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It's Witchcraft - Cherry Red's Righteous Imprint Compiles 2-CD Set of Halloween Novelties

October 25, 2019 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

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With Halloween less than a week away, we thought we'd take a look at a new compilation which was recently released from Cherry Red's Righteous Records imprint: the 2-CD Trick or Treat: Music To Scare Your Neighbours - Vintage 45s from Lux and Ivy's Haunted Basement.

The Lux and Ivy in the title are the husband and wife mainstays of the punk/rockabilly group The Cramps, who debuted in the 1970s and were active until Lux's death in 2009. Aside from being punk innovators, the pair also championed older music on their own radio shows and from their vast record collection. Righteous Records has compiled several collections over the past few years taking their inspiration from items contained in Lux and Ivy's collection and this one certainly fits, as The Cramps heavily featured horror in their own music.

Trick or Treat features 50 songs over its two CDs. Most are from between 1956-1962, but a couple of tracks stretch back to the 1930s. The selection tends to the more obscure, novelty and underground, while covering many Halloween bases. On the set you'll find songs about ghosts, voodoo, witches, and monsters popularized in Universal films like Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy and The Wolfman, among other topics. And some of the artists and songs are more recognizable. Among those are TV-personality John Zacherle ("The Cool Ghoul") with "Igor," Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You," The Coasters performing "The Shadow Knows," Bo Diddley's "Bo Meets The Monster," The Three Suns with "The Creep" and even Rod McKuen (performing as Dor with Bob McFadden on "The Mummy"). The set concludes with Bacharach and David's all-time novelty classic "The Blob", performed by the studio group The Five Blobs from the 1958 film The Blob.

The set contains a full-color 8-page booklet with a four-page essay by MOJO's Dave Henderson. The art direction is by Lewis Henderson and it has been mastered by Alan Wilson. There is no discographical information in the booklet and the songs have been compiled from the public domain pursuant to current U.K. copyright laws.

If you would like to get into the Halloween mood with these fun songs from the late 1950s and early 1960s, we've got the full tracklisting and preorder links below. (And be on the lookout for a similar set coming in mid-November from Righteous devoted to Christmas music: the 1-CD Merry Luxmas - It's Christmas In Crampsville!).

Various Artists, Trick or Treat: Music To Scare Your Neighbours - Vintage 45s from Lux and Ivy's Haunted Basement (Cherry Red/Righteous Records, 2019) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

CD 1

  1. Round Robin - I'm The Wolfman
  2. Lee Ross - The Mummy's Bracelet
  3. Elroy Dietzel and The Rhythm Bandits - Rock-n-Bones
  4. Don Sargent and The Buddies - Voodoo Kiss
  5. Archie Bleyer - The Rockin' Ghost
  6. Bill Buchanan - Beware
  7. Eddie Thomas - Frankenstein Rock
  8. Gene La Marr and His Blue Flames - The Crazy Little House on the Hill
  9. Herb Kliebe & Bailey's Nervous Kats - Devils Run
  10. Hugh Barrett and The Victors - Fungus Among Us
  11. Bobby Please - The Monster
  12. Buster Doss and His Arkansas Playboys - Graveyard Boogie
  13. Jim Burgett - The Living Dead
  14. Morgus And The Three Ghouls - Morgus The Magnificent
  15. The Blue Echoes - It's Witchcraft
  16. The Kac-Ties - Mr. Were-Wolf
  17. Tony's Monstrosities - Igor's Party
  18. Bob and Jerry - Ghost Satellite
  19. Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra - Voodoo
  20. Ken Nordine - Stollin' Spooks
  21. Gary "Spider" Webb - The Cave (Part 1)
  22. Carlos Casal Jr. - Don't Meet Mr. Frankenstein
  23. Kay Martin - Swamp Girl
  24. Nervous Norvus - The Fang
  25. Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers - Graveyard Rock - King Kong
  26. John Zacherle - Igor

CD 2

  1. Kip Tyler - She's My With
  2. Archie King with Al Lombardy Orchestra - He's A Vampire
  3. Skip Manning - Devil's Blues (Satan's Not Square..)
  4. Red Callender Sextet - Voodoo
  5. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
  6. Jerry & Mel - Cannibal Stew
  7. Babs Gonzales - Lullaby Of The Doomed
  8. Leroy Bowman And The Arrows - Graveyard
  9. Scottie Stuart - Nightmare
  10. Bob McFadden and Dor - The Mummy
  11. Rene Hall Orchestra - Night Fright
  12. The Coasters - The Shadow Knows
  13. Bob Luman - The Creep
  14. Big Daddy - Daniel Webster & The Devil
  15. The Castle Kings - You Can Get Him Frankenstein
  16. The Deep River Boys - Swingin' At the Séance
  17. The Intereiors - Voodoo Doll
  18. The Electro-Tones - Ghost Train
  19. Bo Diddley - Bo Meets The Monster
  20. The Duponts - Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall)
  21. The Tomko's - The Spook
  22. The Five Jones Boys - Mr. Ghost Goes To Town
  23. Three Suns - The Creep
  24. The Five Blobs - The Blob

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bo Diddley, Burt Bacharach, John Zacherle, Rod McKuen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Coasters, The Cramps

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Comments

  1. Mark Schlesinger says

    October 25, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    What??? No Monster Mash?

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  2. Jim says

    October 25, 2019 at 4:57 pm

    "Monster Mash' would be WAY too obvious for the Lux/Ivy ethos i think....... 🙂

    Reply
  3. RecordSteve says

    October 25, 2019 at 6:28 pm

    But Monster Mash was a graveyard smash!

    Reply

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