Halloween Spooktacular/Poe With Pipes

John Carradine, Music For Zombies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 30, 2010)
• Original Release Date: September 30, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Electric Lemon Record Co.
• ASIN: B0000DJEEE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,082 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CARRADINE + HALLOWEEN = SCARESVILLE!!!, January 27, 2004

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This review is from: Halloween Spooktacular/Poe With Pipes (Audio CD)

The late, great Shakespearean thespian JOHN CARRADINE left a legacy steeped in the Bard, melodrama, and - not least of all - this remarkable series of oral interpretations of the writings of the celebrated American author EDGAR ALLAN POE! Throw in "Master of the Macabre" theater organist VERNE LANGDON on a massive 4-manual, 34-ranks-of-pipes Wurlitzer/Robert Morton PIPE ORGAN, and you have one of the most dramatically unique listening experiences ever heard by fans and collectors alike! Popular Poe perennials included on this remarkable CD are CONQUEROR WORM, ULALUME, ANNABELLE LEE, THE SLEEPER (IRENE), THE RAVEN, and DREAM WITHIN A DREAM, all perfectly preserved for posterity (reportedly digitally-remastered from the ACTUAL ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES, and it sounds like it!) This ELECTRIC LEMON TWO-IN-ONE CD also contains the dark ride-spook show "HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR" album, which is all you'll ever need to haunt a house! Both the "POE" & "SPOOKTACULAR" covers are by celebrated artist RON COBB, with "POE" liner notes by FORREST J ACKERMAN! Highly recommended for CARRADINE/POE/HORROR lovers everywhere!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spooky yet disappointing, August 1, 2007

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Craig Tiano (Norristown, PA) - See all my reviews
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I didn't realize this was actually 2 albums: "Halloween Spooktacular" (1985) and "Poe with Pipes" (1975) combined into one CD (2003). Poe with Pipes is, at times, fabulous. At others, Carradine's voice is barely audible. Halloween Spooktacular is only 2 tracks. "The Sounds" are your basic screams, creaks, laughter, thunder, etc...Trite, so common these days. "The Score", on the other hand, is a fabulous pipe organ medley of over 17 minutes in length that is totally creepy and worthy of being used as background music at your next haunted house. I would have rated the CD a 2 if not for "The Score".

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent mood-setter, October 7, 2009

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Jaime Contreras "donjaime" (USA) - See all my reviews
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Folks, this is a great addition to anyone's Halloween collection. Carradine has the perfect elocution and voice for Poe. The other selctions of scary sounds is chilling.