Mummies and Walebacks and Miltons, O My!

Songs Our Mummy Taught Us:

01 - The Mummy

02 - The Shriek Of Agony (Shriek Of Agony-Cha Cha Cha)

03 - Shake, Rattle And Roll

04 - I Dig You Baby

05 - Frankie And Igor At A Rock And Roll Party

06 - Noisy Village

07 - Son Of The Mummy

08 - More Sing Along With The Mummy

09 - Bingo

10 - The Children Cross The Bridge/Inter/Colonel Bogey March

11 - The Beat Generation

12 - The Beverly Hills Telephone Directory Cha Cha Cha

This is a 1959 embarrassment.  "Dor" turns out to be the so-called poet Rod McKuen.  This is what you get when people talk down to a trend to cash in on it.  If you can take more than two or three of these short pieces at a time. you're tougher than me.

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Milton DeLugg Combo:

Milton DeLugg and “The Vampires” - At the Monster Ball

1)  Don’t Just Stand There

2)  The Whip

3)  Igor

4)  The Head Shrinker

5)  Natasha

6)  Have a Nice Cup of Poison

7)  Wormy Figs

8)  Prisoner of Zelda

9)  The Creep

10)  Mud Is Thicker than Blud

11)  The Chase

12)  The Four Monsters

Milton DeLugg - Music For Monsters, Munsters, Mummies and Other TV Fiends

13)  The Munsters

14)  The Addams Family

15)  Creature from Under the Sea

16)  The Thing

17)  Bewitched

18)  Frankenstein

19)  Ghost Meets Ghoul

20)  King Kong

21)  Hitchcock TV Theme

22)  The Mummy

23)  Dracula

24)  The Outer Limits Theme

In these 1964 Monster Craze cash-ins, DeLugg presents cheese, but at least it's honest cheese.  It's a higher level of Camp than Songs Our Mummy Taught Us.  That's not to say it isn't for juvenile tastes, it just sounds like the performers might be having fun, even while admitting how goofy the whole idea is.

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Robbie the Werewolf Live at the Waleback:

1 Vampire Man

2 Drums and Guns

3 My Little Brother

4 Frankie Stein

5 That Judge

6 Censored Man

7 Count Dracula

8 Lucifer

9 Streets of Transylvania

10 Rockin' Werewolf

11 Inside Story of Flamenco

12 Tip-toe Through the Wolfbane

13 Censored Dooley 

Talk about knowing you're silly, this guy, taped at a 1964 nightclub solo performance, goes all out with asides, mumblings, and long spoken segues.  But his slippery guitar stylings and  uncontrolled giggles are part of the fun.  This guy knows he's being goofy, but sometimes goofy fun is perfect too.

If you don't get lost in the Sixties, come on back on Friday for three more Halloween comps!

 

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!

  

Twice the Retro Sizzle

Here are two old-fashioned re-ups from older posts, which have now-dead links.  Resurrected for you!

Toni Carroll Sings Hits of the Roaring 20s

1  I'm Just Wild About Harry

2  Doodle-Doo-Doo

3  Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

4  Bill Bailey

5  Under The Bamboo Tree

6  Hello My Baby

7  Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee

8  Ida

9  Careless Love

10  Five Foot Two

More Hawaii Calls: Greatest Hits

01 - Hawaii (Main Title)

02 - Tiny Bubbles

03 - Lahainaluna

04 - Kilakila Haleakala

05 - The Windward Side

06 - Heavenly Islands

07 - One Paddle, Two Paddle

08 - A Song of Old Hawaii

09 - Pagan Love Song

10 - Old Plantation

11 - Seven Days in Waikiki

12 - To You, Sweetheart, Aloha

I'll be honest.  It's been so long that I can't tell you how charming or cringe-inducing these performances might be.  Let me know ... 

 

Write It Yourself!

This is an assemblage from several sources of some great tunes from this master.

