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One Tin Soldier Rides Away – Billy’s Sacrifice

Written on 10/29/10 by Frank Laughlin in History, Video

The culmination of the film. Billy sacrifices himself the Jean and the kids, choosing to negotiate his surrender rather than go out in his preferred warrior blaze of glory. The kids, in appreciation of…

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‘Billy Jack’ Soundtrack Lust Poll

Written on 09/10/10 by Frank Laughlin in Poll

I’ve heard from a few ardent Billy Jack fans that they simply MUST HAVE the new, DTS HD-Master restored soundtrack (by our good friends at MiCasa Multimedia) or the world will end for them as they know it. While we certainly don’t doubt anyone’s sincerity, we’d like a bit bigger sampling. So we’ve created a…

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Original TV Commercial – ‘The Hug’

Written on 08/30/10 by Frank Laughlin in History, Video

OK. I've gone crazy. Three posts already today. But you'll understand when you see what I've found... This is one of the original commercials created by Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack) for the 1973 re-release of his film 'Billy Jack' (the film was originally released...

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‘Billy Jack’ Recording Session

Written on 07/28/10 by Frank Laughlin in History, Pictures

The soundtrack for the search of the school, and the freedom bus is recorded in Los Angeles. Groups of singers are bunched together to have on-screen and off-screen sound. Gwen Smith (Angela) is solo on a mike for her impressive vocals in both scenes. The session is being filmed, but I don’t have any info…

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‘One Tin Soldier’ Single

Written on 07/19/10 by Frank Laughlin in History, Pictures

‘Billy Jack’ was such a low-budget film, and was so not expected to succeed, that no record company wanted to release the soundtrack to the film. But when Tom re-released the film in 1973 he pioneered TV advertising and tagged each TV spot with a snippet of Jinx Dawson’s incredible version of ‘One Tin Soldier’….

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