Not only is this a cool LP, you can still find copies in "Children'd Records" sectionsof used shops for $1 since not everybody knows what it really is (or it will be on the wall for $125 if they do). The stuff below comes from: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/02/sun_ra_and_the_.html



Sun Ra and The Blues Project Do Batman and Robin (MP3s)
In 1966, a toy company in Newark, New Jersey released a children's record called Batman and Robin to cash in on the popular Adam West TV series of the same name. The music on the LP was credited to "The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale," but in fact the band was one of the greatest uncredited session combos of all time, including the core of Sun Ra's Arkestra and Al Kooper's Blues Project. To keep the music licensing fees to a minimum, all the tracks were based on public domain items like Chopin's Polonaise Op. 53, the horn theme from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and the love theme from Romeo and Juliet, and generic rock riffs.

More info on the Italian boot reissue of this record here and here.

Batman Theme | Batman's Batmarang | Batman and Robin Over The Roofs

The Penguin Chase | Flight of the Batman | Joker is Wild

Robin's Theme | Penguin's Umbrella | Batman and Robin Swing

Batmobile Wheels | The Riddler's Retreat | The Bat Cave

So the buyers had no idea what they were getting?

Were Tchaikowsky and Chopin credited?

Even rarer is the special issue of Detective Comics in which Sun Ra is a villain tormenting the Batman; only 1000 copies were printed. The Arkestra manages to free the caged animals from a traveling oriental medicine show, causing havoc on the mayor's plans for Gotham's Veteran's Day celebration . . .