JOHN WILLIAMS - Call Of The Champions (Reissue) - LP - 180g Turquoise Vinyl [SEP 13]

LP - Limited Edition 180g Turquoise Vinyl. Includes an insert with liner notes by music journalist Jackson Braider. Only 800 copies pressed in this edition. 

Call Of The Champions is an album by legendary American composer John Williams. The piece of the same name was composed by Williams especially for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 in Salt Lake City. It is the opening track of this album which features over a dozen original tracks by Williams, plus an additional bonus track: “Summon The Heroes”, the anthem written for the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta.

The album also features “American Journey”; a six-part orchestral composition by Williams that was commissioned by U.S. President Bill Clinton for the 2000 Millenium celebrations in Washington D.C. “American Journey” is presented for the first time as a complete concert work on this album.

This album features The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Utah Symphony, The Boston Pops Orchestra and the Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles. The album was released as American Journey in the United States.

Call Of The Champions is available for the first time on vinyl as a limited edition of 800 copies on turquoise coloured vinyl and includes an insert with liner notes by music journalist Jackson Braider.

Tracklist: 

SIDE A
1. Call of the Champions (The Official Theme of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games)
American Journey
2. I. Immigration and Building
3. II. The Country at War
4. III. Popular Entertainment
5. IV. Arts and Sports
6. V. Civil Rights and the Women's Movement
7. VI. Flight and Technology

SIDE B
1. Song for World Peace
2. Jubilee 350
3. The Mission Theme (Theme for NBC News)
4. For New York (Variations on Themes of Leonard Bernstein)
5. Sound the Bells!
6. Hymn to New England
7. Celebrate Discovery
8. Summon the Heroes
(Written for the Centennial Celebration of the Modern Olympic Games, Atlanta, Georgia, July 19, 1996)