Sun Ra And The Blues Project Play Batman And Robin

Classic album for my collection. 60's icon.

Good music.Delivery was a bit slow but it was expected to be around Christmas time.Good for fans of Batman.

a really good go go psych exploito style album containing some awesome guitar, the album is really by 'sun ra' & the 'blues project', rather than 'dan & dale' as the record claims. a very enjoyable listen.

packaging, record and sleeve were spot on.

ok

Excellent.

I servizio è stato ottimale. Il pacco è stato consegnato prima dei tempi previsti da Amazon e per questo ringrazio. Anche se mi aspettavo la versione con il vinile colorato all'interno

I just got this cd in the mail from Switzerland. Just another cool thing about it, my first cd from Switzerland. How's it sound? Cheesy to the max. Apparently many of the reviewers here frown on cheese and it sounds like many are pretty unfamiliar with the Blues Project, a band I've liked since I got Cafe Au Go Go when I was about 17. Sun Ra I'm less familiar with but have been exploring him recently and when I saw this existed I immediately ordered it. I'm a big fan of Trane, Ayler, Miles, Monk etc as well as older stuff like Bird and Lester Young (big fan).I imagine the Sun Ra people are looking down on this because of all the unstructured rock elements and the fact that the Sun gang isn't doing much for the most part. I'm almost all the way through it as I type. I guess the biggest disappointment is that John Gilmore isn't blowing much. Uh oh, here comes a medium tempo blues sort of like Honky Tonk. He got a little space but not much.The improvising star here is Danny Kalb who is everywhere. I'm a big fan of those forgotten self-taught guitarists of the 60s with their own unique sounds who you could spot a mile away: Kalb, Bloomfield, Henry Vestine, Harvey Mandel among others. Kalb, as usual is frenetic and unpredictable and gets to crank it up. Unique instrumental voices are in short supply today in the blues, jazz and rock fields. It often sounds to me like people went to the same schools and learned the same scales and fingerings, Guitar Tech for the blues and rock guys, Berkeley for the jazz guys.This really for Kalb fans, fans of 60s blues jams, fans of cheese, fans of maybe something like Songs In The Key Of Z or something like that. This isn't for the people into the heavier-thinking side of Sun or fans of post-bop sax.I say lighten up and enjoy. Now if only Jimi had jammed with Miles and that got recorded. Serious Orgasm!

Pensavo tutt'altro però suona bene

Time to give credit where due! I heard this album over and over from about age 5 until maybe age 10 and, admittedly, it sunk in. However, to hear it now, in my forties, and as a self-described connoisseur of music, I'm quite impressed! I'm eclectic about my favorite tracks, but here goes:"Batman and Robin Over the Roofs" has a real 'sixties funk sound that perhaps only someone from that era can relate to, but the groove is so engaging I think the song will capture anyone with a soul and perhaps a vivid imagination. As it goes for nearly seven minutes and fades, I think you'll beg for more of the same."Batmobile Wheels" is, alas, J. S. Bach(maybe!)-inspired, if you believe "Minuet in G Major" to be Bach's composition. The solo horn (perhaps french horn) is not credited on the album, but deserves kudos for originality with a mid-'sixties semi-comical ad-lib, reminiscent of TV series music of the time (e.g The Flintstones and other Hanna Barbera creations).Finally, the track that literally takes my breath away is The Riddler's Retreat, with it's pseudo surf city trans-inducing riffs. That must be Marshall Allen on alto-sax. Sweet!! If you hear this one with your eyes closed, don't be surprised if black and white images of 'sixties beach scenes are conjured up. Oh, and let's not forget the guitar sound here. There's a bit of early Beatles sound, ala "She Loves You."Overall, it's a great album for 'sixties instrumental music lovers who don't mind some classics sampling, such as the Bach sound mentioned earlier, some Hell's Angels theme heard in Batman's Baymorang (sic), and even some of Chopin's "Militaire", heard in Penguin's Umbrella. You might even love what Sun Ra & The Blues Project has done with these pieces from the distant past. Enjoy!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM. Seriously. Track 2/Batman's Batmorang (sic) is one of my favorite all-time jams. Why? I don't know. I love the horns for one.Batman and Robin over the Roofs? It's almost seven amazing minutes long.This album is ALL OVER THE PLACE. Jazz, Blues, Rock, Surf (Punk) Guitar!There is not a real bum track here except maybe the overly silly "Flight of the Batman" with the penny whistle (?) sound effects.The guitar in The Penguin Chase is pure Surf Guitar! Dig the harmonica in there too.If he's been alive I'd swear that Joe Meek would have been behind this!Today, 30 July 2007, was the first time I'd heard this album since I was15 and I recalled note for note at least 9 tracks! I wore out 2 vinylcopies of this as a kid and I still have one worn copy in my collection.I might have tried to play that but I forgot about this missing link until last week when 2 co-workers named Dan and Dale were talking to me and I said ......'whoa' kinda like Keanu Reeves.That got me looking. And allmusic.com told me who Dan & Dale really were and even gave this jem a 4 star rave.I found a mint vinyl copy and this import CD. I bought the CD first.I have played this 4 times now and I am not insane or tired of it yet.Well, maybe I'm insane.I had NO idea Sun Ra or any of Al Kooper's group played on this until I read allmusic.com's write up of the Mythical "Dan & Dale".Listening to it now it makes no difference. It still sounds like some surf/blues/jazz band jamming in a studio. Honestly, I am very schooled in music but I never would have thought this to be Steve Katz, Sun Ra or anybody THAT famous.Heck, I thought Dan & Dale might be playing a state fair somewhere this week.Buy this album. Myth or Not: it's GREAT! It's NOT a kiddy album.Now someone tell me if "Batmobile Wheels" riff is from another tune!Please