File Under Spy!

Here are a couple of olde tyme albums of covers of spy tunes.  They be lotsa fun.

You can thank Columbia Special Products for this one.

Swingin' Sounds for Secret Agents:

1)  Percy Faith - Thunderball    

2)  Mel Tormé - Secret Agent Man    

3)  Village Stompers - From Russia With Love    

4)  John Barry - The James Bond Theme    

5)  David Lloyd - 007    

6)  Bobby Vinton - Goldfinger    

7)  John Barry - Ipcress File    

8)  Ray Conniff - Third Man Theme    

9)  David Lloyd - On Her Majesty's Secret Service    

10)  Orchestra U.S.A. - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 

According to contemporary photos, the guitar of Billy Strange was no larger than normal.

Secret Agent File:

1 Thunderball

2 A Man Alone

3 9th Man Theme

4 I Spy

5 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme

6 The James Bond Theme

7 Our Man Flint

8 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

9 Run Spy Run

10 Get Smart

11 007 Theme

12 Goldfinger

If you're like me, you can still get some big thrills from these ole platters.

PS see you Thursday, when we'll begin this year's JULY SPOCKEBRATION, celebrating our country's birthday!

  

Wish I Could Perform Like That

Prepare to be amazed!

The Performing Piano (55:20)

01 - Minuet in G - Paderewski - performed by  Ignace Paderewski  (3:50)

02 - The Beautiful Blue Danube - Strauss   (arr Schulz-Evler) - performed by  Josef Lhévinne  (8:41)

03 - La Campanella (The Bells) - Paganini   (arr Liszt) -performed by  Josef Lhévinne  (5:08)

04 - Scherzo, Op 39, No 3 - Chopin -performed by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (10:03)

05 - Invitation to the Dance - von Weber -performed by  Artur Schnabel  (7:25)

06 - Hungarian Rhapsody 2 - Liszt -performed by  Alfred Cortot  (7:58)

07 - Mazeppa - Liszt - performed by  Erwin Nyiregyházi  (8:04)

08 - Prelude in C Sharp Minor - Rachmaninoff - performed by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (4:12)

 The Performing Piano II (70:14)

01 - Moonlight Sonata 1 - Beethoven - Lhévinne (6:35)
02 - Moonlight Sonata 2 - Beethoven - Lhévinne (1:58)
03 - Moonlight Sonata 3 - Beethoven - Lhévinne (5:24)
04 - Valse Caprice in Eb - Rubinstein - Rosenthal (5:41)
05 - Gypsy Rondo - Brahms - von Dohnányi (6:15)
06 - Valse Leute - Delibes - von Dohnányi (5:18)
07 - Spinning Song - Mendelssohn - Rachmaninoff (1:57)
08 - Were I a Bird - von Henselt - Rachmaninoff (1:58)
09 - Troika - Tchaikovsky - Rachmaninoff (3:45)
10 - Barcarolle #2 - Rubinstein - Rachmaninoff (4:54)
11 - Etude #6 - Rachmaninoff - Rachmaninoff (3:04)
12 - Concerto in A Minor 1 - Grieg - Volavy (10:59)
13 - Concerto in A Minor 2 - Grieg - Volavy (5:19)
14 - Concerto in A Minor 3 - Grieg - Volavy (7:07)

These early piano rolls provide astounding musical realities from long ago. See you Monday!

  

Stretch 'Em! Make 'Em Your Own!

Here we have a wondrous piece of musical taffy from the Beatles Remixers Group,  BRG-02 - Rubber Sounds:

01 - Drive My Car - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

02 - Norwegian Wood - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

03 - You Won't See Me - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

04 - Nowhere Man - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

05 - Think for Yourself - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

06 - The Word - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

07 - Michelle - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

08 - What Goes On - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

09 - Girl - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

10 - I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

11 - In My Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

12 - Wait - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

13 - If I Needed Someone - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

14 - Run for Your Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

15 - Norwegian Wood - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

16 - I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

17 - Girl - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

18 - Think for Yourself - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

19 - The Word - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

20 - Drive My Car - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

21 - If I Needed Someone - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

22 - Michelle - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

23 - In My Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

24 - Nowhere Man - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

BRG-02 - Rubber Sounds

As the front art says, these are remixes of the stereo tracks from which the "original" versions were built.  Have fun cruisin' Saturn in your 88!  See you Thursday.

 

No Phlegm-ish Jokes, Just Fine Music

RE-POST FROM 2016:

This 1962 LP will be fun for you, if you're a fan of music made while our musical rules were still forming.  By turns labyrinthine and straightforward, lilting and harsh, it comes and passes, wishing only a few moments of your time.

Tielman Susato: Suite of Dances

1.  I. Basse danse "La mourisque"

     II. Branle and "Fagot"

2.  III. Two Rondes

     IV. Basse danse and Reprise

     V. Allemaingne and Recoupe

3.  VI. Pavane "Mille regretz"

     VII. Pavane "La bataille"

4.  Lodovico Viadana:  Canzon "La Padovana" (a 8)

5.  Andrea Gabrieli:  Ricercar del Duodecimo Tuono (a 4)

6.  Giovanni Battista Grillo:  Canzon (a 4)

7.  Giovanni Gabrieli:  Canzon terza (a 4)

8.  Florentio Maschera:  Canzon "La Fontana" (a 4)

9.  Giovanni Gabrieli:  Canzon quarta (a 4)

10.  Canzon Septimi Toni (a 8)

Renaissance Festival Music - Flemish Dances and Venetian Music

We are taking off Thursday due to working on Soonercon.  You should come to Oklahoma and join us!

