Hey, gang!

Like I really need to tell you to buy this thing, but if you're unaware, there
is a limited
edition 40th anniversary "Lost in Space" CD out. Actually, it's a 2-CD set, and
it
contains a lot of music that has not been previously released.

I'd say two-thirds of the new material is from seasons 2 and 3. Some of it is
MAJOR
camp -- the space hippie and "Samson" themes from "Collision of Planets" and the
go-go theme from "The Promised Planet" -- but there's also a 16-minute suite
from
"Blast Off into Space", one of my musically favorite episodes, and a lot more.

There is also some already-released music on these CDs, but even a few of these
tracks have new passages in them that you have not heard before.

La-La Land Records has done a great job on this CD. I'd never heard of this
company
before, but their product is just as good as the GNP Crescendo releases.

I dare say that if you add this CD set to the previous releases, you will feel
that you've
got a large majority of the music that was ever written for "Lost in Space".

One thing you will NOT find: the music from the "whirlpool" sequence in "The
Hungry
Sea". For a long time I wondered why this was not included, and then by chance
I saw
some old movie in which the SAME music appeared. What that probably means is
that
when it was used in "Lost in Space", it was stock music, not stuff that was
written by
John Williams, et. al., specifically for LIS, and, more importantly, neither GNP
nor La-
La Land had the rights to it.

Anyway, you will find the CD at http://www.lalalandrecords.com/LostInSpace.html
,
but be aware it's a 5000-set limited edition. La-La Land's delivery was VERY
prompt,
so I have nothing but praise in that area either. And no, I don't have any
connection
to them; I'm just pleased enough to tell you that as a fan, you're crazy if you
don't get
these CDs.

Thomas Veil