WFMU: The Clock Strikes Midnight with Herk Hilligoss: Playlist from October 31, 2024

Listener comments!
	2:02pm Mr Fab: The beloved howl-iday tradition continues! Presenting Herk Hilligoss' annual vintage vinyl Halloween hootenanny..
	2:02pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: Herk!
	2:03pm BC Sterrett: Good Midnight to you :)
	2:04pm Mr Fab: So glad you could fly back to your castle to do some radio for us, Herk.
	2:05pm WR: So happy to have you all here altogether.
	2:05pm BC Sterrett: Here is the link to the blog I'm playlisting. Scroll down till you find the Halloween Horrors LP: drewfriedman.blogspot.com...
	2:10pm Krys O.: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:05 I just let Drew know that this is on now!
	2:11pm BC Sterrett: Thanks Krys O :)
	2:12pm Krys O.: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:11 👍
	2:17pm Mr Fab: we've got 6-6-SIX big hours of Herk today - all the way up to Babs n Derek. (Who will be doing their own halloween special.)
	2:18pm Mr Fab: And I'll be doing 5 hours next week! This same day/time, filling in for both "Vortex of Chaos" and "Hasta Manana Monsour."
	2:18pm BC Sterrett: This was the record we ended on last year :)
	2:19pm BC Sterrett: Thank you for having me Mr. Fab and for setting this up. Thanks to anyone who will stop by and listen in.
	2:25pm David The Splatter: Hello, Herk, BC and hello again Krys and Mr. Fab.
	2:31pm WR: audio went silent here
	2:32pm WR: howling wind and its back
	2:33pm BC Sterrett: Sorry didn't realize I was playing silence for a bit.
	2:34pm WR: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:33 well, it was spooky
	2:34pm Mr Fab: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:33 It might be the way the record is?
	2:35pm BC Sterrett: Had my headphones on and forgot to switch the audio to the left player.
	2:39pm WR: ↳ Song: "The Wobblin' Goblin" by "Rosemary Clooney" Rosemary Clooney rebajada!
	2:39pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: there is no wrong speed.
	2:39pm BC Sterrett: I'm out of practice...
	2:40pm BC Sterrett: I think I prefer Rosemary Clooney at this speed :)
	2:40pm Mr Fab: Drink too many Bloody Marys, you'd be wobblin, too.
	2:41pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:40 Me too! My earliest experiences playing with records was playing them at the 'wrong' speed, which drove my parents and siblings nuts.
	2:53pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "The Cask Of Amontillado" by "Nelson Olmstead: Edg... Nelson Olmsted was a scientist in the Twilight Zone episode To Serve Man.
	2:55pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Krys O. @2:53 No way!
	2:57pm Krys O.: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:55 www.sensitiveskinmagazine.com...
	2:58pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Krys O. @2:57 Ha! I love it :)
	3:01pm BC Sterrett: ↳ ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn @2:41 <3
	3:03pm Charles: It's alive!
	3:12pm WR: ↳ Song: "What Was It?" by "Nelson Olmstead" the writer of the story is Fitz-James O'Brien who is new to me. Reading the Wikipedia page for him. en.wikipedia.org...
	3:18pm Krys O.: ↳ WR @3:12 How intriguing! O'Brien was quite prolific.
	3:19pm BC Sterrett: Welcome Charles :)
	3:20pm BC Sterrett: Thank you for the cool info WR :)
	3:33pm Krys O.: I need to prepare for my commute home. Thanks for the spooky fun!
	3:33pm BC Sterrett: Thanks Krys O. Please travel safe!
	3:53pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "The Pit And The Pendulum / Ulalume" by "Buddy Mor... I like how the music started off kinda like Sinatra's "Witchcraft."
	3:54pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @3:53 This track or the instrumental?
	3:56pm Mr Fab: yeah, the music behind "Ulalume" seemed to directly reference "Witchcraft."
	3:58pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @3:56 I need to listen to the Sinatra version! I can't recall it. I'm in love with that Beatnik narration of Poe.
	4:15pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "The Man and the Snake" by "Ambrose Bierce Read By... he died of "a fit" - is that a proper medical diagnosis, haha.
	4:16pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @4:15 What a horrible way to go. I hope mine is calm and restful.
