Get Ready for Some Hope!

Welcome to 2021's Spocky Christmas!

As we get ready to celebrate the greatest gift of all -- hope for everybody -- here's a new compilation of Christmas music.  Here are the tracks:

01 - Joy to the World - Cathedral Brass - 1998  (1:23)

02 - The First Nowell - The Elizabethan Singers - 1965  (4:09)

03 - I Wonder as I Wander - Radhika Miller - 1990  (3:17)

04 - Away in a Manger - John Edwards-Rondal Wallace - 2003  (3:19)

05 - Lullabies for the Baby Jesus - Mitzie Collins, Glennda Dove & Roxanne Ziegler - 1986  (3:14)

06 - Gloria! To God Sing Gloria! - arr Lloyd Larson - 2008  (3:40)

07 - What Child Is This - Jill Justice - 1990  (4:48)

08 - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Fab Four - 2002  (2:07)

09 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - London Festival Choir & London Symphony Brass Ensemble - 1987  (2:19)

10 - Lux Hodie...Orientis Partibus - Joel Cohen - 1975  (3:00)

11 - Concert Variations on “Adeste Fidelis” - Anna Maria Mendieta - 1993  (4:37)

12 - Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella - John Edwards-Rondal Wallace - 2003  (2:41)

13 - Sweet Child of Glory - Mary O'Hara - 1962  (2:03)

14 - Children, Run Joyfully - St. Louis Jesuits - 1977  (2:36)

15 - Fantasy on “O Come, Little Children” - Joseph Martin - 1997  (4:21)

16 - Hallelujah to the New Born King - His Love, Reaching - 1975  (1:38)

17 - Ding Dong! Merrily on High - London Festival Choir & London Symphony Brass Ensemble - 1987  (2:06)

18 - Zither Carol - James Galway Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers, Chapel Choir Of King's School Canterbury - 1986  (2:54)

19 - Silent Night - The Elizabethan Singers - 1965  (3:07)

20 - I Wonder as I Wander - Kathleen Battle - 1986  (2:57)

21 - Twelve Days of Christmas - The Swingle Singers - 1987  (2:56)

22 - Go Tell It on the Mountain - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia - 1993  (3:13)

23 - Sound Over All Waters - Theresa Thomason and Paul Halley - 1998  (4:12)

24 - Hark! - The Fab Four - 2008  (1:44)

25 - For All Eternity - Classic Fox Records - 2006  (1:48)

26 - All Is Well - Michael W Smith et al - 2010  (4:09)

Don't forget that things don't have to end dark and lonely.  Check out the light of the world, he's pretty cool!

https://www.filefactory.com/file/6rh6zylbegrs/MA-154.rar

See you on Thursday!

  

Brahms Wasn't ALWAYS Refined!

... As you'll see when you listen to his sometimes romantic, sometimes dizzy Hungarian Dances!

01. Ungarischer Tanz No. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto (3:28)

02. Ungarischer Tanz No. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai. Vivace (2:50)

03. Ungarischer Tanz No. 3 in F major: Allegretto (2:15)

04. Ungarischer Tanz No. 4 in F-sharp minor: Poco sostenuto. Vivace (5:06)

05. Ungarischer Tanz No. 5 in G minor: Allegro. Vivace (2:23)

06. Ungarischer Tanz No. 6 in D major: Vivace (3:27)

07. Ungarischer Tanz No. 7 in A major: Allegretto. Vivo (1:50)

08. Ungarischer Tanz No. 8 in A minor: Presto (3:01)

09. Ungarischer Tanz No. 9 in E minor: Allegro ma non troppo (2:11)

10. Ungarischer Tanz No. 10 in F major: Presto (1:56)

11. Ungarischer Tanz No. 11 in C major: Poco andante (4:07)

12. Ungarischer Tanz No. 12 in D minor: Presto (2:31)

13. Ungarischer Tanz No. 13 in D major: Andantino grazioso. Vivace (1:33)

14. Ungarischer Tanz No. 14 in D minor: Un poco andante (2:27)

15. Ungarischer Tanz No. 15 in B major: Allegretto grazioso (2:17)

16. Ungarischer Tanz No. 16 in F minor: Con moto (2:59)

17. Ungarischer Tanz No. 17 in F-sharp minor: Andantino. Vivace (3:12)

18. Ungarischer Tanz No. 18 in D major: Molto vivace (1:31)

19. Ungarischer Tanz No. 19 in B-flat minor: Allegretto (2:02)

20. Ungarischer Tanz No. 20 in E minor: Poco allegretto. Vivace (2:51)

21. Ungarischer Tanz No. 21 in E minor: Vivace (1:29)

Yup, that there is a little Germanic-type of sprechen!

