Album Facts
Sun Ra Akrestra & Blues Project - Batman & Robin (180g) Vinyl LP
This doesn't sound like a Sun Ra album, but you must hear it to know
Price $25.00
Format 1xLP
Label DOL
UPC 889397219222
Color Black
Year 1966
Condition
Media condition
New/Mint
Sleeve condition
New/Mint
Album Facts
Sun Ra Akrestra & Blues Project - Batman & Robin (180g) Vinyl LP
This doesn't sound like a Sun Ra album, but you must hear it to know
Price $25.00
Format 1xLP
Label DOL
UPC 889397219222
Color Black
Year 1966
Condition
Media condition
New/Mint
Sleeve condition
New/Mint
This is not a Sun Ra album, nor does it sound like a Sun Ra album—but Sun Ra and various members of his Arkestra are on it. This 1966 budget-label project was an attempt by producer Tom Wilson to cash in on the Batman craze launched by the popular superhero comic book-turned-campy TV series. "The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale" were not a real group—it was a marquee name for a rotating cast of session pros earning rent money by playing on hastily recorded albums intended to turn quick bucks on various musical and cultural fashions. There are at least 20 "Dan & Dale" albums listed at Discogs, most issued on the Diplomat label. To the best of anyone's knowledge, there were no musicians named Dan or Dale involved. In fact, few, if any, musicians have been identified from any D&D projects—"Batman" being a notable exception, and for good reason.
Highly recommended for the music and the myth behind it.
