[untitled] Halloween sounds

I came across this CD in a way I can't now recal.  It's a single track of various anguished sounds , cries, and such.  It's safe to play in the background while the kids come up to yur porch (no swear words like some I've heard).

I gussied it up with a CD front & rear case insert, should you wish.  The original had none, by the time I got it.

One track of thunder - bats - crunching bones - night creatures - growls - screams - barks - howls - creaks - clanks - cries

And here is the link:    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O51LAQUZ

It's Fantastic !

Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique is a well-known classic with a wonderfully creepy ending -- movement 5, the "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath," featuring the "Dies Irae" theme.   Here we have a piano transcription.

The tracks:
1. I. Reveries - Passions
2. II. Un Bal
3. III. Scene Aux Champs
4. IV. Marche Au Supplice
5. V. Songe D'une Nuit Du Sabbat
The link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FRGLXL6Y

Ghouls with Attitude, Volume 1

The Oddio Overplay website no longer seems to carry this anthology of fun and “scary” music.  Glad I found it first to share with you!

This is Volume 1.  Next Monday will bring Volume 2.

Here are the tracks:

1 Tarantula Ghoul and the Gravediggers - Graveyard Rock   

2 Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians - Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsatured Blood   

3 Movie Trailer - Vampire Playgirls   

4 Bobby Bare - Vampira   

5 The Crewnecks - Rockin' Zombie   

6 Griz Green - Jam at the Mortuary   

7 Movie Trailer - Monsters Crash the Pajama Party   

8 The MSR Singers - Monster Man   

9 The Abominable Surfers - Monster Surfer   

10 Bobby 'Boris' Jones - Surfer Smash   

11 Jupiter Jones - The Spook Spoke   

12 Bob McFadden and Dor - I Dig You Baby   

13 Movie Trailer - The Mind of Mr. Soames   

14 Albert DeSalvo - Strangler in the Night   

15 Kenny and the Fiends - House on Haunted Hill   

16 Winchell's Donut House Halloween Record - Hear the Monsters (Spooky Sounds and a Spooky Tale)   

17 Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra - The Raven   

18 The Modernaires - The Rockin' Ghost   

19 Bob Rosengarden & Phil Kraus - Satan Takes a Holiday   

20 Boris Karloff and Friends - Ha Ha Ha / The Bride of Frankenstein   

21 Movie Trailer - Brain Eaters   

22 Groovie Goolies - Goolie Garden   

23 Hap Palmer - Haunted House   

24 Bruce Haack and Norman Bridwell - The Witch's Vacation   

25 Sounds of Terror! - Burned at the Stake    

26 Louise Huebner - Intro Orgies, a Tool of Witchcraft   

27 Marty Manning and His Orchestra - Night on Bald Mountain   

28 Criswell (The Legendary) - Someone Walked Over My Grave  

and here is the link:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WVXUPCF2

Well, Swash My Buckles!

This is a great recording of some fun and moving music.

These are the tracks:

1.   Prologue (Main Title) (01:34)

2.   Banquet At Nottingham Castle (01:52)

3.   Robin Enters The Great Hall (00:56)

4.   Escape From The Castle (05:09)

5.   Robin Meets Little John (01:38)

6.   The Oath And The Black Arrow (01:54)

7.   Robin And Friar Tuck (01:24)

8.   Ambush In Sherwood (03:01)

9.   Feast In The Forest (02:52)

10.   Robin And Marian (03:09)

11.   The Archery Tournament (03:04)

12.   Escape From The Gallows (02:13)

13.   Love Scene (05:40)

14.   Dagger Fight: King Richard In Sherwood (02:07)

15.   Coronation Procession (03:05)

16.   Duel, Victory And Epilogue (03:22)

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3NOMIJI0

See ya Monday . . .

Billy Strange's "Secret Agent File"

With his big ol' guitar and swaggering beat, guitarist Billy strange puts his own mark on some familiar spy tunes.

Here are the tracks:

1            Thunderball

2            A Man Alone

3            9th Man Theme

4            I Spy

5            The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme

6            The James Bond Theme

7            Our Man Flint

8            The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

9            Run Spy Run

10          Get Smart

11          007 Theme

12          Goldfinger

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4VXUX7MD

 

CD Creepies

A little shivering music, Maestro!  -- or should it be Monstro?

