Halloween Cocktail music

On 2003-10-16 06:01, davew wrote:
Thurl Ravenscroft—the voice of Tony the Tiger—is featured on 'Teenage Brain Surgeon',

He also did voice work for Disney's Haunted Mansion & the Mansion LP (also featuing "Ronnie" Howard)

-Z

I have to agree with tiki-riviera, "Halloween Hootenanny" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000DD28/ref%3Dnosim/lksmsubsite-sub-mu-asin-20/104-1863962-3718320) is a great compilation of rockabilly bands singing Halloween type songs. It has songs like Munsters Theme by Los Straitjackets, Halloween Dance by Reverend Horton Heat & Little Demon -by Amazing Royal Crowns. Also, Southern Culture on the Skids (http://66.70.157.23/index2.htm) has a CD called "Zombified" which is a great Halloween album. Of course, there is also Oingo Boingo.. the classic Halloween band. Unga Bunga - I remember seeing Oingo Boingo at the now renamed Irvine Meadows...Fun, Fun, Fun. Just my 2 cents.

Feelin' Zombified...!!!! I love what you are creating and I'm sort of on the same wavelength with you this Halloween! I am currently working on some Halloween CD's and would consider doing a trade with you...IF it interests you. I am doing three CD's and have one done so far (the first one listed below).

1. NMBC Scarols from the 2002 Haunted Mansion I went to the NMBC Haunted Mansion on January 2nd, then when I got home downloaded the Scarols from the Disney site. They took them off a little bit later, but they may be available somewhere online still.

2. Halloween Party Music High energy and dance oriented...picture vampires and freaks dancing around having a good time to it. I may call it, "Vampiress Riff's Tiki Room of Horrors" and use a photo of me as what else--A Vampiress--somewhere on it. I made a custom Halloween tape a few years back and using the majority of songs from it, but making it even better on CD for 2003.

3. Movie & TV themes: I have some WOZ soundbytes, including the Wicked Witch saying, "I'll get you my pretty...". I am almost done with this one. The majority of the songs came from a CD called Very Scary Music so if that interests any of you, you can find it at your local MICHAELS crafts store...for cheap! I actually bought mine back in August...don't know what their supply is like now.

I would love a Cocktail Tiki Room Halloween CD though * ::: trying not to beg :::: * and would really, really appreciate it as I am really into this sort of thing! :) . I also have a CD that I made in August for my Hutikihi party that has lounge classics if you'd like that. Well, something to think about...don't feel you have to say yes. :)

[ Edited by: exoticat on 2003-10-19 22:14 ]

"Til the Following Night" by Screaming Lord Sutch
"Night of the Vampire" by the Moontrekkers
"Sky Men" by Geoff Goddard

The above songs are available on Joe Meek compilations that can be found very easily. Everyone should have at least one Joe Meek compilation in their collection. He produced some amazing singles in the 60s ("Telstar" being the most famous).

Jo Meek also did an amazing space-themed album called "I Hear a New World".

Another great space themed album is "Man in Space With Sounds" by Atillio Mineo. Perrey and Kingsley did some crazy spacey albums in the 60s.

hey zombie...

i am coo-coo for themed compilations. Halloween is pretty much equal to my love of space, hawaiian, cowboy and x-mas comps. i have a fairly large rekkid collection and i've been doing a specific Halloween comp for the past 15 years. along with music, there's sound-byte clips from horror films, instructional rekkids and spook show trailers. i send out over 100 copies to friends almost every year.

last year, i did a 'best of' 2 cd set. here's the cover:

there's a lot of hidden stuff in albums all over the place. check track listings of classic albums and you'll be surprised how many Halloween themed tracks were slipped into classic lounge stuff!

don't have too much fun!

Tiki1963 ~ Did you design that art? It's awesome!!!!

On 2003-10-15 11:18, KahunaMilu wrote:

Last night, I saw a band called the Necro Tonz. I bought their CD called WELCOME TO COCKTAIL HELL. It actually has a track caled GHOUL FROM IPANEMA.