  

I'll Space Out If You Will

 

This 1978 cover album is credited to "The Galactic Force Band."  This is the only release from "The galactic Force Band," so I suspect this was a studio group, perhaps assembled by a producer/arranger at the label.

1. The Conversation (Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

2. Theme From 2001

3. Cantina Band from Star Wars

4. Space Dust

5. Main Title from Star Wars

6. Main Title Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

7. Theme from Star Trek

8. Galactic Go Go

Spaced Out Disco

But it's lotsa fun, campers!

See you Monday.

  

Be a Good Spy

This here 1965 gem is by a guitar wizard who was hampered by 1960s musical trends.  But it's a lot of fun.

Sounds For Spies And Private Eyes

1. Theme From The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

2. The Fugitive Theme

3. Secret Agent Man

4. Underwater Chase

5. The Third Man Theme

6. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

7. Man Of Mystery

8. The Bronze Doll

9. Goldfinger

10. The Eye In Flat Five

11. A Quiet Thing

But as with many cover albums there are some filler "originals."

See you Thursday!

  

Still as Much Fun as 1966!

This here is one of my personal old-time favorites, bought by Mom for her youngest because she knew I loved ole Supes, and because she knew the musical from having read the text as published in an annual “best of” volume from the library.

According to Discogs, this “cover” record is a 1966 release.

01. It's Superman (1:56)
02. You've Got Possibilities (1:51)
03. Man of Steel (2:08)
04. Kryptonite (2:44)
05. Fortress of Solitude (2:21)
06. Mr. Mxyzptlk (2:04)
07. Bizarro Boogie (2:39)
08. Curse of the Double L (2:24)
09. Clark Kent's Secret Identity (3:04)
10. Metropolis by Night (2:37)

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Only the first two tracks are from the musical. The rest are fillers, in a style well known to fans of 1960s “cover” records. I was able to recognize most of them:

03 - Man of Steel -- “Streets of Laredo”
04 - Kryptonite - “Sweet Betsy from Pike”
06 - Mr. Mxyzptlk -- unidentified, but I like the guitar “booinnng!” sound in a track named for a trickster.
07 - Bizarro Boogie -- similar to “Blue-Tailed Fly” and even Monty Python’s “Lumberjack Song”!
08 - Curse of the Double L -- This one riffs on the song of the Volga Boatmen.
09 - Clark Kent’s Secret Identity -- This one’s a version of “the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out.”
10 - Metropolis by Night -- It’s a hep version of the folk song “Cindy.”

You have to admit that the titles of these fillers are pretty exemplary of Super topics!

Have fun, my friends!  I know I did when re-listening a few minutes ago.  See you on Monday!

  

Twice the Retro Sizzle

Here are two old-fashioned re-ups from older posts, which have now-dead links.  Resurrected for you!

Toni Carroll Sings Hits of the Roaring 20s

1  I'm Just Wild About Harry

2  Doodle-Doo-Doo

3  Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

4  Bill Bailey

5  Under The Bamboo Tree

6  Hello My Baby

7  Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee

8  Ida

9  Careless Love

10  Five Foot Two

More Hawaii Calls: Greatest Hits

01 - Hawaii (Main Title)

02 - Tiny Bubbles

03 - Lahainaluna

04 - Kilakila Haleakala

05 - The Windward Side

06 - Heavenly Islands

07 - One Paddle, Two Paddle

08 - A Song of Old Hawaii

09 - Pagan Love Song

10 - Old Plantation

11 - Seven Days in Waikiki

12 - To You, Sweetheart, Aloha

I'll be honest.  It's been so long that I can't tell you how charming or cringe-inducing these performances might be.  Let me know ... 

 

Forward to the Eighties

It's another trio of treats and trauma from the Eighties.

