Soundtracks from the classic drive-in era can be kind of a mixed bag. Some of them hold some truly rare psychedelic or sixties punk tracks with some real dross thrown in. Others do a great job of mimicking the old Top 40 sound and are a delight to behold. The soundtrack for Get Yourself a College Girl is one of the latter.
What’s On the Tracks?
First of all, some might be surprised to see a couple of jazz heavyweights, Stan Getz and Jimmy Smith on what is supposed to be a rock and roll soundtrack. Except for the fact that some jazz was part of the Top 40 sound of the early to mid-60s. Stan does his thing with Astrud Gliberto and their big bossa nova hit, “The Girl from Ipanema” plus an instrumental track. Organist Jimmy Smith and his trio get two righteous R’n B inflected tracks.