Fritz the Cat (soundtrack)

Fritz the Cat
Soundtrack album by Ed Bogas and Ray Shanklin
Released	1972
Recorded	November 1971 – January 1972
Genre	Soul-jazz[1]
Length	38:44
Label	Fantasy Records
Producer	Ed Bogas and Ray Shanklin
Ralph Bakshi film soundtrack chronology
Fritz the Cat (1972) Heavy Traffic (1973)

Fritz the Cat is the 1972 soundtrack album to the Ralph Bakshi directed animated film of the same name.

The soundtrack features a number of blues, funk and rock and roll songs as well as the film's score, which consists of soul-jazz performed by Ed Bogas and Ray Shanklin.^[1]

The album was originally released on Fantasy Records in 1972. It was later re-released in 1996 on compact disc as part of a compilation that featured both the soundtracks to Fritz the Cat and another Ralph Bakshi feature, Heavy Traffic, on the same disc.

Various musical cues and instrumental songs from the film are not featured on the soundtrack and remain unreleased to this day. On November 23, 2018, Varese Sarabande Records reissued the soundtrack on a picture disc LP.

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AllMusic	[1]

Side one

1. Black Talk (Earland) – 2:28
   • Performed by Charles Earland/Melvin Sparks/Idris Muhammad
2. Duke's Theme (Ray Shanklin) – 5:25
3. Fritz the Cat (Crumb-Bogas) – 0:55
   • Performed by Alice Stuart
4. Mamblues (Tjader) – 3:00
   • Performed by Cal Tjader
5. Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel) – 2:20
   • Performed by Bo Diddley
6. Bertha's Theme (Shanklin) – 4:56

Side two

1. Winston (Ed Bogas) – 2:18
   • Performed by The Innocent Bystanders
2. House Rock (Bogas-Day) – 2:52
3. The Synagogue (Traditional, arr. Bogas) – 1:11
4. Yesterdays (Harbach-Kern) – 3:25
   • Performed by Billie Holiday
5. Love Light of Mine (Betty Watson) – 2:47
   • Performed by The Watson Sisters
6. The Riot (Bogas-Saunders) – 3:07
7. You're The Only Girl (I Ever Really Loved) (Krantz-Bogas-Shanklin) – 3:10
   • Performed by Jim Post