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Permalink "In the Hall of the Mountain King" --earliest version?

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October is coming, and I'm filling in some holes in our spooky month repertoire. I realized that we don't have a good version of Hall of the Mountain King. I got curious about early surf/intrumental rock versions. I found a few: (not sure how to format this with videos in mid text!)

I Meteors
Nero and the Gladiators
The Avengers VI

So I'm wondering two things:
Is there an undisputed FIRST version done on electric guitar? Or did everyone have a good idea at the same time?

and if YOU perform it, how do you handle the arrangement? Follow the orchestra or base it on another band version? (Rainbow, with lyrics?!)

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Lancasters (Richie Blackmore), "Satan's Holiday" from '65, I believe. The Surfrajettes also cover this. YouTube videos galore.

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looking on discogs, Nero & Gladiators listed as 1961.

Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters
Boston's Premier Surf/Noir Combo
http://www.heatonsurf.com

here's the Lancasters

Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters
Boston's Premier Surf/Noir Combo
http://www.heatonsurf.com

Yes, Nero & The Gladiators' version should be the first one.

T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S

We played this a handful of times back in 2005. One of those times got recorded. Although it's a bit rough, it is bombastic enough. We loosely based it on the Who's 1966 version
https://youtu.be/279EqPPXh7U?si=qka4lt0W1KJuALIp

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Here with hexaphonic fuzz combined with other effects including pitch shift. Intro and outro chilly sound effects from guitar synth. Variations on the melody were constructed to avoid excessive repetition.

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By the time Pollo del Mar recorded it, there were hundred's of versions, so we went back to the original 1875 version for inspiration. We released in in 2003.

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