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Monday, August 17, 2026

Two Spaced-Out Comps

 Both of these comps contains songs about outer-space topics.

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

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01 - Friction Heat - Bonnie Lou with Lew Douglas, His Orchestra and Chorus - 1958  (2:12)
02 - Science Friction - XTC - 1977  (3:12)
03 - Zoom, Zoom, Zoom - The Mask - 1967  (2:29)
04 - Our Spaceman Did Come Back - Jeff Hughes - 1963  (2:37)
05 - U.F.O. - Gene McKown - 1968  (2:19)
06 - Something Going On - The Unknown Band - 1979  (3:38)
07 - Florida Rocket (Number Ninety-Nine) - Charlie Hines - 1959  (2:00)
08 - Space Shuttle Stowaway - X-Dreams - 1984  (1:43)
09 - Journey to Mars - The Perfectors - 1979  (1:58)
10 - Satellite No 2 (unissued) - Carl Mann and the Kool Kats - 1957  (2:15)
11 - Space Ship Blues - Billy Lane - 1962  (2:26)
12 - Rockin' in the Rocket Room - Frances Langford - 1956  (2:33)
13 - Space Rock - Danny Valentine - 1960  (2:06)
14 - Man on the Moon - Shelly Stuart - 1976  (3:07)
15 - Strangers from the Sky - Kim Fowley - 1967  (2:55)
16 - The Last Astronaut - Slick Slavin - 1962  (3:43)
17 - Twisting on the Moon - Sammy Marshall - 1966  (1:55)
18 - A Surprise Visitor from Outer Space - The Five Crowns - 1959  (1:54)
19 - Monkey on the Moon - Gene Hall - 1962  (2:32)
20 - Gonna Build a Rocket - Galen Denny - 1958  (2:08)
21 - Rocket Ship - Vernon Green & the Medallions - 1960  (3:00)
22 - U.F.O. - The Monos! - 1979  (3:42)
23 - Moon Doll - Ralph Young - 1961  (2:30)
24 - Energy in Northampton - Linda Jardim - 1980  (3:23)
25 - Sirius - United Balls - 1980  (2:49)
26 - Girl from Mars - Rudy Gaddis and His Lone Star Rangers - 1954  (2:08)
27 - A Menacing Glow in the Sky - Player (1) - 1979  (3:06)
28 - Secret Saucer Man - Barry McGuire - 1968  (2:45)

Be aware that since these sources are physical media, surface noise is present in places!

Track 4, “Our Spaceman Did Come Back” is a riff on “My Boomerang Won’t come Back.”

Albert van Strongheart, “The Last Astronaut”  of Track 16, seems an impersonation of Jack Benny’s voice.

When you make it back from orbit, come back on Thursday for more music from the Excellent Eighties.
  

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