MA-87 - It Exploded from the 1980s

01. HBO Feature Presentation Intro - Ferdinand J Smith  (1:14)  1983

02. Heartache Heard 'Round the World - Patty Smyth (4:48)  1987

03. Master of the Obvious - The DT's (4:15)  1981

04. The Second Time - Kim Wilde (3:50)  1984

05. Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin  (3:59)  1988

06. Make Up With Me - Let's Active (3:41)  1983

07. Ever So Lonely - Monsoon (3:57)  1982

08. Cardboard Lamb - Crash Course in Science (2:31)  1981

09. Manifestoi! - Oi! The Robot (2:58)  1983

10. Seein' Double - Shy Imposters (3:27)  1981

11. Club Country - Associates (4:03)  1982

12. Happy Birthday - Altered Images (3:00)  1981

13. Quite Unusual - Front 242 (3:45)  1987

14. Modern Girl - James Freud & the Radio Stars (3:18)  1980

15. When Tomorrow Comes - Eurythmics (4:16)  1986

16. D-Day - Bus Boys (4:14)  1980

17. I Predict - Sparks (2:51)  1982

18. Parents - The Idiots (1:51)  1980

19. I've Done Everything for You - Rick Springfield (2:43)  1981

20. Eighth Day - Hazel O'Connor (3:11)  1980

21. Love Is Ready - Suzi Quatro (3:33)  1980

22. Defreeze Walt Disney - Pajama Slave Dancers (1:49)  1988

23. Love's Got a Line on You - Scandal (3:26)  1983

MA-89 - It Extruded from the 1980s

01. I Need That Record - The Tweeds (3:20)  1980

02. Chinese I's (Here Come the Minutemen) - Venetians (3:49)  1983

03. Vaguely Human - Flesh for Lulu (3:25)  1985

04. Forever Young - Alphaville (3:47)  1984

05. Equal/Equality - The Parachute Club (5:02)  1984

06. Cathode Mamma - Krisma (3:15)  1980

07. Flatland - November Group (2:49)  1982

08. Room That Echoes - Peking Man (3:51)  1986

09. Person to Person - The Signals (2:44)  1984

10. 1,000 Gene Autrys - Scattered Order (4:36)  1985

11. Study Up! - Mechanical Servants (3:42)  1980

12. Kids In America - Kim Wilde (3:29)  1981

13. There Was a Time - One to One (3:19)  1986

14. I Don't Wanna Die - The 4-Skins (3:13)  1982

15. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner and Garcia (3:55)  1981

16. Time to Get Up - Los Microwaves (3:04)  1981

17. You Pull Me Down - The Stabilizers (4:04)  1986

18. Cry Boy Cry - Blue Zoo (4:23)  1982

19. Did You Ever - The Cichlids (2:18)  1980

20. Don't Call Me Baby - Voice of the Beehive (3:07)  1988

21. All the Time in the World - The Crooks (3:03)  1980

22. C·30 C·60 C·90 Go! - Bow Wow Wow (3:03)  1980

MA-101 - It Exited the 1980s

01 - Technical Difficulties - Mondo Vita   1983  (2:12)

02 - Easy to Please Me - The Cheeters   1981  (3:50)

03 - And There's More - The Bytes   1983  (3:54)

04 - Jailhouse Rock - Judy Nylon   1983  (3:51)

05 - You've Lost - Tom Dickie and the Desires   1981  (2:41)

06 - Fotogenic - Ellen Shipley   1980  (3:31)

07 - Watching the Tears - The Pencils   1984  (3:55)

08 - Tina’s Got a New Hairdo - Metro   1982  (3:12)

09 - Payola - The Professionals   1981  (3:39)

10 - All for One - Berlin   1982  (3:17)

11 - O-O-O-O-O - Those French Girls   1982  (2:07)

12 - Aim Low - Graphic Shadows ‎   1984  (2:55)

13 - Worst Suicide - Unlimited Systems   1985  (4:24)

14 - She's So Cynical - The Modulators   1982  (2:33)

15 - She Wants You - The Breaks   1983  (3:54)

16 - Girls - The Lost Tropics   1983  (3:11)

17 - While the City Sleeps - Artificial Organs   1981  (3:33)

18 - Confidential Story - Jane Bond & the Undercover Men   1981  (3:12)

19 - Victim of Hypocracy - The Kids   1982  (3:58)

20 - Generator - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission   1980  (4:33)

21 - Air Heads - Popular Mechanix   1980  (2:18)

22 - Decisions - Unit 5   1981  (4:11)

23 - Non Stop World - Life by Night   1985  (4:02)

So much wonder and thrills!  It's easy to please me when love's got a line on you.  Please don't aim low, or you may find you've lost.  If you keep watching the tears for the second time, you too may become vaguely human.

See you Monday!  Thanks for journeying through this MAXI MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

  

Some Favorites

I still have most of my 45s. Years ago I dubbed them to mp3 and added some other favorites.

MA-63 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 9

01 - Maybe Tomorrow - Badfinger - 1970  (2:51)

02 - 25 or 6 to 4 (single version) - Chicago - 1970  (2:53)

03 - You've Got a Friend (live) - Carole King with James Taylor - 1971  (5:07)

04 - Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Leon Russell - 1973  (4:25)

05 - Bad Company - Bad Company - 1974  (4:46)

06 - The School of Instant Pain - Triumvirat - 1975  (6:23)

07 - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter/Coyote (edit) - Joni Mitchell - 1976  (11:19)

08 - Here Come Those Tears Again - Jackson Browne - 1976  (3:34)

09 - Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent - 1977  (3:38)

10 - Because the Night - Patti Smith - 1978  (3:22)

11 - Long Hot Summer Nights - Wendy Waldman - 1978  (4:09)

12 - Life During Wartime - Talking Heads - 1979  (3:41)

13 - Crying - Don McLean - 1978  (3:40)

14 - Precious Time - Pat Benatar - 1981  (6:01)

15 - Destination Unknown - Missing Persons - 1981  (3:33)

16 - Rock the Casbah - The Clash - 1982  (3:42)

MA-85 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 17

01. Run Away Child, Running Wild - The Temptations (4:36)  1969

02. Burning Bridges - The Mike Curb Congregation (2:48)  1970

03. Freddy's Dead (single version) - Curtis Mayfield (3:19)  1972

04. I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles (2:32)  1974

05. Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro (3:46)  1974

06. Showstopper - Triumvirat (3:39)  1975

07. Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra (5:07)  1977

08. Zero Hour - The Plimsouls (2:31)  1980

09. Chart Buster - De Cylinders (2:20)  1980

10. Shadows of the Night - Rachel Sweet (4:01)  1981

11. Valentino's Had Enough - The Expressos (2:58)  1981

12. Valley Girl - Frank and Moon Zappa (4:53)  1982

13. I Eat Cannibals (Parts I & II) - Toto Coelo (6:48)  1983

14. My Baby's the Star of a Driver's Ed Movie - Blotto (3:34)  1983

15. All Around the World - Robert Palmer (2:18)  1985

16. The Goonies 'R' Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper (3:39)  1985

17. Weird Science (album version) - Oingo Boingo (6:06)  1985

18. Big Trouble in Little China (original version) - The Coupe De Villes (3:02)  1986

19. Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen (2:42)  1988

20. Witch in a Ditch - Erasure (3:42)  1988

21. Night Ride Home - Joni Mitchell (3:21)  1991

MA-183 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 23

01 - Right Now - Runaways - 1976  (3:33)

