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This Battle of the Planets - Two Complete Commando G Adventures LP included two complete soundtracks from Spanish language episodes. First was "Big Robot Gold Grab 6" on side A, then "The Space Mummy 3" on side B. Each adventure was presented just like an episode with the opening theme, main story and closing theme intact. 1980, by Discos Belter.
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This 1980 LP from Discos Belter, Battle of the Planets, included four songs with ties to the series. The album was credited to "Henry Salomon and Orchestra" but Side A, Track 1 had the original American recording of the Battle of the Planets theme without narration. It was played twice, possibly to stretch the track's playing time to around three minutes. The rest of the album's tracks were new performances. Side A, Tracks 2 and 3, "Commando G" and "Zark 7" were cover versions of the Parchis originals. Side B, Track 1 was a cover version of Hoyt Curtin's "The Robot's Theme," probably the only one of Curtin's Battle of the Planets score pieces to be rerecorded. The rest of the LP contained interpretations of popular fantasy and Sci-Fi themes like Superman and Battlestar Galactica. The LP was issued with a Battle of the Planets poster.
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This 1981 LP entitled Commando G - The Central Theme of the TV Series Battle of the Planets contained the two songs from the initial Parchis Battle of the Planets single - "Commando G" and "Zark-7." In addition to the Battle of the Planets pieces, the record also included a number of other original and cover versions of popular songs. This is the only known Battle of the Planets themed LP from Parchis, although their songs from the series were re-issued on numerous other LP and cassette compilations. This LP was pressed on blue vinyl and it had a gatefold jacket which contained a board game inside titled "Galactic Combat." By Discos Belter.
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These two 45s by Parchis were both released in 1979 by Discos Belter. The one on the left contained Parchis' version of the Spanish Battle of the Planets opening theme, "Commando G" on side A and the song "7-Zark-7" on side B. The second single featured the new theme, "Battle of the Planets" on side A and a piece entitled "Defenders of the Good" on side B. Of special note is the fact that the "Battle of the Planets" 45 won the Spanish Ministry of Culture's 1980 award for Best Children's Album. Special stickers were applied to later pressings of the singles to announce the achievement (which can be seen on mouseover).
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This 45 release, which had almost the same exact cover as its companion LP release above, was credited to "Henry Salomon and Orchestra." However, Side A included the original American recording of the Battle of the Planets theme without narration. It was played twice, possibly to stretch the playing time to around three minutes. Side B featured Henry Salomon and Orchestra's cover version of Hoyt Curtin's "The Robot's Theme," probably the only one of Curtin's Battle of the Planets score pieces to be rerecorded. 1980, by Discos Belter
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A selection of Spanish audio cassette releases. The first on the top left, New Theme of the TV Series Battle of the Planets, included "Battle of the Planets" and "Commando G." The second cassette on the top right duplicated the Commando G LP with the same cover depicted above and included "Battle of the Planets and "Zark-7." The third and fourth cassettes in the middle row, Movie and TV Spectacular - Battle of the Planets, Battle of the Planets both duplicated the Henry Salomon and Orchestra LP shown above. The fifth cassette on left of the third row duplicated the Battle of the Planets - Two Complete Commando G Adventures LP. The first five cassettes were released 1980, by Discos Belter. The sixth cassette on the bottom right of the third row, Commando G, contained cover versions of "Commando G" and "Zark-7" as performed by Los Chiquitines. It was released 1980 on the Impacto imprint by Discos Belter. The final cassette on the bottom row, Children's Hits - Battle of the Planets, contained cover versions of the "Battle of the Planets" theme, "Commando G" and "Zark-7" all performed by Los Pequeñines. 1980, by Ediciones, Olimpo, SA
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2007 saw the release of three of Parchis' Battle of the Planets songs, missing only "Defenders of the Good," on this eleven track CD. The rest of the disc was filled with some of the group's biggest hits. All four of Parchis' Battle of the Planets songs have been released elsewhere on CD, but this is the only compilation to feature a Battle of the Planets cover. By DIVUCSA.
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The Spanish group Parchis was brought back for a new generation. A new group of children and musicians came together to rerecord many of the original Parchis' greatest hits. Included on this CD were newly-recorded versions of "Commando G" and "Battle of the Planets" along with twelve other selections. 2012, by DIVUCSA.
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