Command Performance-Live In Person / Jan & Dean Meet Batman

Command Performance-Live In Person / Jan & Dean Meet Batman Artist: Jan & Dean
Label: One Way Records Inc
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724381868720
EAN: 0724381868720
ASIN: B000002R19


Release Date: 1996-08-20

Command Performance-Live In Person / Jan & Dean Meet Batman


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Tracks:

  1. Surf City
  2. Little Honda
  3. Dead Man's Curve
  4. I Get Around
  5. All I Have To Do Is Dream
  6. Theme From The T.A.M.I. Show
  7. Rock And Roll Music
  8. The Little Old Lady From Pasedena
  9. Do Wah Diddy Diddy
  10. I Should Have Known Better
  11. Sidewalk Surfin'
  12. Louie, Louie
  13. Freeway Flyer
  14. Batman
  15. The Origin Of Captain Jan & Dean The Boy Blunder
  16. Robin The Boy Wonder
  17. A Vit-A-Min A Day
  18. Mr. Freeze
  19. The Doctor's Dilemma
  20. A Stench In Time
  21. Batman Theme
  22. A Hank Of Hair And A Banana Peel
  23. The Fireman's Flaming Flourish
  24. The Joker Is Wild
  25. Tiger, Tiger, Burning
  26. Flight Of The Batmobile
  27. A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

Album Description

2 of the duo's late-period Liberty albums on 1 CD remastered and released on One Way. 'Command Performance' is a live show including odd covers of material like 'Little Honda,' 'I Get Around,' 'All I Have to Do Is Dream,' 'Rock and Roll Music,' 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy,' 'I Should Have Known Better,' and even 'Louie Louie.' A studio bonus track, 'Freeway Flyer' is included. The Jan and Dean Meet Batman is a concept album of the old TV show.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Guys, hold on to your girls!.......2006-04-08

This CD features two Jan & Dean albums on one disc.

Command Performance is a live recording. It is a decent performance, but who knows how much of it is really live, and how much is post-produced. "Theme From the TAMI Show" is definitely not live, it's the single version with applause overdubbed.

Jan & Dean Meet Batman was released to cash in on the popularity of the Batman TV show. It features a few novelty songs about Batman, a couple of instrumentals and a series of comedy sketches featuring Jan & Dean's superhero alter-egos Captain Jan & Dean The Boy Blunder. It's a moderately funny album, which you will appreciate more if you are a Batman fan.

4 out of 5 stars Live performance is great!.......2001-05-31

With so many artists, their live performances are not nearly as good as their studio albums, but that's not the case with Jan and Dean. Some cuts such as "Little Old Lady" & "Sidewalk Surfin'" take on a new life in the live setting. Their versions of other hit songs are endlessly fascinating. They prove what great harmony means on "All I Have To Do Is Dream", the old Everly Brother's tune. The only tune that really doesn't work is the take on "Dead Man's Curve". The bonus cut of "Freeway Flyer" is funny & side-splitting.

As for the other half of the CD-Jan & Dean meet Batman-well, it's an interesting artifact of two crazes meeting one another-superhero meets surfer dudes! You might listen to it a time or two, but it's not going to find a slot in the "frequently played" section on your CD player.

At this price, you can certainly afford it for just the "Live" part of it.

5 out of 5 stars When Rock and Roll Was Still Fun.......2000-08-09

Although not many music fans today even know of Jan & Dean, they were on the music scene before the Beatles, the Beach Boys and many others. When I was a kid, I owned the original Batman parody album and I waited for the day when I could get it on CD. Now its here and I am thankful that it has held up all these years. J&D are genuinely funny and the music is excellent surf--meets--Batman. This CD is certainly not for everybody, but if you want to relive that 60s experience, its a good start. I can remember growing up in the 60s when music wasn't so pompous and full of itself and it was actually fun to listen. If you like surf-type music, or if you just want to hear two guys who made it fun, get this! NOW!

5 out of 5 stars Batman parody is wonderful!.......1999-04-15

As the editor of the Batman Toy and Collectibles Price Guide at http://www.btcpg.com I can say that this CD is a true treasure for fans of the 1966 Batman TV series!

5 out of 5 stars

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