THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS Vinyl Soundtrack
If you’re looking to grab the RZA produced The Man With the Iron Fists vinyl soundtrack then you may find yourself a little confused about what to buy. There are a few different versions of this vinyl soundtrack that can make trying to sort out which one to get a little difficult.
There’s a few versions of the various artists soundtrack that have made it to vinyl, featuring all new exclusive music from a handful of artists from the Wu-Tang camp including RZA himself, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Kanye West, Corrine Bailey Rae, The Black Keys, Pusha T and Mabel John. There also appears to be a couple of versions of the original score by RZA and Howard Drossin that are available on Vinyl LP.
But don’t despair, I’ve got you covered with all the information you need. Well I think I have. To be honest, trying to sort out all this release info was a bloody nightmare. But using a gazillion sources, I think I’ve pieced it together, at least mostly. Good enough anyway, but feel free to offer any corrections if you know better, since perfect is always better than good enough.
To help you understand the differences quickly, it doesn’t really come down to the music itself. Most of the differences are in special edition release packaging, such as colored vinyl, quality of the pressing, etc.
So with that said, below I’ll give you the dish on those details. I’ll show you what’s been released, what’s yet to be released, what’s sold out, and what’s still available from other sources than the original seller that I’ve been able to find.
Before that, you might like to watch this ‘Making of The Man With the Iron Fists Soundtrack’ video:
So, if you want the soundtrack to The Man With the Irons Fists on vinyl, one of the links below should be your huckleberry.
1. The Man With the Iron Fists (Double Vinyl LP, First 1000 Numbered and Pink)
Features of this release:
- first 1,000 of this release were numbered & limited (pink wax)
- 180 gram audiophile vinyl
- Release date: October 23, 2012
- Number of LP’s: 2
- Label: Soul Temple Entertainment
- Pressing: EU
Track Listing:
- A1. The Baddest Man Alive The Black Keys • Rza
- A2. Black Out Ghostface Killah • M.O.P. • Pharoahe Monch
- A3. White Dress Kanye West
- A4. I Forgot To Be Your Lover The Revelations Feat. Tre Williams
- B1. Get Your Way (Sex Is A Weapon) Idle Warship [Talib Kweli / Res]
- B2. Rivers Of Blood The Wu-Tang Clan • Kool G Rap
- B3. Built For This Method Man • Freddie Gibbs • Streetlife
- B4. The Archer Killa Sin Side
- C1. Just Blowin’ In The Wind Rza • Flatbush Zombies
- C2. Chains Corrine Bailey Rae
- C3. Tick, Tock Pusha T • Raekwon • Joell Ortiz • Danny Brown
- C4. Green Is The Mountain Frances Yip Side
- D1. Six Directions Of Boxing The Wu-Tang Clan
- D2. Your Good Thing Is About To End Mable John
- D3. I Go Hard Wiz Khalifa • Ghostface Killah • Boy Jones
These are all sold out, although one Ebay seller has a new, unopened one of these first 1000 limited edition pink vinyls for sale. A link to that is below:
The Man With the Iron Firsts Double LP Vinyl Soundtrack (Ebay)
Have a listen to Method Man / Freddie Gibbs / StreetLife “Built For This”:
2. The Man With the Iron Fists (The Original Score Double Vinyl LP)
If you’re like me and prefer the original score rather than the songs, this is the one you’re looking for.
Features of this release:
- 180 gram audiophile vinyl
- Black vinyl (not colored)
- Release date: October 22, 2012
- Number of LP’s: 2
- Label: Soul Temple Entertainment / Traffic Entertainment Group
Tracklisting:
- A1 Opening Titles
- A2 Jungle Village
- A3 Gold Lion
- A4 Weapons Order
- A5 Jack Knife
- A6 The Brothel
- A7 Rodent Fight
- B1 Emperor’s Gold
- B2 Silver Lion Wants War
- B3 Snake Charmer
- B4 Zen Yi Rides In
- B5 Alley Fight
- B6 Geminis Arrive
- B7 Mr. And Mrs. Gemini
- B8 The Gemini Fight
- C1 United In Death
- C2 Zen’s Request
- C3 Jack Up The Street
- C4 Emperor’s Duck
- C5 Shipwrecked
- C6 The Temple Monks
- C7 Forging
- C8 Blossoms Cave
- C9 The Die Is Cast
- D1 Loading The Gold
- D2 Black Widow’s Theme
- D3 The Man With The Iron Fists
- D4 Face Off
- D5 The Last Battle
- D6 All Iron And No Rust
Links I found to snap up one of these double LP score releases.
The Man With the Iron Fists Double LP Vinyl Soundtrack (Ebay)
The Man With the Iron Firsts Double LP Vinyl Soundtrack (Ebay)
The Man With the Iron Firsts Double LP Vinyl Soundtrack (Ebay)
If you want to hear snippets of the score they’re available on Amazon’s Audio CD page here:
The Man With the Iron Fists (Original Motion Picture Score on Audio CD)
3. The Man With the Iron Fists (Standard release, Single Vinyl LP)
Yes, this release appears to have the same cover as the 180 Double Vinyl LP release above.
