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Friday, May 22, 2026

Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

 Here are three compilations of Super-related music.

MA-05 - Supermusic
1)  Movie Theme - Walter Murphy
2)  Superboy TV Theme
3)  Superman - Herbie Mann
4)  The Adventures of Superman TV Theme
5)  Sound from Krypto / Movie Theme - Let's All Dance with Super Friends cassette
6)  Superman the Animated Series TV Theme (extended)
7)  The Batman / Superman Adventures TV Theme
8)  Movie Theme - Gotham's Greatest
9)  Comic Book Heroes / I'm Your Superman - Rick Springfield
10)  The New Adventures of Superman TV Theme
11)  The New Adventures of Superman Episode Title Music
12)  The New Adventures of Superman TV End Credits
13)  Movie Theme - Super Hero Music cassette
14)  It's Superman - The Supermen
15)  You've Got Possibilities - The Supermen
16)  TV Theme - Ruby-Spears
17)  Movie Theme - Cinema Sound Orchestra
18)  The Superman / Batman Adventures TV Theme
19)  Superboy TV Theme (Filmation cartoon)
20)  SuperPup TV Theme
21)  Movie Theme - Fleischer cartoons
22)  Theme from Superman (original) - Wonderland Space Shuttle
23)  Movie Serial Theme

01. Mysterioso (2:13)
02. Wax Museum (1:32)
03. Build to Sting (0:18)
04. Frantic Rhythm (1:53)
05. Violin Scream (1:19)
06. The Getaway (0:57)
07. Fight (3:13)
08. Jump the Fence! (1:19)
09. Queasy (1:34)
10. Deserted Village (1:33)
11. Rip Through Fear (1:03)
12. Face at the Window (1:44)
13. Eerie Oboe (1:22)
14. Flute to Finale (0:53)
15. Night of Terror (2:29)
16. Sad Romance (1:20)
17. Monkey Mystery (1:18)
18. Airport (0:37)
19. Slow Carousel (0:46)
20. Radio Waltz (1:43)
21. Tango (2:09)
22. Silsby Pastorale (1:43)
23. Life and Death (2:28)
24. Romantic Interlude (1:54)
25. Blue Melody (1:41)
26. World of Tomorrow (3:10)
27. Menace (1:34)
28. City Desk (1:21)
29. Sword of Damocles (2:56)
30. Cat Burglar (1:28)
31. Atlantic Rollers (2:09)
32. Solemn Moment (1:31)
33. Sea Power (1:35)
34. Scotland Yard (2:59)
35. Prelude to Crime (0:24)
36. Crime Doesn't Pay (2:47)
37. Changing Moods I (3:01)
38. Changing Moods II (2:48)
39. Humorous In & Out (0:34)
40. Chameleon Moods (2:40)
41. Free for All (1:35)
42. Hope Abandoned (2:47)
43. Arctic Wastes (2:25)

MA-55 - Adventures of Superman - More Library Recordings
01. Eerie Night - F G Charrosin (3:10)
02.  Tragedy - Unknown Artist (1:26)
03. Lost in a Fog - Ronald Hanmer (1:25)
04. Dismal Swamp - King Palmer (1:37)
05. Mists - Unknown Artist (1:18)
06. The Tell-Tale Heart - Jack Foulds (2:48)
07. The Ghost Walks - F G Charrosin (1:41)
08. Stealthy Footsteps - F G Charrosin (1:49)
09. Confusion - F G Charrosin (1:17)
10. Rebellion & General Havoc - Edward Carmer (1:34)
11. Disorder - Edward Carmer (1:20)
12. Desert Caravan - Granville Bantock (3:02)
13. Storm at Sea - Unknown Artist (2:52)
14. Tenebrae - Unknown Artist (3:05)
15. Condemned - Unknown Artist (3:02)
16. Dramatique - Unknown Artist (1:03)
17. Tumult & Commotion - Miklós Rózsa (1:20)
18. Mechanical Monster - Unknown Artist (1:50)
19. Danger Ahead - Unknown Artist (1:45)
20. Men of Steel - Miklós Rózsa (1:39)
21. Informal Interview - Ronald Hanmer (2:38)
22. Bits and Pieces - Ronald Hanmer (0:58)
23. Just Whimsical - Ronald Hanmer (1:40)
24. Way Out East - Ronald Hanmer (2:59)
25. Dagger in the Dark - Ronald Hanmer (3:06)
26. Magic Necklace Cue - Modest Mussorgsky (2:00)
27. Seven Souvenirs Cue - Modest Mussorgsky (1:44)
28. Catacombs - With the Dead in a Dead Language - Modest Mussorgsky (3:58)

The story of the latter two comps' music sources is found in this 2019 post.

