The Story of Star Wars, 1977 LP, side one, clip 1 of 3

[@MrChillaxation]

Oh, this brings me back!!! This is the record I used to learn English! My first English words were "droid", "blaster" and "lightsaber".

[@Rob-dp3vr]

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@davidconway6874]

Roscoe Lee Browne narrating. He was in The Cowboys and Logans Run. Great voice.

[@RonSwansonIsMyGod]

Box! Boooooooooooox!!

[@ZapplePi]

This was of course pre-VHS, and this is all we had. Played this one so many times (along with the Star Wars soundtrack. In 1980 (again pre-VHS) a classmate in college had secretly taped the movie in the theatre with a tape-recorder. We listened to that in drawing class and marvelled... "Wow! This is Star Wars!".

[@malcolmdrake6137]

It wasn't pre Beta

[@jbro8934]

OMG!!!! I can't believe I found this on KZbin. I had this in 1977 or 78 when I was like ten. I didn't have a record player in my room but my sister had one on hers and I used to go in there and play this when she wasn't home. I loved this and never thought I'd ever hear it again.

[@teskio]

i was 7 when i listened to this every night to fall asleep….. holy crap, this brings back everything.

[@hman2332]

Since I was a kid, I still read the "A long time ago etc..." and think to myself " a great adventure took place"

[@lordmikethegreat]

I'm not the only one?

[@rocasdorran705]

I do too. Every time!

[@thethoughtcriminal8786]

"a great adventure took place," indeed it did, every time.

[@robertferguson5562]

So do I. I had this album long before I saw the movie. In fact, I saw Empire (in the theater in 1980) before Hope (on Laser Disc in 1981).

[@bobbyodell8676]

Same!

[@LAriel]

i can't tell you how insanely happy this made me 🥺thank you for posting!!!

[@BartHeroicTechWriting]

I loved this as a kid. Before there was a VCR in my home so I could watch the movie at will, I had this. Alas, I was not smart enough not to scratch said record or record it to another medium.

[@yvc9]

I had this at 10 and listened to it endlessly

[@stevebond7387]

I had this back in the day, haven’t heard it in 35 years. What a trip!! Love the narrator.

[@mitchellholmes4656]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I had this on an 8-track when I was a kid; my sister and I listened to it so much we memorized it. Bittersweet memories.

[@waxx37]

!!! This is EASILY my favorite album when I was a kid back in 79'. Maybe even now, HA! Back then, when I listened, I was transported into the story & I was absolutely enveloped in what was going on until the final act. What a ride! Thank you George Lucas!

[@jiles7726]

Wow my old treasure from childhood!! Thanks for sharing this!!

[@MrFinikyfrank]

This was a favorite back when it came out. I'd seen the movie and kept the feeling of seeing the movie alive by listening to this. So good.

[@WickedScott]

Wow! I played this so much as a kid, it had a scratch at the Tuskan raider attack part. It would play all night while I slept, skipping on that one part. To this day it still comes back looping in my head.

[@markmcnary1785]

After I saw the film, I got a copy of this album, and loved it. I wasfascinatwd by the story and the whole idea behind the Jedi discipline of The Force.

[@ShinobiWan1]

I've had this record since I was a kid, but haven't had a working record player in decades. Thank you for uploading it

[@ziweiyuan]

Back in the 70's, at about age 9 and 10, I used to sit on my bedroom floor and play this record with the storybook on one side and the deluxe Marvel Comics adaptation of Star Wars on the other. All of my Star Wars figures would be assembled nearby. I would page through both the storybook and the comic along with the record, occasionally acting out key scenes with my toys. Before the days of VHS it was the only way I could get my Star Wars fix whenever I wanted!

[@wmnoe]

Yup, same here. That HUGE Star Wars comic was a big deal remember?

[@kevinjakubowski7165]

My cousins had these when we were kids - my Dad made copies with his fancy 8-track recorder - and we listened to these on car trips and rainy days.

[@ThePlasticGeneral]

Brings back Great memories!!

[@kevinatkins6205]

This album was sitting beneath the tree for me on Christmas Morning 1978. I was so excited. I loved it. There were also several Star Wars action figures and a Tie Fighter for me under the tree. But don't think it was all cool stuff...there was also a set of Aquaman Underoos there for me. LOL.

[@Rob-dp3vr]

Damn, I think I might have been you. I eventually had every figure, ship, and land. Also had Batman Underoos, and this record. I also have some wookie song on record. I was 7 in 1977.

[@vox1138]

Thanks - brings back great memories - can still recall the narrative! Although it's cool today to watch Episode 4 (when desired) in stereo, looping the favorite scenes and catching all the DVD extras, it was much more exciting just visualizing the action from what you could alone hear. For what little material of the flick was available back then outside the movie theater, this LP was a treasure. The opportunity to hear it again is appreciated.

[@jedijones]

That narrator's intro to Darth Vader was epic.