These are the tracks:

1)  Contata and Fugue  

2)  Frenzy #1

3)  Torment

4)  Psycho

5)  Private Lab    

6)  The Unexpected

7)  Night on Bald Mountain     

8)  Angel of Death

9)  The Devil Rides       

10)  Lucifer's Choir

11)  Troubled Voices    

12)  Sinister Street

13)  Spinecharge

14)  Omen

15)  Marked Man 

16)  Sleeper Awaits

  time 33:25

17)  Thunder and Rain  

18)  Bats Flying in Cave

19)  Electric Lab  

20)  Mad Man Laugh

21)  Witch's Laugh        

22)  Church Bell Toll

23)  Wolf Howl     

24)  Owl Hoot

25)  Beast Roar   

26)  Heart Speeds Up

27)  Creaky Door 

28)  Rattling Chains

29)  Monster Scream

30)  Laboratory Chemicals

31)  Crazy Machine       

32)  Barking Blood Hounds

33)  Attack Dog Fight    

34)  Squeaking Rats

35)  Eerie Wind   

36)  Terrified Crowd

37)  Woman Ghost (Sad)        

38)  Poltergeist (Happy)

39)  Cat Meow     

40)  Horrified Woman

41)  Horrified Man

42)  Water Drip In Cave

43)  Hounds Of Hell      

44)  Castle Footsteps

45)  Haunted House Creak     

46)  Kookaburra Bird Laugh

  time 19:07

47)  Monster Story        

  time 11:33

total time 1:04:05

And here is the link:  http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQK2G5O2

Major Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller's civilian orchestra could not ompete with the talent assembled for him by the US Government as he played for his service comrades in WWII.

These performances were all live recordings, hence the applause at the end of the selections,  I feel like joining in.

These are the tracks:

01 - Over There

02 - The G. I. Jive

03 - Peggy the Pin-Up Girl

04 - Speak Low

05 - Tail-End Charlie

06 - Anvil Chorus

07 - Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

08 - There Are Yanks

09 - Pistol Packin' Mama

10 - Everybody Loves My Baby

11 - Enlisted Men's Mess

12 - I'll Be Around

13 - There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin

14 - People Will Say We're in Love

15 - Pearls on Velvet

16 - St. Louis Blues March

17 - Poinciana

18 - It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)

19 - Jeep Jockey Jump

20 - Victory Polka

21 - Farewell Blues

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=531EDCI2

Peter Maxewll Davies' "Vesalii Icones"

This is modern music, perhaps an a-tonal music.  Nevertheless it music that can be very moving.  The piece

There's also an insert shewing these Stations.

Some other pieces are included afterwards.

  Here are the tracks in this compilation:

Vesalii Icones
for Cello, Small Instrumental Group & Dancer, J. 85
1 Prima Musculorum Tabula The Agony In The Garden 5:32
2 Secunda Musculorum Tabula The Betrayal Of Judas 2:33
3 Tertia Musculorum Tabula Christ And Pilate 2:35
4 Quarta Musculorum Tabula The Flagellation 2:04
5 Quinta Musculorum Tabula Christ Condemned To Death 3:51
6 Sexta Musculorum Tabula The Mocking Of Christ 2:57
7 Septima Musculorum Tabula Christ Receives The Cross 1:58
8 Octava Musculorum Tabula St. Veronica Wipes His Face 2:52
9 Nona Musculorum Tabula Christ Prepared For Death 1:05
10 Decima Musculorum Tabula Christ Nailed To The Cross 1:58
11 Undecima Musculorum Tabula The Death Of Christ 4:42
12 Duodecima Musculorum Tabula The Descent From The Cross 2:45
13 Deceimateria Musculorum Tabula The Entombment Of Christ 3:00
14 Decimaquarta Musculorum Tabula The Resurrection - Antichrist 1:50
The Bairns of Brugh for instrumental ensemble, J. 17615 The Bairns of Brugh Runes from a Holy Island 6:00
Runes from a Holy Island for instrumental ensemble, J. 14816 Runes from a Holy Island First Movement 2:37
17 Runes from a Holy Island Second Movement 0:56
18 Runes from a Holy Island Third Movement 1:58
19 Runes from a Holy Island Fourth Movement 3:58
20 Runes from a Holy Island Fifth Movement 1:36

And here is the link:    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AC2FXVRI

 

 

"Vesalii Icones" is twelve movements based on Tarot cards melded with various traditions of "Stations of the Cross."