02 - The Empire Strikes Back (Medley) - Meco - 1980  (3:01)

03 - Breakfast Cereal Deviant - The Undead - 2002  (1:47)

04 - It's No Game (Pt 1) - David Bowie - 1980  (4:40)

05 - At the Dance - Jezebel & the Nudes - 1983  (3:54)

06 - Suicide a Go Go - Big in Japan - 1978  (2:25)

07 - Radical Attitude - Epicycle - 1979  (2:18)

08 - Your Love Is Like a Ballistic Missile - Roses Are Red - 1979  (3:04)

09 - Love Canal - The Vores - 1978  (3:26)

10 - Ain't That Peculiar - Fanny - 1972  (4:03)

11 - Living on Dreams - Vice Squad - 1981  (2:49)

12 - Paint by Number Heart - Martha and the Muffins - 1980  (3:45)

13 - Sometimes I (live) - The Plasmatics - 1979  (3:55)

14 - Explosive Decompression - The Maps - 1979  (1:51)

15 - The Wicked Name - House and Gardens - 1985  (4:12)

16 - Identity - X-Ray Spex - 1979  (2:19)

17 - Final Kiss of Love - West and Byrd - 1988  (4:25)

18 - More Suicides Please - The Thought Criminals - 1979  (2:32)

19 - Big Chain - The Flamingo Group - 1971  (2:30)

20 - Heads Are Gonna Roll - Straight Lines - 1980  (3:09)

21 - Happey Valley - pragVEC - 1980  (3:32)

22 - Betty Lou's Got a New Tattoo - The Creep - 1964  (1:59)

23 - New Maiden - Metal Boys featuring China - 1980  (2:45)

24 - Radio Dream (The Last Song) - The Orchids - 1979  (1:51)

25 - Audio, Audio - The Classics - 1979  (2:43)

26 - All Wound Up - Phobia - 1979  (2:08)

Now you  got some new favorites, too!  See you Friday for some songs from the Eighties, wrapping up this MAXI MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

  

Tracking Some Sounds

Here are three collections.

MA-02 - TREKonometry: Good, Bad, & Silly Versions of Star Trek Themes

1 The Galactic Force Band Star Trek TV Theme

2 Gene Page Star Trek TV Theme

3 Gotham’s Greatest Star Trek TV Theme

4 Gotham’s Greatest STAR TREK: The Motion Picture Theme

5 Chris Holland Star Trek TV Theme

6 Nichelle Nichols Theme from Star Trek

7 Now Sound Orchestra Ilia’s Theme from ST:TMP

8 Now Sound Orchestra Star Trek II Theme

9 Now Sound Orchestra ST:TMP Theme

10 Schnauzer Radio Orchestra Star Trek TV Theme

11 The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde Star Trek TV Theme

12 Orion Star Trek Tekkno

13 The Secret Agents Star Trek TV Theme

14 Phil Reavis Star Trek TV Theme

15 Super Hero Orchestra Star Trek TV Theme

16 Ettore Strata Star Trek Suite

17 Ed Willett Star Trek TV Theme

18 Wonderland Space Shuttle Star Trek TV Theme

19 Laserlight Label Star Trek TV Theme

20 Phil Woods Quintet Star Trek TV Theme

21 London Philharmonic Star Trek TV Theme

22 James Horner The Search for Spock

23 Opie & Anthony Star Trek Rhapsody

24 The Firm Star Trekkin’

Track 22 was a maxi-single included with the vinyl STAR TREK III album in its original release.

MA-04 - 2001:  A  Musical  Odyssey: Thirteen Versions of "Also Sprach Zarathustra"

1)  As heard in the film

2)  From the Telarc album “Time Warp”

3)  By the Now Sound Orchestra (1)

4)  From the Columbia album “Selections from 2001”

5)  From the Stage & Screen album “Space Movies”

6)  By the Doctor Exx Band

7)  By the Now Sound Orchestra (2)

8)  From the Laserlight album “Science Fiction Movie Themes”

9)  By the Wonderland Space Shuttle

10)  By Neil Norman

11)  From the soundtrack album “2010: The Year We Make Contact”

12) By the Ventures

13) From the soundtrack album “2001: A Space Odyssey” (but not heard in the film)

MA-129 - WATCHNOTES

01 - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Film Edit) - Bob Dylan - 1964  (3:49)

02 - Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne - 1981  (6:15)

03 - Neighborhood Threat - Iggy Pop - 1977  (3:23)

04 - The Comedians - Elvis Costello - 1984  (2:30)

05 - The Black Freighter (Live) - Steeleye Span - 1978  (6:15)

06 - Heroes (Album Version) - David Bowie - 1977  (6:06)