01 - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

02 - Ain't Misbehavin'

03 - Your Feet's Too Big

04 - Got a Bran' New Suit

05 -  Handful of Keys

06 - I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (and My Baby's Crazy About Me) 

07 - Honeysuckle Rose

08 - All That Meat and No Potatoes

09 - Spring Cleaning (Getting Ready for Love)

10 - Keepin' Out of Mischief Now

11 - Ring Dem Bells

12 - Tea for Two

13 - African Ripples

14 - I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me)

15 - You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew

16 - Medley (NBC On-Air Recording)

17 - Smashing Thirds

18 - The Joint Is Jumpin'

19 - S'posin'

20 - Carolina Shout

21 - Cash for Your Trash

22 - The Sheik of Araby

23 - Viper's Drag

24 - (Do You Intend to Put An End to) a Sweet Beginning Like This

DRIME LINK.

And after you listen, you may write me a letter of thanks too.  See you Monday!

  

MAD About the Disco

... And why SHOULDN'T you be?

01 - Disco Suicide - Phyliss, Karl & Angela Harris

02 - Sorry, No Words - Steve Leeds 

03 - This Time, This Night - Karl, Phyliss & Angela Harris 

04 - Barely Alive - Steve Leeds, Phyliss & Angela Harris 

05 - The Disco Clap - Karl, Phyllis & Angela Harris 

06 - It's a Gas (Disco Version) - Alfred E Neuman 

This was originally a flexi included in the magazine.  It's pretty fun.

DRIME LINK.

See ya Monday, fellow madlings!

  

How Suite It Is!

I hope you feel the same!

This is the last of the three CDs of Cousin Frank Mantooth's music.

I'll be honest with you, I don't know who any of the "jazz giants" are.  But the music's pretty cool.

01. If the Shew Fits (5:20)

02. For the Sake of Art (7:51)

03. If I Were a Bellson (7:51)

04. Scam and Eggs (6:49)

05. I Only Have Eyes for You (4:16)

06. Lauralisa (5:31)

07. Squash (6:52)

http://www.frankmantooth.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mantooth

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

And here's a family photo from 2001 that includes Frank.

Track 3, carved into pieces, would make great chase music for Jonny Quest, don't you think?

See you Thursday.

I'll Say It's So Jo!

It's a fine anthology of a wonderful singer from the Big Band era.

DISC ONE:

01 - Little Man with a Candy Cigar - Jo Stafford With Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - 1941

02 - Haunted Heart - Jo Stafford - 1948

03 - If - Jo Stafford - 1950

04 - In a Little Spanish Town (T'was on a Night Like This) - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1939

05 - April and You - Jo Stafford & Liberace - 1953

06 - Where Are You - Jo Stafford - 1953

07 - The Trolley Song - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1944

08 - I'll Remember April - Jo Stafford - 1958

09 - Blues In The Night - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1959

10 - Floatin' Down to Cotton Town - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine - 1953

11 - Every Night When the Sun Goes In - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1959

12 - The Night We Called It a Day - Jo Stafford - 1963

13 - The Gentleman Is a Dope (from Allegro) - Jo Stafford - 1958

14 - My Darling, My Darling (from Where's Charley) - Gordon MacRae, Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1949

15 - Young and Foolish (from Plain & Fancy) - Jo Stafford - 1955

16 - Tomorrow Mountain (from Beggar's Holiday) - Jo Stafford - 1958

17 - (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) - Jo Stafford,Norman Luboff Choir - 1953

18 - Teardrops from My Eyes - Jo Stafford & Gene Autry - 1950

19 - Dancing in the Dark (from The Bandwagon) - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1952

20 - Love Is Here to Stay (from The Goldwyn Follies) - Jo Stafford - 1953

21 - The Gypsy in My Soul - Jo Stafford And Art Van Damme Quintet - 1956

22 - Imagination - Jo Stafford - 1960

23 - If I Were a Bell - Jo Stafford - 1953

24 - No Other Love - Jo Stafford - 1963

25 - You're Blase (from Bow Bells) - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1957