Features of this release:
- Release date: January 8, 2013 (yet to be released, available for pre-order)
- Number of LP’s: 1
- Label: Soul Temple Entertainment
- Pressing: US Original
Track listing (I’m unsure of where Side A and Side B start at this stage):
- The Black Keys / RZA : The Baddest Man Alive
- Ghostface Killah / M.O.P / Pharoahe Monch : Black Out
- Kanye West : White Dress
- The Revelations ft. Tre Williams : I Forgot To Be Your Lover
- Talib Kweli / RES : Get You Way (Sex As A Weapon)
- The Wu-Tang Clan / G.Rap : Rivers of Blood
- Method Man / Freddie Gibbs / StreetLife : Built For This
- Killa Sin : The Archer
- RZA / Flatbush Zombies : Just Blowin’ In The Wind
- Corrine Bailey Rae : Chains
- Pusha T / Raekwon / Joell Ortiz / Danny Brown : Tick Tock
- Frances Yip : Green Is The Mountain
- The Wu-Tang Clan : Six Directions Of Boxing
- Mabel John : Your Good Thing Is About To End
- Wiz Khalifa / Ghostface Killah / Boy Jones : I Go Hard
You can pre-order this stand Vinyl release at the link below:
The Man With The Iron Fists (via Amazon)
Have a listen to The Wu-Tang Clan / Kool G Rap “Rivers of Blood”:
4. Man With the Iron Fists Limited Edition (of 500) Collector’s Set (5CD’s PLUS 12″ Colored Vinyl & 7″ Record)
Upon it’s release this was billed as the “ultimate” soundtrack collector’s edition.
Features of this release:
- Release date: October 22, 2012.
- Includes 5 audio CD’s with the the soundtrack album personally signed by The RZA.
- The score CD.
- The Limited Edition Soundtrack Instrumental CD.
- The 2CD set IRON FIST CHRONICLES, a 24 track, 2CD compilation of original soul and funk tracks that inspired the score to the film and the classic sound of the Wu-Tang Clan.
- A Super Limited, Hand Silk-Screen Double Colored 12″ Vinyl version of the Soundtrack Album.
- Bonus 7″ Vinyl Single.
- 2 posters: the Original Film Poster (18″x24″) and the Limited Iron Fists Tour Poster (11″x17″)
- A Digital Download of 70 WAV Files (choice of MP3 320kbs or FLAC)
This package is sold out and is now rare.
The good news is the vinyl component is something you can still get from Ebay (at least, at the time of this post):
The link you need to what you see in the above image is here:
The Man With The Iron Fists Double LP Red Vinyl Soundtrack with 7″ Record (Ebay Auction)
Listen to Pusha T / Raekwon / Joell Ortiz “Tick, Tock”:
5. Limited Edition (of 500) Man With the Iron Fists 4LP Vinyl Bundle
Features:
- Full Soundtrack (2 x LP on Red Vinyl housed in 2 independent Hand Silkscreened Jackets that combine to form 1 giant illustration)
- Full Movie Score (2 x LP in a Full Color Jacket)
- Bonus 7″ (song not included on the soundtrack) of “Bust Shots” b/w the Instrumental, featuring Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch & Inspectah Deck
- Limited Movie Poster
- Label: Stone Temple Records (Wu-Tang Clan’s own label)
- Release date: October 22, 2012
- 45 RPM
I can only find one place to get this now and it’s a single Ebay auction. The link you need is below:
Limited Edition Man With the Iron Fists 4LP Vinyl Bundle (Ebay Auction)
Have a listen to Kanye West “White Dress”:
6. The Man With the Iron Fists (Original Score, Vinyl LP)
Now this is a vinyl release of the original score that I’m not entirely certain about. There are vendors selling it on Amazon using the above cover as a display. There are also vendors selling it on Ebay using the above cover as a display. It is also advertised with a release date about a month before the original score vinyl LP I’ve posted above at no.2 above, though I believe it’s real release date is October 30, 2012.
I think the only difference between this and no.2 above is that this is the second vinyl release of the original score and is not 180 gram audiophile vinyl.
Features of this release:
- Black vinyl (not colored)
- Release date: October 30, 2012
- Number of LP’s: 2
- Label: Soul Temple Entertainment / Traffic Entertainment Group
- Runtime: 48:56
Links to get this:
Man With the Iron Fists Original Score Vinyl Soundtrack (Amazon)
Man With the Iron Fists Original Score Vinyl LP (Amazon)
Man With the Iron Fists Original Score Viny LP (Ebay)
Watch ‘The Man With the Iron Fists’ Trailer:
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