Today, April
30, is Walpurgisnacht.
For most
folks (like me), it’s just another excuse to celebrate the fun of
creepiness. So that means it’s time for
an anthology of songs about the raise-the-dead aspects of Walpurgis Night.
Here’s what
I’ve dug up:
01. Reveille
- American Military
Bugle Call (0:32)
02. Danse
Macabre (Franz
Liszt piano transcription) - Camille
Saint-Saëns (9:59)
03. Graveyard
Dance - Ray Sanders (1:44)
04. March
of the Trolls - Edward
Grieg (2:56)
05. Zombie
Stomp - The
Del-Aires (2:07)
06. Dance
in the Graveyards - Delta
Rae (3:40)
07. Laurie
(Strange Things Happen) - Dickey Lee (3:02)
08. The
Skeleton Dance (1929)
- Carl Stalling (5:09)
09. 'Til
the Following Night - Screaming
Lord Sutch with The Savages (3:42)
10. Spooky
Boogie - Cecil
Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (2:25)
11. Zombie
Jamboree (Back to Back) - Harry Nilsson (2:54)
12. Yodeling
Ghost - Patsy Montana (3:06)
13. She
Came Out of the Cold (1967
demo) - The Iveys (2:17)
14. The
Cat - Rod Willis (2:23)
15. Tennessee
Hillbilly Ghost - Terry
Preston (Ferlin Husky) (2:26)
16. Cha
Cha with the Zombies - The Upperclassmen (2:39)
17. Skeleton
Frolic (1937)
- Joe DeNat (7:13)
18. The
Way Out Mummy - Bob
Ridgley (2:00)
19. Rigormortis
Rock - The Gazmen (2:17)
20. Pet
Sematary - Ramones (3:30)
21. Misty
Water Woman - Rick
Springfield (4:37)
22. The
Ghost Song - Salty
Holmes (2:51)
23. Flip
Top Box - Dicky Doo
and The Don'ts (2:09)
24. Dead
Shall Rise - The
Dark (3:54)
And there’s
an insert with a little info and graphics for the songs. If you like it, let me know!
can you reupload 'Boneyard Bash',please. thanks!
ReplyDeleteOK, can do. It will be included in the post for this coming Thursday June 4th, with other Walpurgisnacht compilations.
ReplyDeletePlease remember to upload this MA-80 for this coming October - I've been waiting all year! Thank you for this wonderful blog.
ReplyDeleteStay tuned for the very day of shadows' all Hallow's Eve itself!
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