07 - Walking On The Moon - The Police - 1979  (4:59)

08 - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day - Robert Johnson - 1961  (2:35)

09 - Life On Mars - David Bowie - 1971  (3:51)

10 - We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service - 2005  (3:43)

11 - Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends - Phil Ochs - 1967  (3:41)

12 - Jocko Homo - Devo - 1977  (3:37)

13 - Eve Of Destruction - Barry Mcguire - 1965  (3:33)

14 - Nightshift Watchman - David Wilcox - 1987  (3:15)

15 - Two - R D Laing, Alan Blakley, Ken Howard - 1978  (1:42)

16 - Requiem Aeternam - W A Mozart - 1791  (6:51)

17 - Santies - John Cale - 1982  (5:55)

18 - The Smiley Face Song - Charles Ball - 1998  (3:08)

19 - Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself - 1988  (4:01)

The post concerning MA-129 is here, with more info.  I was pretty satisfied at how I made the characters look like they were musical.

Hope you find some fun in here.  See you Wednesday with somethin I assembled.

  

Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Here are three compilations of Super-related music.

MA-05 - Supermusic

1)  Movie Theme - Walter Murphy

2)  Superboy TV Theme

3)  Superman - Herbie Mann

4)  The Adventures of Superman TV Theme

5)  Sound from Krypto / Movie Theme - Let's All Dance with Super Friends cassette

6)  Superman the Animated Series TV Theme (extended)

7)  The Batman / Superman Adventures TV Theme

8)  Movie Theme - Gotham's Greatest

9)  Comic Book Heroes / I'm Your Superman - Rick Springfield

10)  The New Adventures of Superman TV Theme

11)  The New Adventures of Superman Episode Title Music

12)  The New Adventures of Superman TV End Credits

13)  Movie Theme - Super Hero Music cassette

14)  It's Superman - The Supermen

15)  You've Got Possibilities - The Supermen

16)  TV Theme - Ruby-Spears

17)  Movie Theme - Cinema Sound Orchestra

18)  The Superman / Batman Adventures TV Theme

19)  Superboy TV Theme (Filmation cartoon)

20)  SuperPup TV Theme

21)  Movie Theme - Fleischer cartoons

22)  Theme from Superman (original) - Wonderland Space Shuttle

23)  Movie Serial Theme

MA-52 - Adventures of Superman - original MUTEL catalog recordings

01. Mysterioso (2:13)

02. Wax Museum (1:32)

03. Build to Sting (0:18)

04. Frantic Rhythm (1:53)

05. Violin Scream (1:19)

06. The Getaway (0:57)

07. Fight (3:13)

08. Jump the Fence! (1:19)

09. Queasy (1:34)

10. Deserted Village (1:33)

11. Rip Through Fear (1:03)

12. Face at the Window (1:44)

13. Eerie Oboe (1:22)

14. Flute to Finale (0:53)

15. Night of Terror (2:29)

16. Sad Romance (1:20)

17. Monkey Mystery (1:18)

18. Airport (0:37)

19. Slow Carousel (0:46)

20. Radio Waltz (1:43)

21. Tango (2:09)

22. Silsby Pastorale (1:43)

23. Life and Death (2:28)

24. Romantic Interlude (1:54)

25. Blue Melody (1:41)

26. World of Tomorrow (3:10)

27. Menace (1:34)

28. City Desk (1:21)

29. Sword of Damocles (2:56)

30. Cat Burglar (1:28)

31. Atlantic Rollers (2:09)

32. Solemn Moment (1:31)

33. Sea Power (1:35)

34. Scotland Yard (2:59)

35. Prelude to Crime (0:24)

36. Crime Doesn't Pay (2:47)

37. Changing Moods I (3:01)

38. Changing Moods II (2:48)

39. Humorous In & Out (0:34)

40. Chameleon Moods (2:40)

41. Free for All (1:35)

42. Hope Abandoned (2:47)

43. Arctic Wastes (2:25)

MA-55 - Adventures of Superman - More Library Recordings

01. Eerie Night - F G Charrosin (3:10)

02.  Tragedy - Unknown Artist (1:26)

03. Lost in a Fog - Ronald Hanmer (1:25)

04. Dismal Swamp - King Palmer (1:37)

05. Mists - Unknown Artist (1:18)

06. The Tell-Tale Heart - Jack Foulds (2:48)

07. The Ghost Walks - F G Charrosin (1:41)

08. Stealthy Footsteps - F G Charrosin (1:49)

09. Confusion - F G Charrosin (1:17)

10. Rebellion & General Havoc - Edward Carmer (1:34)

11. Disorder - Edward Carmer (1:20)

12. Desert Caravan - Granville Bantock (3:02)

13. Storm at Sea - Unknown Artist (2:52)

14. Tenebrae - Unknown Artist (3:05)

15. Condemned - Unknown Artist (3:02)

16. Dramatique - Unknown Artist (1:03)

17. Tumult & Commotion - Miklós Rózsa (1:20)

18. Mechanical Monster - Unknown Artist (1:50)

19. Danger Ahead - Unknown Artist (1:45)

20. Men of Steel - Miklós Rózsa (1:39)

21. Informal Interview - Ronald Hanmer (2:38)

22. Bits and Pieces - Ronald Hanmer (0:58)

23. Just Whimsical - Ronald Hanmer (1:40)

24. Way Out East - Ronald Hanmer (2:59)

25. Dagger in the Dark - Ronald Hanmer (3:06)

26. Magic Necklace Cue - Modest Mussorgsky (2:00)

27. Seven Souvenirs Cue - Modest Mussorgsky (1:44)

28. Catacombs - With the Dead in a Dead Language - Modest Mussorgsky (3:58)

The story of the latter two comps' music sources is found in this 2019 post.

