The funkier Wheel cues, c. 1983-85

[BrandonFG]

Dating back to the Chuck and Susan era, Wheel had some very funky cues, and I've been curious about two for a while.

This jazz fusion-esque piece was used occasionally for cars, as well as for shopping, and does not sound like something that was composed just for game shows.

This cue was used for the more luxurious cars, and I've wanted to find it for years.

Anyone have any ideas? I know the shopping music and some other prize cues from that era have made their way to the internet.

[Robair]

This batch of cues were actually intro and outro cues used on "The Merv Griffin Show". Sometimes Mort and his band would do them live, other times the pre-record would play.

[BrandonFG]

Thank you! Now that you mention it, I can definitely hear some of the shopping cue in other music from his talk show.

[BrandonFG]

Bumping to add that I recently stumbled across an album called Escape, 1984. It features the Wheel, J! and his talk show themes, as well as the shopping music (Nightwalk) and prize cue Struttin on Sunset. Wouldn't be surprised if one or both car cues were on this album too, but I'm not so curious that I'm spending $130.

/I also don't have a record player
//Really need to get one of those 5-in-1 players

[MisterX]

The album's tracks are the same as the audio cassette version. The track list of the record can be found here:

https://www.discogs.com/release/12110441-Merv-Griffin-Escape/

The cue for luxury cars, per the link in the initial post, isn't on the record.