	4:18pm BC Sterrett: My death that is.
	4:20pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @4:15 Just as much as hysteria which was long a catch all for female problems.
	4:23pm WR: ↳ Song: "The Hell Bound Train" by "Robert Block" Nice Gahan Wilson illustration on the record jacket.
	4:24pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @4:23 I wonder if he did any other record covers...
	4:25pm Mr Fab: Wow, Robert Bloch is reading his own story? Never knew what he sounded like. He's doing a good job.
	4:30pm Charles: I love this.
	4:35pm BC Sterrett: Charles, are you by any chance also Jorbi Plookm?
	4:37pm Charles: I don't know who that is I'm afraid!
	4:37pm BC Sterrett: ha ha, ok :)
	4:48pm WR: ↳ Song: "The Hell Bound Train" by "Robert Block" A cup half full story.
	4:49pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "The Hell Bound Train" by "Robert Block" That was great! I used to read Bloch's stuff as a kid. It has aged well.
	4:51pm Mr Fab: "Hellbound Train" by Chuck Berry would go well here.
	4:53pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: I'm going to see Psycho in a theater tonight! I can't wait!
	4:54pm WR: ↳ BC Sterrett @4:24 Not many, the Dreams album was the only one that came to mind. A few others are listed on Discogs. www.discogs.com...
	4:54pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ Song: "Who Are The Casual Girls (In A Vampire Video Game... Fowley needs no makeup to look like a monster.
	4:58pm Karen: Well I tried to be a good mil and listen but this is not my scene. Sorry
	4:59pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Who Are The Casual Girls (In A Vampire Video Game... I wonder how many innocent kids/moms bought this album, expecting typical "Monster Mash" stuff, and oops! They got a snootful of Kim Fowley's obsessions and perversions. Probably did em some good!
	5:01pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: I remember getting a Halloween/Sound FX type record for a birthday when I was about 7 or 8 and it was so scary that I couldn't listen to it. I think I eventually tracked it down as an adult and (I think) I have it.
	5:01pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @4:59 Fowley was my worst celebrity encounter. That's all I'll say.
	5:02pm BC Sterrett: ↳ ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn @5:01 I'd love to know which one it was!
	5:02pm Mr Fab: Speaking of German records, do you know the Horror Charly album, BC? Don Bolles plays it ever year. It's also in German, but you don't need to know the language to know crazy: www.discogs.com...
	5:03pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @5:02 I remember him playing it years ago! Would love to track that down.
	5:05pm Mr Fab: ↳ BC Sterrett @5:02 Yes! Do you remember what it's called, Rich?
	5:10pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ Mr Fab @5:05 No. I'm actually googling it now. If I do in fact have it, I failed to put it in my Discogs database (BAD DJ!)
	5:11pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: I remember it had an awful cover of Monster Mash.
	5:11pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: Horror Charly is effing nuts.
	5:12pm BC Sterrett: I forgot all about that. Thanks for the memories :)
	5:13pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ Mr Fab @5:05 I found it! And I either have it or I have it digitally (but can't remember which) www.discogs.com...
	5:14pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: It's by Wade Denning, the king of kiddie halloween records.
	5:23pm Mr Fab: ↳ ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn @5:13 ha, I have that one. Didn't scare me much - unfortunately I bought one used as grown-up so didn't get to experience the full effect.
	5:25pm Mr Fab: so shameless how they'd take existing recordings that had nothing to do with Halloween (in the case of that last song, "El Watusi") add a bunch of sound fx, and sell it to the kiddies as some kind of monster/horror thing. Oh, that wacky music biz!
	5:31pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: I remember finding the death/torture sound effects on side two super unsettling to the point that I couldn't listen to it much. I also thought the rendition of Monster Mash was really cringey.
	5:56pm WR: ↳ Song: "The Hitch Hiker" by "Wade Denning" Every night? Moms must be quite sociable to great each of the visitors so warmly.
	5:57pm Mr Fab: We are at 90% of our Hellraiser goal. Come on all you glamour ghouls and monster men, click on that big ol PLEDGE NOW up top, and save us from a ghastly fate!
	5:59pm BC Sterrett: 90%!!!
	6:03pm BC Sterrett: Pledged :)
	6:13pm BC Sterrett: This orange ghost stories record is in my top 10. It's so DIY :)
	6:15pm BC Sterrett: No one to my knowledge has a copy with the witch's wand still intact.
