Christmas Music for Organ & Trumpet

Yep, we're ending this year's Spock Christmas on a classical note.  The selections are:
01. KREBS: Ludwig Güttler - Sleepers, Wake, the Voice Is Calling (3:33)
02. BACH: Felix Friedrich - Wie Schön leucht' der Morgenstern (4:38)
03. BACH: Friedrich Kircheis, Ludwig Güttler - Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn (2:18)
04. BACH: Hans-Jürgen Scholze - Sleepers, Wake, the Voice Is Calling (5:08)
05. BACH: Friedrich Kircheis, Ludwig Güttler - Kommst Du Nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (3:50)
06. BACH: Felix Friedrich - In Dulci Jubilo (1:57)
07. KAUFFMAN: Friedrich Kircheis, Ludwig Güttler - Wie cchön leuchtet der Morgenstern (3:18)
08. ALCOCK: Friedrich Kircheis - Voluntary (4:25)
09. BACH: Felix Friedrich - Allein Gott in der Höhe sei Ehr (3:24)
10. KREBS: Ludwig Güttler, Friedrich Kircheis - Herzlich lieb hab ich dich (6:53)
11. BACH: Holm Vogel - Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her (11:36)
12. CORRETTE: Kurt Sandau, Ludwig Güttler, Friedrich Kircheis - Concerto Noël Allemand (7:25)

I think it's kinda charming that on the cover credits, the umlaut in the trumpeter's name is "hidden" inside the "U."

Christmas Music for Organ & Trumpet

See you back here on Thursday for a New Year of amazing (or amazingly awful) music, right here on the Record Round-Up!
 

Four Discs: Yule Love It!

It's a four-disc set of different performers and pieces.  The disc name is the link.

A Nutcracker Christmas: Disc A (55:50)

01. Tchaikovsky - Miniature Overture (3:09)
02. Tchaikovsky - March (2:32)
03. Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (1:50)
04. Tchaikovsky - Russian Dance - Trepak (1:06)
05. Tchaikovsky - Arabian Dance (2:51)
06. Tchaikovsky - Chinese Dance (1:12)
07. Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Mirlitons (1:59)
08. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of Flowers (6:23)
09. Handel - Joy to the World (1:23)
10. Vaughan Williams - Fantasy on Greensleeves (5:48)
11. Vivaldi - Allegro Non Molto (3:35)
12. Vivaldi - Largo (1:45)
13. Vivaldi - Allegro (4:44)
14. Bizet - Carillon From L'Arlesienne (6:34)
15. Larsen - Variations on Angels We Have Heard on High (4:54)
16. Bach - Sinfonia From Christmas Oratorio (6:05)

A Nutcracker Christmas: Disc B (46:54)

01. Rochester Pops - Sleighride (2:47)
02. Fireside Orchestra - Frosty the Snowman (2:16)
03. Berlin Festival Orchestra - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (1:50)
04. Barclay Christmas Orchestra - Jingle Bells (1:40)
05. Bruce Mitchell Choir - Silent Night (3:21)
06. Bruce Mitchell Choir - O Little Town of Bethlehem (2:14)
07. All-Saints Ensemble - O Come, All Ye Faithful (1:21)
08. Berlin Festival Orchestra - Waltz of the Flowers (6:22)
09. Fireside Orchestra - Medley (6:30)
10. Bruce Mitchell Choir - The First Noel (2:23)
11. Fireside Orchestra - O Christmas Tree (2:42)
12. Rochester Pops - Snowdrops Waltz (6:39)
13. Fireside Orchestra - The 12 Days of Christmas (3:43)
14. Fireside Orchestra - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (3:06)

A Nutcracker Christmas: Disc C (56:20)