[@curtislackey8846]

I use to listen to this and the soundtrack all the time. I had to sneak into my older brothers' room and listen to it when they gone. Almost got caught a few times.

[@chuckdavidson6216]

I loved this when I was a kid

[@37Sith]

my neighbor had a yard sale, and couldnt sell these.. Didnt even see them there! Drive by later, and there in a box that says free! This one, and ESB!! :)

[@mark-adams]

Thanks for posting. I bought this album when I was 9 or 10, around 1979. I listened to it so much, I wore it out. If you recall, they eventually released the entire trilogy, but with a different narrator. I don't recall liking the new recordings. Wow, thanks for posting.

[@yvc9]

Same here

[@rusty1491]

Brings back memories - I still have the cassette.

[@SoEightiesItHurts]

Classic stuff. I still have this, along with the Empire and Jedi ones.

[@CaptGage]

I had this when it first came out.

[@trevorrandom]

I still have this album nothing to play it on luckily I found this!

[@raine4800]

Tyvm. I have looked for this for a long time.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I still have this album. This is the original 1977 LP release of the “Story of ‘Star Wars’” on the 20th Century Fox label after they switched its label’s design from 20th Century Records back to 20th Century Fox Records. The label features the logo like the one used in movies that was on there where it was used right up until the label folded by the end of 1981 where it was bought out by PolyGram in 1982. This album features the “20th Century Fox Fanfare” (0:00) by Alfred Newman from 1953 like the one where it was used at the beginning of every movie from 20th Century Fox, except for “Star Wars” films. This was the only time they used it for the album. When it was later released on the Buena Vista label in 1983, the “20th Century Fox Fanfare” was omitted from later reissues. Thanks to Disney who now owns 20th Century Fox and this legendary 1953 fanfare by Alfred Newman for this album.

[@xmrhyde]

Had it on 8-track and played it like crazy. Roscoe Lee Browne was PERFECT for the job.

[@PrimarchX]

I must of listened to mine over 200 times back in the days before VHS.

[@jbro8934]

Star Wars as it was meant to be. Untouched by Disney and Kathleen Kennedy.

[@lordmikethegreat]

What do you people have against the new Star Wars movies? I think they're great. So do all my friends. Of course, we literally grew up with Star Wars when it was new. I've noticed that it's the younger people always complaining. What were you guys looking for? We older fans think it's true to the original vision, and a million times better than the prequels.

[@jedijones]

@@lordmikethegreat No we don't. I was born in 1976 and think Disney's handling of the franchise has been disastrous. You bring back the old cast and don't even let Han and Luke meet again? Give me a break. The movies were made by people who don't understand or appreciate Star Wars. The basic storytelling of the movies is confused and deeply flawed. It wouldn't even be worth putting the stories of Episode 7-9 on albums like these because the stories are so incomplete and unsatisfying.

[@xmrhyde]

And oh man, the booklet! I pored over those pictures like sacred texts. First place I think I ever saw the term DiaNoga.

[@son_of_ottie]

This stands as a testament to REAL Star Wars storytelling. The beginning of the mythos and the lore before even Lucas ruined it.

[@kirk1701]

^^ This.

[@Trojan0304]

Great memories, found a mint copy

[@nicolasribeirodossantos6082]

0:02 the fanfare is from the 1953 Cinemascope TCF logo but here they use the logo seen on the special editions.

[@teletranoats7491]

I found this in a vintage store here in Brazil for 5 dollars !!

[@mikedski9698]

May The Force Be With You!

[@ChrisHardyWorld]

Oh, I had this when I was a kid - memorized the whole damn thing and annoyed the hell out of family & friends! I had forgotten that the narrator Roscoe Lee Browne played Box in Logan's Run. I'd think that would be a conflict of interest, but hey, the rules may be different in space.

[@ThePlasticGeneral]

I eventually bought all 3 movies in this LP story format.

[@eudamushd7530]

Thanks man.

[@DisneyAudioMagic2]

Now that Disney owns Lucasfilm, they should re-release it on Walt Disney Records.

[@malcolmdrake6137]

Why?

[@marcschmitz2318]

Actually the Story of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi were released on Buena Vista Records in 1983 which is a division of Disney.

[@Renfield37]

i did have to the original story on a 33 LP record back in the 70s..i dont think it was this one but it might have been

[@TK604]

I have been looking for this on and off for years! Thank you for posting them! I listed to my audio cassette until it didn't work anymore. Do you happen to have this in one audio file by chance?

[@LanNguyen-ce7we]

how did you do it can you share with me , thank you

[@Smuds]

I have the picture disc of this. Of course, it's all scratched up

[@CesarM780]

lol

[@Acrocanthosaurus]

What a piece of junk!

[@son_of_ottie]

@@Acrocanthosaurus LOL!!!

[@lordmikethegreat]

@@Acrocanthosaurus It may not look like much, kid, but she's got it where it counts!

[@Kerfew]

Why no credit for Roscoe on the title or ANYWHERE??