DISC TWO:

01 - You and Your Love - Jo Stafford - 1943

02 - As I Love You - Jo Stafford - 1955

03 - Teach Me Tonight - Jo Stafford - 1954

04 - When April Comes Again - Jo Stafford - 1950

05 - St. Louis Blues - Jo Stafford - 1955

06 - Good Nite - Jo Stafford - 1957

07 - Make the Man Love Me (from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) - Jo Stafford - 1951

08 - Warm All Over (from The Most Happy Fella) - Jo Stafford - 1956

09 - The Best Things in Life Are Free (from Good News) - Jo Stafford - 1947

10 - One (based on One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story) - Jo Stafford - 1957

11 - These Foolish Things (Remind Me oOf You) - Jo Stafford and Art Van Damme Quintet - 1956

12 - The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (from Here Comes The Groom) - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine - 1951

13 - The Nearness of You - Jo Stafford - 1956

14 - Smoking My Sad Cigarette - Jo Stafford - 1952

15 - The Party's Over (from Bells Are Ringing) - Jo Stafford - 1969

16 - The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jo Stafford - 1960

17 - A Thought in My Heart - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - 1949

18 - Yes, Indeed! - Jo Stafford - 1941

19 - I'm Your Girl (from Me & Juliet) - Jo Stafford - 1953

20 - When I'm Not Near the Boy I Love (from Finian's Rainbow) - Jo Stafford - 1965

21 - Whispering Hope - Jo Stafford - 1978

22 - Shenandoah - Jo Stafford - 1961

23 - What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry - Jo Stafford - 1960

24 - I'll Be Seeing You - Jo Stafford - 1958

25 - Candy - Jo Stafford - 1960

26 - The Last Time I Saw Paris (from Lady Be Good) - Jo Stafford - 1960

DISC THREE:

01 - All The Things You Are (from Very Warm for May) - Jo Stafford - 1952

02 - If I Loved You (from Carousel) - Jo Stafford - 1947

03 - What Is This Thing Called Love (from Wake Up & Dream) - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1969

04 - Come Rain or Come Shine (from St. Louis Woman) - Jo Stafford - 1952

05 - With These Hands - Nelson Eddy & Jo Stafford - 1951

06 - Use Your Imagination (from Out Of This World) - Jo Stafford - 1950

07 - Three-Cornered Tune - Jo Stafford - 1951

08 - It Happened in Sun Valley (from Sun Valley Serenade) - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1956

09 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Jo Stafford - 1953

10 - Oh! Look at Me Now - Jo Stafford - 1963

11 - Ghost of a Chance - Jo Stafford feat. Warren Covington, trombone - 1967

12 - My Heart's in the Highlands - Jo Stafford feat. Mitch Miller, oboe & English horn - 1953

13 - My One and Only Highland Fling (from The Barcleys of Broadway) - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - 1949

14 - I Didn't Know About You - Jo Stafford with The Pied Pipers - 1944

15 - Indiscretion (from Indiscretion of an American Wife) - Jo Stafford & Liberace - 1953

16 - Old Devil Moon (from Finian's Rainbow - Jo Stafford - 1957

17 - For You - Jo Stafford With Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - 1941

18 - Silence Is Golden - Jo Stafford, Vic Damone - 1957

19 - The King of Paris - Jo Stafford, Norman Luboff Choir - 1956

20 - I Should Care - Jo Stafford - 1958

21 - Stardust - Jo Stafford - 1950

22 - I See Your Face Before Me (from Between the Devil) - Jo Stafford - 1965

23 - You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford - 1952

24 - Stayin' Alive (from Saturday Night Fever) - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1979

25 - I Am Woman - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1979

DISC ONE PERMANENT LINK.

DISC TWO PERMANENT LINK.

DISC THREE PERMANENT LINK.

THIS  LINKFOR ALL THREE DISCS GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

Happy listening!  See you Monday.

