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Spook Along With Zacherley
Spook Along With Zacherley CD  (1960) 4 stars Audio Samples
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Zacherley music CDs. This album is as unique a piece of Americana as likely exists on compact disc. Artist's fame grew in the late '50s and '60s as the king of low-budget late-night horror movies on WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and then WABC-TV in New York City. Among his best-loved television programs are Artist at Large, Shock Theater, and perhaps his most notable, Chiller Theater. In 1960, almost two years after moving to the Big Apple, the distinctly N.Y.C.-based Elektra Records label issued Spook Along With Artist. This was his first long-player, although Cameo Records had issued the 45 rpm "Dinner With Drac" -- featuring instrumentation by Dave Appell and the Applejacks. The timeless appeal of the Artist character informs these somewhat silly compositions -- which are often recited more than sung, or at the very least have spoken introductions. The noir vaudevillian showmanship that endeared him to so many is evident throughout Artist's sinister plays on words. The opening tracks, "Coolest Little Monster" and "A Wicked Thought," make tremendous use of the verbal double play. Artist's opening lines say it best: "You're horrid, you're ghastly and I love you true/So here are some presents I'm sending to you...." Although the copious use of ersatz pre-British Invasion rock & roll rhythms indicates that Spook Along With Artist was certainly marketed for a preteen audience, there is an ageless charm to the track "Artist for President" -- which made use of a book and poster set enclosed in the original packaging. In the fervor of the 1960 national and regional elections, the Ted Bates advertising agency came up with a similar type of faux election platform for Artist. Unfortunately, the 2001 CD reissue from Collectors' Choice does not include replicas of these extras. It does, however, include an essay from Chiller Theater's Kevin Clement. This is a great collection for all ages of nostalgia buffs, as well as something for your Halloween listening. ~ Lindsay Planer From 1960;Spooky Sing Alongs Editor: Mark Abramson. Arranger: Gerald Alters. Personnel: John Zacherle (vocals). Recording information: 1960.
Monster Mash/Scary Tales
Monster Mash/Scary Tales CD  (2010)
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Zacherley discography. A veteran of small repertory companies in Philadelphia, in 1958 actor John Zacherle grabbed an undertaker's coat from a prop room somewhere and auditioned for a gig as a late-night horror movie host at WCAU-TV, turning the spot into his calling card, re-imagining what a horror movie host could do by designing a laboratory set full of purposely cheap props ...





Zacherley Songs

Popular or famous Zacherley music songs: Transylvania P.T.A., Zacherley for President, Wicked Thought, Baying at the Moon, Coolest Little Monster. More music songs Come With Me to Transylvania, Sure Sign of Spring, Frank and Drac Are Back, Spider Man Lullaby, Ring-A-Ding Orangoutang. More music songs Ghoul View Commercial, Dinner With Drac Part 1, Monster Mash, Monster Monkey, Hurry Bury Baby, Scary Tales From Mother Goose. More music songs Dear, Dear Valentine, Bat, Let's Twist Again, ABC.


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