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SUN RA ARKESTRA FEATURING JOHN GILMORE AND THE BLUES PROJECT FEATURING AL KOOPER BATMAN AND ROBIN: THE SENSATIONAL GUITARS OF DAN AND DALE - ORIGINAL 1966 TIFTON RECORDS MONO LP 78002
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL TURQUOISE TIFTON LABEL WITH SILVERY-YELLOW PRINT
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER AMERICAN STYLE
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
THE RECORD HAS A DATE STAMP OF 11-5-1966 HAND-ETCHED IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX
MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.
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In 1966, a toy company in Newark, New Jersey released a children s record called Batman and Robin to cash in on the popular Adam West TV series of the same name. The music on the LP was credited to The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale, but in fact the band was one of the greatest uncredited session combos of all time, including the core of Sun Ra s Arkestra and Al Kooper s Blues Project. To keep the music licensing fees to a minimum, all the tracks were based on public domain items like Chopin s Polonaise Op. 53, the horn theme from Tchaikovsky s Fifth Symphony and the love theme from Romeo and Juliet, and generic rock riffs. It s all instrumental, with the exception of Robin s Theme, featuring an uncredited vocalist.
No joke -- this album is a little glimpse of heaven. This reviewer has imagined the latter as having among many things its own version of Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, circa 1964-1965, with Fred Neil, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Ochs, Gene Clark, the Serendipity Singers, Art Paul, Simon Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, and a hundred other acts playing every night, any night the music on this album makes me think of something like I d probably hear if I walked in on a Blues Project rehearsal in that celestial sphere. It is the Blues Project possibly without Al Kooper, who says he didn t make the session, regardless of what the CD and our ears say , with Sun Ra on the Hammond B-3 organ, John Gilmore and Marshall Allen on tenor and alto, respectively, Pat Patrick on bass, and Jimmy Owens and Tom McIntosh on trumpet and trombone. And apart from the first track and the packaging which probably cost more, for the licensing of the Batman images, than the session did , none of it has anything to do with Batman or comic books. The story is this -- sometime in 1966, producer Tom Wilson persuaded probably with the offer of some quick bucks Sun Ra and members of his band, and the members of the Blues Project, to lay down 35 minutes of music for a Batman and Robin album credited to The Sensational Guitars of Dan Dale. It was a quickie exploitation effort sponsored by some toy company in New Jersey where these sessions were cut intended to sell some dance music for discotheques and parties by cashing in on the craze surrounding the Batman television program. The album, showing the Caped Crusader and his partner swinging down on bat-ropes, has been a denizen of dollar-record bins and nostalgia shows for decades, and just happens to feature some of the hottest musicians in New York City beyond Sun Ra and his band, there s Danny Kalb, Andy Kulberg, Steve Katz, and Roy Blumenfeld, who at that time was one of the best bands working in the city. Most of side one is attributed to Sun Ra and his band, though Kalb and Katz seem to be all over the place, assuming they re the only guitarists and it sounds like them , while side two is attributed principally to the Blues Project -- certainly The Joker Is Wild is the Blues Project, and if Al Kooper wasn t at these sessions, then Sun Ra turned down considerably on this cut. Batman and Robin Over the Roofs features Jimmy Owens prominently, along with Sun Ra and the two guitarists, in the longest jam on this record which, as a statement of quality, is also one of the best cuts . No, Batman and Robin doesn t match the importance of the Blues Project s own official recordings, or anything that Sun Ra was doing officially, but what a chance to hear these guys kicking back for a half-hour s anonymous blues jamming. Everything here, apart from the Neal Hefti Batman Theme is public domain blues built on some familiar material including Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Bach , one cut, appropriately entitled The Riddler s Retreat, quotes riffs and phrases from a half-dozen Beatles songs, and another, The Bat Cave, that s this group s answer to Green Onions and a good answer, too . Along with Sun Ra, who dominates every passage he plays on, Steve Katz and Danny Kalb are the stars here, romping and stomping over everything as they weave around each other, while Gilmore, Allen, and Owens occasionally stepping to the fore, Blumenfeld makes his percussion sound downright tuneful in a few spots, and some anonymous female singers throw out a lyric or two on a pair of cuts, just as a distraction. Andy Kulberg and Pat Patrick alternate the bass chores, and at times they re practically playing additional lead instruments. It s all almost too good to be true, catching the Blues Project when they were still playing together happily -- maybe this isn t the jam they would have wanted preserved 35-plus years later, but neither is it embarrassing, and fans of either Sun Ra or the Blues Project might well want this record just for the sheer strangeness of it. Italy s Universe records has reissued Batman and Robin in gorgeous sound, re-creating the original cover art and making it into a gatefold, with some irrelevant 70s-era Batman panels printed inside. Note: Some of these same tracks, or others out of the same session, were repackaged as horror film-focused albums, which are less well known and have yet to show up on CD.
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CONDITION:
THE RECORD
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a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches 1 inch 2.5 centimeters
b The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
c The record comes in its original, custom, inner sleeve, which is UNIQUE to this album.
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
THE COVER
THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD VG .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has a partially split spine between 2 and 4 inches / 5 to 10 centimeters
- Cover has some fraying/wear along the spine
- Cover has some light ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 2 front side and 4 back side
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams
- Cover has three corners slightly dinged nothing significant
- Cover has a light wrinkle crease in one of the corners. VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
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