I love spooky music of all kinds ... novelty, sound effects, ambient, ghost stories, rock, and whatever mixes I can find. Here, I review them and post links to whoever is out there sharing them.
Sounds of Terror! (1974)
Posted 08-23-2008 at 10:09 AM by Dinosaur1972
Pickwick Records - Sounds of Terror! (1974)
Sound Effects
I’m not sure I remember this one from my childhood – it might have been too scary for our local small-town library. It opens with an out-of-place and Picket-less re-recording of “The Monster Mash”. I suppose they were hoping it would help sell the record. (It doesn’t.)
The rest of the album is a nice little set of “situational” sound effects. Like the William Castle album, each track starts with a narrator of sorts describing what’s about to happen (“In his thirst for knowledge, Dr. Jekyll experimented with his own body by swallowing a diabolical chemical mixture …”), and then you are treated to what it might have sounded like (mixing the chemicals, drinking, transformation, plenty of diabolical laughter, screaming innocent woman, screaming ends, and more diabolical laughter).
For a 1974 album, this manages to keep the level of corniness pretty low. Tracks such as “Burned at the Stake”, “The Exorcist”, and “Jack the Ripper” are pretty effective and plenty scary. Then again, “The Incredible Giant Crab” (two minutes of clicking, screaming, and celery-munching) and “The Blob” are pretty corny. You get about 20 tracks, and each track runs only about 2 minutes, so it’s a quick listen. Skip the bad “Monster Mash” remake, and listen to the rest – it has its moments.
Monster Shindig has it.
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