365 Days #304 - Spooky Sound Effects (mp3s)

MP3:
Side One (15:37)
(Storm, Dog Howling, Footsteps With Chains, Goblins Laughing, Chinese Gong, Moaning Cats, Cats, Laughing Witches, Screaming, Storm, Wind, Cats, Dogs, Squeaking Door)
Side Two (18:36)
(Ghouls Glide, Skeleton Dance, Banshee Love Call, The Dracula Drag, Dinner Music For A Monster, Outer Space Sounds, Diesel Slow Frieght, Diesel Fast Passenger, Fog Horn, Siren)

Talk about a budget label classic! I was first introduced to this LP by Jack Diamond. Side 1 is pretty standard horror sounds, but Side 2 is where the magic is found! I love these remarks by a friend which pretty much sums it up:

"Side 2 of this album is unlike other Halloween sound effect records floating around in that it is all theremin! And get a load of those track titles?! It sounds as if someone let a 5 year old kid noodle around for a while. It's super scary!"

- Contributed by: B.C. Sterrett (The Lost Media Archive)

Images: Front, Back, Label A, Label B

Comments

[snoopy]

Interesting. Halfway through side one, they simply copied side 1, track 1 of this Disney record and cut it down to half-speed! I played it myself as a kid when we had a turntable that had a 16RPM setting (showing my age here). Scared the hell out of myself!

[John trembly]

Is that the Munster Mansion on the cover? Looks like it.

[Fiji Mermaid]

Thanks for this one! Great post for Halloween, I can't wait to listen to all these spooky sounds while my friends and I bob for apples.

[roach]

do you know the year this came out?

[Dave]

I think I've read that the photo on that LP is The Magic Castle In California (not sure if LA or Hollywood).

Dave

[Larry]

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