Track Listing

1. Radio Plug For Monster Mash On Station KFWB - Bobby 'Boris' Picket
2. Screamin' Ball At Dracula Hall - The Duponts
3. Drac's Back - Billy De Marco With Count Dracula
4. Midnight Stroll - The Revels
5. Ghost Train - Virgil Holmes
6. The Mummy's Ball - The Verdicts
7. Frankenstein's Den - The Hollywood Flames
8. I'm The Wolfman - Round Robin
9. Spooksville - The Nu-Trends
10. The Munsters Theme - Milton De Lugg Orch
11. Coolest Little Monster - John Zacherle
12. Monster Party - Bill Doggett
13. The Creature (From Outer Space) - The Jayhawks
14. Mr Werewolf - The Kact - Ties
15. Radio Station Promo For Bill Gavin - Bobby 'Boris' Picket
16. My Son, The Vampire - Allan Sherman
17. The Monster - Bobby Please & The Pleasers
18. Theme From The Addams Family - The Fiends
19. Nightmare Mash - Billy Lee Riley
20. The Voodoo Walk - Sonny Richard's Panics (With Cindy And Misty)
21. Feast Of The Mau Mau - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
22. Frankenstein's Party - The Swingin' Phillies
23. Legend Of Sleepy Hollow - The Monotones
24. Bo Meets The Monster - Bo Diddley
25. Rockin' In The Graveyard - Jackie Morningstar
26. Radio Plug For Monster Mash On Station WCOP - Bobby 'Boris' Picket
27. Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Pickett And The Crypt Kickers
28. The Vampire - Orvin Yoes (Bonus Track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #95620 in Music
• Released on: 2006-08-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
• At last, the definitive Halloween compilation: "These Ghoulish Things" bears all the familiar Ace hallmarks of a fine track selection, attention to detail and irresistible artwork rolled into one potent package.

• Double whammy visuals combining eye-catching cover art and a booklet with ghoulish internals designed to complement the sounds.

• Nearly half of the content is new to CD, including several never-before-released Bobby "Boris" Pickett radio station plugs from 1962 that provide a neat framing effect.

• Annotated by Rob Finnis, the appeal of this CD is by no means confined to the October Halloween period: there will be a demand for it throughout each and every year.

Customer Reviews

Dinner with Drac
Mainly a collection of vintage rock'n'roll which Ace specialize in but this is a sub genre which had its roots in such as Screammin' Jay Hawkins and John Zacherle-whose Dinner With Drac is on one of the Golden Age series.
The real classic here is Bobby Boris Pickett's Monster Mash and the CD starts off with an airshot of Pickett's speaking voice.It topped the charts in 1962 and finally made it to the U K in 1974.
Informative sleeve notes tell you who all these mostly failed recording artists were and the title is brilliant

Fiendishly frightening monster rockin'
Oh dear, if only my fellow reviewer had read what it says on the sleeve of this CD! This is another ghoulish classic from the vaults of ACE records. A fine mixture of Doo Wop, Rock 'n' Roll and just a pinch of Frat Rock...and who could turn down a novelty Frankenstein song or two! Pull you sweetheart close and get ready for some spooky sounds from the crypt. Go-Go Dracula Go!

Not what we expected
We thought we would get something to add to our Halloween party music stash, but this CD is something that frankly we will never use. Maybe for adults with an interest in this genre or "classic" horror film buffs this would be good, but not the casual listener and certainly not someone with kid's parties in mind.