As part of Record Store Day 2015 today, Legacy Recordings will release a 2LP vinyl collection of The Wrestling Album 2 and Piledriver. Record labels are releasing some exclusive material on vinyl to independent music stores today. Here is an official description of the releases:
This RSD 2015 release brings The Wrestling Album and Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 together as a 2LP collection, in a handsome spiral-bound jacket, celebrating a golden era in American pro wrestling mania. Originally released by the World Wrestling Federation in 1985, The Wrestling Album features tracks produced by Rick Derringer, David Wolff, Jim Steinman (Bat Out of Hell) and “Mona Flambe” (Cyndi Lauper, who contributes backing vocals on “Real American”); the album is comprised of theme music for wrestlers on the WWF (now the WWE) roster at the time. The 1987 follow-up, Piledriver: The Wrestling Album 2 showcases vocal performances from the wrestlers themselves, including “Stand Back” by Vince McMahon and “If You Only Knew” by The WWF Superstars.
Here is the track lists for the sets:
The Wrestling Album – 1. The Wrestlers – “Land of a Thousand Dances”, 2. Junkyard Dog – “Grab Them Cakes”, 3. Rick Derringer – “Real American”, 4. Jimmy Hart – “Eat Your Heart Out, Rick Springfield”, 5. “Captain” Lou Albano and George “The Animal” Steele – “Captain Lou’s History of Music/Captain Lou”, 6. WWF All-Stars – “Hulk Hogan’s Theme”, 7. “Rowdy” Roddy Piper – “For Everybody”, 8. “Mean” Gene Okerlund – “Tutti Frutti”, 9. Hillbilly Jim – “Don’t Go Messin’ with a Country Boy”, 10. Nikolai Volkoff – “Cara Mia”
The Wrestling Album II (Piledriver), 1. Robbie Dupree & Strike Force – “Girls in Cars”, 2. Koko B. Ware – “Piledriver”, 3. The Honky Tonk Man – “Honky Tonk Man”, 4. Derringer – “Demolition”, 5. Slick – “Jive Soul Bro”, 6. Jimmy Hart – “Crank It Up”, 7. Hillbilly Jim & Gertrude – “Waking Up Alone”, 8. Vince McMahon – “Stand Back”, 9. “Mean” Gene Okerlund & Derringer – “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo”, 10. The WWF Superstars – “If You Only Knew”
