Episode #134: Del Casher & Italian Stallion

Del Casher // photo credit Bob Barry

Del Casher may not be a household name, but you've undoubtedly heard his music. He was a member of the famous Wrecking Crew, played on Lawrence Welk, recorded Frank Zappa’s first demo, backed Elvis Presley, and built guitars with Les Paul. His many inventions include the Wah-Wah pedal and the Ecco-Fonic, influencing the development of electric guitar playing.

In 1976, Casher was commissioned to write and record a soundtrack for Italian Stallion, a re-branding of the 1970 film The Party at Kitty and Stud's, which saw Sylvester Stallone's first on-screen appearance. While even Stallone called the film "horrendous," the soundtrack for Italian Stallion stands on its own as a musical masterpiece. Over 40 years later, with the help of ORG Music, Del Casher dug up his original master tapes and assembled a record's worth of material for the soundtrack's first ever release. Italian Stallion will make its long overdue debut with a vinyl pressing, exclusively for the second RSD drop on July 17.

I spoke by phone with Del Casher about the release of Italian Stallion's score and his legendary career.

Tracklist

Del Casher, "Italian Stallion Theme" (Italian Stallion OST)

Vic Mizzy, "The Ghost & Mr. Chicken Main Title" (The Ghost & Mr. Chicken OST)

Del Casher, "Dance Alone" (Italian Stallion OST)

Del Casher, "A Demonstration Of Ecco-Fonic" (promo record)

Episode #80: Record Store Day 2019

On this episode, we run down the soundtrack releases for Record Store Day 2019, in both the US and UK. We cover nearly thirty exclusive albums, singles, and books.

Tracklist:

Louis Armstrong, "Heigh Ho" (Disney Songs The Satchmo Way)

The Jim Carroll Band, "People Who Died" (Catholic Boy)

Hooverphonic, "2 Wicky"

Mary Kay Bergman, "Blame Canada" (Soith Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut)

TMNT, "Pizza Power" (Coming Out of Our Shells)

Paul Zaza, "Prom Night" (Prom Night)

Juice People Unlimited, "Disco Godfather" (Disco Godfather)

Francois De Roubaix, "Les Dunes D'ostende" (Daughters of Darkness)

Wendy Carlos / Rachel Elkind, "The Shining Main Title Theme" (The Shining)

Episode #73: Record Store Day Black Friday 2018

On this bonus episode, we’re running down all the soundtrack-related Record Store Day Black Friday releases. You can find a complete list of everything coming out on Friday, November 23 at the RSD site.

We also mentioned Fathom Events’ Jim Henson’s Holiday Special featuring Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas and The Bells of Fraggle Rock. It’s happening on December 10 and 16 (not December 14 and 16 as mentioned in the episode). You can buy tickets here.

Tracklist:

Cheap Trick, "Spring Break" (Spring Break OST)

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, "Turn On the Lights" (Stranger Things Halloween Sounds Of The Upside Down)

Duke Ellington, "Chim Chim Cheree" (Duke Ellington Plays With The Original Motion Picture Score Mary Poppins)

Perry Serpa, "And You Are?" ft. Scott McCaughey (Wherefore Art Thou)

Joan Jett, "Fresh Start" (Bad Reputation OST)

U2, "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me" (Batman Forever OST)

Cal Tjader, "Mamblues" (Fritz the Cat OST)

Syd Dale, "The Hell Raisers" (The Sounds of Syd Dale)

Paul Williams, "Riverbottom Nightmare Band" (Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas)

Paul Williams, "Ain't No Hole in the Washtub" (Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas)

Episode #30, Record Store Day Black Friday 2016 with Tony Giles

We once again welcome Tony Giles, of the Damn Fine Cast, the Lakeshore Records podcast, and 5/5/78, to talk Record Store Day releases. This Friday, November 25, brings a slew of exclusives to record stores for Black Friday, and we break down the various soundtrack and score-related titles. We also both offer up out most-anticipated non soundtrack releases.

Tracklist:

Charles Fox and Bob Crewe, "Barbarella" (Barbarella)
Sesame Street, "Letter B" (Born to Add)
Eric Cartman, "O Holy Night" (South Park: Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics)
Puscifer, "Rev 22:20" (Underworld OST)
Electric Wizard, "Dunwich" (Witchcult Today)

Podcast #16.5, Record Store Day UK

Well, we managed to snake in TWO episodes this week, and our bonus episode is actually twice as long as the actual one we dropped on Monday. It's how things work.

Anyhow. We realized that we forgot to talk about all the UK releases for Record Store Day, so we reached out via Twitter and got Tony Giles, co-host of The Damn Fine Cast and owner of Shipping Records, to help us run down some gems for our listeners overseas. There are some gems we will likely be importing at great expense.

Tracklisting:

Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet, "Party" (Requiem for a Dream)
Gerhard Heinz, "All You Ever Need is Beat" (Schamlos)
Goblin, "Seq. 01 - Main Titles" (La Villa Della Droga)
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, "Omens Of Nosferatu" (Nosferatu)

Podcast #15, Record Store Day Soundtrack Releases

The third Saturday of every April since 2007 has been devoted to hitting up record stores the world over and supporting independently-owned businesses. It's known as Record Store Day, and, granted, it's become a little more commercial as its progressed -- up to and including a Black Friday event -- but there's still a chance to get out and grab some interesting releases with a slew of like-minded individuals. On this episode of the podcast, we break down the various soundtrack-related releases and let you know what's what.

Tracklisting:

The Bouncing Souls, "That Song" (How I Spent My Summer Vacation)
Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet, "Lux Aeterna" (Requiem For A Dream OST)
Bob Cobert, "Shadows Of The Night (Quentin's Theme)" (Dark Shadows OST)
Delia Derbyshire, "Dr. Who" (Doctor Who: The Music)
Ethan Hawke, "My Funny Valentine" (Born to Be Blue OST)
Silly Symphony, "The Skeleton Dance" (Disney's 75 Years of Music & Memories)
Bee Gees, "To Love Somebody" (Joy OST)
Le Castle Vania, "LED Spirals" (John Wick OST)
De La Soul & Teenage Fanclub, "Fallin'" (Judgment Night OST)
Clan of Xymox, "A Day" (The Guest OST)
Dolly Parton, "Jolene (slowdown)" (Blacklist OST)
Tito & Tarantula, "After Dark" (From Dusk Til Dawn OST)
Stelvio Cipriani, "Deviation" (Deviation)
Goblin, "La Via Della Droga" (La Via Della Droga)
Pearl Jam, "Spin the Black Circle" (Vitalogy)