  

Alive in the USA

These are live recordings, and they're fun.

01. Theme & Intro/Ciribiribin (1:13)

02. Easy Ridin’ (2:55)

03. Maybe (3:11)

04. My Greatest Mistake (3:23)

05. That’s for Me (2:46)

06. Song of the Islands (3:29)

07. The Moon Won’t Talk (3:18)

08. You Think of Everything (3:17)

09. The Nearness of You (2:42)

10. Swanee River (2:32)

11. It Wouldn’t Be Love (3:23)

12. Fools Rush In (3:09)

13. Blueberry Hill (3:02)

14. Sharp as a Tack (1:29)

15. I’m Nobody’s Baby (2:50)

16. A Million Dreams Ago (3:14)

17. One Look at You (2:44)

18. It All Comes Back to Me Now (3:02)

19. Georgia on My Mind (4:23)

20. Braggin’ (3:12)

21. Intermezzo (2:52)

22. For Want of a Star (3:35)

23. Beyond the Moon (2:54)

24. Frenesi (3:03)

25. Cross Country Jump/Theme & Sign-Off (4:48)

You can hear crowd noises in places -- I assume these are radio broadcasts.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

What a wonderful part of our national heritage!  See you Thursday.

  

100 and Counting

This is New Agey, almost vapid background music.  In some tracks, I wonder what an imitation-Irish pennywhistle sound has to do with Oklahoma?  On second thought, to call it “elevator music” is too much.  I’d call this “wallpaper music,” or maybe “Sominex for the ears.”  It is competently performed, but somehow is hollow through and through.

That might have been considered a plus, since judging by the labeling this was a handout from an OKC bank.  Heaven forbid that their valued customers hear music that’s inspiring or challenging!  Somebody might become offended!

01. Beautiful America (2:52)

02. Sight of My Homeland (3:18)

03. Where Horizons Meet (4:26)

04. Light on the Moon (4:20)

05. Osage Hills (2:56)

06. A Look into the Ages (2:53)

07. Eagle's Nest (2:57)

08. Grand Lake (3:18)

09. Mantles of Gold (2:32)

10. Wichita Mountains (3:27)

11. Golden Sunrise (2:25)

12. Turner Falls (3:21)

13. Stars Alight the Heavens (2:30)

14. Tall Grass Prairie (2:50)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

I daresay you won’t be offended either.  See you Thursday!

  

Is It Hip to Be Hep?

 

You might ask that question after hearing this cassette, originally released on LP in 1959.

01. In the Still of the Night (2:54)

02. It's All Right with Me (2:55)

03. Love for Sale (3:32)

04. Just One of Those Things (2:25)

05. I've Got You Under My skin (2:51)

06. Every Time We Say Goodbye (2:22)

07. Night and Day (2:34)

08. Easy to Love (2:38)

09. Why Can't You Behave (3:02)

10. I Love Paris (2:12)

11. I Concentrate on You (3:12)

12. It's De-Lovely (2:32)

My feeling is, it’s so hep that I can’t stand it!

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

Maybe you'll feel different.  See you Monday!

  

Fun Cheese!

As you might expect from our postmodern survey, atop the heights of jaded culture, this stuff is CHEESY.

But it's still FUN!

01. Winter Wonderland (2:37)

02. Jingle Bells (2:50)

03. The Christmas Song (2:50)

04. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (2:18)

05. Santa's Got a Brand New Bag (2:21)

06. Jingle Bell Rock (2:34)

07. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (2:58)

08. White Christmas (2:34)

09. I'll Be Home for Christmas (2:36)

10. Little Saint Nick (2:15)

11. Do You Hear What I Hear? (2:13)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR THREE DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

PS:  Yes, the conductor is THAT Stu Phillips, later of Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century fame.

See you on Monday.  Have fun with this most glistening and manically cheerful album!

  

Don't Get TOO Mad

It's a 1996 release.

