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78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:52 am
by Vintage Rosie
Get your thinking caps on everyone I need some help with finding some 78's for Halloween gigs. I hope to buy Leslie Sarony, aint it grand, but after that I'm stuck!!!!! Any suggestions?
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:09 am
by HisMastersVoice
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor - Bach (Columbia Masterworks & Many Others)
The Skeleton Rag - American Quartet (Victor 17041)
I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Okeh 7072)
The Ghost of the Banjo Coon - Arthur Collins (Victor 10938) ... (potentially offensive)
Jeepers Creepers - Larry Clinton & Orch (Victor 26108)
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:45 am
by Torjazzer
For me, the king of all Halloween songs is "Mysterious Mose" by Harry Reser's one-off band Radio All-Star Novelty Orchestra from March 24th, 1930. About ten years ago some animators made this short. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2rjEUpmzow
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:15 pm
by Vintage Rosie
Thanks ever so, I will see what I can find in the next two weeks, for those of you with a million trillion records it must seem daft but I figure if I get a few for halloween and a few for Christmas, and any wedding related ones I can think of, plus the usual stuff that people will instantly recognize then I should do ok, while I'm here does anyone know of any good calypso, I know Ive already asked about them but you never know....
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:52 pm
by Phono48
Rosie, I've got "Ain't it grand to be bloomin' well dead", and "Run Rabbit Run" if you're still after it. You're welcome to both of them free of charge.
Barry
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:43 pm
by Vintage Rosie
Oh wow Barry, that's so kind of you, thanks so much I will pm you!
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:35 am
by Phono48
Rose, you have a PM re. postage.
Barry
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:11 am
by mf77
Here's a couple more to look for.
The second & third are on cylinder, but I'm sure it would have been recorded on disc as well, given the artists and release dates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7hASXAae6w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGv50nFiFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fykfpNl-HnE
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:30 am
by epigramophone
"Hush,hush,hush, here comes the Bogey Man".
This is the other side of Henry Hall's famous version of "Teddy Bears' Picnic" on Columbia FB2816.
Re: 78's for Halloween gigs??
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:27 am
by epigramophone
Just remembered another one.....
"With her head tucked underneath her arm". This is a humorous monologue about the ghost of Ann Boleyn haunting the Tower of London.
My version is coupled with "The Lion and Albert" by Roy Barbour on Rex 8342.