I'll Have an Old-Fashioned or Three

 Today our three Halloween comps share the same concept: A little old-fashioned and a lot of amateurish cover art!

MA-149 - An Old-Fashioned Halloween  (77:27):

01 - Halloween Party - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:31)

02 - Main Title (It! The Terror from Beyond Space) - Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter - 1958  (1:05)

03 - Hey Jude - Paul Frees - 1970  (3:53)

04 - Weebles Haunted House - Hasbro Playskool - 1976  (0:29)

05 - Monster Approaches (Jonny Quest) - Hoyt Curtin & Ted Nichols - 1964  (0:45)

06 - Halloween Driving Safety - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:31)

07 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Underscore #1 - Ted Nichols - 1969  (0:37)

08 - Attack of the Mole Men - The Dickies - 1979  (3:40)

09 - Main Title / Shooting Stars (This Island Earth) - Herman Stein - 1978  (3:49)

10 - The Mad Scientist - The Zanies - 1958  (1:59)

11 - The Munsters (1st Season Opening Theme) - Jack Marshall - 1964  (0:44)

12 - The Munsters (1st Season End Credits) - Jack Marshall - 1964  (0:31)

13 - Hollywood Halloween - Section 8 - 1979  (3:06)

14 - Mysterioso, Burglar Music - J S Zamecnik - 1913  (0:46)

15 - Plodding Monster (Jonny Quest) - Hoyt Curtin & Ted Nichols - 1964  (0:37)

16 - The Raven - Kenny and the Fiends - 1963  (1:55)

17 - The Witch (Album Version) - The Rattles - 1970  (2:56)

18 - Halloween Values - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:28)

19 - Sonik Re-Entry (Fantastic Theatre) - The Electrosonics - 1962  (2:34)

20 - Son of Dracula Main Title - Hans J Salter - 1978  (1:07)

21 - TV Monster - The Bounce - 1980  (2:49)

22 - Return to the the Haunted House - The Fleshtones - 1985  (2:22)

23 - Visitors from Space (It Came from Outer Space) - Herman Stein - 1978  (1:40)

24 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Underscore #2 - Ted Nichols - 1969  (1:05)

25 - What Can We Be for Halloween? - Jill Gallina - 1978  (2:05)

26 - Halloween Treats & Candy - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:28)

27 - Mysterioso Pizzicato - J Bodewalt Lampe - 1914  (0:22)

28 - Spookie Movies - Gary Paxton - 1962  (2:17)

29 - Night Gallery Theme - Gil Melle - 1970  (0:36)

30 - The Octopus - Angel and the Devines - 1964  (2:13)

31 - Halloween Jingle - William B Tanner Co - 1974  (0:32)

32 - Plan 9 from Outer Space - The Happy Few - 1981  (3:36)

33 - Shocks and Stingers (Jonny Quest) - Hoyt Curtin & Ted Nichols - 1964  (1:11)

34 - Graveyard Theme (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) - Vince Guaraldi - 1966  (0:53)

35 - Dumb Ways to Die - Metro Trains Melbourne - 2012  (3:00)

36 - Monsters (Jonny Quest) - Hoyt Curtin & Ted Nichols - 1964  (0:51)

37 - Do They Know It's Halloween? - North American Halloween Prevention Initiative - 2005  (5:52)

38 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Underscore #3 - Ted Nichols - 1969  (0:45)

39 - Halloween Jack-o-Lantern Contest - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:33)

40 - Winged Death (The Deadly Mantis) - William Lava - 1978  (2:53)

41 - Trick or Treat (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) - John Scott Trotter - 1966  (1:14)

42 - The Night Stalker Suite - Robert Cobert - 1972  (4:00)

43 - Prologue - Welcome to Creepshow - John Harrison - 1982  (4:07)

It’s our hope that these selections from TV, film, advertising, and pop music will help rekindle some of the childlike anticipation and corniness inherent in an old-fashioned Halloween!