01. Leontovich - Carol of the Bells (2:47)
02. Strauss Jr. - Snowdrops Waltz (6:42)
03. Prokofiev - Troika (2:44)
04. Herbert - March from 'Babes in Toyland' (3:40)
05. Tchaikovsky - Snowflake Waltz (4:38)
06. Schubert - Ave Maria (4:26)
07. Handel - Joy to the World (1:25)
08. Waldteufel - Skaters' Waltz (5:56)
09. Humperdinck - Overture to 'Hansel and Gretel' (8:05)
10. L. Mozart - Sleighride (3:07)
11. W.A. Mozart - Sleighride from 'Three German Dances' (2:46)
12. Tchaikovsky - Enchanted Lake from 'Swan Lake' (3:12)
13. Back - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (3:53)
14. Luther - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (2:57)

A Nutcracker Christmas: Disc D (55:36)

01. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - Overture (3:19)
02. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - Comfort ye (2:39)
03. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - Every valley (3:38)
04. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - And the Glory of the Lord (2:53)
05. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts (1:40)
06. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - But who may abide (3:20)
07. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - Behold! A Virgin shall conceive (0:24)
08. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - O though that tellest good tidings to Zion (5:11)
09. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - He Shall feed His flock (5:09)
10. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - I know that my Redeemer liveth (6:03)
11. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - For unto us a Child is born (4:14)
12. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude (0:18)
13. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - Glory to God (2:04)
14. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - Behold! The Lamb of God (3:11)
15. Royal Philharmonic and Royal C - Hallelujah! (3:48)
16. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - The trumpet shall sound (4:28)
17. Royal Philharmonic and Royal Choral Society - Amen (3:15)

See you on Monday the 30th for a final fillip!

For the Blandest Christmas You Will Ever Have ...

Yes, there's something about these synth Christmas arrangements that makes them most inoffensive, and pureed to an inch of their lives.

01. Away in a Manger (5:00)
02. O Holy Night (5:02)
03. Holiday Lights (4:27)
04. What Child Is This? (5:49)
05. Do You Hear What I Hear? (5:08)
06. Up on the Housetop (5:26)
07. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (2:37)
08. Still, Still, Still (2:08)
09. O Christmas Tree (4:42)
10. Carol of the Bells (0:54)

Mike Strickland - Starry Night

See you on Thursday the 26th for a gigantic set of Christmas musics!

Images of Christmas

Here's a fresh chance to decide if electrons favor Christmas music.
01. Deck the Halls (3:03)
02. Good Christians All Rejoice! (2:48)
03. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (3:27)
04. O Little Town of Bethlehem (3:04)
05. Overture of Old French Carols (5:35)
06. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (2:34)
07. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (3:20)
08. Suite of Old English Carols (4:26)
09. Silent Night (3:15)
10. Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (4:30)

Images of Christmas

See you on Monday for another swipe at Christmas background music.

An Angel's Noel

It's a perfectly serviceable bit o’ fun, courtesy of Goodwill.

01. Ave Maria (2:48)

02. Greensleeves (4:58)
03. Carol of the Bells (2:28)
04. The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) (2:31)
05. Away in a Manger (4:06)
06. Good King Wenceslas (3:26)
07. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (5:13)
08. Angels We Have Heard On High (3:33)
09. Pastorale (Christmas Concerto, Op. 6, No. 8) (3:58)
10. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (5:22)
11. Silent Night (3:07)
12. First Light (5:42)
13. Peace On Earth (2:33)

Ware Patterson Duo - An Angel's Noel

See you on Thursday!

Forever Gold - A Traditional Christmas

Another CD from who knows where!

01. Red Army Chorus - Ave Maria (5:13)
02. The Mistletoe Orchestra & Singers - The Holly and the Ivy (2:27)
03. The Mantovani Orchestra - Canticle Noel (2:04)
04. The Mistletoe Orchestra & Singers - On This Day the Earth Shall Ring (3:22)
05. The Cranberry Singers - Joy to the World (2:03)
06. The Mistletoe Orchestra & Singers - Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant (3:00)
07. The Mantovani Orchestra - Panis Angelicus (3:45)
08. Red Army Chorus - Oh Little Town of Bethlehem (3:19)
09. The Mistletoe Orchestra & Singers - Adeste Fideles (3:21)
10. The Mantovani Orchestra - Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring (1:03)
11. The Mistletoe Orchestra & Singers - While By My Sheep (2:34)
12. Red Army Chorus - Auld Lang Syne (1:39
Golden Christmas

See you Monday!

