I COMPILE You to Listen!

Three more comps of Halloween (or ALMOST) music from all kindsa places.

MA-10 - 2010 Spook-Tacular:

1 Halloween Sale Goodwill 0:59

2 Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman The Tubes 4:25

3 It's a Nerdy Halloween Herbert Midgley 2:42

4 Frankie-Stein Robbie Robison 2:58

5 This Is Halloween    Panic! At the Disco 3:27

6 I Only Have Eyes for You Spike Jones 3:26

7 Horray For Horrorwood Frankenstein Drag Queens 2:18

8 It's Halloween Greg Conley 3:07

9 Zombie Dance The Cramps 1:51

10 Mummy Beach Hot Lava 2:59

11 Love Song For A Vampire Annie Lennox 4:12

12 Creature with the Atom Brain JezusFactory 2:40

13 Saturday Evening Ghost Frankie Stein and His Ghouls 2:01

14 Halloween Song Evangelicals 2:15

15 Mummy Walk Contrails 2:36

16 Main Theme Dracula Twins 1:32

17 Vincent Price Zombina & the Skeletones2:19

18 Monster Mash Misfits 2:34

19 Kids Halloween 10/30/2008 ASK U 1:14

20 Halloween Linda Book 2:52

21 Feed My Frankenstein    Alice Cooper      4:40

22 Dead Man's Curve Jan & Dean 2:25

23 Creature from Outer Space Big Eyed Beans from Venus 3:05

24 Bo Meets the Monster   Bo Diddley 3:03

25 TV  Theme Gigantor 0:52

26 Frankenstein Stomp Count Lorry & The Biters 2:01

27 The Skeleton In The Closet Louis Armstrong    3:08

28 Frankenstein Twist The Crystals 2:53

29 Frankenstein Meets The Beetles     Jekyll & Hyde 1:51

Someday I may tell the story of how these VERY EARLY and VERY ECLECTIC comps came to pass.

Until then, ponder our next slab of slime ...

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MA-123 - The Haunted 1980s:

01 - Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood - 45 Grave   1980  (2:53)

02 - Halloween - Distant Drums   1982  (3:36)

03 - Monster Island - The Dickies   1985  (1:56)

04 - Bates Motel - The Hitmen   1981  (3:19)

05 - Monster Rock - Screaming Lord Sutch   1982  (2:25)

06 - Jazz Butcher Meets Count Dracula - The Jazz Butcher   1983  (2:52)

07 - The Cabinet - Das Kabinette   1983  (3:57)

08 - Lycanthropia - Harry   1988  (5:00)

09 - Shaking of the Sheets - Steeleye Span   1989  (4:10)

10 - Horror Stories - Dance on Water   1984  (3:39)

11 - Final Scene - Greg Vandike   1980  (2:43)

12 - Like a Ghost - Ignatius Jones   1981  (3:22)

13 - The Masque - The Dark   1982  (3:42)

14 - Horror Movies - The Bollock Brothers   1983  (5:09)

15 - Dead Things - The Gorehounds   1987  (2:49)

16 - Halloween - The Wigs   1985  (2:28)

17 - The Vegas Vampire - Jim Parker   1983  (2:18)

18 - Count Duckula Theme - TV Soundtrack   1988  (1:09)

19 - Stuck in a Nightmare - Tooth & Nail   1988  (3:54)

20 - See You in the Boneyard - The Flesh Eaters   1981  (3:31)

21 - Scared of the Dark - Unit 5   1981  (4:00)

22 - I Kill with Warning - Rash of Stabbings   1983  (2:38)

23 - Something in My House - Dead or Alive   1987  (3:49)

24 - Slave Beyond the Grave - Johanna Went   1981  (2:51)

All of the above meditations, as you should have deduced, were released in the 1980s.

