VA - Black Halloween (Bo Diddley Is A Zombie!) (KMCD45)

Size: 180,0 MB
Time: 74:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Lord Luther - (I Was A) Teenage Creature (2:45)
02 Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den (2:14)
03 Bo Diddley - Bo Meets The Monster (3:06)
04 The Coasters - The Shadow Knows (2:15)
05 Johnny Fuller - Haunted House (2:29)
06 The Revels - Midnight Stroll (2:38)
07 The Naturals - The Mummy (2:15)
08 The Cadillacs - The Boogie Man (1:56)
09 Ike Turner - She Made My Blood Run Cold (2:21)
10 Jimmy Oliver's Orchestra - The Sneak (2:15)
11 The Monotones - Zombi (2:29)
12 Screaming Jay Hawkins - Frenzy (2:13)
13 The Idols - The Prowler (2:14)
14 Howlin' Wolf - Evil (2:53)
15 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - The Creature (2:48)
16 Danny Ware - Zombie Stomp (2:23)
17 Joe Johnson - Gila Monster (1:41)
18 Cousin Leroy - Crossroads (2:46)
19 The Drivers - Dry Bones Twist (2:44)
20 Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love (2:30)
21 The Poets - Dead (2:18)
22 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Hear Voices (2:37)
23 The Cadillacs - Peek-A-Boo (2:16)
24 Paul Gayten - The Hunch (2:44)
25 The Coasters - Poison Ivy (2:42)
26 Evans Carroll - The Monster (2:11)
27 The Spiders - Witchcraft (2:34)
28 Philly Joe Jones - Blues For Dracula (8:18)

It’s that time of year again when the ghosts, ghoulies, skeletons and zombies have finished their laundry and ready themselves for the annual celebration that is Halloween. Arriving just in time for the ghoulish festivities is a new compilation to shakedown those dancing limbs from Koko Mojo. With a track list providing a new slant on this rockin’ theme with black artists from the genres of blues, rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll. One aspect worth celebrating here, apart from the exciting music on offer, is the focus on less obvious tracks to celebrate this time of year. With no time for the obligatory Screamin’ Jay Hawkins ‘I Put A Spell On You’, what the listener receives instead is the same artist but with equally compelling ‘Frenzy’, complete with cartoon vocal expressions setting up this compilation for more great expectations. ‘Black Halloween: Bo Didley Is A Zombie’ certainly delivers with more measured, yet equally thrilling performances by the likes of Lord Luther and ‘(I Was A) Teenage Creature, The Hollywood Flames’ ‘Frankenstein’s Den’, and wonderfully bluesy-trippy version of ‘The Shadow Knows’ from The Coasters. With Johnny Fuller assuming a plucky stance in relation to ‘Haunted House’, to soulful numbers from Ike Turner, The Cadillacs and The Naturals, not to mention more predictable entry from Bo Diddley (‘Who Do You Love?’) who manages to bag the front cover despite appearances looking a tad unhealthy. Of course, no rockin’ Halloween album is complete without its eccentricities and this arrives upon its conclusion with intriguing Philly Joe Jones’ ‘Blues For Dracula’. Clearly, it’s not only the living who are rockin’ because there’s enough evidence to suggest the dead are enjoying the dance via ‘Black Halloween: Bo Didley Is A Zombie’.

Black Halloween

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