I remember seeing this for the first time as a short with Thunderball in 1965. Skater was the 1966 Grand Prix winner at Cannes. Everything about it was great, the movie and the soundtrack. I was able to find a VHS copy a couple of years ago on ebay, (marginal quality), AND, I found the soundtrack in LP format at a vintage record store in Orange county. What a find!! Put out by Mira Records. The music was especially catchy. I've seen a couple of versions of the main tune. One on a Davie Allen album and another by a surf band from Finland, of all places, Laika and the Cosmonauts. (these guys are good). Nothing like the original though.
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