	6:16pm Mr Fab: ↳ BC Sterrett @6:13 So obviously not an actor/announcer reading this, its like just some guy, haha. (I was just going to ask if you have the wand that came with the record!)
	6:18pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @6:16 Mine has a tear where you can see where the wand was taped to the cover.
	6:26pm BC Sterrett: Such a Scooby Doo ending. ha ha
	6:43pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Side 1" by "Super-Snooper & Blabber Mouse" is Paul Frees doing some of the voices?
	6:45pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ Mr Fab @6:43 Yes. and June Foray.
	6:46pm Mr Fab: yay a mention of the Dodgers! Yeah, was thinking that was June Foray.
	6:51pm BC Sterrett: I bet we're the only people on the planet listening to this record at this very moment.
	6:53pm WR: ↳ BC Sterrett @6:51 Wish there was some way to connect to any others listening to this now.
	6:55pm BC Sterrett: What is everyone doing tonight? Do you have trick or treaters where you live?
	6:56pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @6:53 <3
	6:58pm Mr Fab: we got tons of the little monsters. I get up to 50 and stop counting. still too early/light out now, but we're ready. Got some big inflatable monsters on our front porch, got a Costco bag of candy - at least the ones we haven't eaten yet.
	7:01pm BC Sterrett: Amazing! We have so many trunk or treat events around here, that we're lucky to have about 6 rings at our house at night.
	7:02pm BC Sterrett: What state are you in Mr. Fab?
	7:02pm Mr Fab: ↳ BC Sterrett @7:02 L.A., CA
	7:03pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @7:02 That's awesome! My wife is from the Thousand Oaks area, so we make trips to LA at least once or twice a year.
	7:06pm Mr Fab: Oh yeah, fairly familiar with Thousand Oaks. Like where I live, it's quite suburban, so trick or treating is still big. We have Hollywood special fx artists who go all out - amazingly decorated houses with homemade dummies, fx, sounds, etc.
	7:09pm Aaron in Minneapolis: ↳ Song: "The Sounds of Halloween" by "J. Robert Elliot" Hey spooks and spookettes! I know i am commenting on a track played hours ago, but I remember checjking this out on cassette from the library when I was a youngin, and boy this freaked me out!
	7:09pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @7:06 I love it!
	7:10pm BC Sterrett: One more hour
	7:11pm Aaron in Minneapolis: Also thank goodness the power stayed on this year!
	7:11pm BC Sterrett: Yes!!!
	7:30pm Super Special K: Awesome. Thanks for doing this.
	7:31pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "That Little Old Graverobber Me" by "Don Hinson An... Gotta love a monster album that features impressions of Peter Lorre, Boris, Bela...and Dean Martin..? Um, ok, works for me!
	7:36pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Super Special K @7:30 Thanks for tuning in Special K :)
	7:47pm Mr Fab: shoot, was busy working - what happened at the end?
	7:48pm WR: ↳ Song: "Side 2" by "Unknown" wow. A 7" 78. I think we had some kiddie records in that format that were yellow and orange. Can't remember what the recording was.
	7:48pm BC Sterrett: I missed it too! Had to answer the door to our first trick or treaters
	7:48pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @7:48 This one is colored red :)
	7:50pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @7:47 The end of what? The boy who drew cats? His drawing came to life during the night and killed a rat bigger than a cow. The next day the cat in the picture had some blood on its teeth or something like that.
	7:52pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @7:50 Ah! Cool. Thanks, WR!
	7:53pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @7:50 Ha ha! Awesome
	7:54pm BC Sterrett: This is probably my last track. Happy Halloween everyone!
	7:54pm BC Sterrett: Hopefully I'll see you again next year for pt. 5 :)
	7:57pm WR: Many thanks BC Sterrett, and all the best to you and your partner. And if that was her who wrote enough is enough during the Kim Fowley track, yes he was a creep.
	7:57pm Mr Fab: Thnx so much Herk, er, BC. Really enjoyed this.
	7:59pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @7:57 That was my mother in law in Arizona. lol
	8:01pm BC Sterrett: Good night everyone. Happy Halloween!
