SPIKE JONES 8211 Spike Jones In Stereo A Spooktacular In Screaming Sound 8211 LP 8211 Slime Green Vinyl SEP 26

LP – Slime Green Vinyl The revolutionary 1959 stereo extravaganza returns on slime-green Vinyl and CD. Features vocals by Paul Frees (Boris Badenov, The Haunted Mansion\’s unseen ghost, Pillsbury Doughboy), Thurl Ravenscroft (Tony The Tiger, Youre A Mean One Mr. Grinch), George Rock (All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth), and Lulie Jean Norman (singer on the theme from Star Trek). Detailed liner notes from Joe Marchese (theseconddisc.com) feature new interviews with Spikes children: multiple Grammy-winning engineer Leslie Ann Jones, Emmy-winning producer-director Spike Jones Jr., and Linda Lee Jones. Since the early 1940s, Spike Jones endlessly inventive recordings had made an art out of honking car horns, gunshots, burps, sneezes, hiccups, and all other manner of musical insanity. But, in 1959, monsters were big Hollywood business. Spike Jones In Stereo: A Spooktacular In Screaming Sound! appeared on Warner Bros. Records later that year. Spikes longtime arranger, Carl Brandt, commented The Spooktacular was a complicated album. We finally broke it down and ended up scoring it like a movie, because it had to be done in bits and pieces. And, the results were astounding. Taking advantage of the new format of stereo (just beginning to take hold across the country), In Stereo pushed the audio separation to its limits. Credited to Spike Jones And The Band That Plays For Fun, vocals were handled by then and future superstars. Paul Frees was not only the voice of Boris Badenov and the Pillsbury Doughboy, but thrilled and chilled the millions who rode Disneyland\’s The Haunted Mansion as its unseen ghost and tour guide. Thurl Ravenscroft was grrreat as Tony The Tiger, and became beloved after singing the iconic Youre A Mean One Mr. Grinch from 1966s How The Grinch Stole Christmas. George Rock helped propel Jones to #1 in both 1948 and 1949 singing All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, and Lulie Jean Norman, who sang in Disney\’s Alice In Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1955), later sang the wordless theme for the 196669 television series Star Trek. Spike Jones In Stereo became a classic, even appearing in horror magazine advertisements through the mid-70s. Its stature only grew with appreciation from Dr. Demento and Weird Al Yankovic, who said If I\’ve got any kind of goal, it\’s to aspire to be in this generation what Spike was in his. So, prepare yourself to (re)discover Spike Jones In Stereo newly remastered, available on LP for the first time in nearly 50 years, and on CD. (Plus the LP comes pressed on slime-green vinyl! Spooky!) I think this album will make you laugh. Its never not funny, Leslie Ann Jones shares in the new liners from Joe Marchese (theseconddisc.com) which also feature new interviews with Spikes other children, Linda Lee Jones and Spike Jones, Jr. His music was always multi-generational. I think he would be very pleased now that its still reaching new audiences. Fangs for the memories, Mr. Jones. Tracklist: Side A I Only Have Eyes For You Poisen To Poisen Teenage Brain Surgeon (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings Everything Happens To Me Monster Movie Ball Side B Tammy My Old Flame This Is Your Death/Two Heads Are Better Than One Spooktacular Finale