If you grew up thrilling to the George Reeves series and other Super media, hope you get a few fun twinges.  See you Monday for some soundtrack compilations.
  
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Turn the Page

 Across the years, I've been intrigued and sometimes amused by some musical attempts to peer into the future.  Sometimes the band or artist is optimistic, sometimes not.

01 - Modern Man - 4 Out of 5 Doctors   1980   (3:37)
02 - Big Brother - Winston Tong   1985  (5:12)
03 - A Circuit Like Me - Metronomes   1980  (3:49)
04 - Everybody's Gotta Mutate - Instant Music   1980  (3:36)
05 - Computer One - Dear Enemy   1983  (4:39)
06 - Screen Me, I´m Yours - Tik and Tok   1984  (3:50)
07 - Replicant - Camera   1985  (2:26)
08 - 1980 1234 - Plastic Money   1980  (1:32)
09 - Armageddon - Data   1981  (3:07)
10 - Robot Love - Chrome Dinette   1982  (4:57)
11 - Future Shock - Communication   1982  (3:51)
12 - Systems Breaking Down - Anna   1982  (4:19)
13 - The Triangle Man - Sally Patience   1984  (3:18)
14 - Computer - The Microbes   1980  (2:35)
15 - Mechanical Minds - Prophecy   1983  (3:35)
16 - We Are the Sub-Machines - Toccata   1987  (3:29)
17 - My Robotic Friend - Trem   1983  (3:31)
18 - Computer Numbers - Vög   1981  (4:16)
19 - I'm Wearing an Appliance - Drop   1980  (3:18)
20 - Shock of the New - Trees   1982  (2:36)
21 - Evil Eye - Gymslips   1985  (6:19)


MA-153 - The Future: Friend or Foe?
01 - Wirehead - Wasted Lives - 1979  (2:28)
02 - Slave to the Metal Horde (live) - Servotron - 1997  (2:21)
03 - Robot Wizards - Ward 13 - 1980   (2:37)
04 - Automatic Man - The Telefones - 1981  (4:20)
05 - Test Tube Baby - Chronics - 1978  (2:15)
06 - Me and My Machine - Dynamit Fischer - 1982  (3:15)
07 - Robot Robot - Nacht und Nebel - 1986  (2:50)
08 - Cybernetic Surgery - The Cybermen - 1978  (1:56)
09 - Sonic Reducer - The Dead Boys - 1977  (3:05)
10 - Clone - Greg Vandike - 1979  (3:05)
11 - TV Me - The Distributors - 1979  (3:47)
12 - Babylon Generation - Gina X Performance - 1981  (4:07)
13 - 3-D Dance - Trans X - 1984  (5:37)
14 - After the War (Meat to Eat) - Teds - 1982  (2:20)
15 - Mr Science - Mr Science - 1981  (2:23)
16 - Trust in Technology - Adaptors - 1979  (2:26)
17 - Future State - Future State - 1983  (4:56)
18 - Robot Secret Agents - Mythos - 1981  (2:51)
19 - Last Rockers - Vice Squad - 1980  (4:16)
20 - Talkin' 'Bout the Future - Dick Tracey - 1986  (3:33)
21 - Science - New Musik - 1980  (3:20)
22 - In the Year 2525 - Visage - 1983  (3:44)
23 - Art-I-Ficial (Peel session) - X-Ray Spex - 1978  (3:29)
24 - Animation - Jyl - 1984  (4:06)

