Sounds of Darkness

Various Artists – The Haunted House - 20 Tracks to Make You Jump in the Night (2000)
Oldies

“The Haunted House” features songs recorded probably in the late 20’s through the late 40’s by plenty of famous artists from the period, including Louis Armstrong, Artie Shaw, Fats Waller, Tommy Dorsey, and Bing Crosby. There’s a really nice variety here … big-band instrumentals, swing, Dixieland, blues, and comedy. At times, you feel like you could be watching an old variety / vaudeville show, with really terrific music. These aren’t very scary or spooky sounding songs, just songs that feature Halloween-ish themes.

There are some old standards that you’ve heard before, such as “With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm”, “Mr. Ghost Goes to Town”, “Dry Bones”, and “The Headless Horseman”. There are also plenty of tunes that I haven’t heard on any other collection. The sound quality is much better than one should expect from these old, OLD recordings.

This CD is a fascinating look at some of the earliest spooky recordings around. I like the variety of artists, I love the old-timey feel of the recordings … it’s just a really classy collection.

Here's a link to Eclectic Grooves, who is sharing it.

If you like this CD, you’ll probably like “Halloween Stomp”, which is shared by Wonderful Wonderblog.

And you'll also like the tracks shared by Halloween Forum's own nightbeasties.