MA-16 - Ghos-terrific Sounds

Here is your 2011 Halloween compilation of scare-tastic fun.

These are the tracks:

1        Mr After Halloween Costume Shop Salesman      Al Lowe       1:00

2        "The Return of Dracula": The End     Gerald Fried         4:08

3        Teenage Frankenstein  Alice Cooper        3:27

4        Trick or Treat       Andrew Gold        3:23

5        Everybody Loves You When You're Dead Stranglers   2:39

6        Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon      The Cramps      3:12

7        Count Dracula      All About Halloween       1:09

8        Halloween in Heaven     Type O Negative  4:50

9        The Nightmare Before Christmas      Pharaoh Atem      1:37

10      Godzilla (Album Version)         Blue Oyster Cult   3:42

11      Halloween Parade         David Berkeley        3:16

12      Gigantor      Helmet          4:12

13      Surfin' Halloween Big Chopper         1:27

14      Count Dracula      Robbie the Werewolf      5:09

15      Halloween Monster Mania       stAllio!           7:55

16      Planet of the Apes         Frankenstein Drag Queens       3:00

17      The Legend of Wooley Swamp         Charlie Daniels       3:56

18      Spooks of Halloween Town       Yoko Shimomura           1:20

19      Hand of Blood      Bullet for My Valentine   3:37

20      Casper, the Friendly Ghost          Peter Pan Singers    0:53

21      Scary Song Frankenstein Drag Queens        2:37

22      Zombie Stomp           H. Zombie featuring Toño Pneumo        4:14

23      Halloween Party       Sue Schnitzer  3:54

24      Frankenstein Rock         Eddie Thomas      1:50

25      I Want a Monster      Prairie Dawn     2:12

Here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=21I92JFY

See You Again in October!

We're taking a month to pray for cooler weather.  Spock and I will return with some spooky stuff in October!

Honeytree

This was released in 1972.  I always wondered if the deliberately unflattering photo was chosen as a sign of humility.

There are some great songs here from Nancy Henigbaum's first album.

01 - Only God      2:43

02 - Treasures      2:56

03 - Sweet Rain      2:00

04 - Hallelujah, Outasight      1:42

05 - Job's Song      1:58

06 - Resist The Devil 3:47

07 - So Much Man 2:05

08 - Clean Before My Lord 3:00

09 - I Don't Have To Worry 2:36

10 - Honeytree 4:57

Specifically, the second track, "Treasures," was sung to Joyce and I at our wedding by our sweet friend Susan Talley (now Brinkman).

Here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9BQ4SPYN 

 

Maybe the "Almost Best"

This is a fine collection of Big-Band -type stuff, culled from a two-cassette package that was released maybe in the 1980s.  Maybe not all the Big Numbers that I personally think of as THE BEST, but still fun.

Here are the contents:

1)  Shep Fields - Ballerina

2)  Jan Garber - My Blue Heaven

3)  Sammy Kaye - I’ll Walk Alone

4)  Henry Jerome - It’s You, It’s You, It’s You

5)  Frankie Carle - Twilight Time

6)  Claude Thornhill - Polka Dots and Moonbeams

7)  Charlie Barnet - Theme

8)  Charlie Barnet - Lumpy

9)  Blue Barron Band - Old Buttermilk Sky

10)  Count Basie - Circus in Rhythm

11)  Al Trace - Marzie Doats

12)  Count Basie - Don’t Believe Everything You Hear

13)  Tony Pastor - It’s the Talk of the Town

14)  Red Nichols - Muskrat Ramble

15)  Ray Anthony - The Hucklebuck

16)  Ziggy Elfman - And the Angels Sing

17)  Russ Case - I’ll Be Seeing You

18)  Buddy Morrow - The Wonder of You

19)  Tommy Tucker - That Old Sweetheart of Mine

20)  Larry Clinton - La Rosita

21)  Count Basie - Rock A Bye Basie

22)  Blue Barron Band - Medley: You’re My Thrill

23)  Al Trace - I Cross My Heart

24)  Charlie Barnet - Oh Miss Jackson

25)  Blue Barron Band - Play the Players

26)  Art Mooney - I Don’t Know Enough About You

27)  Blue Barron Band - Cruising Down the River

And here's how to get it:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=84LO9NFH

See you Wednesday with a release and an announcement.