London Festival Orchestra - Brahms - Hungarian Dances

Don't get so dizzy that you fall down and get hurt!

See you on Thursday with the commencement of this year's SPOCKY CHRISTMAS.  It's a date!

  

Whisk Me to Wiscandia!

It's a 1990 cassette.

The interestingly titled selections are:

01. Reinlender Melody (3:20)

02. Morgan Anderson’s “Skver Dans” & Clarence Reierson’s Two-step (2:48)

03. Morgan Anderson’s Firetur & Clarence Reierson’s Waltz (3:10)

04. Vals efter Edwin Johnson (“High E Vals”) (2:30)

05. Polka ette Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (2:19)

06. Valse efter Roligs Per, Leksand (3:46)

07. Schottis från Bingsjö (1:50)

08. Vals etter Ola Kampen (2:50)

09. Lindengaardens Brudemarch (3:41)

10. Masurka etter Olav Rise (2:49)

11. Polska efter Salmon Jönsson (2:29)

12. Polska efter John Erickson (2:34)

13. Brudemarch fra Risör (4:44)

14. Polka efter Edvard Pettersson (2:33)

15. Härjedalingen, Pols fra Røros (3:18)

Scandanavia!

The Scandinavians most be very domesticated folks, if their folk music is so mild.

See you Monday.  And don't forget that SPOCKY CHRISTMAS will commence one week from today -- on Thursday, December 2!

  

Come to the Monotonous Far East!

This 2000 release is competent and the absolute equivalent of calming wallpaper or the kind of mush you feed to invalids.  It's two tracks of mystical-sounding nonsense.

Chapman - Journey to the East

Onward to Thursday!

  

You May Be Moved

 

This is a 2001 compilation of just what you think it is.

Disc 1:
01. 2nd Chapter Of Acts - Which Way the Wind Blows (5:04)
02. Pat Terry - What Good's It Gonna Do Ya (3:53)
03. Kelly Willard - Silver & Gold (3:56)
04. Dallas Holm - Here We Are (4:38)
05. Matthew Ward - Psalm 61 (2:34)
06. Honeytree - Rattle Me, Shake Me (3:40)
07. Barry McGuire - Happy Road (3:31)
08. Petra - Get Back to the Bible (2:23)
09. Michael Omartian - White Horse (7:10)
10. Don Francisco - He's Alive (4:59)

Disc 2:
01. Petra - I'm Not Ashamed (3:04)
02. Michael Omartian - Aren't You Glad (2:55)
03. Phil Keaggy - Love Broke Thru' (3:32)
04. 2nd Chapter of Acts - Easter Song (2:27)
05. Randy Stonehill - Turning Thirty (3:50)
06. Honeytree - I Believe in Heaven (3:32)
07. Pat Terry Group - Home Where I Belong (3:22)
08. Kelly Willard - Willing Heart (3:39)
09. Randy Matthews - Time to Pray (3:23)

Not a very good sampling of "Jesus Music," in my opinion.  Conspicuous absences include Larry Norman and Andraé Crouch.  And, if the releasing company cared about the listeners' economics, this would have all fit onto ONE CD!

Decide for yourself -- it's all in one file.

Late or Great?

See you on Monday.

  

... And You Can Roar with Them!

 

It's a 1956 LP.  The Discogs page.

01. Bedelia (2:49)
02. Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me (2:06)
03. The Sheik of Araby (2:58)
04. Goody, Goody (2:20)
05. The Bowery (2:48)
06. Deep River (1:36)
07. Varsity Drag (1:39)
08. Ballin' the Jack (2:50)
09. Give My Regards to Broadway (2:03)
10. Rings on Her Fingers (2:20)
11. Dixie (2:54)
12. East Side, West Side (4:06)

It's kind of funny to me that they've got a tiger on the cover, but this record doesn't contain "Tiger Rag."