If you grew up thrilling to the George Reeves series and other Super media, hope you get a few fun twinges.  See you Monday for some soundtrack compilations.

  

Turn the Page

Across the years, I've been intrigued and sometimes amused by some musical attempts to peer into the future.  Sometimes the band or artist is optimistic, sometimes not.

MA-120 - Vacuum-Tube Predictionz

01 - Modern Man - 4 Out of 5 Doctors   1980   (3:37)

02 - Big Brother - Winston Tong   1985  (5:12)

03 - A Circuit Like Me - Metronomes   1980  (3:49)

04 - Everybody's Gotta Mutate - Instant Music   1980  (3:36)

05 - Computer One - Dear Enemy   1983  (4:39)

06 - Screen Me, I´m Yours - Tik and Tok   1984  (3:50)

07 - Replicant - Camera   1985  (2:26)

08 - 1980 1234 - Plastic Money   1980  (1:32)

09 - Armageddon - Data   1981  (3:07)

10 - Robot Love - Chrome Dinette   1982  (4:57)

11 - Future Shock - Communication   1982  (3:51)

12 - Systems Breaking Down - Anna   1982  (4:19)

13 - The Triangle Man - Sally Patience   1984  (3:18)

14 - Computer - The Microbes   1980  (2:35)

15 - Mechanical Minds - Prophecy   1983  (3:35)

16 - We Are the Sub-Machines - Toccata   1987  (3:29)

17 - My Robotic Friend - Trem   1983  (3:31)

18 - Computer Numbers - Vög   1981  (4:16)

19 - I'm Wearing an Appliance - Drop   1980  (3:18)

20 - Shock of the New - Trees   1982  (2:36)

21 - Evil Eye - Gymslips   1985  (6:19)

MA-153 - The Future: Friend or Foe?

01 - Wirehead - Wasted Lives - 1979  (2:28)

02 - Slave to the Metal Horde (live) - Servotron - 1997  (2:21)

03 - Robot Wizards - Ward 13 - 1980   (2:37)

04 - Automatic Man - The Telefones - 1981  (4:20)

05 - Test Tube Baby - Chronics - 1978  (2:15)

06 - Me and My Machine - Dynamit Fischer - 1982  (3:15)

07 - Robot Robot - Nacht und Nebel - 1986  (2:50)

08 - Cybernetic Surgery - The Cybermen - 1978  (1:56)

09 - Sonic Reducer - The Dead Boys - 1977  (3:05)

10 - Clone - Greg Vandike - 1979  (3:05)

11 - TV Me - The Distributors - 1979  (3:47)

12 - Babylon Generation - Gina X Performance - 1981  (4:07)

13 - 3-D Dance - Trans X - 1984  (5:37)

14 - After the War (Meat to Eat) - Teds - 1982  (2:20)

15 - Mr Science - Mr Science - 1981  (2:23)

16 - Trust in Technology - Adaptors - 1979  (2:26)

17 - Future State - Future State - 1983  (4:56)

18 - Robot Secret Agents - Mythos - 1981  (2:51)

19 - Last Rockers - Vice Squad - 1980  (4:16)

20 - Talkin' 'Bout the Future - Dick Tracey - 1986  (3:33)

21 - Science - New Musik - 1980  (3:20)

22 - In the Year 2525 - Visage - 1983  (3:44)

23 - Art-I-Ficial (Peel session) - X-Ray Spex - 1978  (3:29)

24 - Animation - Jyl - 1984  (4:06)

MA-170 - Xtended Xpectations

01 - The End - Wrong Kind of Stone Age - 1987  (1:40)

02 - Clones All Think Alike - Mike Gould and the Gene Pool Band - 1981  (3:42)

03 - Modern Living - Experimental Products - 1982  (5:42)

04 - Computer - The Allies - 1979  (4:28)

05 - Lose Control - Stocking Heads - 1983  (2:20)

06 - Android Police - Pompeii 99 - 1982  (3:01)

07 - The Machine Wants to Know - The Aliens - 1980  (3:27)

08 - Century of Machines - The Conservatives - 1983  (3:30)

09 - Science Gone Too Far - The Dictators - 1977  (3:27)

10 - Dream Machines - Sons of Heroes - 1983  (3:28)

11 - Watchman, Walkman, Thinkman - Rupert Hine - 1988  (4:50)

12 - The Shape of Things to Come - The Diodes - 1977  (2:18)

13 - 21st Century Man - DL Byron - 1980  (2:55)

14 - I'm Mechanical - Subjects - 1982  (3:15)

15 - Machine - Satellite Spies - 1986  (3:28)

16 - Clones - The Waitresses - 1978  (2:28)

17 - Take Your Brain Out for a Walk - Tagmemics - 1980  (3:02)

18 - Ms Machine - Times - 1983  (5:59)

19 - Instant Knowledge - The Asteroids - 1978  (3:11)

20 - Do It for Science - New Marines - 1982  (3:23)

21 - Transformer Man - Neil Young - 1982  (3:18)

Now listen here!  Then come back on Friday for some SUPER music!