It's a Spike Jones Christmas

This cassette appears to be the same as the CD called Let's Sing A Song Of Christmas.

01. Jingle Bells Medley (4:01)

02. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (2:19)

03. The Night Before Christmas Song (1:35)

04. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1:23)

05. Silent Night (2:41)

06. Sleigh Ride (2:13)

07. My Birthday Comes on Christmas (2:09)

08. Snow Medley (3:47)

09. Nuttin' for Christmas (1:39)

10. Deck the Halls Medley (2:30)

11. White Christmas Medley (3:54)

12. (I'm the) Angel in the Christmas Play (2:51)

13. Christmas Cradle Song (2:04)

14. Frosty, the Snow Man (1:26)

15. Hark Medley (2:48)

16. Christmas Alphabet Medley (3:33)

17. Santa Claus's Son (2:10)

18. Christmas Island (1:35)

19. Victor Young Medley (2:23)

20. Here Comes Santa Claus (1:42)

21. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (1:52)

SJChristmas

See you on Thursday!

Listener's Choice - Here We Come a-Caroling

Here's one of those Christmas albums which is both innocuous and forgettable.  Buy it to play in the background at your office party, sure!
01. Here We Come a-Caroling (3:27)
02. Good King Wenceslas (2:58)
03. What Child Is This? (3:32)
04. Go Tell It on the Mountain (3:08)
05. Up on the Housetop (2:43)
06. Angels We Have Heard on High / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (4:17)
07. The Twelve Days of Christmas (4:25)
08. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (3:30)
09. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (5:08)
10. The Holly and the Ivy (2:58)
11. O Come, All Ye Faithful (4:41)

Carol Yourself!

See you back on Monday!

Welcome to Spocky Christmas! OK City Sings Christmas

Another thrift-store treasure opens this year's SPOCKY CHRISTMAS!

After a little goo-goo-googling and some email inquiries, I discovered that this fun little tape is by the "OK City Chorus," which is still active and can be found at http://www.okcity.org/.

The tracks of this brief album are:
01. We Need a Little Christmas (1:52)
02. Winter Wonderland (2:26)
03. Christmas Dream (1:42)
04. Away in a Manger (1:47)
05. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (1:08)
06. Silent Night (1:43)
07. Hark the Herald Angles Sing (1:57)
08. Jingle Bells (1:59)
09. Jingle Bell Rock (1:42)
10. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (0:54)
11. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (2:02)
12. Christmas Chopsticks (0:58)
13. The Twelve Days of Christmas (5:23)

OK City Sings Christmas

See you on Thursday for our next installment!

Happy Birthday to Will Rogers and the Great State of Oklahoma!

Believe it or not, I found FOUR copies of this EP for sale at the same time, at a local thrift store.  I cherry-picked the best audio and the best-preserved visuals to scan.



Among the participants in this 1957 celebration of all things Okie is (read the fine print) OKC’s own beloved John Ferguson, aka CountGregore.  (And, yes, I gave John a copy of the CD produced from these files.)



The Ballad of Oklahoma!


Well, that’s all for this month.  See you here on Monday, December 2^nd, for the beginning of a Spocky Christmas season!

Halloween Howls

01. Halloween Howls (45:00)

I found something silly when I popped this sucker into my handy CD reader.  According to MusicBrainz, this is SIX different discs!  That is, the MusicBrainz database came up with six different sets of data when it tried to read this disc’s metadata.

Not one of them is correct!