It should fulfill your needs.

hey KahunaMilu..

if i's iz not mistaken, that is a take-off/cover of the original version from a rare rekkid called, "The Monster Album" on DCP International records from 1964. it's your basic Monster-a-go-go rekkid. there's a smokin' song on that LP called, "Frankenstein Meets The Beetles" which kicks! Paul, John, George and Ringo felt sorry for Frankenstein, so they let him join the group! and he didn't have to change his hairstyle according to the song!

Exoticat...

thanks for your kind words...yeah, i'd did the cover art.

Well we finally had our Halloween shindig this past saturday. 4x 80 minute CD's full of tunes... But I STILL couldn't fill one lousy disc with the lounge mix I was looking for. Thanks again for everyones help, some great suggestions that extended the cocktail hour from 15 minutes to 50 (before the tried & true "WelcomeToMyMonsterPurpleMashEaterNightmare" stuff). I think if I start now, I should have a decent CD by next year.

Thanks again!

-Z

These aren't loungy or even relevant but they are nonetheless Halloween related like the majority of music mentioned at the top of this thread...

Reggae music has a couple that are worth noting - one of the best and in my opinion one of the wickedest dub tracks ever recorded - Peter Tosh's Dracula which was the B-Side to the single for his better known recording Vampire from the No Nuclear War album. Great bass line and plenty of SFX of screaming women, chains rattling and Bunny Wailer providing some eardrum shattering "monster sounds" near the top of the track.

Second, in 1979 a Jamaican DJ (rapper) who went by the name Lone Ranger recorded this album...

It features such songs as Barnabas Collins, Hell Driver, Frankenstein, U.F.O., etc. I don't know if he was going through a monster stage in his career or what because he never recorded any other "horroresque" songs afterwards. Two years later the DJ Yellowman recorded a song called Me Kill Barnie that answered Lone Ranger's Barnabas Collins. Where Lone Ranger said, "Barnie is the best inna the business, Barnie chew your neck like Wrigley's." Yellowman said, "Turn off the light, lock your door tight, me and Barnabas have to fight tonight." Good stuff!

If anyone likes reggae music or is just curious to hear let me know.

JohnTiki

Aloha from the enchanted Pi Yi Grotto in exotic Bel Air MD!

[ Edited by: johntiki on 2003-10-27 22:32 ]

This might be a little late for this years party, but I like the soundtrack to Rankin Bass's Mad Monster Party. Ethel Ennis's Mad Monster Party is one of my favorite Halloween tunes. Here's some samples... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000C2LQ/104-1303032-1915161?v=glance

[ Edited by: DawnTiki on 2003-10-28 23:01 ]

Boo!

Okay I've just gotten back from the TC Graveyard and decided to dig up this topic once again! Bwuhahahahaha!

I came across this blog and downloaded the Bloody Halloween Mix 2 near the bottom of the page... absolutely fantastic! A really entertaining surf/rockabilly/novelty mix perfect for the upcoming holiday! Check it out I think it is soon to become a Halloween favorite!

http://reverendfrost.blogspot.com/

I was out there searching for more and ran across this site....

http://www.oddiooverplay.com/ears/hallowseve/index.html

Pretty surfy and lounge-like campy creepy songs!

Enjoy!

What a great find - thanks for sharing!!

Here's some songs in my iTunes Halloween playlist:

Race With The Devil -- Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
Cat Man -- Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
Funtime -- Iggy Pop ("Last night I was down the lab talking to Dracula and his crew...")
Season of the Witch -- Donovan (and cover by Luna)
Creature With The Atom Brain -- Roky Erickson
Mansion -- The Fall
She Said -- Jon Spencer
Hellbound -- Breeders
Up Jumped the Devil -- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Country Death Song -- Violent Femmes
Walkin' After Midnight -- Patsy Cline (I like to think she's searching for the spirit of her departed paramour)
What's Behind The Mask? -- The Cramps
I Was A Teenage Werewolf -- The Cramps
Kick in teh Eye --Bauhaus
Bela Lugosi's Dead -- Bauhaus
Haunting and Heartbreaking -- Angelo Badalamenti
It's Monster Surfin' Time (lp) -- The Deadly Ones (great album!)
Ghost On The Highway -- Gun Club
Devil Doll -- X
Billy The Monster -- Mick Farren
Time Of The Season -- The Zombies
Bewitched -- Peggy Lee (finally, some Lounge!)
Insensatez -- Antonio Carlos Jobim (spooky lounge)
Something Wicked This Way Comes -- Barry Adamson
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) -- David Bowie
Cathouse -- Danielle Dax
The Killing Moon -- Echo & The Bunnymen
I Put A Spell On You -- Marilyn Manson
Blue Moon -- Elvis Presley (truly spooky!)
Monster Mash -- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Mama Told Me Not To Come -- Wolfgang Press

And...last, but not least, 3 awesome records in the sleazy-listening jazz horror genre (small, but very influential):

Shock! Music in Hi-Fi (lp) -- Kenyon Hopkins
Panic--The Son of Shock (lp) -- Kenyon Hopkins
NightMare (lp)-- Kenyon Hopkins

Plus lots of stuff already listed above...!

Have a spooktackular Halloween!

damn!! wish i new sooner....i would have burned you a copy of my 98 song halloween mix i put together for the dva gallery opening "werewolf bongo party" ...includes monster genre, surf, lounge, pop, exotica -all halloween themed...everything from bauhaus, roky erickson, deadbolt, cramps, surf trio, blue hawaiians, b-52's, the damned, 45 grave and tons more.....

The Nutley brass have an album of Misfits covers called Misfits lounge. Pretty funny stuff. I listen to it in the bar quite a bit.

Try "Vampyros Lesbos", it's abit heavy on the porn soundtrack side but good.
If anyone gets it, burn me a copy 'cause I lost mine

After this and a bunch of other Halloween threads were bumped, I had to put my 2 cents in. I love Halloween maybe even more than Tiki (at least for about 2 months out of the year). Right now, I'm trying to put together a lounge Halloween compilation. Here's where I'm at so far. A few of these have been posted but most haven't:
Mad Monster Party Theme - Maury Laws & Ethel Ennis
Spookwalk - The Moon-Rays
My Son, the Vampire - Allan Sherman
I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone
Zombie Jamboree - Harry Belafonte
Sambra Macabre - Harry Breuer and his Quintet
Experiment in Terror - Henry Mancini
The Spook Spoke - Jupiter Jones
Skeleton in the Closet - Louis Armstrong
The Headless Horseman - Billy Butterfield Quintet with Kay Starr
Night on Bald Mountain - Marty Manning and his Orchestra
The Munsters Theme - Milton DeLugg & The All Stars
The Rockin' Ghost - The Modernaires
Ribcage Mambo - Frenchy
Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Some of these songs may not make the final cut. Most were from various compilations I found free downloads of online. The newest Moon-Rays album - Swingin at the Seance - would be perfect but I haven't picked it up yet.

[ Edited by: brandomoai 2009-09-23 20:55 ]

[ Edited by: Brandomoai 2009-09-23 20:56 ]

"Love Potion #9" - The Clovers

Last year I poured over my CD collection and did a few Halloween comps just for kicks. I went with songs that either had lyrics about weird/dark subjects, monsters, or sci-fi themes and songs that just had sort of creepy atmospheric aspects to the music. And I threw in a handful of fun ones since most of us usually go with humorous costumes at Halloween.

