Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1996 Spoken Word Adaptation) [Cast Recording] [Limited Edition]

Editorial Reviews
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Beware dramatizations of unique literary works. Two years before critics pummeled the 1998 screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's tale of drug madness in Sin City, this audio rendition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas brought the ugly story to life. Fans of the book might prefer this recording to the film since it preserves more of Thompson's high-octane narrative. With Jim Jarmusch and Harry Dean Stanton sharing the Thompson/Raoul Duke role, this CD brings to life some of the book's more shocking scenes, making all too real what was merely amusing on the page. It's smartly done, even bringing in guitarist (and Keith Richards sideman) Waddy Wachtel to recreate "Sympathy for the Devil." But it's no substitute for the book itself. --Steve Appleford

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Tracks:

Combination Of The Two - Big Brother & The Holding Company
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
She's A Lady - Tom Jones
For Your Love - Yardbirds
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
A Drug Score-Part 1 (Acid Spill) - Tomoyasu Hotei & Ray Cooper
Get Together - Youngbloods
Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan
Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The MGs
Magic Moments - Perry Como
A Drug Score-Part 2 (Adenochrome, The Devil's Dance) - Tomoyasu Hotei & Ray Cooper
Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
A Drug Score-Part 3 (Flashbacks) - Tomoyasu Hotei & Ray Cooper
Expecting To Fly - Buffalo Springfield
Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys

Customer Reviews:

A must have for "Fear and Loathing" fans.......2007-01-10

I love this cd because of the dialogue from the movie before each song. It is so funny and has some great music.

Old School.......2006-11-11

This CD not only has the funniest diolouge out of the movie but it has awsome music, its great for back round music at a party.

Great Soundtrack to a Fantastic Film.......2005-11-06

I love the movie, and I love the soundtrack. The only disappointment was the absence of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones. Everytime I hear that song I think of Raoul Duke speeding off leaving the insanity and chaos of Vegas behind him and desperately searching for sanctuary. But other than that, its an amazing soundtrack. I especially enjoy the audio clips from the film that play prior to each song.

JohnnyLongStreet.......2005-10-31

It is true that this is a great collection of songs.

With that said, here are two complaints:

1) The audio snippets from the movie are built into the tracks, so they're tougher to skip through.

2) The audio transfer is terrible. Somewhere in the process, either at the transfer or the mix, the audio thinned out. There's a really weak bass end, and everything sounds thin and tinny.

Not that it ruins the experience, but for someone who's actually into how music sounds, you might look elsewhere.

my favorite things.......2005-09-16

this is in response to the comment above: the song youre thinking of is called "my favorite things" by The Lennon Sisters. I dont know why they didnt put it on the album, they should have. anyway, thats the name of the song.

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1996 Spoken Word Adaptation)

Average customer rating:

fantastic
Nice if Brief
Dr. Thompson, Sliced and Diced.
A treat for Fear and Loathing fans
catches the tone well

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1996 Spoken Word Adaptation)
Hunter S. Thompson
Manufacturer: Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000001EAI
Release Date: 1996-11-19

Tracks:

Intro/On The Road To Las Vegas
Strange Medicine In The Desert
Covering The Story/Ugliness And Failure
A Night On The Town/Drug Frenzy At The Circus-Circus
Paranoid Terror/A Flashing Of Knives And Green Water
A Savage Invitation From The Police
AAWW, Mama, Can This Really Be The End/Down And Out In Las Vegas With Amphetamine Psychosis Again
Another Day, Another Convertible And Another Hotel For Cops
Savage Lucy
A Terrible Experience With Extremely Dangerous Drugs
Getting Down To Business/Opening Day At TheDrugs Convention
Breakdown On Paradise Boulevard
Heavy Duty At The Airport
End Of The Road/Outro

Amazon.com

Beware dramatizations of unique literary works. Two years before critics pummeled the 1998 screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's tale of drug madness in Sin City, this audio rendition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas brought the ugly story to life. Fans of the book might prefer this recording to the film since it preserves more of Thompson's high-octane narrative. With Jim Jarmusch and Harry Dean Stanton sharing the Thompson/Raoul Duke role, this CD brings to life some of the book's more shocking scenes, making all too real what was merely amusing on the page. It's smartly done, even bringing in guitarist (and Keith Richards sideman) Waddy Wachtel to recreate "Sympathy for the Devil." But it's no substitute for the book itself. --Steve Appleford

Customer Reviews:

fantastic.......2007-01-12

this adaptation of the book was so much better than the movie version with johnny depp. the voice acting had so much more feeling and it was more true to the voices i had in my head when reading the book. don't get me wrong i liked the movie but this version will always be what i hear when reading the book over and over again.

Nice if Brief.......2006-04-20

This is a pretty good version of the cult classic boiled down to 76 minutes.

The best features--the voices catch the perfect tone, especially the deadpan duo of Jim Jarmush (who does Thompson as the character in the book) and Harry Dean Stanton (as Thompson the narrator). Together, they're far closer to the voice of the author than Johnny Depp's overcooked impersonation in the film.

On the downside, its cut a bit short, its annoying how the sequence of some of the opening passages are changed and also annoying that they didn't shell out the bucks to get the license for the real versions of the songs from the opening sequence, instead relying on a cheap knock off of Sympathy For the Devil.

Still, on the whole, no major complaints and a solid overall job.

Dr. Thompson, Sliced and Diced........2004-07-03

Ever since Hunter Thompson penned this drug-crazed masterpiece (1971), there have been endless talks about dramatizing it on film. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were at one point slated to play the attorney and mad Gonzo journalist, but alas, the project never came to fruition.

Fast forward to the year 1996. FEAR & LOATHING is now 25 years old, with no movie version in sight. And this "creatively" ABRIDGED version is what we get in terms of a dramatization.

Dr.Thompson makes a mumbling cameo appearance in the first and last tracks. Aside from that, his presence is only really felt during the opening and end sequences...when the text is not savagely sliced up into virtual incoherence.

There seems to have been an attempt to make this recording sound like a soundtrack from a non-existant(as of 1996)film, and yet, staying very true to the book by only using ONLY Thompson's words.

Complete confusion results. Where a scene takes place, one can only guess, by hints from the stereo sound effects. Also, there's the disconcerting casting of two people playing Raoul Duke. But this makes sense in a cinematic context. Harry Dean Stanton is the narrator, while the unemotional Jarmusch reads Duke's dramatized lines. You can at least manage to separate time and place in your mind, using this audio trick.

Overall, this recording feels like a well-produced radio commercial. Some of the supporting roles are played out in a very over-the-top radio DJ sort of way. Music creeps in regularly to keep the listener's interest.

The CD runs 76 minutes. It gives you a taste of Hunter Thompson. But only a taste. The harsh editing makes a mish-mash of the book. You might be better off recording the audio from Terry Gilliam's film onto CD - at least that would include larger portions of the book.

A treat for Fear and Loathing fans.......2004-05-19

This spoken word collection of exerpts from Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's classic book is a must for fans of the work. While the characters on the album can't really touch the way Depp and Del Toro handled the characters in the movie, the people do a fine job. I really like it because Breakdown on Paradise Boulevard is on it. It's one of my favorite parts of the book, and I wish it had been in the movie.

catches the tone well.......2002-08-14

I really enjoyed this adaptation of one of my favourite books. It is funny and having become very familiar with the prose I think it is a faithful attempt by the creators to make something that reflects the material well. It makes me laugh and the main advantage of the format is that I can enjoy the book whilst driving. How cool is that?

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