	8:05pm WR: If you find any inspiration and time, we would welcome hearing from you before next Halloween, but will keep a candle lit in the window until then.

The Clock Strikes Midnight with Herk Hilligoss: Playlist from October 31, 2024

Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Monster and Halloween Records (Music, Spoken Word and related weirdness) from the vaults of The Lost Media Archive. For show submissions write to Herk via bcsterrett at gmail.com for details.

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October 31, 2024: Halloween Record Marathon w/ The Lost Media Archive pt. 4. Archive starts approximately an hour into the show. (The first hour can be heard at the end of Mr Fab's show today.
This is part 4 of playlisting Drew Friedman's Halloween Record Blog, a project which began in 2021. Enjoy! Here's a link to his blog so you can follow along: https://drewfriedman.blogspot.com/2011/10/horror-records-for-halloween.html

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
J. Robert Elliot	The Sounds of Halloween	Halloween Horrors: The Sounds Of Halloween (And Other Useful Effects)
Lucille Wood	Side 2 Track 2 "Side 2 Track 2" by "Lucille Wood"	Halloween	Bowmar	Unknown	LP
Lonesome Wyatt And The Holy Spooks	Such A Fright / The Scarecrow Tomb	Halloween is Here		2013	10"	Maybe the only record that Drew chose that is not from the golden era of Halloween records, but how can you resist that cover art? - Herk
Rosemary Clooney	The Wobblin' Goblin	Punky Punkin / The Wobblin' Goblin		1951	78	78 played at 45 rpm, cause it's all this "modern" player can do.
Nelson Olmstead: Edgar Allan Poe	The Cask Of Amontillado	Edgar Allan Poe - Tales Of Terror		1956	LP
Nelson Olmstead	What Was It? "What Was It?" by "Nelson Olmstead"	Sleep No More! Famous Ghost And Horror Stories		1956	LP
Bill Mitchell	The Pit And The Pendulum - Side 1	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe		1977	LP		0:03:37 (Pop-up)
Narrated by Bill Mitchell	The Pit And The Pendulum - Side 2	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe					0:27:32 (Pop-up)
Buddy Morrow And His Orchestra	The Pit And The Pendulum / Ulalume	Poe For Moderns		1960	LP		0:49:45 (Pop-up)
Ambrose Bierce Read By Ugo Toppo	The Man and the Snake	Tales Of Horror And Suspense		1967	LP		0:55:43 (Pop-up)
Robert Block	The Hell Bound Train	Gravely, Robert Bloch		1976	LP		1:15:24 (Pop-up)
Frankie Stein And His Ghouls	Doctor Spook	Monster Melodies		1965	LP		1:51:42 (Pop-up)
Frankenstein And The All Star Monster Band	Who Are The Casual Girls (In A Vampire Video Game?)	Frankenstein And The All Star Monster Band		1984	LP		1:53:37 (Pop-up)
Peter Frankenfeld	Teil 1 (Segment)	Horror Skop 63		1963	LP		1:57:43 (Pop-up)
Milissa Sierra, L. Cardenas	La Bruja 7 Pelos - Narración Infantil	La Bruja 7 Pelos		1973	LP		2:01:49 (Pop-up)
Milissa Sierra	Las Siete Brujitas	Las 7 Brujitas		Unknown	LP		2:15:08 (Pop-up)
Frankie Stein And His Ghouls	The Ghostman Rings Twice (Mashed Potato)	Shock! Terror! Fear!		1965	LP		2:21:23 (Pop-up)
Frankie Stein And His Ghouls	Be Careful It’s My Throat (Frug)	Monster Sounds and Dance Music		1965	LP		2:25:20 (Pop-up)
Bobby (Boris) Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers	Graveyard Shift	The Original Monster Mash		1962	LP		2:28:30 (Pop-up)
Bobby (Boris) Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers	Monters' Mash Party	45 single B-side		1962	45		2:30:05 (Pop-up)
