Rock n Roll High School Expanded Soundtrack

I'm a long-time Ramones fan and absolutely love this film, which I treated myself to yet another viewing of today. Here's an "expanded" version of the soundtrack that I hope everyone will enjoy...



Track Listing:

01- "Rock n Roll High School"- Ramones
02- "I Want You Around"- Ramones
03- "Come On Let's Go"- The Paley Brothers
04- "Blitzkrieg Bop-Teenage Lobotomy-California Sun-Pinhead-She's the One"- Ramones
05- "So It Goes"- Nick Lowe
06- "Energy Fools the Magician"- Brian Eno
07- "Rock 'N' Roll High School"- P.J. Soles
08- "Come Back, Jonee"- DEVO
09- "Teenage Depression"- Eddie and the Hot Rods
10- "Smokin' In The Boy's Room"- Brownsville Station
11- "School Days"- Chuck Berry
12- "A Dream Goes on Forever"- Todd Rundgren
13- "School's Out"- Alice Cooper
14- "I Just Want To Have Something To Do"- Ramones
15- "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"- Ramones
16- "I Wanna Be Sedated"- Ramones
17- "She's the One"- Ramones
18- "California Sun"- Ramones
19- "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"- Ramones
20- "Blitzkrieg Bop"- Ramones
21- "Pinhead"- Ramones
22- "Teenage Lobotomy"- Ramones
23- "Rock the Roof Off"- P.J. Soles and Mary Woronov
24- "Rock n Roll High School"- Ramones
25- "I Want You Around" - Ramones
26- Radio Ads


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Christmas Countdown 2008: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Original Soundtrack (Decca Records, 1964)

For years, I've had a deep and heartfelt love for the Rankin-Bass "Animagic" work, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the reason for it....

One of the things I find utterly amazing about this Christmas special (along with A Charlie Brown Christmas, which I'll talk about later this month) is the longevity of this thing. Rudolph alone has been airing continuously every holiday season for 44 years, it's first broadcast having been December 6th, 1964 on the NBC network.

I was going to rant along in this blog about the fact that a sign of the decline of our civilization in the new century can probably be traced back to the fact that It's A Wonderful Life is no longer in the public domain...Christmas just doesn't seem right these days when outside of my DVD copy, the only way I can watch Frank Capra's classic is the now-annual single broadcast that NBC provides us (who sanpped up all rights to the flick around 1992 or '93, I believe), when as a youth it was a staple of the holiday season to see it broadcast multiple times all over the television dial, especially on those crazy independent stations on the UHF band, and....outside of holiday childrens' programming on specialized basic cable channels such as Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network, there have been no new animated (cel-based or "Animagic") Christmas specials produced for network television in nearly 20 years. But, I gave it a second thought...and figured it just wasn't right to complain about one's lot in life during the holidays, because if Rudolph and Hermie taught me anything as a child, it was that no matter how bad things look....every dog (or reindeer, in this case) has his/her day.


I also gave some thought about going into a long-winded and detailed history behind the holiday special, but another site, TVParty, has already done an amazing job at doing this and I highly recommend you take a look.

So.....all that's really left to do is share some holiday cheer by sharing the soundtrack album of this holiday classic, I guess...though, as an added bonus, right click here to get an MP3 of Smiley Burnette's version of the classic Christmas tune. Everybody's heard Gene Autry's version (a guy who Burnette played comedy relief to in about a dozen or more films), but hardly anyone remembers this one....

Track Listing:

01. Overture And A Holly Jolly Christmas = Burl Ives
02. Jingle Jingle Jingle = Stan Francis
03. We Are Santa's Elves = Videocraft Chorus
04. There's Always Tomorrow = Janet Orenstein
05. We're A Couple Of Misfits = Paul Soles
06. Silver And Gold = Burl Ives
07. The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year = Videocraft Chorus
08. A Holly Jolly Christmas = Burl Ives
09. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Finale) = Burl Ives
10. Christmas Medley: The Night Before Christmas Song /
A Merry Merry Christmas / When Santa Clause Gets Your
Letter = Decca Concert Orchestra
11. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer = Decca Concert Orchestra
12. There's Always Tomorrow = Decca Concert Orchestra
13. Jingle Jingle Jingle = Decca Concert Orchestra
14. We're A Couple Of Misfits = Decca Concert Orchestra
15. Silver And Gold = Decca Concert Orchestra
16. We Are Santa's Elves = Decca Concert Orchestra
17. The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year = Decca Concert
Orchestra
18. A Holly Jolly Christmas = Decca Concert Orchestra
19. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day = Decca Concert
Orchestra

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Guitar Wolf Discography Part One

I'm a huge fan of the Japanese horror cult film Wild Zero, which is where I discovered the joy of Guitar Wolf.