·         Sampler - This is... Drum & Bass 2 - CD 3
·         Bonus Mix by Deep Blue & Rhodsey (Moving Shadow) (45:00)

·         Monroe Products - キャットナッパー
·         Hemi-Sync Meditation (45:00)

·         Pink Floyd - more
·         More (45:00)

·         Àíäðåé Ïàòðóøåâ - Ãèïíîç è ñàìîãèïíîç
·         Ãèïíîç è ñàìîãèïíîç (45:00)

·         St. Gayane Chorus, Armenia. Conductor: Komitas Keshishian - Komitas: Armenian Mass (Komitasyan Patarag) part 1
·         Armenian Mass (Komitasyan Patarag) part 1 (45:00)

·         Arthur Schnitzler, Peter Simonischek - Die Toten schweigen - Novellen CD2
Das Schicksal des Freiherrn von Leisenbohg (1903) (45:00)

Halloween Howls

See you again on Monday, November 4th, for a special Oklahoma celebration!

Themes from Classic Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films

This is the version without the cheesy monologuing and sound effects.

01. The Mole People (Hans J Salter): Treacherous Trek (3:08)

02. Creature from the Black Lagoon (Hans J Salter): The Monster Attacks (1:57)
03. This Island Earth (Herman Stein):  a. Main Title; b. Shooting Stars (3:49)
04. The Incredible Shrinking Man (Fred Carling & Ed Lawrence): Main Theme (2:48)
05. It Came from Outer Space (Herman Stein): Visitors from Space (1:40)
06. The Creature Walks Among Us (Henry Mancini): Stalking the Creature (1:54)
07. House of Frankenstein (Hans J Salter & Paul Dessau): Main Title (2:45)
08. Horror of Dracula (James Bernard): a. Main Title; b. Dracula's Feast of Blood (2:58)
09. Tarantula (Henry Mancini): Main Title (1:51)
10. Son of Dracula (Hans J Salter): Main Title (1:07)
11. Revenge of the Creature (Herman Stein): Main Title (1:31)
12. The Deadly Mantis (William Lava): Winged Death (2:53)
Scary music for YOU!

See you back on Thursday, October 31st, for the wrap-up of SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!

PC Treasures - Sounds of Halloween

It's another CD bought on the cheap from McCrory's or some such.  I'd call it cheap because it was sold in a cardboard sleeve, not a CD case.

Featuring:
• Thunder Claps
• Howling Winds
• Rattling Chains
• Frightening Groans and Moans
• Eerie Orchestra
• Blood Curdling Screams
Total Time - 31:01

PC Treasures - Sounds of Halloween

We're in the home stretch now, baby!  See you back here on Monday to commence the final week of

SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!

Transformers Dance Invasion!

Have you ever thought you could feel your IQ diminishing as you experienced something?

Now's your chance!

1. Hot Robot!  4:16
2. Good Vibrations-Robot Version-The Beach Boys  4:41
3. Space Tiki Gods!  3:22
4. Dance!  5:01
5. The Disco Creature From The Black Lagoon!  4:07
6. The Silver Surfer Rides Again  4:14
7. Outer Space Party!  0:59
8. Attack Of The Disco Tikis!  4:37

TDI

Now your brain, too, can be turned to cheese!

See you on Thursday with something equally uplifting!  Can't wait!

Somebody Else's Stuff, So Thank Him!

Several years ago while trolling for fun things to listen to, I came across this fun assembly.  It's from the Wonderful Wonderblog, which is still lurching along.