Bobby (Boris) Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers	Monster's Holiday	45RPM Single		1962	7"		2:32:42 (Pop-up)
Christmas Party Players and Orchestra	Monster Christmas Mash	Monster Christmas Mash		Unknown	LP		2:36:03 (Pop-up)
Tyrone A'Saurus And His Cro-Magnons	The Monster Twist	Single		1962	45	Released the same year as The Monster Mash! - Herk	2:41:11 (Pop-up)
The Monstrosities	Sing Along With Frankenstein (Aargh)	Dance Along With Dracula (Doin' The Drac) 45 Single		1964	7"	My 45 doesn't have this fantastic cover art. - Herk	2:43:25 (Pop-up)
Columbia Record Productions	Happy Birthday	Happy Birthday				Of all the paper card records in the series, this is the only one I have torn out of the card/playable (Courtesty of Vinyl Cobwebs DJ Premium Deluxe) - Herk	2:45:20 (Pop-up)
Waldemar Wohlfahrt	Du Brichst Mein Entzmei (Do You Will With Me)	Waldemar El Vampiro		1968	7"		2:47:47 (Pop-up)
Phil Harris and His Orchestra	The Thing	The Thing / The Mountaineer And The Jabberwock		1950	7"		2:50:18 (Pop-up)
Wade Denning	The Hitch Hiker "The Hitch Hiker" by "Wade Denning"	Famous Ghost Stories With Scary Sounds		1975	LP	Another record that was a big part of my childhood. This is one of the stories that stands out from my youth. - Herk	2:52:45 (Pop-up)
Peter Waldron, Gershon Kingsley	The Ghosts From Outer Space	Ghostly Sounds		1975	LP	Yes THAT Gershon Kingsley! - Herk	2:56:00 (Pop-up)
Frankie Stein And His Ghouls	A Hearse Is Not a Home (Frug)	Introducing Frankie Stein And His Ghouls		1964	LP		3:07:51 (Pop-up)
The Deadly Ones	It's Monster Surfing Time	It's Monster Surfing Time		1964	LP	My beat up copy... - Herk	3:10:08 (Pop-up)
No Artist	Intro / The Empty House On Haunted Hill	Ghost Stories		1963	LP	I absolutely adore this recording. - Herk	3:12:21 (Pop-up)
Super-Snooper & Blabber Mouse	Side 1	Monster Shindig		1965	LP		3:29:13 (Pop-up)
Super-Snooper & Blabber Mouse	Side 2	Monster Shindig		1965	LP		3:50:50 (Pop-up)
Harvey Famous Cartoons	The Creaky Staircase	Casper The Friendly Ghost: Haunted House Tales		1973	LP		4:09:24 (Pop-up)
Dr. Fun and The Funhouse Gang	Something Is Coming To Tea!	Dr. Fun's Funhouse		1965	7"		4:15:06 (Pop-up)
Robert Bright	Side 1 "Side 1" by "Robert Bright"	Georgie And The Robbers		1969	7"		4:18:15 (Pop-up)
Robert Bright	Side 2 "Side 2" by "Robert Bright"	Georgie And The Robbers		1969	7"		4:29:24 (Pop-up)
Don Hinson And The Rigamorticians	That Little Old Graverobber Me	Monster Dance Party		1964	LP	Continuing the robber theme ;)	4:29:42 (Pop-up)
Jack Marshall	The Ghoul "The Ghoul" by "Jack Marshall"	Theme From "The Munsters" / The Ghoul - 45 Single		1964	45		4:32:45 (Pop-up)
Het Cocktail Trio	Spookhuis (Chain Gang)	Spookhuis		1961	45		4:34:28 (Pop-up)
Various	The Boy Who Drew Cats "The Boy Who Drew Cats" by "Various"	Thrillers And Chillers		1973	LP		4:38:13 (Pop-up)
Unknown	Side 2 "Side 2" by "Unknown"	Spooky Music For Spooky Occasions		Unknown	7" 78	This copy used to belong to young Bruce Gauld of DVDR Party fame. Played at 45 rpm.	4:45:26 (Pop-up)
Unknown	The Mysterious Trailer From Space	Spooky Stories (Record #3)		1978	Other	Really beat up paper record from a cereal box. Hopefully it plays :) - Herk	4:47:56 (Pop-up)
Various	Here We Go! "Here We Go!" by "Various"	Great Ghost Stories		1973	LP		4:51:35 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2:02pm Mr Fab: The beloved howl-iday tradition continues! Presenting Herk Hilligoss' annual vintage vinyl Halloween hootenanny..
	2:02pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: Herk!