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MA-234 - Almost Halloween:

01 - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach (8:27)

02 - Nightmare Fantasy Rag - A Night on Rag Mountain - William Albright (10:09)

03 - Piano Sonata #2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 35, B 128 - 3. Marche Funèbre - Frédéric Chopin (8:57)

04 - 3 Ghost Rags No. 1, Graceful Ghost Rag - William Bolcom (4:30)

05 - 3 Ghost Rags No. 2, The Poltergeist - William Bolcom (3:28)

06 - 3 Ghost Rags No. 3, Dream Shadows - William Bolcom (7:23)

07 - Carnival of the Animals - Zoological Fantasy XII. Fossils - Camille Saint-Saëns (1:22)

08 - Violin Sonata in G Minor, The Devil's Trill - Giuseppe Tartini - 1997  (18:49)

09 - A Rag-Time Nightmare - Tom Turpin (1:15)

10 - Ave Satani (from The Omen) - Jerry Goldsmith (2:32)

11 - Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 - 5. Songe D'une Nuit Du Sabbat - Hector Berlioz (10:21)

ALL CLASSICAL, ALL FUN!  

These classical pieces may remind you of Halloween, even if they weren’t specifically intended that way when composed or published.  When I hear them or see their titles, I get a small smile reminding me that Autumn (aka Halloween Time) can be a state of mind, not just a date range on a calendar.

You can listen to this one and call it a presage of Halloween, a foreshadowing if you will.  And if you’re like me, YOU WILL!  Listen to MA-234 and feel your mouth curling up, your musical horizons broaden, and a lift to them gloomy ole Halloween spirits.

See you Monday!

  

Takes a Lot of Creepers to Give You the Jeepers!

Herewith we have three soundtracks. Evidently one is pretty rare.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Soundtrack:

1.   Main Theme from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (02:52)

2.   The Mindmaker Song (02:00)

3.   Tomato Stomp (01:46)

4.   Puberty Love (00:46)

5.   Love Theme (01:13)

6.   End Theme (00:51)

 

This disc was enclosed as a freebie with a DVD version of the film bought probably in the nineties.  Sadly, these tracks are dubs from the film.  They are not the music tracks which were manipulated for the film.  So, sadly, the classic "Puberty Love" is heard as a snippet only.

But smile!  What other movie's theme contains this unforgettable phrase?  "I know I'm going to miss her! A tomato ate my sister!"

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Young Frankenstein Score:

1-36:  Film Soundtrack Score

37:  Young Frankenstein Main Title (Album Version)

38:  Puttin' on the Ritz ((Album Version)

39:  Theme from “Young Frankenstein” - Rhythm Heritage 

(1975)

40:  Theme from “Young Frankenstein” - The Madeira 

(2010)

I encountered most of the above release, Tracks 1-36, around 2010 as a bootleg.  I added Tracks 37 and 38 from the anthology album Mel Brooks' Greatest Hits, Featuring the Fabulous Film Score of John Morris.  Tracks 39 and 40 are chicken fat, included just for you!

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"What!? another bootleg?!" you cry.  Yup.

The Halloween Tree - John Debney:

01)  Main Titles

02)  Our Costumes

03)  Pip's House

04)  The Note / The Ravine

05)  The Funeral March / Stairs

06)  The Marley Knocker

07)  Meeting Moundshroud

08)  Pip and the Tree

09)  Where is Pip?

10)  The Barn Poster Kite

11)  Landing in Egypt

12)  Feast of the Spirits

13)  Through the Streets

14)  The Tomb Chase

15)  Mummies

16)  Pip's Casket

17)  Funeral Procession

18)  Leaving Egypt

19)  Medieval Festival / New Years'

20)  Stonehenge

21)  Broomsticks

22)  Witches Hideout

23)  "What's a Witch?"

24)  Witches Chant

25)  Burnings and Flight

26)  The Construction Yard

27)  Sanctuary

28)  The Cathedral

29)  The Whistle / Gargoyles

30)  Gargoyle Chase pt.  1

31)  Gargoyle Chase pt.  2

32)  Next Stop, Mexico!

33)  Candle-lit Graves

34)  Gargoyles Dissipate

35)  Sugar Candy Skulls / Piñata

36)  The Catacombs / Pip Trapped

37)  The Trade

38)  Coming Back

39)  Pip's Alive! / Moundshroud's Pumpkin

40)  End Titles

Personally, I wish the Moundshroud character had been voiced by a less-recognizable actor.  And the animation is so-so.  But Ray Bradbury's evocation of childhood friendship, blended with a selected tour of Halloween History, makes this a lot of fun.  And Debney's score is the poison on the cake!

See you Friday, Friends and Fiends!  

  

DRAC, YOU-LICIOUS!

In today's posts concerning the Dark Prince, we swing from camp to silly to creepy.