1. The Haunted Mansion Welcome - Disney

2. Addams Family Movie Main Theme - Marc Shaiman
3. Ben - Crispin Glover
4. Edward Scissorhands Introduction (Titles) - Danny Elfman
5. Fay Wray Come Out and Play - Type O Negative
6. Frightening Frankie, Dangerous Drac & Weirdo Wolfie - Groovie Goolies
7. Ghosts In White Linen - Bob Rivers
8. Halloween - Bob Hope
9. The Haunted Strangler (commercial) - Boris Karloff
10. The Halloween Song - Bing Crosby, Boris Karloff & Victor Moore
11. Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en - Oscar Brand & His Young Friends
12. Heartbeat - Van Helsing
13. Hilarious House Of Frightenstein - Vincent Price
14. House Of Horrors - Merv Griffin
15. "I Got A Rock" - The Peanuts
16. I'm No Scaredy Cat - Lou Rawls
17. In The Beginning - Motley Crue
18. Jaws 2 (commercial)
19."Innnnnteresting Monster" - Bugs Bunny & Gossimer
20. (It's A) Monsters' Holiday - Buck Owens
21. "It's Alive!" - Colin Clive
22. The Legend Of Wooley Swamp - The Charlie Daniels Band
23. The Monster Mash - Vincent Price
24. Mysterious Mose - Ted Weems & His Orch.
25. Overture to The Phantom of the Opera - Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orch.
26. Please Mr. Gravedigger - David Bowie
27. KISS Your Face Make-up (commercial)
28. The Pumpkin Tells - Wade Denning & Kay Lande
29. "Pure of Heart" - Power Records
30. Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) - Vaughn Monroe
31. Skin And Bones - Dean Gitter
32. Spider-Man On Halloween Night - Spider-Man & Friends
33. Spooky Movies - Roy Clark
34. That Annoying Hanging Spider Sound
35. That Little Old Graverobber Me - Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians
36. Monster Cereals - Count Chocula, Frankenberry & Boo Berry
37. This Is Halloween - Danny Elfman
38. Transylvania Polka - The Count (from Sesame Street)
39. Trick Or Treat - Karen & Cubby
40. Twilight Zone - Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orch.
41. Witch Laugh - Sounds To Make You Shiver!
42. Spooktacular Finale - Spike Jones

RSOH

See you on Thursday, Fiends!

Mancini's "Monster" Hits

Sad news for you, friends.  When you print your own disc, it won't glow in the dark.  Sorry!

This disc reminds me of an infant's tombstone I once heard of:  "It is so soon that I was done for, / I wonder what I was begun for."  You may feel the same when you listen and realize the whole thing is only, like, less than twenty minutes long.

Still, here it is:

01. The Monster Gets Mark (from The Creature from the Black Lagoon) (6:50)

02. The Thing Strikes (from It Came from Outer Space) (4:51)
03. Main Title from Nightwing (3:22)
04. Surround Fantastique (0:58)

Mancini's "Monster" Hits

You tell me.  Is "Surround Fantastique" much of a "bonus track," if it's less than a minute long?

*grumble*

Grumbles over, Mister Sunshine here!  See you back on Monday!
 

Two Radio Dramatizations of Frankenstein

Track 1:

WEIRD CIRCLE:  “Frankenstein” 02-20-44 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.  Starring Arthur Vinton (Professor Waldman).  Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates a living being from animal parts, but the tortured creature returns and demands a mate for companionship.



Track 2:
SUSPENSE:  “Frankenstein” 06-07-55 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, adapted for radio by Antony Ellis (productor/director); Lucien Moraweck (composer); Wilbur Hatch (conductor); Larry Thor (announcer).  Starring Stacy Harris (Victor Frankenstein); Herb Butterfield (James); Vivi Jannis (Elizabeth); Barney Phillips (Frankenstein’s monster).  CBS.  A young scientist creates a living creature from the dead, but his creation haunts its maker in the classic story by Mary Shelley.

Adventures in Old-Time Radio – Frankenstein

See you again on Thursday, Spooks!
 

Here Comes ... The Bride of Monster Mashup

Yep, it's another boffo musical mix-up from the same usual suspects.