	2:03pm BC Sterrett: Good Midnight to you :)
	2:04pm Mr Fab: So glad you could fly back to your castle to do some radio for us, Herk.
	2:05pm WR: So happy to have you all here altogether.
	2:05pm BC Sterrett: Here is the link to the blog I'm playlisting. Scroll down till you find the Halloween Horrors LP: drewfriedman.blogspot.com...
	2:10pm Krys O.: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:05 I just let Drew know that this is on now!
	2:11pm BC Sterrett: Thanks Krys O :)
	2:12pm Krys O.: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:11 👍
	2:17pm Mr Fab: we've got 6-6-SIX big hours of Herk today - all the way up to Babs n Derek. (Who will be doing their own halloween special.)
	2:18pm Mr Fab: And I'll be doing 5 hours next week! This same day/time, filling in for both "Vortex of Chaos" and "Hasta Manana Monsour."
	2:18pm BC Sterrett: This was the record we ended on last year :)
	2:19pm BC Sterrett: Thank you for having me Mr. Fab and for setting this up. Thanks to anyone who will stop by and listen in.
	2:25pm David The Splatter: Hello, Herk, BC and hello again Krys and Mr. Fab.
	2:31pm WR: audio went silent here
	2:32pm WR: howling wind and its back
	2:33pm BC Sterrett: Sorry didn't realize I was playing silence for a bit.
	2:34pm WR: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:33 well, it was spooky
	2:34pm Mr Fab: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:33 It might be the way the record is?
	2:35pm BC Sterrett: Had my headphones on and forgot to switch the audio to the left player.
	2:39pm WR: ↳ Song: "The Wobblin' Goblin" by "Rosemary Clooney" Rosemary Clooney rebajada!
	2:39pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: there is no wrong speed.
	2:39pm BC Sterrett: I'm out of practice...
	2:40pm BC Sterrett: I think I prefer Rosemary Clooney at this speed :)
	2:40pm Mr Fab: Drink too many Bloody Marys, you'd be wobblin, too.
	2:41pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:40 Me too! My earliest experiences playing with records was playing them at the 'wrong' speed, which drove my parents and siblings nuts.
	2:53pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "The Cask Of Amontillado" by "Nelson Olmstead: Edg... Nelson Olmsted was a scientist in the Twilight Zone episode To Serve Man.
	2:55pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Krys O. @2:53 No way!
	2:57pm Krys O.: ↳ BC Sterrett @2:55 www.sensitiveskinmagazine.com...
	2:58pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Krys O. @2:57 Ha! I love it :)
	3:01pm BC Sterrett: ↳ ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn @2:41 <3
	3:03pm Charles: It's alive!
	3:12pm WR: ↳ Song: "What Was It?" by "Nelson Olmstead" the writer of the story is Fitz-James O'Brien who is new to me. Reading the Wikipedia page for him. en.wikipedia.org...
	3:18pm Krys O.: ↳ WR @3:12 How intriguing! O'Brien was quite prolific.
	3:19pm BC Sterrett: Welcome Charles :)
	3:20pm BC Sterrett: Thank you for the cool info WR :)
	3:33pm Krys O.: I need to prepare for my commute home. Thanks for the spooky fun!
	3:33pm BC Sterrett: Thanks Krys O. Please travel safe!
	3:53pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "The Pit And The Pendulum / Ulalume" by "Buddy Mor... I like how the music started off kinda like Sinatra's "Witchcraft."
	3:54pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @3:53 This track or the instrumental?
	3:56pm Mr Fab: yeah, the music behind "Ulalume" seemed to directly reference "Witchcraft."
	3:58pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @3:56 I need to listen to the Sinatra version! I can't recall it. I'm in love with that Beatnik narration of Poe.
	4:15pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "The Man and the Snake" by "Ambrose Bierce Read By... he died of "a fit" - is that a proper medical diagnosis, haha.
	4:16pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @4:15 What a horrible way to go. I hope mine is calm and restful.
	4:18pm BC Sterrett: My death that is.
	4:20pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @4:15 Just as much as hysteria which was long a catch all for female problems.
	4:23pm WR: ↳ Song: "The Hell Bound Train" by "Robert Block" Nice Gahan Wilson illustration on the record jacket.
	4:24pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @4:23 I wonder if he did any other record covers...
