Name: The Music from M Squad/The Music from Mickey Spillane's Hammer
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The Music from M Squad/The Music from Mickey Spillane's Hammer

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Album: The Music from M Squad/The Music from Mickey Spillane's Hammer
#	Song Title	Time
1)	M-Squad (Theme) - Stanley Wilson
2)	Chase, The - Stanley Wilson
3)	Search, The - Stan Wilson
4)	Phantom Raiders - Stanley Wilson
5)	Lonely Beat - Stan Wilson
6)	Juke Box, The - Stanley Wilson
7)	Mugger, The - Stanley Wilson
8)	Discovery, The - Stanley Wilson
9)	Late Spot, The - Stanley Wilson
10)	Cha-Cha Club, The - Stanley Wilson
11)	Lady Sings the Blues, A - Stanley Wilson
12)	End, The - Stanley Wilson
13)	Riff Blues (Theme) - Skip Martin
14)	Corn Pone Woman - Skip Martin
15)	Coffee House - Skip Martin
16)	Bad Guys - Skip Martin
17)	Black Night - Skip Martin
18)	Back Home - Skip Martin
19)	Night Crowd - Skip Martin
20)	Summer Mood - Skip Martin
21)	Like Mike - Skip Martin
22)	Morning After - Skip Martin
23)	Lenox Avenue Strut - Skip Martin
24)	Hammer Blow - Skip Martin

Album: The Music from M Squad/The Music from Mickey Spillane's Hammer
#	Song Title	Time
1)	M-Squad (Theme) - Stanley Wilson
2)	Chase, The - Stanley Wilson
3)	Search, The - Stan Wilson
4)	Phantom Raiders - Stanley Wilson
5)	Lonely Beat - Stan Wilson
6)	Juke Box, The - Stanley Wilson
7)	Mugger, The - Stanley Wilson
8)	Discovery, The - Stanley Wilson
9)	Late Spot, The - Stanley Wilson
10)	Cha-Cha Club, The - Stanley Wilson
11)	Lady Sings the Blues, A - Stanley Wilson
12)	End, The - Stanley Wilson
13)	Riff Blues (Theme) - Skip Martin
14)	Corn Pone Woman - Skip Martin
15)	Coffee House - Skip Martin
16)	Bad Guys - Skip Martin
17)	Black Night - Skip Martin
18)	Back Home - Skip Martin
19)	Night Crowd - Skip Martin
20)	Summer Mood - Skip Martin
21)	Like Mike - Skip Martin
22)	Morning After - Skip Martin
23)	Lenox Avenue Strut - Skip Martin
24)	Hammer Blow - Skip Martin

Performer Notes

2 LPs on 1 CD: THE MUSIC FROM M SQUAD (1959)/THE MUSIC FROM MICKEY SPILLANE'S MIKE HAMMER (1959).
THE MUSIC FROM M SQUAD arranged by Benny Carter, John T. Williams and Pete Carpenter. THE MUSIC FROM MICKEY SPILLANE'S MIKE HAMMER composed by Dave Kahn and Melvyn Lenard.
Originally released on RCA (2062) & RCA (2140). Includes liner notes by Lee Marvin and Mickey Spillane.
Arrangers: Pete Carpenter; Skip Martin ; Benny Carter .
This CD is a smart idea, combining two top-notch jazz soundtracks from television on one disc. The M Squad material, featuring the music of Count Basie, Benny Carter, and Johnny Williams (later better known as John Williams, the Jaws/Star Wars composer), holds up somewhat better than the Mike Hammer material, but all of it is among the best jazz soundtrack material written for television during the 1950s, in many ways several steps above and ahead of the famed Peter Gunn soundtrack, which was the big hit in the field. Collectables' disc is less expensive than either of the imported versions of the individual soundtrack CDs from RCA's European branch, and the sound is just as good. ~ Bruce Eder