Spike Jones in Stereo
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Spike Jones in Stereo (1959) is a comedy album by musical-satirist Spike Jones
. Unlike his previous recordings, which make fun of genres such as Christmas and classical music, Spike Jones in Stereo is a send up of everything horror.
Making a notable guest appearance on the album is Paul Frees
, who plays the voice of Dracula, Professor Lud Wig Van Drake and one of the heads on the two headed monster. Loulie Jean Norman
, Thurl Ravenscroft
, and George Rock (the voice on Jones's only number one hit "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)") also lend their voices.
The album was the first of Spike Jones original releases to have been re-issued on CD.
Spike Jones
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon characters, performed a drunken, hiccuping verse for 1942's "Clink! Clink! Another Drink"...
. Unlike his previous recordings, which make fun of genres such as Christmas and classical music, Spike Jones in Stereo is a send up of everything horror.
Making a notable guest appearance on the album is Paul Frees
Paul Frees
Paul Frees was an American voice actor and character actor.-Biography:He was born Solomon Hersh Frees in Chicago...
, who plays the voice of Dracula, Professor Lud Wig Van Drake and one of the heads on the two headed monster. Loulie Jean Norman
Loulie Jean Norman
Loulie Jean Norman was a famous coloratura soprano who worked with famed arranger Gordon Jenkins. Jenkins and Norman collaborated on a number of albums...
, Thurl Ravenscroft
Thurl Ravenscroft
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft was an American voice actor and singer best known as the deep voice behind Tony the Tiger's "They're grrreat!" in Frosted Flakes television commercials for more than five decades. Ravenscroft was also known, however uncredited, as the vocalist for the song "You're a Mean...
, and George Rock (the voice on Jones's only number one hit "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)") also lend their voices.
The album was the first of Spike Jones original releases to have been re-issued on CD.
Track listing
- "I Only Have Eyes For You" - 3.30
- "Poison To Poison" - 4.39
- "Teenage Brain Surgeon" - 3.03
- "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings" - 3.13
- "Everything Happens to Me" - 3.48
- "Monster Movie Ball" - 2.45
- "Tammy" - 4.19
- "My Old Flame" - 4.22
- "This is Your Death/Two Heads Are Better Than One" - 9.24
- "Spooktacular Finale" - 2.34
Personnel
- Spike Jones - drums, vocals, bandleader
- Paul Frees - vocals, impersonations
- Loulie Jean Norman - vocals, impersonations
- Thurl Ravenscroft - vocals
- George Rock - trumpet, vocals
- Ken Stevens - vocals
Production
- Producer: Alvino Rey
- Executive Producer: Gordon Anderson
- Engineer: Thorne Nogar
- Editing: Thorne Nogar
- Mixing: Thorne Nogar
- Mastering: Bob Fisher
- Arranging: Carl Brandt, Spike Jones
- Cover Art: Jim Jonson
- Cover Painting: Jim Jonson
- Liner Notes: Joseph F. Laredo