	4:25pm Mr Fab: Wow, Robert Bloch is reading his own story? Never knew what he sounded like. He's doing a good job.
	4:30pm Charles: I love this.
	4:35pm BC Sterrett: Charles, are you by any chance also Jorbi Plookm?
	4:37pm Charles: I don't know who that is I'm afraid!
	4:37pm BC Sterrett: ha ha, ok :)
	4:48pm WR: ↳ Song: "The Hell Bound Train" by "Robert Block" A cup half full story.
	4:49pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "The Hell Bound Train" by "Robert Block" That was great! I used to read Bloch's stuff as a kid. It has aged well.
	4:51pm Mr Fab: "Hellbound Train" by Chuck Berry would go well here.
	4:53pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: I'm going to see Psycho in a theater tonight! I can't wait!
	4:54pm WR: ↳ BC Sterrett @4:24 Not many, the Dreams album was the only one that came to mind. A few others are listed on Discogs. www.discogs.com...
	4:54pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ Song: "Who Are The Casual Girls (In A Vampire Video Game... Fowley needs no makeup to look like a monster.
	4:58pm Karen: Well I tried to be a good mil and listen but this is not my scene. Sorry
	4:59pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Who Are The Casual Girls (In A Vampire Video Game... I wonder how many innocent kids/moms bought this album, expecting typical "Monster Mash" stuff, and oops! They got a snootful of Kim Fowley's obsessions and perversions. Probably did em some good!
	5:01pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: I remember getting a Halloween/Sound FX type record for a birthday when I was about 7 or 8 and it was so scary that I couldn't listen to it. I think I eventually tracked it down as an adult and (I think) I have it.
	5:01pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @4:59 Fowley was my worst celebrity encounter. That's all I'll say.
	5:02pm BC Sterrett: ↳ ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn @5:01 I'd love to know which one it was!
	5:02pm Mr Fab: Speaking of German records, do you know the Horror Charly album, BC? Don Bolles plays it ever year. It's also in German, but you don't need to know the language to know crazy: www.discogs.com...
	5:03pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @5:02 I remember him playing it years ago! Would love to track that down.
	5:05pm Mr Fab: ↳ BC Sterrett @5:02 Yes! Do you remember what it's called, Rich?
	5:10pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ Mr Fab @5:05 No. I'm actually googling it now. If I do in fact have it, I failed to put it in my Discogs database (BAD DJ!)
	5:11pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: I remember it had an awful cover of Monster Mash.
	5:11pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: Horror Charly is effing nuts.
	5:12pm BC Sterrett: I forgot all about that. Thanks for the memories :)
	5:13pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ Mr Fab @5:05 I found it! And I either have it or I have it digitally (but can't remember which) www.discogs.com...
	5:14pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: It's by Wade Denning, the king of kiddie halloween records.
	5:23pm Mr Fab: ↳ ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn @5:13 ha, I have that one. Didn't scare me much - unfortunately I bought one used as grown-up so didn't get to experience the full effect.
	5:25pm Mr Fab: so shameless how they'd take existing recordings that had nothing to do with Halloween (in the case of that last song, "El Watusi") add a bunch of sound fx, and sell it to the kiddies as some kind of monster/horror thing. Oh, that wacky music biz!
	5:31pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: I remember finding the death/torture sound effects on side two super unsettling to the point that I couldn't listen to it much. I also thought the rendition of Monster Mash was really cringey.
	5:56pm WR: ↳ Song: "The Hitch Hiker" by "Wade Denning" Every night? Moms must be quite sociable to great each of the visitors so warmly.
	5:57pm Mr Fab: We are at 90% of our Hellraiser goal. Come on all you glamour ghouls and monster men, click on that big ol PLEDGE NOW up top, and save us from a ghastly fate!
	5:59pm BC Sterrett: 90%!!!
	6:03pm BC Sterrett: Pledged :)
	6:13pm BC Sterrett: This orange ghost stories record is in my top 10. It's so DIY :)
	6:15pm BC Sterrett: No one to my knowledge has a copy with the witch's wand still intact.
	6:16pm Mr Fab: ↳ BC Sterrett @6:13 So obviously not an actor/announcer reading this, its like just some guy, haha. (I was just going to ask if you have the wand that came with the record!)
