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Years ago, the thought of attempting to do a Halloween lounge show never would have entered my mind. Scary, yet soothing music? The very notion seems contradicting. Or so I thought. I soon began to notice that many lounge artistsdid do at least one token scary-sounding song. Les Baxter certainly had his share, the obvious being "Terror" off of "The Passions" album. Henry Mancini, too, has contributed many spooky sounding easy listening favorites, such as the theme from "Experiment in Terror." (It should be noted here that Hank had his start doing the scores for sci-fi and horror movies, too.) Even the quirky Esquivel had a spooky arrangement of an old standard on a few albums. His version of "Harlem Nocturne" off the album "Infinity in Sound" immediately comes to mind. But an entire show composed of this kind of music? I never thought such a thing would have been possible... |
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...Until Now.
Before, I thought that only the occasional track of "shocktail-music" would appear on various albums. However, entire albums of this type of music were produced in the late 50s and early 60s. Creed Taylor, who would later go on to become a producer for the jazz label Verve and form his own CTI records, produced an album in the late 50s for ABC-Paramount Records entitled "Shock! Music in Hi-Fi," and Jeff Alexander teamed up with Alfred Hitchcock to produce "Music to be Murdered By," to name a few. |
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Until now, the only Halloween show that I did was "The Rock and Roll Ghost-a-Go-Go Show." Not wanting to shorten it, however, I decided to do two Haloween shows for the first time ever the year 2000. The very first "Shocktail Hour" took place on Monday, October 23, 2000 from 4-5 PM. So sit back, relax, and be terrified! |
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The Shocktail Hour 2000 Playlist |
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ARTIST
The Sauter-Finnegan Orchestra
Jeff Alexander
Les Baxter
Bob & Ray...
Creed Taylor
Bob & Ray...
Martin Denny
Arthur Lyman
John Evans
Harry Belafonte
Esquivel
Combustible Edison
Perrey & Kingsley
Bob & Dor
Criswell
Gene Moss
Frenchy |
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SONG
Swingcussion
Music to be Murdered by
Terror
...Visit Dr. Ahkbar at the Castle
Haunted House
...in the Round Room
Jungle Madness
Moon Over a Ruined Castle
Eso es amor
Day-o
Harlem Nocturne
Carnival of Souls
Spooks in Space
The Mummy
Someone Walked Over My Grave
Drac the Knife
Ribcage Mambo |
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LABEL
RCA/BMG
Capitol
Asphodel
RCA Victor
ABC Paramount
RCA Victor
Liberty
HiFi
Directional Sound
RCA Victor
RCA Victor
Sub Pop
Vanguard
Asphodel
Dionysus
RCA Victor
Telstar |
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