Counterpoint - Batman/Wipe Out

Details

Description

From '' Hotrod ''
Label: IDE Studios ‎– NEOCD04
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1993

Tracklist
01. Batman/Wipeout
02. Saratoga 2
03. Lost Island
04. Axeman
05. Howie J
06. Surf With The Devil
07. Hotrod
08. Piquet Boogie
09. Rhapsody In Peru
10. Greeced Lihjtening
11. Pipeline
12. Hawaiian War Chant
13. Squad Car
14. Flash In Japan
15. Surf 'N' Sway
16. Heavy Surf
17. Storm Rider
Bonus Track
18. The Cimarrons - Johnny Guitar
Lead Guitar – Rick Price

Notes
Track 18 recorded in 1962 Birmingham.
Tracks 11,12 and 13 recorded "live" at the Pipeline Convention London 11th April 1993.

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"Batman Theme", the title song of the 1966 Batman TV series, was composed by Neal Hefti.
It has a twelve bar blues progression, using only three chords until the coda.

In addition to Neal Hefti's original version, and the television soundtrack version by Nelson Riddle, versions were covered by The Marketts (single "Batman Theme" and album The Batman Theme by The Marketts), The Ventures (The Ventures Play the "Batman" Theme, Dolton BST8042, 3/1966), Al Hirt, The Standells and actor/musician David McCallum.

The song has been widely parodied in the decades since its debut. The theme has been re-recorded by dozens of artists, including Link Wray, Voivod, The Jam, and The Who.

Adaptations

Jan & Dean on their 1966 album, Jan And Dean Meet Batman.
The Who recorded a cover of the theme in 1966.
The Kinks played a cover of the theme at their show at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, in 1967.
Adrian Henri and his band Liverpool Scene did a skit of the theme in the late 60s using Henri's poem Batpoem.
The Jam covered the "Batman Theme" on their debut album, In the City in 1977.
In 1966, an album called Batman and Robin: The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale was released featuring members of the Sun Ra Arkestra and The Blues Project. The opening track is a cover of the "Batman Theme".
Prince and R.E.M. used variations of the TV show theme in their work: Prince in the song "Batdance" (which appeared on the soundtrack to Tim Burton's 1989 movie), and R.E.M. in a rejected song for the Batman Returns soundtrack, later released under the title "Winged Mammal Theme", as a B-side to the single "Drive".
Voivod did a cover on their 1988 Dimension Hatröss album.
Disciplina kicme did a cover on their album Najlepši hitovi! Uživo (1987).
John Zorn, led off his Naked City album on YouTube with a version of Batman (1990).
The Well Paid Scientists produced an acid techno remix entitled To The Batrave......Let's Go in 1998.
According to Ritchie Blackmore, the main riff in "Space Truckin'" by the English rock band Deep Purple is based on the "Batman Theme".
Snoop Dogg sampled the Batman Theme for his song "Batman & Robin" on the album Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss (2002).

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"Wipe Out" is a tune written by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson.

The tune was first performed and recorded by The Surfaris, who were elevated to international status with the release of the "Surfer Joe" and "Wipe Out" single in 1963.

The song -- both the Surfaris' version as well as cover versions -- has been featured in over 20 films and television series since 1964, appearing at least once a decade. First heard in Kenneth Anger's short Scorpio Rising, its most recent appearance was in Dominic Sena's 2009 thriller, Whiteout.

The term 'wipeout' refers to a fall from a surfboard, especially one that looks painful.

Background

Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller and Ron Wilson wrote the tune almost on the spot as a suitable B-side was needed for the intended "Surfer Joe" single.
In late 1962, while the band was in Cucamonga's Pal Recording Studio recording the single, one of the band members suggested that a gimmick sound indicating a wipe out off a surfboard be emulated.
The suggestion was made that during the introduction before the music starts, a cracking sound, imitating a breaking surfboard, should be made.
This followed by a manic voice babbling, "ha ha ha ha ha, wipe out." The spoken voice at the beginning of the song is the voice of the band's manager of the time, Dale Smallin.