hour-long program Laurie talks about the making of the film "The Home Of The Brave", the subsequent soundtrack lp (on Warner Bros. Records and Tapes), and her views on life and music in general.

It's a very entertaining piece, consisting of parts of the eight tracks on the lp, interspersed with appropriate asides from Laurie about them. It's a must-listen for her record fan and those who intend to see the forthcoming film of the same name.

The two-record set has about fifteen minutes on each side, with Sides One and Three and Side Two and Four arranged so that the next side can be cued up on the second turntable for easy segue. There is ample room at every fifteen minute for a commercial message, a station ID or whatever.

There is no voice-over intro or outro on any of the segments, so we encourage that your announcer on duty use the copy printed on the back side of this jacket. That way, too, it will give the program an "in-house" produced feel.”

- LP cover text