La La Land's New Releases: Monkeying Around and Going to Hell

La La Land’s New Releases: Monkeying Around and Going to Hell

September 7, 2010 By Mike Duquette — 1 Comment

Two semi-obscure scores are coming from La La Land Records today: one’s the music to an primate-oriented family film, the other is an early-’70s rock score.

First up, Miles Goodman’s complete score to Dunston Checks In (1996), the comedy about an orangutan in a fancy hotel. (Seriously.) It’s a nice comedic romp, despite the fact that the source material isn’t quite a classic, and it’ll be a nice little limited edition at 1,200 copies.

The label also has a reissue of the soundtrack to Hell’s Belles, an interesting little 1970 flick involving bikers and action. The score, composed by Les Baxter (whose Beach Blanket Bingo was recently unearthed by La La Land), was previously released on LP; this premiere CD release adds five bonus score tracks. This set also has a 1,200-copy limit.

Order each set here and here, and check out the track lists after the jump.

Miles Goodman, Dunston Checks In: Limited Edition (La La Land Records LLLCD 1147, 2010 – original film released 1996)

Main Title – 5:19
Meet Dunston – 3:35
Monkey Capers – 7:56
Candid Dunston – 5:33
Dunston Hides Out – 4:48
Man and Monkey – 3:47
Greenhouse – 2:18
Pongo Pygmaeus – 3:22
Wounded Dunston – 3:24
Montage and Search – 2:33
The Bite – 1:36
Food Fight – 9:35
Sweet Dunston – 3:14

All tracks previously unreleased

Les Baxter, Hell’s Belles: Limited Edition (La La Land Records LLLCD 1149, 2010 – original film released 1970)

Wheels (Main Titles) – 2:49
Hell’s Belles – 1:52
Soul Groove – 2:12
Dan’s Theme – 2:28
Hot Wind – 1:50
Take It from Me – 2:02
Chain Fight – 2:25
Travelin’ Man – 1:43
Dan Again – 1:29
Hogin’ Machine – 1:34
Scoobee Doo – 1:56
Goin’ Home – 0:53
Travelin’ Man – 1:57
Take It from Me (Source)/Gila Monster/Cathy Left Behind/Mongoose Gets Beans – 8:05
Gang Rides Through the Hills/Tosses Bike Over Bank/Snake or Rope – 3:30
Cathy Reminisces/Cathy Reminisces Part 2 – 1:57
End Credits – 1:57

Tracks 1-12 released as Capitol LP ST-6316, 1970
Tracks 13-17 previously unreleased

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

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