Monster Bop

Various Artists - Rock - Vintage Rock & Roll | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Buffalo Bop
• ASIN: B000001CCI
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,173 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #50 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Halloween

Track Listings

1. Rockin' in the Graveyard - Jackie Morningstar

2. Were Wolf - Carl Bonafede

3. Caveman Hop - Jerry Coulton

4. The Cat - Rod Willis

5. Midnight Monsters Hop - Jack & Kim

6. Nightmare - Scottie Stuart

7. Graveyard - Leroy Bowman

8. The Skeleton Fight - Mack Allen Smith

9. The Monster Hop - Jimmy Dee

10. Story That's True - Carl Bonafede

11. The Gorilla - Bert Convy

12. Leopard Man - Joe Wallace

13. Nightmare Hop - Earl Patterson

14. The Monster - Bobby Please

15. Graveyard - Phantom Five

16. Caveman - Tommy Roe

17. Mad House Jump - The Daylighters

18. Jekyll and Hyde - Jim Burgett

19. Haunted House - Cris Kevin

20. The Head Hunters - Mike Fern

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars before the Monster Mash there was monster rock n roll, October 1, 2000

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Michael Osborn (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monster Bop (Audio CD)

If you ever wanted more than the `Monster Mash' then this CD will kick you in the head! It has 30 original tracks of monster songs that are pure 50's rock n roll. The cover is a colorful painting of a group of monsters (originally used for a Frankie. Stein & His Orchestra LP on Power Records 1964) and it comes with a 12 page booklet full of photos of some of the artists. I couldn't believe how great of a collection this is and then the label, BUFFALO BOP RECORDS in Germany released a second CD called Horror Hop with 31 more vintage monster rock n roll! Unbelievably great. 70 minutes of monster songs most of which were recorded before the Monster Mash. The only regret you'll have if you buy this CD is that you didn't get the companion CD, Horror Hop. Track Listing: ROCKIN' IN THE GRAVEYARD - Jackie Morningstar... WERE WOLF - Carl Bonafede... CAVEMAN HOP - Jerry Coulston... THE CAT - Rod Willis... MIDNIGHT MONSTERS HOP - Jack & Jim... NIGHTMARE - Scottie Stuart... GRAVEYARD - Leroy Bowman... THE SKELETON FIGHT - Mack Allen Smith... THE MONSTER HOP - Jimmy Dee... STORY THAT'S TRUE - Carl Bonafede... THE GORILLA - Bert Convy... LEOPARD MAN - Joe Wallace... NIGHTMARE HOP - Earl Patterson... THE MONSTER - Bobby Please... GRAVEYARD - The Phantom Five... CAVEMAN - Tommy Roe... MADHOUSE JUMP - The Daylighters... JEKYLL & HYDE - Jim Burgett... HAUNTED HOUSE - Cris Kevin... THE HEAD HUNTERS - Mike Fern... I'M THE WORLF MAN - Round Robin... FRANKENSTEIN'S DEN - Hollywood Flames... THE MONSTER HOP - Bert Convy... DON'T MEET MR. FRANKENSTEIN - Carlos Casal Jr.... I WAS A TEENAGE MONSTER - The Keytones... YOU CAN GET HIM FRANKENSTEIN - The Castle Kings... THE GILA MONSTER - Joe Johnson... FRANKENSTEIN ROCK - Eddie Thomas... I WAS A TEEN- AGE CAVEMAN - Randy Luck... FRANKIE FRANKENSTEIN - Ivan

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is The Real Deal Happy Meal, Mr. Tin Ear, January 19, 2006

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The Manster (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monster Bop (Audio CD)

Pay no mind to the ill informed review below. (NOTE: the "ill informed" review I referred to when I originally wrote this was pulled. Please do not presume I am referring to Mr. Osbourne's very fine review. Walking on the wrong grave by mistake would be a grave mistake.) These obscure gems are exactly what serious collectors of QUALITY Halloween music drool over and seek. Sick of coming across yet another insipid collection featuring "Purple People Eater," "Monster Mash," or heaven forbid - "Ghostbusters?" Yeah, really daring collections feature that kind of overplayed dross. The latter weak tea efforts are actually the kid stuff, Mr. Happy Meal. (NOTE: again, you had to have read the aforementioned pulled review). This is a mother lode of 50/60's weirdness. Rock and Roll and Rockabilly...from a time when horror movies were simple --even simple-minded -- yet cool, and not full of pretentious cerebral frosting or gratituous gore, digital hi-jinx, and received ideas for increasingly receeding imaginations. Folks who remember Famous MOnsters of Filmland; Saturday night television horror hosts; "spook show" hokum; gum on the back of uncomfortable seats (without cup-holders); Michael "Little Joe" Landon portraying a hormonally challenged teen werewolf; and the dark musty dusky stank of neighborhood movie theatres without hefty admission prices and ho-hum minimalist decor will know what I'm on about here. Dig this great volume and it's accompanying volume Horror Hop. Two of the very best - probably The BEST - compilations on the theme out there.
Absolutely essential if you love Halloween. It evokes the smell of cheap latex Halloween masks and cherry bomb exploding imaginations --- as it should be, sonny. Buy this!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Halloween, September 22, 2006

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Noah Grenwood (Falmouth, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Monster Bop (Audio CD)

Wow this cd sure is packed with alot of songs. Even though the songs clock in at about 2 minutes, you still get your moneys worth of musical bombardment. This would be fantastic to play in the background at any party during October. Without a record label like Buffalo Bop I never would have known or heard that so many songs like this ever even existed. These tracks, however, have cleary not been taken from the original source. It's not bad at all however. (1) I don't know where else I would obtain these songs (2) There are 30 tracks packed onto this cd. (3) I actually like the way these songs sound; kind of reminds you of the same sound quality you would hear on a bunch of '45s that you might find in your Uncles basement. Great 50s/60s Rock'N'Roll for any Halloween party. Also check out Horror Hop & These Ghoulish Things.