Dan & Dale GOLDFINGER/ZORBA THE GREEK

[ghost of miles]

A friend of mine who owns a local record shop (deals quite a bit in vinyl) just got a very warped LP of Dan & Dale doing the soundtracks for GOLDFINGER & ZORBA THE GREEK. He hasn't played it yet, owing to its condition, but he & I both wondered if this is the same "Dan and Dale" twin guitar outfit that did the Batman LP... some sort of Sun Ra side project. Anybody here know the answer?

[ghost of miles]

AMG writeup on Dan & Dale:

Biography by Bruce Eder

Dan & Dale were a non-existent outfit (sometimes referred to in reference sources as the Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale), "created" by producer Tom Wilson for the credit on one album in 1966. To the degree that they existed at all, Dan & Dale were Sun Ra, Danny Kalb, Steve Katz, Andy Kulberg, Roy Blumenfeld, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, Jimmy Owens, Tom McIntosh, and maybe (though he denies it) Al Kooper, all from the ranks of Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra and the Blues Project. They cut one session, so far as anyone knows, at a small studio in New Jersey for the release of a dance music album, called Batman and Robin, which was mostly heard by kids under ten at the time. It was keen then and it's cool now.

[sidewinder]

Interesting. I was just playing the reissue of the Tifton 'Batman' LP the other day. I always thought Al Kooper was on the session - and Ra is just on some of the tracks I think but his sound on organ is unmistakable, definitely left-field. First time I saw the cover of the reissue I realised that back around 1966-67 I'd seen it in the shops around the time I bought my yellow batcape and mask etc.

I've not come across this Goldfinger/Zorba LP but it's probably another Al Kooper and the 'Blues Project' session. Possibly one or two known themes then loads of public domain tunes to save money. Have never heard any rumours that Ra/Patrick/Allen etc. played this one.

Edited May 19, 2007 by sidewinder

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

can someone find a link to that blog from a while back that put up sun's LIMBO lp? thats one ive always wanted to hear!!!!!