Music

Video: Lala Land Limited Edition Blue Vinyl, or; The Joy Of Listening to That What You Can Touch.

Dave Jansen

Feb 1, 2017 — 1 min read

I love the movie Lala Land and when they announced a limited edition blue LP of its soundtrack, I had to get it. As a sort of thank you to the movie, as-well as to share the joy that is listening to music you can physically hold in your hands, I made this video to give a little back.

If you haven't watched it already, I highly recommend you watch Lala Land. Even if, like myself, you are usually not at all into musicals or musical-like things, it is a fantastic and very well done movie. Give it a try, it's worth it.

This video was originally made and uploaded in February 2017.

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