THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS Vinyl Soundtrack

The Man With the Iron Fists has been released in various vinyl formats over the years.

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 are also couple of versions of the original score by RZA and Howard Drossin.

There are standard black LP releases, colored vinyl releases, and collector’s CD set editions that also contain a 12″ LP.

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.

Here we break down these releases and provide links to where you might find yourself a copy.

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:

1. A1. The Baddest Man Alive The Black Keys • Rza
2. A2. Black Out Ghostface Killah • M.O.P. • Pharoahe Monch
3. A3. White Dress Kanye West
4. A4. I Forgot To Be Your Lover The Revelations Feat. Tre Williams
5. B1. Get Your Way (Sex Is A Weapon) Idle Warship [Talib Kweli / Res]
6. B2. Rivers Of Blood The Wu-Tang Clan • Kool G Rap
7. B3. Built For This Method Man • Freddie Gibbs • Streetlife
8. B4. The Archer Killa Sin Side
9. C1. Just Blowin’ In The Wind Rza • Flatbush Zombies
10. C2. Chains Corrine Bailey Rae
11. C3. Tick, Tock Pusha T • Raekwon • Joell Ortiz • Danny Brown
12. C4. Green Is The Mountain Frances Yip Side
13. D1. Six Directions Of Boxing The Wu-Tang Clan
14. D2. Your Good Thing Is About To End Mable John
15. D3. I Go Hard Wiz Khalifa • Ghostface Killah • Boy Jones

These are all sold out, although occasionally listings can be found from time to time on Ebay at the link below:

The Man With the Iron Firsts Double LP Vinyl Soundtrack (Pink Vinyl)

2. The Man With the Iron Fists (The Original Score Double Vinyl LP, Black)

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

Track list:

1. A1 Opening Titles
2. A2 Jungle Village
3. A3 Gold Lion
4. A4 Weapons Order
5. A5 Jack Knife
6. A6 The Brothel
7. A7 Rodent Fight
8. B1 Emperor’s Gold
9. B2 Silver Lion Wants War
10. B3 Snake Charmer
11. B4 Zen Yi Rides In
12. B5 Alley Fight
13. B6 Geminis Arrive
14. B7 Mr. And Mrs. Gemini
15. B8 The Gemini Fight
16. C1 United In Death
17. C2 Zen’s Request
18. C3 Jack Up The Street
19. C4 Emperor’s Duck
20. C5 Shipwrecked
21. C6 The Temple Monks
22. C7 Forging
23. C8 Blossoms Cave
24. C9 The Die Is Cast
25. D1 Loading The Gold
26. D2 Black Widow’s Theme
27. D3 The Man With The Iron Fists
28. D4 Face Off
29. D5 The Last Battle
30. D6 All Iron And No Rust

This version can generally be found on Ebay at the link below:

The Man With the Iron Fists (The Original Score Double Vinyl LP, Black)

3. The Man With the Iron Fists (Standard release, Single Vinyl LP)

Features of this release:

• Release date: January 8, 2013
• Number of LP’s: 1
• Label: Soul Temple Entertainment
• Pressing: US Original

Track listing:

1. The Black Keys / RZA : The Baddest Man Alive
2. Ghostface Killah / M.O.P / Pharoahe Monch : Black Out
3. Kanye West : White Dress
4. The Revelations ft. Tre Williams : I Forgot To Be Your Lover
5. Talib Kweli / RES : Get You Way (Sex As A Weapon)
6. The Wu-Tang Clan / G.Rap : Rivers of Blood
7. Method Man / Freddie Gibbs / StreetLife : Built For This
8. Killa Sin : The Archer
9. RZA / Flatbush Zombies : Just Blowin’ In The Wind
10. Corrine Bailey Rae : Chains
11. Pusha T / Raekwon / Joell Ortiz / Danny Brown : Tick Tock
12. Frances Yip : Green Is The Mountain
13. The Wu-Tang Clan : Six Directions Of Boxing
14. Mabel John : Your Good Thing Is About To End
15. Wiz Khalifa / Ghostface Killah / Boy Jones : I Go Hard

This version can be found on Ebay at the link below:

The Man With the Iron Fists (Standard release, Single Vinyl LP)

4. Man With the Iron Fists Limited Edition (of 500) Collector’s Set (5CD’s PLUS 12″ Colored Vinyl & 7″ Record)

The “ultimate” soundtrack collector’s edition release.

Features of this release:

1. Release date: October 22, 2012.
2. Includes 5 audio CD’s with the the soundtrack album personally signed by The RZA.
3. The score CD.
4. The Limited Edition Soundtrack Instrumental CD.
5. 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.
6. A Super Limited, Hand Silk-Screen Double Colored 12″ Vinyl version of the Soundtrack Album.
7. Bonus 7″ Vinyl Single.
8. 2 posters: the Original Film Poster (18″x24″) and the Limited Iron Fists Tour Poster (11″x17″)
9. A Digital Download of 70 WAV Files (choice of MP3 320kbs or FLAC)

This package is sold out and is now rare. If you’re lucky, you may find it listed on Ebay by a reseller from time to time using the link below:

Man With the Iron Fists Limited Edition (of 500) Collector’s Set (5CD’s PLUS 12″ Colored Vinyl & 7″ Record)

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

Extremely rare and hard to find, but can from time to time be found on Ebay at the link below:

Limited Edition (of 500) Man With the Iron Fists 4LP Vinyl Bundle