Miranda-Adam West

Saving the best (well, my favourite) Bat-Track till last, here is the man himself, Adam West, with his innuendo led track 'Miranda'. Starting with one of the greatest opening lines ever,'Will tonight be the night that Bruce reveals himself to...the magnificient Miranda'

The track rolls on in similar tongue in cheek (whose cheek,we can but guess) tone to the tv show, with Batman trying to rid of the pesky Robin, for just one night...so 'come into my cape' and 'take a peek, a teeny weeny peek' at Mr Adam West.

Batman Theme+Robin Theme-Sun Ra and the Blues Project

Produced by Tom Wilson for a toy company in Newark and sold as 'The Sensationtional Guitars of Dan and Dale', this was in fact the cream of Sun Ra's Archestra teamed up with most of Al Koopers Blues Project!

The tracks tend to lock into simple rock 'n' roll riffs and let rip, as on the superb uncredited vocal on 'Robin's Theme,great stuff!

The Riddler+Never Let Her Go-Frank Gorshin

Riddle me this, Mild mannered crooner by day, crackpot Riddler by night, the two sides of Frank Gorshin. Actually, Never Let Her Go is quite nice...could almost have been a Walker Brothers track, missed his vocation there perhaps... the Riddler track is a great piece of 60's fluff,replete with fuzz intro,'chick' reply vocals and inane 'riddles'.Top.

Batgirl Theme+Two Perfectly Ordinary People

So here is the (all too brief) Batgirl theme from the unaired pilot. I don't suppose the show could have given us much more than the original, apart from treating us to the undoubted charms of Yvonne Graig...hmmm, maybe they should have made it!

I've teamed this up with one of my favourite 'Bat-quotes' from the Nelson Riddle album from the show...

Batman+Robin the Boy Wonder-Jan and Dean

Two tracks from a surf themed Batman album by Jan and Dean, sounds good to me!

The Capture-Burgess Meredith

So here we have The Penguin with yet another Batman TV show cash-in, the rather smooth and jazzy 'The Capture' plus it's B-side, 'The Escape'.

A great character superbly played by Burgess Meredith, my fine feathered finks ...

Boy Wonder I Love You-Burt Ward

Absolute genius here as Frank Zappa takes the 'Boy Wonder' into pop heaven, with a lush arragement that only serves to emphasise his nasty sneering little voice...great lyrics and sound effects also...

Check the details and extract from his Bio 'Boy Wonder-My Life in Tights' here.

I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman-Sun Ra+Lacy Gibson

Now Sun Ra could well have appeared in the original Batman tv series, taking the show onto another (ahem) level..these two tracks are not from the famous Sun Ra and The Blues Project album(coming up shortly!) but can be found on singles. The first track features vocal by Chicago bluesman, Lacy Gibson while the second version features Sun ra himself...i think...

Themes and Stuff!-Batman.

Ok, to finish off these tv/movie based theme post's I'm ending with a few Batman related tracks. Now they're all going to be 1960's ones (not going near Danny Elfman or Prince) starting with, of course the original TV Theme and the Main Acknowledgement Title by Nelson Riddle from the superb movie.