Death and the Devil

The Angel Of Death.....Hank Williams
O Death.....Camper Van Beethoven
Country Death Song.....Violent Femmes
36 Inch Wheels Of Death.....Dragstrip Riot
Tom Grey's Dream.....Hillbilly Hellcats
Hellbound Train.....Three Bad Jacks
Train Wreck (instrumental).....Straight 8s
The Devil & Me.....BR5-49
The Devil Ain't Lazy.....Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Devil Takes His Turn.....Dusty 45s
Devil Doll.....X
Devil In Disguise.....Elvis
Race With The Devil.....Stray Cats
Thunder Road Rock.....Planet Rockers
Fire on my Heels (instrumental).....West Valley Highway
Poison.....BR5-49
Shot-Gun Boogie.....Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ann Bowman (instrumental).....Straight 8s
Alice In Psycholand.....Nekromantix
Rubber Rock.....Demented Are Go
Batteroo (instrumental).....Planet Rockers
Switchblade 327.....Brian Setzer
(instrumental).....Reverend Horton Heat
Dead Man's Party.....Hillbilly Hellcats
Let Me In.....Blue Moon Boys
Hangman Boogie.....Cowboy Copas
The Romp (instrumental).....Jeff Potter

Sci-Fi Creature Feature

The Addams Family Theme.....Vic Mizzy
Lurch.....The Neanderthals
Creature.....Straight 8s
Lonely Wolf.....Brian Setzer
Our Weapons Are Useless.....Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
Zombies From Outer Space.....The Mercury Four
Beep Beep.....The Neanderthals
Telstar.....The Ventures
The Jetsons Theme.....Hoyt Curtin
Rock & Roll Rocket.....Hopped Up
Flyin' Saucers Rock N Roll.....Go Cat Go
Purple People Eater.....The Neanderthals
Werewolves On Wheels.....The Mercury Four
The Munsters Theme.....(Jack Marshal)
Rockabilly Zombie.....Straight 8s
Rampage.....Planet Rockers
Secret Agent Man.....Johnny Rivers
Country A Go-Go.....The Derailers
Spy School Graduation Theme.....Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
Out Of Limits.....The Ventures
Psychic Lady.....BR5-49
I Dream Of Jeannie Theme.....(Hugo Montenegro)
Gypsy Queen.....Hillbilly Hellcats
Gypsy.....Straight 8s
Casper, The Frendly Ghost Theme.....(David/Livingston)
Ghost Train.....Hillbilly Hellcats
Ground Zero.....Straight 8s
Man From Mars.....The Neanderthals
Rocket Ship Rock.....Straight 8s
Space Race.....Wild Wax Combo
The Twilight Zone Theme.....(Marius Constant)
The Dark Side.....Hillbilly Hellcats

Creepy Pop

The Man With The Harmonica.....Apollo 440
Ancient Curse.....Peter Bjorn & John
Weird Divide.....The Shins
Icky Flix Theme.....The Residents
(Hospital Vespers).....The Weakerthans
New Orleans Instrumental No. 1.....R.E.M.
Black Widow.....Michelle Shocked
Two-Headed Boy.....Neutral Milk Hotel
Harry The Head.....The Residents
Turn Around.....They Might Be Giants
Opening Theme.....Camper Van Beethoven
Parasites.....Ugly Casanova
Sudden Impact!.....Big Audio Dynamite
Electric Demons In Love.....Electric Six
Baby's On Fire.....The Venus In Furs
I Eat Cannibals.....Toto Coelo
Homicide.....999
Betty's Body.....The Residents
Fangs On Bats.....Tullycraft
We Will Become Silhouettes.....The Postal Service
In The Midnight Hour.....Roxy Music
Waiting for the Moon to Rise.....Belle & Sebastian
A Forest.....The Cure
Come On Darkness.....Camper Van Beethoven

A few days before Halloween my friend Sparky, his girlfriend Cookie, and I were driving around one afternoon listening to the Creepy Pop mix and Sparky asked about the music.

"It's a sorta creepy pop mix I did for Halloween," I said.

"It's not really that creepy," Sparky said.

"No," Cookie agreed.

This year it'll be Monster Mash and Thriller for them.

Actually, the whole soundtrack album of "Mad Monster Party" is pretty swanky-sounding!