Dracula's Deuce, by the Ghouls:

1. Dracula’s Deuce 

2. Dracula’s Theme 

3. Little Old Lady from Transylvania 

4. Weird Wolf 

5. Be True to Your Ghoul 

6. Shake, Rattle and Rot 

7. Monsterbilly Heaven 

8. Blood and Butter 

9. The Graveyard Shift 

10. Voo Doo Juice 

11. Bela Be Good 

12. Coffin Nails 

This 1964 release is plenty of campy fun, in the style of the Sixties surfin' and hot-rod teen culture.

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Hot Blood - Disco Dracula 1977:

01. Baby Frankie Stein 

02. Even Vampires Fall in Love 

03. Soul Dracula 

04. Sex Me 

05. Blackmail

06. Dracula Goes Dreamy

07. Terror on the Dance Floor

This is plenty of disco-thumpin' silliness.  Buh-buh-BABY!

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Hammer Presents Dracula (1974):

01 - Dracula - narrated by Christopher Lee  

(James Bernard)  (22:04)

FOUR  FACES  OF  EVIL:

02 - Fear in the Night

(John McCabe)  (2:48)

03 - She

(James Bernard)  (5:18)

04 - The Vampire Lovers

(Harry Robinson)  (3:23)

05 - Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde

(David Whittaker)  (7:25)

This one is a bit different, little ones.  Lotsa spoken word with musical backings.  Release your emotions to Chris Lee's engulfing tones, and you may wake up a little drained ...

See you Wednesday, fellow critters!

  

FRIGHTFUL FRIDAYS THROUGHOUT OCTOBER!

Welcome to the wondrous month of October across the Super Blog and the Record Round-Up!

Every Friday we'll share three -- count 'em, THREE!  Halloween comps from yours truly.  A whole bunch of them have never been presented before.  Plus a few old standbys who became orphans when my previous host since 2015 castrated itself.

First up is a compilation of songs you hear all the time on "party records" of Halloween music.  They are FALSE, I say!  They may be songs mentioning an odd thing, but for the sake of the Blob, they DO NOT have the delicious, intentional creepiness of a "true" Halloween song.

MA-231 - Not Halloween: 

01 - Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group - 1972  (4:44)

02 - Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon - 1978  (3:25)

03 - Season of the Witch - Donovan - 1966  (4:54)

04 - The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band - 1979  (3:35)

05 - Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra - 1957  (2:52)

06 - The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone - 1971  (2:44)

07 - Clap for the Wolfman - The Guess Who - 1974  (3:24)

08 - Spooky - Classics IV - 1967  (2:43)

09 - (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult - 1976  (5:06)

10 - Devil Woman - Cliff Richard - 1976  (3:31)

11 - Time Warp - Rocky Horror Cast - 1975  (3:16)

12 - Evil Ways - Santana - 1969  (3:57)

13 - Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf - 1977  (9:46)

14 - That Old Black Magic - Margaret Whiting - 1943  (2:41)

15 - In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett - 1965  (2:36)

16 - Witchy Woman - Eagles - 1972  (4:11)

17 - Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell - 1983  (3:33)

18 - Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac - 1968  (2:51)

19 - Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran - 1982  (3:39)

 We real Halloween connoisseurs are sick and tired of hearing these songs played at Halloween parties, or constituting the bulk of a so-labeled “Halloween” CD.  These songs may have scary or weird elements, but they ARE NOT about Halloween!

To express your agreement, download and burn this selection to disc … then shred the disc.

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MA-07 - Howl-oween:

01. Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper (5:03)

02. Halloween - Sid Frank & James Dukas (0:58)

03. This Is Halloween - Marilyn Manson (3:04)

04. Rock 1 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (0:32)

05. Riders in the Sky - Dick Dale (2:07)

06. Halloween - Aqua (3:44)

07. Trick or Treat (1937) - Donald Duck (0:55)

08. Jonny Quest Underscore 1 - Hoyt Curtin (0:31)

09. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley (2:13)

