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| | Spike Jones in Hi-Fi (Spike Jones in Stereo) | | | Music Artist : | | Spike Jones | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Collector's Choice | | Release Date : | | 2004-03-09 | | Store Price : | | $13.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. I Only Have Eyes For You
2. Poisen To Poisen
3. Teenage Brain Surgeon
4. (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings
5. Everything Happens To Me (Lament By Frankenstein)
6. The Fiendager
7. Cocoanut Grave
8. Monster Movie Ball
9. Tammy
10. My Old Flame
11. This Is Your Death
12. Two Heads Are Better Than One
13. Funeral Death March
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 The Official Soundtrack of Halloween
Submitted on: 2009-08-25 |
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I initially heard this album as a small child. My father had a copy of the LP (not for retail sale for demonstration purposes only!) that he played for us, and transferred to tape. Every year the tape came out around October, to be played alternately with Bobby "Boris" pickett's "Monster Mash" album, A mix-tape of Halloween appropriate classical music (Dance Macabre, Symphonie Fantastique, etcetera) and Elvira's Haunted Hits (Screamin' Jay Hawkins anyone?).
In my inner Autumnal landscape, only the classical mix-tape can compete with Spike Jones Spooktacular. The variety of the characters, subject matter, and the quality of the band make this a quintessential element in the alchemy that evokes the spirit of Halloween. |
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Spike Jones-the original "weird AL" at his best!
Submitted on: 2007-01-10 |
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| At last the marriage of two of my favorite things: Halloween and novelty music and by the master himself (and a few choice guests!).. . Fans of Disney's Haunted Mansion (and Bullwinkle's Boris) will recognize the voice of Paul Frees. Here is a collection of delightful, wacky and a bit dark fun from the king of parody (the extended re cut of My Old Flame is fantastic!!). . .A must for fans of SJ and/or Halloween! |
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10 stars! A Masterpiece of comedy, horror, music, impersonations/voices, & production. Great for Halloween BUY IT!!!!!!
Submitted on: 2006-10-18 |
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| This album came out in 1959. Stereo was a new concept then. The stereo is brilliant on this. The album is theater for the mind and ears. There is some really cool jazz & 50's rock'n'roll on this disc, not the usual Spike "City Slickers" style at all. There is only one cut that is in The Slickers style. Spike was trying to do something very different here, and succeeded magnificently. The humor is GREAT satire about the tv shows and media of the late 1950's, and about classic horror and sci-fi films. If u r too young for this, you propably won't get most of the numerous jokes & lyrics! SPIKE JONES was a genius. The Frank Zappa of the 1940's!? Incredibly creative and versatile. Read books about him. Seems that most people who knew him and worked w/him loved him as person also, not just as an artist. If you are in the age group that grew up in this era (1930's-80's)(?), and also have studied music/are a musician, love old horror movies & tv shows, and have of a sense of humor, I don't see how you could not think that this is a Masterpiece! I also HIGHLY recommend the Spike EP (vinal) "Spike Jones Plays The Charleston" - another Masterpiece,and very different from The Spooktacular. NOT on CD, you'll have to search Ebay for this one..... Also I highly recommend the video "the Spike Jones Story" |
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 A Matter of Opinion
Submitted on: 2006-08-19 |
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| Spike's long play albums do not have the timing and tight editing his 78's do. This is to be expected. Filling up a long play album takes a heck of lot of jokes. Spike seemed to be more concerned with filling time than with the careful editing and pacing of material. I foound this album to be slow paced. In fact, it painfully drags in spots. The songs are naturally tighter but lack the spark of his old wit. I felt the whole "monster and gore" theme of the album to be overplayed. Get this album only after you are completely familiar with Spike's older works...or if you enjoyed this album in your youth or while visiting a friend's place. |
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 A Spooktacular Classic from my childhood FINALLY on CD!
Submitted on: 2004-12-04 |
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| Ok, this is a silly Spike Jones album, but still a sentimental old favorite for me. My sister and I used to play this 1959 album to death in the 1970's, and we eventually wore it out.I did find a new LP copy in the 80's.It has a lot of 'spooky' stuff that we used to love.Yeah, The songs are goofy, but the writers came up with some creative stuff like my favorite 'I Was A Teenage Brain Surgeon', voiced by the GREAT Thurl Ravenscroft ('You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch', Tony The Tiger,etc.)Voice Over King Paul Frees is featured in a number of character roles and this album really showcases his ability to play multiple characters simultaneously, like when he is parodying Edward R. Murrow on 'Poisen To Poisen' and interviewing 'Alfred', a great send-up of Hitchcock. 'Monster Movie Ball' is another great song.I agree that the comedy is uneven in spots, but overall it holds up as typical Spike Jones material. They took full advantage of the 'new' technology of 'Stereophonic Sound' on this LP. It's kind of neat to hear what a big deal 'STEREO' was in 1959.If Spike could have only lived until the digital era!Spike Jones always used the best studio musicians/composers/arrangers in the business, and it shows!Thanks to Collectors Music for resurrecting this old favorite from the graveyard of musical history! I thought it'd NEVER see the light of day on CD!Groovy, Man! |
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