The Chicago High Lights - The Roaring 20s
 

See you Thursday, cats!

  

Cheese for Your Ears!

From 1977, it's a "Deejay Special" of supposedly hip stuff to get your listeners to be good consumers.  Discogs info.

01. Discojingles (4:26)

02. Discojingles (5:25)

03. Discojingles (2:50)

04. Discojingles (0:11)

05. Discojingles (0:41)

06. Discojingles (0:25)

07. Discojingles (0:05)

08. Discojingles (0:07)

09. Discojingles (5:37)

10. Discojingles (0:15)

11. Discojingles (0:13)

12. Discojingles (0:23)

13. Discojingles (0:09)

14. Discojingles (0:20)

15. Discojingles (0:26)

16. Discojingles (0:34)

17. Discojingles (0:39)

18. Discojingles (0:52)

19. Discojingles (0:14)

20. Discojingles (0:50)

21. Discojingles (1:12)

22. Discojingles (0:56)

23. Discojingles (1:05)

24. Discojingles (0:24)

25. Discojingles (0:05)

26. Discojingles (0:07)

27. Discojingles (0:05)

28. Discojingles (0:13)

29. Discojingles (0:52)

30. Discojingles (1:57)

31. Discojingles (1:40)

32. Discojingles (1:32)

33. Discojingles (1:35)

34. Discojingles (1:31)

35. Discojingles (0:44)

36. Discojingles (0:01)

37. Discojingles (0:09)

38. Discojingles (0:14)

39. Discojingles (0:11)

40. Discojingles (0:20)

41. Discojingles (0:19)

42. Discojingles (0:25)

43. Discojingles (0:13)

44. Discojingles (0:24)

45. Discojingles (0:29)

250 Discojingles

Listen and tell me how Disco they are.  See you Monday.

  

Do Oceans Dream? Should They?

This 1989 release is one of the first CDs I ever owned. It's soothing and fun without becoming too self-indulgent (a common problem with New Age nonsense). As Tolkien might have said, this is pretty fine nonsense.

01. Will You Hear Me (13:26)

02. Lighten Up (4:30)

03. Far Away Within (9:44)

04. Native Tongue (2:40)

05. Deeper Sanctuary (10:46)

06. Floating on Earth (4:44)

07. Seasonging (4:51)

08. Lightly Salted (4:53)

09. Smooth Driftin (4:27)

Ocean Dreams

See you Thursday, fellow dreamy types.
  

Candles Got Essences!

It's a drone, it's a mediation, it's "through" somebody, what else could you want?

01 - Journey Through Bamboo - 29:32
02 - Silver Meditations - Larkin - 29:32

To the Essence of a Candle

Do you think it coincidental the tracks are the same length? Depends on your "through"ness, I guess.  BTW, Discogs says this fellow's complete name is Sturgis Larkin Stentz.

See you on Monday!

  

Can the Middle-Aged Dance?

You may wish to, upon listening to these selections.

01. Sonus - Danca - Lamento di Tristano - Instanpitta Gaetta (8:28)

02. Gallicia - A Virgen que de Deus Madre (4:39)

03. Gallicia - Quen a omagenta (2:57)

04. Gallicia - Se ome fezer (3:07)

05. Gallicia - A Virgen mut groriosa (2:46)

06. Gallicia - Ay ondas (2:09)

07. Tedesca - Der kuninc Rudolf (1:07)

08. Tedesca - Loibere risen (3:19)

09. Tedesca - Sic mea fata (2:08)

10. Tedesca - Palastinalied (1:23)

11. Tedesca - Chanconeta tedesca (2:15)

12. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Stella splendens (2:38)

13. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Mariam matrem (1:46)

14. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Imperantz (4:06)

15. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Los set gotex - Cuncti simus (3:27)

16. Llibre Vermell of Montserrat - Polorum regina (2:50)

17. Chevalerie - Hocket in seculum (2:20)

18. Chevalerie - Can vei la lauzeta mover (1:45)

19. Chevalerie - Quant je voi yver (2:04)

20. Chevalerie - Comment qua moy (3:23)

21. Chevalerie - Dame ne regardez pas (3:33)

22. Chevalerie - Reis glorios (3:19)

23. Chevalerie - Estampie real (3:33)

Songs & Dances of the Middle Ages

But don't ask me how to pronounce these titles or composers!  See ya Thursday with perhaps some more jaw-crackers.