01 - The End - Wrong Kind of Stone Age - 1987  (1:40)
02 - Clones All Think Alike - Mike Gould and the Gene Pool Band - 1981  (3:42)
03 - Modern Living - Experimental Products - 1982  (5:42)
04 - Computer - The Allies - 1979  (4:28)
05 - Lose Control - Stocking Heads - 1983  (2:20)
06 - Android Police - Pompeii 99 - 1982  (3:01)
07 - The Machine Wants to Know - The Aliens - 1980  (3:27)
08 - Century of Machines - The Conservatives - 1983  (3:30)
09 - Science Gone Too Far - The Dictators - 1977  (3:27)
10 - Dream Machines - Sons of Heroes - 1983  (3:28)
11 - Watchman, Walkman, Thinkman - Rupert Hine - 1988  (4:50)
12 - The Shape of Things to Come - The Diodes - 1977  (2:18)
13 - 21st Century Man - DL Byron - 1980  (2:55)
14 - I'm Mechanical - Subjects - 1982  (3:15)
15 - Machine - Satellite Spies - 1986  (3:28)
16 - Clones - The Waitresses - 1978  (2:28)
17 - Take Your Brain Out for a Walk - Tagmemics - 1980  (3:02)
18 - Ms Machine - Times - 1983  (5:59)
19 - Instant Knowledge - The Asteroids - 1978  (3:11)
20 - Do It for Science - New Marines - 1982  (3:23)
21 - Transformer Man - Neil Young - 1982  (3:18)

Now listen here!  Then come back on Friday for some SUPER music!
  
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Monday, May 18, 2026

Other U.N.C.L.E.s

Here are my other three comps of music from and about The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
01. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Promo - NBC, 1965 (0:14)  
02. Harlem Shuffle (live) - Open Channel D (5:25)  1983
03. Twiggy Twiggy - Pizzicato Five (4:08)  1991
04. Lucid Dream - Meat Beat Manifesto (2:12)  1996
05. Une Very Stylish Fille - Dimitri from Paris (3:17)  1996
06. Dirty Larry - Dimitri from Paris (7:25)  1996
07. The Legend of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Paula and the Jetliners (2:14)  1966
08. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Ventures (1:46)  1966
09. Illya Kuryakin - Bobby Ellis & The Crystalites (3:20)  1967
10. Napoleon Solo - The Jokers (2:40)  1967
11. The Man from Thrush - Parris Mitchell Strings with Brass (2:36)  1967
12. Illya's Walk - Wyncote Records (1:59)  1967
13. The Thrush Tune - Wyncote Records (2:26)  1967
14. Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Promo - CBS, 1983 (0:29)
15. April Dancer - Birdmen of Alkatraz (2:59)  1989
16. The Rock from U.N.C.L.E. - Doctor QE (2:48)  1994
17. My Friend Illya - The Ulterior Motive Orchestra (2:53)  1996
18. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Santiago Tamura (2:53)  1998
19. The April Dancer Affair - The Monochrome Set (4:23)  1999
20. Napoleon Solo - The Specials (3:07)  2000
21. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - The Illuminoids (2:53)  2007
22. A Martini Built For Two (live) - Robert Bruce and the Mellowtones (3:41)  2008
23. Meet Mr. Solo (live) - Robert Bruce and the Mellowtones (2:14)  2008
24. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Revolution for Dogs (2:38)  2008
25. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (live) - Tokyo Sexwhale (1:38)  2009
26. The Case of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Vulcans (1:43)  2011
27. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Robert Short (2:07)  2012