10. Ghouls Glide - Music for Monsters (1:51)

11. Boris the Spider - The Who (2:27)

12. The Raven - Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra   (3:30)

13. Frenzy #1 - CD Creepies (2:15)

14. Rock 2 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (0:19)

15. Have a Good Time on Halloween Night - Hap Palmer (1:46)

16. Trick or Treat - Nekromantix (4:10)

17. Jonny Quest Underscore 2 - Hoyt Curtin (0:51)

18. Halloween - Stephen Lynch (2:27)

19. Part One - Spooky Music for Spooky Occasions (1:43)

20. Here Comes the Boogeyman - Henry Hall (2:48)

21. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Main Title) - James Horner (2:00)

22. My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen) - George McKelvey (2:46)

23. Jonny Quest Underscore 3 - Hoyt Curtin (1:05)

24. Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers (3:03)

25. Five Little Pumpkins - Ukisociety (0:39)

26. Rock 3 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (0:11)

27. The Munsters Theme - Jack Marshall (2:10)

28. Part Two - Spooky Music for Spooky Occasions (1:35)

29. Nobody Likes You When You're Dead - Zombina and the Skeletones (2:04)

30. The Twilight Zone '85 Main Title - Grateful Dead & Merl Saunders (0:44)

31. The Haunted House (1929) - Mickey Mouse (3:06)

32. Twilight Tone - Manhattan Transfer (5:51)

33. Skeleton Dance - Music for Monsters (1:18)

34. Space Ghost (Main Title) - Ted Nichols / Richard Olson / Bill Getty (0:54)

35. DOA - Bloodrock (8:21)

MA-07 was my VERY FIRST Halloween comp,  I hope you'll find something worthwhile in its callow youthfulness. 

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MA-210 - Trick, Treat, Repeat: 

01 - excerpt - Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One - 2024  (0:15)

02 - Halloween Safety 01 - Centron Educational Films - 1977  (0:49)

03 - Rock 'N' Roll Halloween - Bobby Bare, Jr - 2009  (3:51)

04 - Nosferatu - Blue Öyster Cult - 1977  (5:16)

05 - The Spider and the Fly - The Wicked - 1979  (2:05)

06 - The Devil's Twist - Art Killmer and The Up-Town Four - 1964  (2:03)

07 - Incidental Music - The Mad Daddy Shock Theatre & The Great London Ghost Show - 1958  (1:38)

08 - The Moon Does Strange Things to Me - Free Delivery - 1974  (4:02)

09 - The Blob - Joe August - 1958  (2:10)

10 - Twilight Zone - Barry Raye - 1960  (2:35)

11 - The Merry Ghost from Chatham Square - Henri René Musette Orchestra - 1942  (2:34)

12 - Luther the Anthropoid (Ape Man) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch - 1972  (3:10)

13 - Janie Made a Monster - The Fabulous Five - 1959  (2:44)

14 - Have You Checked the Children? - Life in the Fridge Exists - 1980  (3:07)

15 - Surfer Smash - Johnn (Boris) Jones - 1963  (2:01)

16 - Dirty Little Secret - The Lowdowns - 1996  (2:39)

17 - My Son the Folk Monster - Larry Foster - 1962  (3:07)

18 - Funny Monsters - Deep Freeze Mice - 1983  (4:45)

19 - Doin' the Monster Mash - Leonard Jewell - 1963  (2:07)

20 - Trick or Treat - Chuck Berry - 1961  (1:32)

21 - The Creep - Billy & Mickey - 1961  (2:26)

22 - You Are My Girl - 3 Stooges - 1960  (2:27)

23 - Things That Go Bump in the Night - Allstars - 2002  (2:59)

24 - Danse Macabre - The Young Lovers - 1968  (1:39)

25 - Halloween Is Black as Night - Jackson C Frank - 1965  (2:45)

26 - Macabre! - Eureka!- Bones on a String - Fright Break - Michael Cudahy - 2007  (3:09)

27 - Weird Busters (Ray Parker Jr vs Oingo Boingo) - Burt Reynolds - 2021  (3:02)

28 - Halloween Safety 02 - Centron Educational Films - 1977  (0:28)

29 - Happy Halloween (Intro) - Dan Blakeslee - 2003  (0:26)

  

Now, THIS is music that bears a second ring at the doorbell! 

Track 1 is a clip from an otherwise mediocre WB animated release.

Track 24 is a fun bebop version of Saint-Saëns’ “Danse Macabre.”

Track 26 comprises four cues from Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007), music by Michael “The Millionaire” Cudahy.

We hope your Halloween is safe as well as silly and scary!

See you on Monday!