They Came From Outer Space: The Alien Songbook

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

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000060E5
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #483,898 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Slimey Creatures from Outer Space

2. UFO's

3. The Martian Boogie

4. Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll

5. Our Favorite Martian

6. The Flying Saucer, Pt. 1/The Flying Saucer, Pt. 2

7. The Purple People Eater

8. Flying Saucer

9. Martian Hop

10. Spaceman

11. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

12. Flying Saucers

13. The Blob

14. Stardrek

15. The Ballad of William Robinson

16. Have You Seen the Saucers

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Close but not quite, March 31, 2004

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David Bradley "klaatubob" (Lawrence, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: They Came From Outer Space: The Alien Songbook (Audio CD)

This disc is a great disc of really funny songs. However, it suffers in two places.

The first is that the version of Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (by Klaatu) is listed as the "Capitol single 4412" from 1977, but it's actually the LP version not the drastically different single version.

The second is that the version of StarDrek (by Bobby Pickett & Bobby Ferrara) is NOT the version that I used to hear on the Doctor Demento Show but a different recording. The name of the energy cloud has gone from space wedgie to space turkey, the voice of the elevator is not as good, and the bleach blonde in the red convertible has different lines altogether. Not to mention that the sound effects aren't as good.

Overall a great disc, and a wonderful addition to any collection. But look elsewhere for the proper versions of those two cuts.

Now, with the different versions that Buchanan and Goodman did of the Flying Saucer (Pts 1 & 2) 45 after their lawsuit before going on to more editions (as in Pt3), can anyone tell me if this is the original or the remake of the Pt1 & 2 tracks?