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Creeptastic Plastic
Website makes vintage novelty horror records available on MP3
If you could bottle the endorphins released in my childhood brain upon hearing the weird Halloween environmental records of the '50s, '60s, and '70s and the equally creepy Edgar Allan Poe audio narrations of the period, it would probably be, at minimum, a Schedule II narcotic. Rattling chains, beating hearts, and reverb-enhanced "ghosts" sent every kid I know into an adrenaline-fueled frenzy back in the day — a frenzy that could only be quelled by conquering the disk with 100 or so repeated listenings. God, I wish I had that kind of focus now.
With molded plastic animatronic ghouls bulging from every CVS and Walgreen's kiosk from here to Poughkeepsie (and heading for a landfill near you), the days of the mind-bending Halloween novelty record are done. Why use your imagination to create zombies and monsters when you can just slide a copy of Corpse Killer into the video-game console and blow some away?
Thankfully "Jason," of the Scar Stuff blog, agrees that the ephemeral monsters are much creepier than their literal plastic and digital peers. To that end, he has made more than 100 vintage vinyl horror records available as MP3s. Free to download, the site also features heaps of the wacky original artwork that promoted these records (usually in comic books) when they came out.
Seattle website Creativetechs.com has organized the files (which include titles like Sounds To Make You Shiver and Monster Dance Party), along with detailed descriptions of the Scar Stuff content and ready-to-play versions of the material for your convenience. Check it out!
This awesome Halloween find came from our pal Jfury; be sure to drop by her MOLI profile and say "Boo." And, natch, have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Wendy Case is the MOLI View's contributing editor for Arts & Entertainment.
With molded plastic animatronic ghouls bulging from every CVS and Walgreen's kiosk from here to Poughkeepsie (and heading for a landfill near you), the days of the mind-bending Halloween novelty record are done. Why use your imagination to create zombies and monsters when you can just slide a copy of Corpse Killer into the video-game console and blow some away?
Thankfully "Jason," of the Scar Stuff blog, agrees that the ephemeral monsters are much creepier than their literal plastic and digital peers. To that end, he has made more than 100 vintage vinyl horror records available as MP3s. Free to download, the site also features heaps of the wacky original artwork that promoted these records (usually in comic books) when they came out.
Seattle website Creativetechs.com has organized the files (which include titles like Sounds To Make You Shiver and Monster Dance Party), along with detailed descriptions of the Scar Stuff content and ready-to-play versions of the material for your convenience. Check it out!
This awesome Halloween find came from our pal Jfury; be sure to drop by her MOLI profile and say "Boo." And, natch, have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Wendy Case is the MOLI View's contributing editor for Arts & Entertainment.
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15:01 EDT, 30.Oct.07