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MA-226 - Another Old-Fashioned Halloween:

01 - It's a Good Old Halloween - The Wonderland Singers - 1974  (1:50)

02 - The Boogie Man - Louie Ramirez - 1967  (2:41)

03 - Blue Ghost Blues - Lonnie Johnson - 1938  (3:03)

04 - From the Underworld - The Herd - 1968  (3:13)

05 - Opening the Coffin - Count Baltes & the Egors - 1973  (2:12)

06 - Monster Party - Bill Doggett - 1959  (2:04)

07 - Egor's Chant - Ziggy Gee and His Combo - 1959  (2:04)

08 - Superstition - The Migil Five - 1967  (3:19)

09 - Cold Touch of Death - No Hope for the Kids - 2008  (1:37)

10 - Frankenstein's Party - The Swingin' Phillies - 1958  (2:38)

11 - My Daddy Is a Vampire - The Meteors - 1981  (3:40)

12 - The Raven - Glass Prism - 1969  (3:58)

13 - Nightmare - Don Bishop - 1959  (2:00)

14 - I Was a Teenage Monster - The Keytones - 1961  (2:18)

15 - Monster Man Jam - Bobby (Boris) Pickett - 1970  (2:24)

16 - The Vampire - Buffy Sainte-Marie - 1969  (2:06)

17 - Monster Mash - Ill Repute - 1985  (2:20)

18 - Shock Party - Amery Lynn - 1959  (2:22)

19 - Queen of Halloween - The Chotalls - 1962  (2:39)

20 - The Rockin' Ghost - Archie Bleyer - 1956  (2:32)

21 - The Phantom Skier - The New Dimensions - 1964  (2:22)

22 - Vampire - Bobby Garrett - 1962  (2:04)

23 - Creepy Willy - Griz Green - 1965  (2:00)

24 - Shrimpenstein TV Theme - Gene Moss - 1967  (0:52)

25 - Ghost Creepin' Blues - Blue Belle - 1928  (3:10)

26 - Vampire Daddy - Jerry Bryan - 1959  (1:52)

27 - Plan Nine from Outer Space - 3-D Invisibles - 1986  (2:38)

28 - Dr Jekyll - The Blizzards - 1965  (2:47)

29 - Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde - Dinosaurs - 1988  (4:14)

30 - Our Little Girl Wants to Be a Monster - Mark Alfred - 2010  (2:12)

The frightening aspects of an Old-Fashioned Halloween are always scares mixed with a wink.  You might call it Corn on the Macabre.

These songs, ranging across nearly a century, express the wonderful silly spookiness of the season.  The final track is one of my own songs, a low-fi true story about our grandchild who grew up loving the monstrous, just like her ole Grandpa.  An mp4 with some monstrous images is included in the file also.

Let me know if you like it!

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MA-247 - A Third Old-Fashioned Halloween (73:13):

01 - The Monster Swim - Bobby Pickett and the Rolling Bones - 1964  (2:11)

02 - Scooby Doo - The Jinkies - 1996  (2:12)

03 - King Kong Is Back Again - Century Orchestra - 1976  (3:19)

04 - Ghost Train - 50% Potato - 2007  (3:09)

05 - Haunted Disco - Chromium - 1979  (3:40)

06 - The Creature (From a Science Fiction Movie) - Buchanan and Ancell - 1957  (2:49)

07 - Frankenstein the Disco Monster - The Southern Tenant - 2022  (4:58)

08 - The Gorilla - Bert Convy - 1958  (1:49)

09 - Uncle Willy - The Dynamics - 1964  (2:39)

10 - His Ghoul - Dick “Ghoulardy” Knight - 1973  (3:10)

11 - Foul Owl on the Prowl - Boomer & Travis - 1967  (2:30)

12 - The Boogie Man, Parts 1 and 2 - Greg Perry - 1974  (7:00)

13 - Gammera (from Gammera the Invincible) - The Moons - 1967  (2:06)

14 - Witching Hour Blues - Tampa Red - 1934  (3:15)

15 - Barnabas - Vampire State Building - 1969  (2:56)

16 - Bigfoot - Bro Smith - 1976  (3:06)

17 - Rockin' Zombie - The Crewnecks - 1959  (2:53)

18 - Vampire Tango - Taboo - 1968  (3:36)

19 - Frankenstein Is a Soul Brother - Dr Shock - 1973  (2:48)

20 - Creature Features - Beauregarde with the Poppers - 1975  (2:54)

21 - Horror Story - Colour Me Wednesday - 2016  (1:58)

22 - Skeleton Bookie - Abe Link and the Western Spotlighters - 1955  (3:23)

23 - The Voodoo Walk - Sonny Richard's Panics with Cindy & Misty - 1962  (2:16)

24 - They're Gonna Get You - Count Five - 1966  (2:38)

You may ask, what makes these songs old-fashioned?  Well, you have:

… Old-fashioned ripoffs like Track 10 parodying “My Girl,” and Track 13 imitating the Batman theme

… Old-fashioned corny humor in Tracks 1, 8

… Old-fashioned disco in Tracks 5 and 7

… Old-fashioned fuzz guitars on Track 18

And an old-fashioned CD presentation!

See you on Monday, fellow creeps and crepes!