LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Classic Swinging London soundtrack

Originally issued in 1967

Finally available on CD

An influence on Morrissey and Patti Smith

Digitally remastered



Directed by Peter Watkins (best-known for his Oscar-winning 1965 short film The War Game), Privilege is a cult classic from 1967. Starring Manfred Mann's singer Paul Jones and supermodel Chrissie Shrimpton, it concerns the attempts of the state to control the masses by manipulating a pop star. Its soundtrack combines hip pop and incidental baroque sounds from Mike Leander (who worked with The Beatles at much the same time), and has gone on to influence artists as diverse as Patti Smith and Morrissey.



1. Privilege

2. Stephen

3. Vanessa

4. Free Me

5. It's Overotherness Time

6. Free Me (Reprise)

7. I've Been A Bad, Bad Boy

8. Onward Christian Soldiers

9. I'm Alright Jackboot

10. Alvin

11. Jerusalem

12. Birmingham, Oh Birmingham