01. Miss Ann-Margret - Thirteen Men (2:44)

02. Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce (Guacha Guaro) (2:27)

03. Walter Wanderley - The Girl from Ipanema (2:29)

04. Nancy Wilson - Call Me (2:16)

05. Harold Johnson Sextet - Sorry ‘Bout That, Part 1 (2:11)

06. Mel Tormé - Comin’ Home Baby (2:45)

07. René Touzet - Baby Elephant Walk (2:36)

08. Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova (2:48)

09. Connie Francis - Bossa Nova Hand Dance (Deixa Isso Pra La) (2:09)

10. Les Elgart & His Orchestra - Frenesi-Twist (1:47)

11. Pérez Prado & His Orchestra - Why Wait (2:23)

12. Earl Grant - House of Bamboo (2:41)

13. Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers - Cantaloupe Island (3:47)

14. “Brother” Jack McDuff - Hot Barbecue (2:59)

15. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 - Mas que nada (2:41)

16. Dick Hyman & His Orchestra - Washington Square (2:32)

17. Trudy Pitts - Take Five (4:31)

18. Mose Allison - I’m Not Talking (2:33)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR THREE DAYS.

IMO it’s trying too hard to beat the Ultra-Lounge series’ packaging at its own game.  The “insert” is a sheet of semi-card stock about two inches square, evidently intended to entice consumers to buy all the volumes so as to have the complete saga of Doris and Rex.  This is way too cynical and dismissive of the craftsmanship (dare we say “art”?) in the originals, and makes fun of the historical period.

But the music ain’t bad.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you on Monday!

  

We'll Fight the Power for You!

... with this handy-dandy compendium of songs from the Seventies.

01 - Things to Make and Do - Angletrax - 1979  (3:39)

02 - So You Are a Star - Hudson Brothers - 1974  (3:46)

03 - Do You Wanna Touch My Safety Pin - Septimus - 1977  (3:03)

04 - Death to Disco - Dave and the Derros - 1978  (1:56)

05 - Who Do You Think You Are - Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - 1974  (3:16)

06 - Let Me Show You Love - Backstage Pass - 1977  (3:02)

07 - I'm a Dalek - Art Attacks - 1978  (2:54)

08 - Why Are Fire Engines Red - Victim - 1979  (2:47)

09 - Super Destroyer Mark II - The Turnbuckles - 1979  (2:27)

10 - Degenerator - Flirt - 1978  (3:29)

11 - Muckraker - Saucers - 1978  (3:47)

12 - Disco Zombies - Disco Zombies - 1979  (2:11)

13 - Aliens in Our Midst - The Twinkeyz - 1977  (3:20)

14 - I'm Eating Off a Fashion Plate - The Now - 1978  (2:10)

15 - Titanic (My Over) Reaction - Nine Nine Nine - 1978  (3:30)

16 - Prefab Heart - The Reels - 1979  (3:02)

17 - Is There Lunch After Death - The Sillies - 1979  (2:37)

18 - Supergirl (live) - The Readymades - 1979  (1:56)

19 - The Disco Sound Is Dead - Rotzkotz - 1979  (2:31)

20 - Just Like a Rainbow - Ablaze - 1977  (2:54)

21 - Bits - Pragvec - 1978  (1:36)

22 - All I Want - Snatch - 1978  (1:49)

23 - Imprint - Voigt465 - 1979  (3:27)

24 - Uniforms - Wall - 1979  (2:33)

25 - You Get Everywhere - The Chefs - 1979  (2:43)

26 - Young and Crazy - Nikki Corvette and the Convertibles - 1979  (1:56)

27 - Science Fiction (Baby You're So) - The Dodgems - 1979  (3:45)

28 - Trust in Technology - Adaptors - 1979  (2:23)

Let the music do the talking! You may be speechless ere long!

https://www.filefactory.com/file/6us1j437xowk/MA-193.rar

Come back on Monday after you've picked your jaw up from the floor.