  

Other U.N.C.L.E.s

 Here are my other three comps of music from and about The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

MA-67 - U.N.C.L.E. Themes A-Go-Go

01. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Promo - NBC, 1965 (0:14)  

02. Harlem Shuffle (live) - Open Channel D (5:25)    1983

03. Twiggy Twiggy - Pizzicato Five (4:08)  1991

04. Lucid Dream - Meat Beat Manifesto (2:12)  1996

05. Une Very Stylish Fille - Dimitri from Paris (3:17)  1996

06. Dirty Larry - Dimitri from Paris (7:25)  1996

07. The Legend of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Paula and the Jetliners (2:14)  1966

08. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Ventures (1:46)  1966

09. Illya Kuryakin - Bobby Ellis & The Crystalites (3:20)  1967

10. Napoleon Solo - The Jokers (2:40)  1967

11. The Man from Thrush - Parris Mitchell Strings with Brass (2:36)  1967

12. Illya's Walk - Wyncote Records (1:59)  1967

13. The Thrush Tune - Wyncote Records (2:26)  1967

14. Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Promo - CBS, 1983 (0:29)

15. April Dancer - Birdmen of Alkatraz (2:59)  1989

16. The Rock from U.N.C.L.E. - Doctor QE (2:48)  1994

17. My Friend Illya - The Ulterior Motive Orchestra (2:53)  1996

18. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Santiago Tamura (2:53)  1998

19. The April Dancer Affair - The Monochrome Set (4:23)  1999

20. Napoleon Solo - The Specials (3:07)  2000

21. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - The Illuminoids (2:53)  2007

22. A Martini Built For Two (live) - Robert Bruce and the Mellowtones (3:41)  2008

23. Meet Mr. Solo (live) - Robert Bruce and the Mellowtones (2:14)  2008

24. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Revolution for Dogs (2:38)  2008

25. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (live) - Tokyo Sexwhale (1:38)  2009

26. The Case of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Vulcans (1:43)  2011

27. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Robert Short (2:07)  2012

MA-69 - Final Themes from U.N.C.L.E.

01. The Man from Thrush - The Clee-Shays (2:00)   1965

02. The Spy - The Guys from U.N.C.L.E. (2:31)   1966

03. Man from America (Medley: Theme from Man from U.N.C.L.E. - America) - The Ring (7:03)   1980

04. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Times (5:14)   1985

05. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me - Cleaners from Venus (2:58)   1987

06. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - London Theatre Orchestra (2:36)   1996

07. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - TV21 (3:24)   1998

08. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Johnny Pearson and His London Orchestra (2:04)   1999

09. Agent for Love - Girls from U.N.C.L.E. (2:20)   2000

10. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Ray Fischer (2:10)   2001

11. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. - The Four Corners (1:41)   2001

12. Lament for a Trapped Spy - The Moon-Rays (2:14)   2002

13. Run Spy Run - The Moon-Rays (2:03)   2002

14. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Spy-Fi (2:05)   2003

15. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me (Slow Version) - Cleaners from Venus (2:52)   2004

16. The Man from Thrush - Jet Set Sweden (3:54)   2005

17. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Los Tortures (1:40)   2005

18. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Paul Brooks (2:44)   2005

19. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me - The Jennifers (3:02)   2006

20. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Warren Barker Orchestra (2:44)   2006

21. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Countdown (2:31)   2007

22. The Man from Thrush - Movie Sounds Unlimited (2:37)   2008

23. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Chris Rime (featuring Lionel Fortin) (4:56)   2011

24. Napoleon Solo - George Zhen (4:44)   2011

25. Season 1 Theme - Dominik Hauser (1:07)   2012

26. Season 3 Theme - Dominik Hauser (0:41)   2012

27. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Grave (2:59)   2012

28. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - West Hell 5 (2:40)   2012

MA-131 - The Post-Terminal Affair

01. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jerry Goldsmith and the London Symphony Orchestra (1:15)

02. McCallum Guest Appearance - The Andy Williams Show (3:48)

03. McCallum Guest Appearance - Hullabaloo (0:59)

04. Robert Vaughn Cameo - The Glass Bottom Boat (0:19)

05. No Tricks - Director-Writer-Producer - Jerry Goldsmith (2:13)

06. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:33)

07. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:35)

08. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - The Ventures (1:41)

09. Meet Mr Solo (edit) - Goldsmith arr Fried (2:05)

10. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Rancho Alamitos High School Concert Band Dance Band Orchestra (0:53)

11. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jet Set Unlimited (2:13)

12. Meet Mr Solo - Goldsmith arr Schifrin (0:58)

13. McCallum-Vaughn Cameos - Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1:13)

14. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Ensemble Petit & Screenland Orchestra (2:36)

15. Do the Kuryakin - Ann Boleyn (2:01)

16. She's a Notary - Writer-Director Card - Jerry Goldsmith (0:40)

17. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Los Angeles Radio TV Symphony Orchestra (1:19)

18. Powers Cameo - Please Don't Eat the Daisies (0:24)

19. The Spy in the Green Hat - End Title - Goldsmith arr Fried-Armbruster (0:33)

20. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jerry Goldsmith (0:37)

21. As Long as I Live - The George Shearing Quintet (1:20)

22. Lips that Glow - Gerald Fried (2:38)

23. The Karate Killers - End Cast - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:26)

24. Escape Route - Sweet Smell of Success - Jerry Goldsmith (2:20)

25. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - Naked City (2:14)