From Wikipedia:

Guitar Wolf is a three-piece garage punk band founded in Japan in 1987. The band is known for songs with piercing vocals and an extremely loud style of noise rock which emphasizes heavy distortion and feedback. They coined the phrase "Jet Rock 'n' Roll", which they also used to describe their musical style — an energetic cross between The Ramones, rockabilly, classic punk, and noise rock. It is a part of Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records division.

The band has released nine studio albums internationally as well as a live album, numerous singles, and a greatest hits album called "Golden Black." The band members have also been featured in two B-grade science fiction horror movies, "Wild Zero" and "Sore Losers." A collection of Guitar Wolf's most popular videos and live performances have been compiled into a limited edition DVD entitled Red Idol. In March 2005, bassist and founding member Billy, also known as Bass Wolf, died of a heart attack at the age of 38. His replacement in the band, bassist U.G., has become a permanent member of Guitar Wolf and now rounds out the trio which currently consist of band members Seiji (Guitar Wolf): U.G. (Bass Wolf); and Toru (Drum Wolf).


Wolf Rock! (1993)

Track listing:
1. "Wolf Rock"
2. "Ace Of Spades"
3. "Indian Guitar"
4. "Apache Leather"
5. "Red Rockabilly"
6. "Mars Twist"
7. "Shooting Star Noise"
8. "J Jupiter Joan"
9. "Machine Gun Guitar"
10. "Jack The Ripper"
11. "Rumble" (Unlisted)
12. "Gloria"

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Run Wolf Run- 1994

Track listing:
1. "Run Wolf Run"
2. "Captain Guitar"
3. "Jett Rock"
4. "Baby Indian"
5. "Kouya No Guitar" (Guitar In Wasteland)
6. "All Night De Buttobase!!" (Roaring All Night!!)
7. "Kick Out The Jams"
8. "Rumble"
9. "UFO Shakin’"
10. "Thunders Guitar"
11. "El Toro"
12. "Wakusei Blues" (Planet Blues)

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Missile Me!- 1995

Track listing:
1. "Missile Me"
2. "Hurricane Rock"
3. "Kung Fu Ramone Culmination Tactic"
4. "Can-Nana Fever"
5. "Midnight Violence Rock’n Roll"
6. "Link Wray Man"
7. "Guitar Star"
8. "Racing Rock"
9. "Jet Rock’n Roll"
10. "Devil Stomp"
11. "Jet Blues"
12. "Venus Drive"

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Planet of the Wolves- 1997

Track Listing:
1. "Kawasaki ZII750 Rock'n'roll" (Guitar Wolf) - 2:01
2. "Planet of The Wolves" (Guitar Wolf) - 2:34
3. "Invader Ace" (Guitar Wolf) - 3:19
4. "Motor Cycle Leather Boy" (Oblivians) - 2:22
5. "Far East Man" (Guitar Wolf) - 2:30
6. "Wild Zero" (Guitar Wolf) - 3:46
7. "Planet Heart" (Guitar Wolf) - 2:42
8. "Energy Joe" (Guitar Wolf) - 1:44
9. "Jett Love" (Guitar Wolf) - 2:01
10. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Jagger, Richards) - 3:32
11. "Kung Fu Ramone's Passion" (Guitar Wolf) - 1:51
12. "Let's Get Hurt" (Guitar Wolf) - 2:53
13. "All Through The Night Buttobase!! (Roaring All Through The Night!!)" (Guitar Wolf) - 1:58
14. "Rumble" - (Grant, Wray) - 3:34

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Dolemite R.I.P. (Rudy Ray Moore 1927-2008)

DISCLAIMER: ADULT CONTENT!!!!! Sorry, kids....this one's for grown-ups...

Due to just sheer laziness and procrastination on my part (plus, Moore's death happening right smack dab in the middle of prep and posting of the Mighty Marvel Monsterbash 2008), I didn't get around to paying tribute in a timely manner to a wordsmith and comedian that has brought me a lot of joy over the years: Rudy Ray Moore (March 17, 1927 – October 19, 2008). Well, today I plan on rectifying that...