01. The Man from Thrush - The Clee-Shays (2:00)   1965
02. The Spy - The Guys from U.N.C.L.E. (2:31)   1966
03. Man from America (Medley: Theme from Man from U.N.C.L.E. - America) - The Ring (7:03)   1980
04. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Times (5:14)   1985
05. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me - Cleaners from Venus (2:58)   1987
06. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - London Theatre Orchestra (2:36)   1996
07. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - TV21 (3:24)   1998
08. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Johnny Pearson and His London Orchestra (2:04)   1999
09. Agent for Love - Girls from U.N.C.L.E. (2:20)   2000
10. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Ray Fischer (2:10)   2001
11. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. - The Four Corners (1:41)   2001
12. Lament for a Trapped Spy - The Moon-Rays (2:14)   2002
13. Run Spy Run - The Moon-Rays (2:03)   2002
14. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Spy-Fi (2:05)   2003
15. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me (Slow Version) - Cleaners from Venus (2:52)   2004
16. The Man from Thrush - Jet Set Sweden (3:54)   2005
17. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Los Tortures (1:40)   2005
18. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Paul Brooks (2:44)   2005
19. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me - The Jennifers (3:02)   2006
20. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Warren Barker Orchestra (2:44)   2006
21. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Countdown (2:31)   2007
22. The Man from Thrush - Movie Sounds Unlimited (2:37)   2008
23. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Chris Rime (featuring Lionel Fortin) (4:56)   2011
24. Napoleon Solo - George Zhen (4:44)   2011
25. Season 1 Theme - Dominik Hauser (1:07)   2012
26. Season 3 Theme - Dominik Hauser (0:41)   2012
27. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Grave (2:59)   2012
28. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - West Hell 5 (2:40)   2012

01. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jerry Goldsmith and the London Symphony Orchestra (1:15)
02. McCallum Guest Appearance - The Andy Williams Show (3:48)
03. McCallum Guest Appearance - Hullabaloo (0:59)
04. Robert Vaughn Cameo - The Glass Bottom Boat (0:19)
05. No Tricks - Director-Writer-Producer - Jerry Goldsmith (2:13)
06. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:33)
07. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:35)
08. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - The Ventures (1:41)
09. Meet Mr Solo (edit) - Goldsmith arr Fried (2:05)
10. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Rancho Alamitos High School Concert Band Dance Band Orchestra (0:53)
11. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jet Set Unlimited (2:13)
12. Meet Mr Solo - Goldsmith arr Schifrin (0:58)
13. McCallum-Vaughn Cameos - Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1:13)
14. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Ensemble Petit & Screenland Orchestra (2:36)
15. Do the Kuryakin - Ann Boleyn (2:01)
16. She's a Notary - Writer-Director Card - Jerry Goldsmith (0:40)
17. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Los Angeles Radio TV Symphony Orchestra (1:19)
18. Powers Cameo - Please Don't Eat the Daisies (0:24)
19. The Spy in the Green Hat - End Title - Goldsmith arr Fried-Armbruster (0:33)
20. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jerry Goldsmith (0:37)
21. As Long as I Live - The George Shearing Quintet (1:20)
22. Lips that Glow - Gerald Fried (2:38)
23. The Karate Killers - End Cast - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:26)
24. Escape Route - Sweet Smell of Success - Jerry Goldsmith (2:20)
25. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - Naked City (2:14)
26. Meet Mr Solo (edit) - Goldsmith arr Fried (1:34)
27. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Music Factory (1:18)
28. Meet Mr Solo - Goldsmith arr Shores (0:33)
29. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Michigan State U Marching Band (1:02)
30. Night People - Morton Stevens (2:26)
31. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 01 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:39)
32. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 02 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:39)
33. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 03 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:28)
34. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 04 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:31)
35. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 05 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:34)
36. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 06 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:36)
37. Man from Uncle - Prophet (3:23)
38. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Miami Pearls Orchestra (2:37)
39. Napoleon's Solo - The Marketts (2:24)
40. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - Reverb Syndicate (2:08)
41. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Crazy Beatles (1:39)
42. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (1:16)
43. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:36)
44. The Napoleon Solo - The Meteors (1:56)
45. The Helicopter Spies - End Title - Goldsmith arr Shores (0:27)
46. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Tony Freeman (3:19)
47. Dr Goldfoot (and His Bikini Machine) - The Gamblers (1:54)
48. Lament for a Trapped Spy - Gerald Fried (3:11)
49. Main Title - Gina, the Foxy Chick (1:49)
50. Meet Mr Solo - The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Summit Six Sextet (3:30)

I thought the cover art for these came out good.  I've only come across a few snippets of U.N.C.L.E.-related music since MA-131.  See you Wednesday!
  
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