  

Happy Halloween, Campers! Re-Post: MA-23 - Disc of Doom

 

Here's a clean-up of a Halloween comp from 2021 ... remember, the End of the World?

01 - Count Chocula Intro - Count Chocula - 1979    (0:41)

02 - Trick or Treat - Halloween - 1984    (3:12)

03 - Have You Ever Seen? - Boss Martians - 2000    (3:15)

04 - Spook Opera - The Hawaiian Pups - 1982    (3:02)

05 - TV Monster Show - The Munsters - 1964    (2:05)

06 - Land of the Dead - Voltaire - 2007    (1:58)

07 - Dracula's Deuce - Freddy & the Four-Gone Conclusions - 2000    (2:36)

08 - It's Spooky in Here - Baha Men - 2001    (2:42)

09 - The Green Slime - The Green Slime - 1969    (2:19)

10 - My Body's a Zombie for You - Dead Man's Bones - 2009    (4:28)

11 - Spooksville - Nu-Trends - 1963    (2:37)

12 - The Mummy - Radio Ad - 1959    (0:49)

13 - The Ballad of Vlad the Impaler - Bettie Blackchurch - 2010    (1:32)

14 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? - Matthew Sweet - 1995    (3:12)

15 - Exorcist Theme - Halloween Remix - unknown - 2012    (5:00)

16 - I'm Gonna Scare You - Sue Rose - 2001    (2:40)

17 - The Bat - Children of the Night - 1976    (2:33)

18 - Munsters Theme Halloween Edit - Figure - 2007    (2:43)

19 - Return of the Living Dead - Ghoultown - 2002    (3:32)

20 - Martian Hop - Ran-Dells - 1963    (2:10)

21 - Halloween Party Music - Andrew Gold - 1996    (3:01)

22 - The Haunt of Room 402 - Wally Wingert - 2001    (2:57)

23 - Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & the Arrangement - 1973    (2:08)

24 - Rockin' in the Graveyard - Jackie Morningstar - 1959    (2:40)

25 - Banditos Halloween Mash - Jonathan Rubinger - 2010    (4:48)

26 - Phantom of the A-Go-Go - Don Hinson & the Rigamorticians - 1964    (2:33)

27 - Castin' My Spell - Marci Lee and Johnny Otis - 1959    (2:10)

28 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Lewis Lee - 1978    (2:50)

29 - Werewolf - Five Man Electrical Band - 1974    (3:29)

https://www.filefactory.com/file/3h8ml8dfmh1k/MA-23-2021.rar

See you on Monday!
 

You Too Can Screech!

 

It's a 1993 cassette-or-CD release from Dominion/K-Tel.  

01. Ghosts in the Graveyard (2:23)
02. Screams from Beyond (3:09)
03. Demented Dentist (2:44)
04. Demon Dogs (3:09)
05. Demon Cats (3:08)
06. Crushes & Clashes (1:45)
07. Hungry Ghouls (3:44)
08. Lunatic Laughter (3:09)
09. Wolves in the Wind (3:07)
10. Bats in the Belfry (2:06)
11. House of Horror (3:04)
12. Hits, Stabs, & Splats (1:32)
13. Creaks in the Dark (3:13)
14. Storms in the Night (3:32)

You may be like Peggy Lee ... "Is that all there is?" -- or this might be right up your dark alley!

Screeches, Clanks & Howls

See you back here on Sunday, the 31st, for a re-post of an old music comp, cleaned up a bit.  Until then, don't get spooked!

  

She's Creepy, All Right!

This 2000 release is one of those "fans will buy anything" things. 

Some is cheesy, but other parts are a little rough for kids under ten.  Any creepiness is diluted by severe repetition.  Seems like a half-dozen tape loops of different lengths were sequenced (or the 21st-century equivalent of tape loops).  You hear the same witch cackle about thirty times, about a hundred identical owl hoots, dozens of growling-wolf sounds, ticking clocks echoing throughout.  Even one male guffaw that sounds like ol’ Zacherley Cool Ghoul.

