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Artist:Milton Delugg |Label:Real Gone Music 0925 | Format: LP |Genre:Rock | Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed
Milton Delugg & His Orchestra
Music for Monsters, Mummies, & Other TV Fiends
Real Gone Music 0925
You see it over and over in the annals of record collecting. Some marketing whiz in the front office has an idea to cash in on a fad by releasing product as quickly as possible. But the artist(s) hired for the project decide not to phone it in, and take things in a direction all their own. The result: a weirdly wonderful collision of the commercial and creative prized by crate diggers across the globe. Such an album is Milton Delugg & His Orchestras Music for Monsters, Munsters, Mummies & Other TV Fiends. Recorded in 1964, at a time when commercial TV saw no less than three comedy series (The Munsters, The Addams Family, and Bewitched) featuring supernatural/horror themes make their network premieres, this albumwhich, last time we looked, commands some very tidy sums onlinemade sure to touch all its TV bases by including the themes to all three shows mentioned above, plus The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and The Outer Limits. But, in the hands of one Milton Delugg and His Orchestra, this album takes an unexpected turn from the disposable to the delightful. Thats because Delugg was literally made for this job; he composed Hooray for Santa Claus, the catchy theme song to the Grade Z film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, the same year this album was made before becoming Musical Director for Chuck Barriss various game shows, most notably The Gong Show leading his Band with a Thug. And, to top it all off, he produced Buddy Hollys 1958 single Rave On! Youll hear all of those influences here and more, not just on Deluggs versions of TV themesThe Munsters Theme sports a great, Duane Eddy-style guitar linebut on the seven originals he penned for the project. Thus, Theme for Frankenstein sounds like it inspired Neal Heftis Batman Theme two years later, Ghost Meets Ghoul is an affectionate knock-off of Henry Mancinis Pink Panther Theme, and Theme for a Mummy brings a little samba beat to the inter-tainment. Sporting a fantastic cover illustration by Mad Magazines Jack Davis, and mastered at 45 r.p.m. for maximum sonic thrills and chills, Music for Monsters, Munsters, Mummies & Other TV Fiends is a great listen not just at Halloween but any time of yearbut since it is Halloween, we pressed up a limited edition of 900 copies in Ghoulish Green vinyl!
includes;
The Munster Theme
Theme from The Addams Family
Theme for The Creature From Under the Sea
Theme for The Thing
Bewitched
Theme for Frankenstein
Ghost Meets Ghoul
Theme for King Kong
The Affred Hitchcock Theme
Theme for a Mummy
Theme for Dracula
The Outer Limits
NEW SEALED SUPER Limited Edition LP
on “Ghoulish” Green Vinyl – Plays at 45 rpm
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