Longtime ZC reader, West Nelson, sends along this Florida Frontiers Radio Program Number 565 with Ricou Browning. The full show is very interesting, so I recommend you give it a listen. This snippet contains the Ricou Browning segment. In it he talks about the Gill-Man and Flipper. (Thanks, West!)
John Russo (yeah, that guy) produced a 39-minute compilation of horror rock and movie clips called Horror Rock, from 2006, now playing on Tubi (yup, free). It includes Elvis Hitler, Hurricane, The Pandoras, The Dickies, Wrath, The Del-Lords, gracing the cords and notes with ear-slashing frenzy. The film clips accompanying the music fit in nicely. I admit I'm not familiar with some of the clips, but seeing them piques my interest (don't you just hate when you don't know where a video clip is from!) I love the Pandoras (Run Down Love Battery music video), just saying. The Dickies aren't too shabby either.
Ghost (http://friendlyghost.typepad.com/) sent me a link to the Thomas J. Wright interview conducted by TV Time Machine in 2011. Trying to listen to it, I discovered it didn’t play in contemporary browsers, as it needed an mplayer plugin. Or so each browser I tried indicated. Trying to retro fit the plugin, I had too many issues, so I gave up and captured an MP3 version instead.
So here it is. Right-click the link and “Save link as…”
Thomas J. Wright Night Gallery Interview
And perusing Wikipedia’s entry on Mr. Wright, I found he was quite the all-rounder: “Wright has directed episodes of Smallville,One Tree Hill, Firefly, and many other programs. He also worked extensively on Chris Carter’s Millennium, on which he was a producer as well as directing 26 of the show’s 67 episodes. He also directed the 1989 Hulk Hogan film No Holds Barred.”
Professor Kinema had this sanguine vinyl bat flapping around his archive shelves, so I thought large scans of the great Jack Davis artwork and monster trading cards would be something you could sink your teeth into. Click graphics to open them, then use your browser’s back button to return to the post. A groovy hit to watusi is included.
Here's some vinyl from Starlog Records, straight from Professor Kinema. He's the only person I know who still has hundreds of these funny round things we used to stick needles on to play. Amazing. Remember this science fiction movie? I've included the End Title music to jog your memory.
Sadly, Bela Lugosi and Alfred Hitchcock really don't meet; but here's some vinyl from Professor Kinema's archive where they lend their vocal talents to two old radio dramas. The first is Lugosi in The Doctor Prescribed Death, and the second has Hitchcock hosting Once Upon a Midnight. The recording of The Doctor Prescribed Death comes from Relic Radio, where you can find many OTR dramas, including horror. (I'll have the Hitchcock radio drama up shortly.)
Bela in The Doctor Prescribed Death
Hitchcock in Once Upon a Midnight
Put out by Gross Records (distributed exclusively by Marshall Discount Video Service, Trenton, Michigan) in 1984, this vinyl novelty gem remains unavailable, out of touch, and completely wild (especially for gorehounds).
Here's the album for your listening aggrandizement. It's no longer commercially distributed or even easily available second-hand, although copyright is still held by Ghoul Brothers (whoever they may be). You can also find some songs from this release on YouTube.
Thanks to Professor Kinema for finding this in his archives.
Ghoul Brothers Ghoul Days Side A
Ghoul Brothers Ghoul Days Side B
It’s never too early for Christmas! Especially when monsters are involved. This festive ghoul-tide treat courtesy of Professor Kinema…click the link under the picture to play, or right-click to download…
Lon Chaney Jr’s Monster’s Holiday
Here's a shakin' mix tape from Professor Kinema for Halloween, for you old timey rockers like me.
Click to play or right-click to download:
Side A (28 minutes):
Monster Rock n Roll Mix Side A
Side B (20 minutes):
Monster Rock n Roll Mix Side B
Songs Side A:
Songs Side B:
Here's a Halloween treat for you. Lon Chaney Jr tell's two 3-minute tales, originally heard on The Wolf Man Speaks album. Courtesy of Professor Kinema.
"The good-natured monster star was hoping to put together a spoken word album similar to Boris Karloff's Tales of the Frightened double album set, but only two stories were recorded…The three-minute "shaggy dog" tales Lon performs are campfire horror anecdotes: The Red Knife and The Yellow Ribbon. Both are set up like long jokes, and both have a "gotcha" punch line." (Ronald L. Smith, Horror Stars on Radio: The Broadcast Histories of 29 Chilling Hollywood Voices)
Click the links to play, or right-click to download:
Lon Chaney's The Yellow Ribbon
Blast from the past. Here's Vincent Price doing his version of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Monster Mash. (circa 1977)
Recording courtesy of Professor Kinema.
Click the link below the picture to play, or right-click to download:
Vincent Price Does Monster Mash
While you can buy the other Frankie Stein and His Ghouls albums from Power Records, song by song, on Amazon. This one, Monster Sounds and Dance Music, my favorite, appears not to be available. I don't like plain old Halloween sounds per se, but when you combine them with cool, jazzy rock and roll, well, you've got something a whole lot better to listen to. Combine some Frankie Stein with your Midnight Syndicate tracks and you'll have a super ghoul-time for sure.
Special thanks to Professor Kinema for unearthing this from his vinyl archive!
Play Side A:Frankie Stein and his Ghouls A
(you can also right click the links to download the MP3)
Play Side B:Frankie Stein and his Ghouls B