Various
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Ultimate 50's Rocking Horror Disc
published: 27 /
10 /
2003
Label:
Viper
Format: CD
Spectacular collection of obscure 50's and 60's songs with a loose horror theme, saved from the vaults by Liverpool's Viper label
Review
'The Ultimate 50's & 60's Rockin' Horror Disc' has been saved from the vaults by the Viper label in Liverpool, and starts
with 'I'm the Wolfman' by Round Robin which sets the tone and illustrates what is to come : a great ball of rockin' horror fun.
It's not all truly menacing twang: 'The Monster Hop' (Bert Convy) sounds like Paul Anka waking up from a nightmare. 'The Vampires' (Archie King) hop around in the best doo wop
fashion . Adams Family addicts moreover will find this Viper compilation is a gem and a jolly treasure.
An obscure version of 'Red Ridin' Hood and The Wolf' by Bunkerhill alone makes 'The Ultimate 50's & 60's Rockin' Horror Disc' worth getting. You get on it a screeching maniac (similar to
Little Richard) backed by a real smooth choir (think Pointer Sisters!).
If you want to get mates with the bartender this is your ultimate X-Mas present to him or her. Today 'Morgos The Magnificent' (with the Ghouls) is wild throbbing yet harmless stuff but back in that era, people needed to get away from the con of the Cold War. Communist invaders from Mars with radioactive
goolies were thought to be lurking in the shades.
'She's my Witch' (Kip Tyler) links to the subdued eroticism in the Fifties but the real lubricant wack is 'Vampires Ball' by one, unmistakingly British Mann Drake. Compiled with care, it's extraterrestrial fun in the rocking chair.
Track Listing:-
1
Round Robin– I'm The Wolfman
2
The Swanks– Ghost Train
3
Bert Convy– The Monster Hop
4
Archie King– The Vampires
5
Gary "Spider" Webb– The Cave (Part One)
6
Tony's Monstrosities– Igor's Party
7
LaVern Baker– Voodoo Voodoo
8
The Frantics– Werewolf
9
Jack And Jim*– Midnight Monsters Hop
10
Leroy Bowman– Graveyard
11
Jan Davis– Watusi Zombie
12
Lord Luther– I Was A Teenage Creature
13
Bunker Hill– Red Ridin' Hood And The Wolf
14
Igor And The Maniacs– The Big Green
15
Morgus And The Ghouls– Morgus The Magnificent
16
Kip Tyler– She's My Witch
17
Gary "Spider" Webb– The Cave (Part Two)
18
Mann Drake– Vampires Ball
19
Lou Chaney*– Monster Holiday
20
Lee Kristofferson– Night Of The Werewolf