Not Minnesota Fats

Joyce and first encountered the fun music of Fats Waller in the early 1980s in a TV broadcast of Ain't Misbehavin'.  Who can resist "Your Feet's Too Big"?

This conglomeration came from several sources.  I hope you like it too.

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

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0M5Y1F31

See you Monday!  Man, your pedal extremities are ENORMOUS.

  

Meco in Space

You see, it's not a copyrighted STAR TREK  image if tf you have those engine nacelles sticking straight out to the side instead of upwards 45 degrees.  I guess!

We revisit SF disco with Mr Meco, in his attempt to cash in on two movies from 1979.  STTMP you know and love (I hope).  The Black Hole was Disney's lumbering, bloated, lame attempt to come up with something fresh and exciting like Star Wars.  Yeah, right.



Here are the tracks:

01. Star Trek Medley

02. Love Theme From Star Trek

03. Theme From Star Trek

04. Theme From The Black Hole

05. Clearmotion

06. Space Sentry

07. Meteorites

Here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9Q8EBWT4

   See ya!

MA-22 A Star to Steer By

The cover of this selection of space/flying saucer music features an interpretation of Betty Hill's star map.  Ever since, under hypnosis, Betty "recalled" a so-called "star map" on board the saucer that kidnaped her, people have been trying to link those dots and lines of hers to actual stars.

Be that as it may, other folks have been content to SING about space.  Here are the tracks:

1 - (When You) See Those Flying Saucers The Buchanan Brothers 1947
2 - Rocket Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones 1957
3 - Tiny Space Man Bill Carlisle 1957
4 - The Flying Saucer Goes West Buchanan and Goodman 1958
5 - Outer Space Santa The Lennon Sisters 1958
6 - Mope-itty Mope Boss-Tones 1959
7 - Asteroid Hop Jimmie Haskell And His Orchestra 1959
8 - Beep Beep Loiuis Prima 1959
9 - Beep, Beep Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans 1959
10 - UFOs Soul, Inc 1967
11 - Have You Seen The Saucers Jefferson Airplane 1970
12 - Supersonic Rocket Ship The Kinks 1972
13 - UFOs Undisputed Truth 1975
14 - Waiting For The UFOs Graham Parker 1979
15 - Flying Saucer Safari Suburban Lawns 1981
16 - The Alien song (for those who listen) Milla Jovovich 1994
17 - Subterranean Homesick Alien Radiohead 1997
18 - Fell In Love With An Alien The Kelly Family 1997
19 - Space Robot Five Brave Saint Saturn 2000
20 - Outer Space Song Pinky and Perky 2002
21 - UFOs, Big Rigs And BBQ Mojo Nixon 2005
22 - Devil Woman From Outer Space Rezurex 2006
23 - Space Craze Rick McGuire 2006
24 - Pluto Clare and The Reasons 2007
25 - The Planet Mars The Corillions 2007
26 - Robot Monster Damon Alexander & the Ten Cent Rentals 2008
27 - The Ballad of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space) They Might Be Giants 2009

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TS4YXMYW

Hope this comp brings a smile to your face!

 
    

Spaced Out Disco

The Galactic Force Band was a name to be reckoned with in the shady world of cover bands in the 1970s.  While I still contend that DISCO SUCKS, I still appreciate the arrangements.  This LP is from 1978.

Here are the tracks:

1. The Conversation (Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
2. Theme From 2001
3. Cantina Band from Star Wars
4. Space Dust
5. Main Title from Star Wars
6. Main Title Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Theme from Star Trek
8. Galactic Go Go



And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YXQZ9GR3

 

 

See ya Monday!