Volume 5 - 2013

What would an end of the world collection of instros be without a little horror?

This volume has plenty of creepy crawly tunes replete with screams and howls. Merv Griffin likely wished "House of Horrors" stayed with the other skeletons in his closet once he became the '70s daytime TV staple--although he was the mysterious elevator killer! (Sorry, that was a spoiler.)

Thanks to Frankie Fink for turning me onto what should be the real theme song to Walking Dead, "Cha Cha with the Zombies!" This, among many other Hallow'een themed tunes, can be found on the barely living podcast, Forbidden City.

And speaking of the undead, the well known and covered "Ghost Riders in the Sky" gets the Spanish psychedelic treatment from Los Babys. Who knows what the hell they were thinking. Maybe it truly was a bunch of infants someone handed six strings to.

Somebody also killed PJ's saxophone on "Wounded Camel." OUCH!

Finally, to end this post, we get to kill ourselves or live trying with a game of "Russian Roulette" by the Zanies. The Zanies are the crazy folks to bring us the wonderful novelty songs, "Mad Scientist," and  "The Blob."

Dig (Six Feet Under) Here for Vol. 5!

Volume 4

Welcome to Volume 4! Gonna shoot for two posts a month to try and catch up to the current volumes. The image for this cover is from a '50s flooring ad--the dart board is awfully close to that dame's head!

Some good gems on this one. Sadly, an amazing tune that belonged on this volume by Tommy O' and the Ding Dongs' (I wanna back-up band called the Ding Dongs!) Shubert's Rock, was taken from a slowed down version. I had to remove it and put it into volume 17 (don't ask why I do this).

Some instros still sound tasty at less than 45 revs per minute, but I generally try and go by the time stamp on the label. "Espresso" by the Chrystals is surely a bit slow despite any help from its caffeinated title.

"Sabada" by Johnny Williams is quintessential swinging '60s sugar. A dozen or so years later Mr. Williams will undoubtedly have moved to his space age pad in a galaxy far far away. And speaking of things foreign and "Exotic," Jim Waller and the Deltas bring us a great one to take you away from post war boredom in the USA. A dose of The Hustlers' "Migraine" might also ease the pain due to the off-gassing of toxic fumes from your new synthetic floor.

Finally, "Swinging Ghosts" can be heard "spun binary-style" by yours truly on the Forbidden City Halloween hoe down podcast. Celebrate the day of the dead early this year!

Dig volume 4 here!