1. DJ Schmolli “Satan Omen Death”
2. dj BC “The Witchdoctor vs. The Exorcist”
3. DJ NoNo “County Sound”
4. KrazyBen “Monster of the Crypt”
5. Pilchard “Jack The Monkey”
6. DJ Engineer “Happy Mash-O-Ween”
7. Cheekyboy “Nowhere To Run”
8. DJ Earlybird “I Think She Knows That I Put a Spell On Her”
9. Irn Mnky “Tongueless Ghost of Sin”
10. DJ Clive$ter “The Megalust of Dracula”
11. Mr. Fab “Cannibal Zombie Mom”
12. Divide and Kreate “Highway Reaper”
13. Fettdog “The Haunted Mashion”
14. Essexboy “Freaky Teethbusters”
15. ApolloZero “Don’t Scream Halloween’s Paid In Full”
16. Autopilot “Devil Wend Down on Betty”
17. Juxtaposeur “Demonique Dimotane”
18. DJ Boasty “Purple People Eater”
19. Solcofn “Release Yo Nightmare”

The Bride of Monster Mashup

And a whole lot o' fun!  A blog from/about those Monster Mashup compilers is here ...

See you next Monday!

MA-102 - Sixties Shock Sessions

Welcome to SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!
       

            For the beginning of this wonderfully creepy time of year, it’s a new music comp.  here are the bloody ingredients for this monstrous mash:

01 - Halloween - Ron Haydock and the Boppers   1961  (2:49)
02 - Suffocate - Ralph Smedley   1962  (2:04)
03 - The Cave (Parts 1 & 2) - Gary “Spider” Webb   1961  (4:43)
04 - Dracula - Desmond Dekker   1964  (2:52)
05 - Serpents & Spiders - Jimmy Friis & the Valiants   1964  (2:52)
06 - The Booga Man - The Poindexter Brothers   1965  (2:44)
07 - The Invasion Is Coming - The Invasion   1967  (1:45)
08 - Frankenstein - King Horror   1969  (2:12)
09 - Haunted House - Joey Tedeschi and the Idols   1966  (2:19)
10 - Dracula Cha Cha - Los Dandies   1960  (3:00)
11 - Dorothy, My Monster - The Champions   1961  (2:04)
12 - The Monster Miss - Miss L L Louise Lewis   1962  (1:38)
13 - Haunted Castle - The Kingsmen   1963  (2:47)
14 - The Birds - The Motivations   1963  (2:12)
15 - Spider Walk - The Sabres   1965  (2:29)
16 - Two Souls - The Grim Reapers   1966  (2:54)
17 - The Friendly Undertaker - ‘Fingers’ Lee   1965  (2:48)
18 - Gary Ghoul Boy - Teddy and Darrel   1966  (2:25)
19 - I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf   1961  (2:50)
20 - There Was a Fungus Among Us - Hugh Barrett & the Victors   1961  (2:01)
21 - People from Another World - Jive Five   1961  (2:26)
22 - Wolf Gal - Skipper Ryle   1962  (2:18)
23 - Why Do I Love You - Bela la Goldenstein   1962  (2:09)
24 - Transylvania Mist - Donnie and the Del Chords   1963  (2:28)
25 - The Addams Family Theme (long) - Vic Mizzy   1964  (1:22)
26 - Go Go Gorilla - The Shandells   1965  (2:53)
27 - Igor's Cellar - The Detergents   1965  (3:02)
28 - Horror Asparagus Stories - The Driving Stupid   1966  (2:34)
29 - Sleepy Hollow - The Last Word   1966  (2:50)
30 - In My Grave - The Reactions   1968  (2:46)
31 - The Maddest Story Ever Told (from Spider Baby) - Lon Chaney, Jr   1967  (2:19)

Yes, it’s a disgusting, wild, and woolly ride from now until the Thirty-First!

MA-102 - Sixties Shock Sessions -- 2021 UPDATED LINK

Come back every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for new posts on the Super Blog.  And visit every Monday and Thursday at the Record Round-Up for new posts of Halloween audio shenanigans!

Welcome to my world!