The Last Correspondence of Ed Wood

In 1978, presumably at the request of Ed Wood, Pendulum/Eros released an LP record of the soundtrack from Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space. Wood was working as a sleaze/hack writer for Pendulum at the time (as well as Gallery, Calga, etc.) and the release of a "straight" film soundtrack would have been very uncharacteristic for the company.

Unlike the Plan 9 soundtrack release from Wade Williams, after he "secured" the rights to the film (note: Wade Williams does not hold the rights to any Wood film, he simply purchased a print from a processing lab… that is all). This very special, rare and never released again edition features a special note to the fans of the film, written by Ed Wood himself. Written within 2 weeks of his death, this is the last known public writing of Wood before he succumbed to an alcohol induced heart attack at the home of Peter Coe on December 14, 1978. It has been reprinted here for the first time. Ladies and gentlemen, as far as can be determined, these are the last written words of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

A SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDWARD D. WOOD, JR.
Writer-Producer-Director of "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
When the producers of this record album asked me to write some notes for the jacket, I was delighted. Needless to say, when I made "Plan 9 From Outer Space" in 1959, I never dreamed that it would still be playing on television to millions of loyal fans some twenty years later.

Of course, I always knew "Plan 9" was my finest work, but that doesn't always guarantee a movie's place in film history. So while big budget turkeys like "Cleopatra" and "Dr. Dolittle" quickly fade from the public's memory, "Plan 9" endures. (Indeed, if I had guessed that "Plan 9" would hold up so well, I would have asked for more money up front.)