Many of us out there only know him from his blaxploitation comedy films of the 1970s, specifically the inafamous Dolemite (1975) and it's sequel, The Human Tornado (1976), but the man had a discography and filmography that would put most to shame:

Discography:

• Below the Belt (1959)
• Beatnik Scene (1962)
• Comedian is Born (1964)
• Let's Come Together (1970, recorded 1967)
• Eat Out More Often (1970)
• This Pussy Belongs To Me
• Merry Christmas, Baby
• Cockpit
• Return of Dolemite
• Sensuous Black Man
• Dolemite for President
• Zodiac
• I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
• Jokes by Redd Foxx
• Live in Concert
• The Player - The Hustler
• House Party: Dirty Dozens Vol.1
• The Streaker
• Dolemite Is Another Crazy Nigger
• Sweet Peeter Jeeter
• Turning Point
• Close Encounter of the Sex Kind
• Good Ole Big Ones
• Hip Shakin' Papa
• Greatest Hits
• This Ain't No White Christmas
• Raw, Rude, and Real
• 21st Century Dolemite
• Hully Gully Fever
• Genius of Rudy Ray Moore

Filmography:

• Dolemite
• The Human Tornado
• Monkey Hustle
• Petey Wheatstraw
• Disco Godfather
• Rude
• B A P S
• Penitentiary II
• Legend of Dolemite
• Live at Wetlands
• The Great White Hype
• Shaolin Dolemite
• Big Money Hu$tla$
• Dolemite Explosion
• Vampire Assassin
• A Stupid Movie For Jerks
• Lil' Pimp
• The Dolemite Explosion (2007)

So...to pay tribute to the man that many have credited as the Godfather of hip-hop and rhyme, I'll be sharing a few things from Moore's discography from my collection so that, even though the man may not be with us anymore....his words sure as hell can still make us laugh. Enjoy....


Tracklist:
01. Dolemite (Ben Taylor)
02. The Queen
03. Do You
04. The Rumble
05. Mayor¹s Get-Away
06. Power of Your Love (Mary Love)
07. Willie Green
08. When We Start
09. The Hitman
10. Ghetto Expressions
11. Time is on our Side (Revelation Funk)
12. Creeper
13. The Jive Jungle
14. Flatland
15. Dolemite (Ben Taylor w/ Moore narration, film version)
16. Flatland (film version)
17. Human Tornado (from Human Tornado)
18. Miss Wonderful (from Human Tornado)
19. Dolemite Radio Spot version 1
20. Dolemite Radio Spot version 2
21. Human Tornado Radio Spot
22. Untitled

Dolemite OST download link




Sweet Peter Jeeter Download Link


Track Listing:

1. Petey Wheatstraw (Vocal)- Nat Dove & The Devils
2. Ghetto St. USA- Nat Dove & The Devils
3. Zombie March (Instrumental)- Nat Dove & The Devils
4. Loving You (Vocal)-Nat Dove & The Devils
5. Walking Theme (Instrumental)- Nat Dove & The Devils
6. Ghetto St. USA (Vocal)- Nat Dove & The Devils
7. Joy (Vocal)- Nat Dove & The Devils
8. Steve's Den (Instrumental)- Nat Dove & The Devils
9. Loving You (Instrumental)- Nat Dove & The Devils
10. Petey Wheatstraw (Instrumental)- Nat Dove & The Devils
11. Junkie Chase (Instrumental)- Nat Dove & The Devils


Petey Wheatstraw OST Download Link



The Cockpit Download Link

Curse of the Werewolf (Power Records, 1975)

The werewolf film genre has always been a thorn in my side for years....the only reason I tend to dislike it is simply a question of originality.

I mean, outside of Universal Pictures' classic The Wolf Man and The Howling (and remember, everything in this blog is personally my opinion, and you know what they say about those...), I find that every werewolf film produced is basically a rehash of the same friggin' story....

So, having said that...I still have no clue whatsoever why I like the Marvel Comics' character Jack Russell, Werewolf by Night....maybe it's the thought that the character was named after an absolutely cute little breed of dog that I adore....

Be sure to check out our sister site, Who's Who....Cares?, for Marvel Spotlight #2...the 1st app. of Werewolf By Night.

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Blade: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998)

The Mighty Marvel Monsterbash 2008 continues!!!

The first BLADE film has been cited as being the harbinger of the current wave of popularity in comic book and superhero properties in Hollywood. It certainly turned the tide on Marvel's lengthy string of bad luck concerning adaptations of their characters on the silver screen....

It's one of the few film adaptations of a comic book property in which I can honestly say that there were some drastic changes made from the source material, yet no one really complained...

For the ability to compare and contrast the two interpretations of the character, feel free to swing by Who's Who...Cares? for a look at Tomb of Dracula #10, the character's first appearance on the comics page...


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Dracula: Terror In The Snow (1974, PR15)

In a joint effort with my other blog, WHO's WHO....CARES?, I'm providing an important service: Giving away the Halloween treat of the monstery side of 1970s Marvel Comics...

This Power Records offering from 1974 is an audio adaptation of Marvel's Tomb of Dracula #19. With this download, I've included a CBR file of that particular issue.





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