	6:18pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @6:16 Mine has a tear where you can see where the wand was taped to the cover.
	6:26pm BC Sterrett: Such a Scooby Doo ending. ha ha
	6:43pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Side 1" by "Super-Snooper & Blabber Mouse" is Paul Frees doing some of the voices?
	6:45pm ËldRï𐕣ch ïn VVäshïngtøn: ↳ Mr Fab @6:43 Yes. and June Foray.
	6:46pm Mr Fab: yay a mention of the Dodgers! Yeah, was thinking that was June Foray.
	6:51pm BC Sterrett: I bet we're the only people on the planet listening to this record at this very moment.
	6:53pm WR: ↳ BC Sterrett @6:51 Wish there was some way to connect to any others listening to this now.
	6:55pm BC Sterrett: What is everyone doing tonight? Do you have trick or treaters where you live?
	6:56pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @6:53 <3
	6:58pm Mr Fab: we got tons of the little monsters. I get up to 50 and stop counting. still too early/light out now, but we're ready. Got some big inflatable monsters on our front porch, got a Costco bag of candy - at least the ones we haven't eaten yet.
	7:01pm BC Sterrett: Amazing! We have so many trunk or treat events around here, that we're lucky to have about 6 rings at our house at night.
	7:02pm BC Sterrett: What state are you in Mr. Fab?
	7:02pm Mr Fab: ↳ BC Sterrett @7:02 L.A., CA
	7:03pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @7:02 That's awesome! My wife is from the Thousand Oaks area, so we make trips to LA at least once or twice a year.
	7:06pm Mr Fab: Oh yeah, fairly familiar with Thousand Oaks. Like where I live, it's quite suburban, so trick or treating is still big. We have Hollywood special fx artists who go all out - amazingly decorated houses with homemade dummies, fx, sounds, etc.
	7:09pm Aaron in Minneapolis: ↳ Song: "The Sounds of Halloween" by "J. Robert Elliot" Hey spooks and spookettes! I know i am commenting on a track played hours ago, but I remember checjking this out on cassette from the library when I was a youngin, and boy this freaked me out!
	7:09pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Mr Fab @7:06 I love it!
	7:10pm BC Sterrett: One more hour
	7:11pm Aaron in Minneapolis: Also thank goodness the power stayed on this year!
	7:11pm BC Sterrett: Yes!!!
	7:30pm Super Special K: Awesome. Thanks for doing this.
	7:31pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "That Little Old Graverobber Me" by "Don Hinson An... Gotta love a monster album that features impressions of Peter Lorre, Boris, Bela...and Dean Martin..? Um, ok, works for me!
	7:36pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Super Special K @7:30 Thanks for tuning in Special K :)
	7:47pm Mr Fab: shoot, was busy working - what happened at the end?
	7:48pm WR: ↳ Song: "Side 2" by "Unknown" wow. A 7" 78. I think we had some kiddie records in that format that were yellow and orange. Can't remember what the recording was.
	7:48pm BC Sterrett: I missed it too! Had to answer the door to our first trick or treaters
	7:48pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @7:48 This one is colored red :)
	7:50pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @7:47 The end of what? The boy who drew cats? His drawing came to life during the night and killed a rat bigger than a cow. The next day the cat in the picture had some blood on its teeth or something like that.
	7:52pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @7:50 Ah! Cool. Thanks, WR!
	7:53pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @7:50 Ha ha! Awesome
	7:54pm BC Sterrett: This is probably my last track. Happy Halloween everyone!
	7:54pm BC Sterrett: Hopefully I'll see you again next year for pt. 5 :)
	7:57pm WR: Many thanks BC Sterrett, and all the best to you and your partner. And if that was her who wrote enough is enough during the Kim Fowley track, yes he was a creep.
	7:57pm Mr Fab: Thnx so much Herk, er, BC. Really enjoyed this.
	7:59pm BC Sterrett: ↳ WR @7:57 That was my mother in law in Arizona. lol
	8:01pm BC Sterrett: Good night everyone. Happy Halloween!
	8:05pm WR: If you find any inspiration and time, we would welcome hearing from you before next Halloween, but will keep a candle lit in the window until then.

The Clock Strikes Midnight with Herk Hilligoss: Playlist from October 31, 2024

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