Torture yourself if you dare!

See ya Thursday, spooks and spookettes!

   

Get Hammered with Dracula!

 

It's a 1974 LP with a story and music from several Hammer films.

01 - Dracula - narrated by Christopher Lee  (James Bernard)  (22:04)

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)

So give it a bite!

Hammer Presents Dracula

See you Monday, if your blood holds out!
  

Are YOU Delighted?

 

With this 1999 release, you may be delighted ... or feel gaslighted.

01. Vampire's Delight (5:42)

02. Theme from Beetlejuice (2:09)

03. Lurking in the Dark (3:30)

04. Dance of the Demented Goblins (3:29)

05. Thunderstorm (1:18)

06. Chased Down (1:33)

07. The Theme (2:32)

08. Supernatural (3:11)

09. Vital Organ (4:09)

10. Atramchasis Epos (5:27)

11. Theme from the Addams Family (1:17)

Laserlight - Fright Night Delight

It's a synth job by the venerable Laserlight label, who releases both hits and misses.  Or, to quote Young Frankenstein, their name is both FAMOUS ... and IN-FAMOUS.

See you on Thursday!

  

This Is NEWS, Vincenzo! And We Are a MUSIC BLOG!

This is a boot to which I added opening and closing titles, regularized the volume, and otherwise messed about with. I generated disc art too.

01. Kolchak: The Night Stalker Opening Title  (1:03)

“The Ripper” (September 13, 1974):

02. Opening (Carl's Narration) (0:28)

03. Strip Club (First Victim) (1:45)

04. Third Victim (0:31)

05. Cop Carnage (1:40)

06. Dark Room; Updike's Bad Day (0:40)

07. Sultans Palace Murder (1:16)

08. Miss Emily Letters Joke (0:49)

09. Carl at Massage Parlor (source) (2:45)

10. Massage Parlor Melee; Escape from Jail (1:19)

11. Vincenzo Needs a Dime; Jack and Jane (0:54)

12. John Updike Joke (0:08)

13. Miss Emily Letter Clue (0:23)

14. Ripper's House; Electric Company; Zap (6:50)

15. Back at the Office (0:14)

16. Who'd Believe It (0:24)

"They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be..." (September 27, 1974):

17. Opening (Carl's Narration) (0:27)

18. Unlucky Cheetah (0:24)

19. Invisible Explosion (0:55)

20. Vanishing Lead Pile (0:30)

21. Mystery Men (0:32)

22. At the Zoo; Zoo Analysis (1:20)

23. Zoo Office; Mariposa Way (0:35)

24. Mariposa Way (cont); Purse Snatcher (1:35)

25. Zoo Analysis (0:33)

26. Autopsy Tape; Leon at Snake Rock (1:49)

27. Vincenzo's Ruined Meal (0:18)

28. Finding Leon; In the Planetarium (5:09)

29. Camera Defense (1:36)

30. Action Bridge (unused) (0:30)

31. It Escapes; Camera Recharger (1:58)

32. Spaceship at Snake Rock (5:36)

33. It's all a Point Of View (0:31)

“The Vampire” (October 4, 1974):

34. Flat Tire; Corpse Reborn (2:01)

35. Outfoxing Updike; Catherine Rawlins, Vampire (1:34)

36. Hotel Radio (0:51)

37. Enroute to Guru Interview (0:31)

38. Car Radio (1:13)

39. Hollywood Narrative (0:47)

40. Lounge Source (Theme from Columbo) (2:14)

41. The Night Walker (0:11)

42. Missing Persons Report (0:28)

43. Vampire Room Service Trap (1:03)

44. Vamp Seduction & Escape (unused) (1:06)

45. Kolchak Dragged Off (0:23)

46. Realtor Listings; Vampire's Address (1:39)

47. Vampire Inspector (0:31)

48. Vampire Confrontation (start, end used) (4:34)

49. This Is A Medical Conundrum (0:15)

50. Kolchak: The Night Stalker Closing Title (0:29)

Gil Mellé - KOLCHAK: The Night Stalker

See you Monday!