26. Meet Mr Solo (edit) - Goldsmith arr Fried (1:34)

27. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Music Factory (1:18)

28. Meet Mr Solo - Goldsmith arr Shores (0:33)

29. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Michigan State U Marching Band (1:02)

30. Night People - Morton Stevens (2:26)

31. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 01 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:39)

32. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 02 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:39)

33. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 03 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:28)

34. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 04 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:31)

35. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 05 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:34)

36. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 06 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:36)

37. Man from Uncle - Prophet (3:23)

38. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Miami Pearls Orchestra (2:37)

39. Napoleon's Solo - The Marketts (2:24)

40. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - Reverb Syndicate (2:08)

41. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Crazy Beatles (1:39)

42. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (1:16)

43. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:36)

44. The Napoleon Solo - The Meteors (1:56)

45. The Helicopter Spies - End Title - Goldsmith arr Shores (0:27)

46. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Tony Freeman (3:19)

47. Dr Goldfoot (and His Bikini Machine) - The Gamblers (1:54)

48. Lament for a Trapped Spy - Gerald Fried (3:11)

49. Main Title - Gina, the Foxy Chick (1:49)

50. Meet Mr Solo - The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Summit Six Sextet (3:30)

I thought the cover art for these came out good.  I've only come across a few snippets of U.N.C.L.E.-related music since MA-131.  See you Wednesday!

  

We're Splitting Up

 ... Or maybe coming together even stronger! It all depends on whether we're fissioning or fusioning. Think about it while listening to these atomic-or-nuclear-themed songs.

MA-11 - The A-Bomb B-List

1 - Atomic Bomb Blues Homer Harris  1946

2 -  Atomic Baby Amos Wilburn  1950

3 - Fujiyama Mama Wanda Jackson  1957

4 - God's Gonna Turn Us ToDust Johnny Tyler 1960

5 - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall Bob Dylan 1962

6 - Eve of Destruction BarryMcGuire 1965

7 - So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) Tom Lehrer 1965

8 - Electric Funeral Black Sabbath 1970

9 - Damnation Alley Hawkwind 1977

10 -   Your Love Is Like Nuclear Waste Tuff Darts 1978

11 - Nuclear Attack Gary Moore 1980

12  -   Fylingdale Flyer  Jethro Tull  1980

13 - Einstein A Go-Go Landscape 1981

14 -   Manhattan Project   Rush 1985

15 -   If the Bombs Fall Larry Norman 1986

16 -   Christmas at Ground Zero Weird Al Yankovic 1986

17 - Watchin' Joey Glow Steve Goodman 1989

18 -    Workin' at the Nuclear Power Plant Penny File 2002

19  -   Radiation Song The Aquabats 2002

20 -    Santa Came On A Nuclear Missile Heather Noel 2003

MA-13 - Splitting Mad: More Nuclear Numbers

1  Fireball Boogie Camille Howard  1948

2   Sh-Boom The Chords  1953

3  Watch World War Three (on Pay TV) Crown City Four 1960

4  The Sun Is Burning Simon & Garfunkel   1964

5  I Come And Stand At Every Door The Byrds  1966

6  Atomic Bombs Away Blues Creation  1971

7  Nuclear Blues Blood Sweat & Tears  1980

8  Your Attention Please Scars 1981

9  After the Rain Comsat Angels  1982

10  99 Red Balloons Nena  1983

11  Party at Ground Zero Fishbone  1985

12  Protect And Survive The Dubliners  1987

13  Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 1988

14  I Like Chinese Monty Python  1989

15  April 2031 Warrant  1992

16  Nuclear Supremacy  Dayglo Abortions  1995

17  Jesus Hits Like an Atomic Bomb Chanticleer  2004

18  Bring Back the Bomb GWAR 2004

19  Brighter Than A Thousand Suns Iron Maiden  2006

20  The Iranian Bomb Tal Gilad  2011

MA-18 - Goin' Fission!: Pop & Rock with a Long Half-Life

1  Jesus Is the First Line of Defense Pilgrim Travellers 1951

2  Atomic Kisses Earney Vandagriff 1955 

3 Hydrogen Bomb The Laurels 1961

4 The War Drags On Mick Softley 1965 

5 Atom and Evil General Electric 1966

6 Please Don't Drop That H-Bomb on Me Country Joe & The Fish 1967 

7 Wooden Ships Jefferson Airplane 1969

8 Political Science Randy Newman 1972

9 Nuclear Babies Oingo Boingo 1980

10 Let's All Make a Bomb Heaven 17 1981

11 Run Like a Villain Iggy Pop 1982 

12 World Suicide Defuser 1983

13 Uranium Rock The Cramps 1983

14 Surfin' USSR Ray Stevens 1988

15 The Bomb Lifesavers Underground 1992

16 Atomic Power Uncle Tupelo 1994

17 The Bomb Inside the Bomb We Are Scientists 2002

18 Nuclear Blues Frances Plante-Scott 2004

19 Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.1954 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 2007

20 Atomic Bomb Brian Butler 2008

21 Atom and Evil song Heaven and Hell 2009 

22 Atom Bomb Blues The Naptown Jug Busters 2009

Please remember that the viewpoints expressed in these songs may or may not be consonant with your own.

See you Monday with some more spies!