Episode Six - Back From The Dead!

Ghoulish greetings my loathsome listeners! This time 'round we're doing a cross-genre Halloween spectacular!

That's right, just me in my cellar laboratory with a stack of sinister seven-inches! You can listen to the show here - for treats galore!

Enjoy!

1.) Alvino Rey - The Bat (1958, Capitol)

2.) The Damned - Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1980, IRS)

3.) Goree Carter - I'm Your Boogie Man (1951, Coral)

4.) Industrials - Every Night Is Halloween (1980, Epic/CBS)

5.) Lovebug Starski - Amityville (The House On The Hill) (1986, Epic)

6.) Sloppy Seconds - The Horror Of Party Beach (1996, Get Hip)

7.) The Cramps - Big Black Witchcraft Rock (2003, Vengeance)

8.) The Arthur Lyman Group - House On A Haunted Hill (1959, Orbit)

9.) The Grim County Coroners - Drag Strip Graveyard (2015, Exi-Tone)

10.) The Misfits - Vampira (1987, Plan 666)

11.) Jackie Paris - Run For You Life (1976, Mummy)

12.) Douglas Pipes - Occult Slumber Party (2017, Waxwork Comics)

13.) The 3-D Invisibles - Robot Monster (1994, Neurotic Bop)

14.) Hutch Davie and his Honky Tonkers - Gwendolyn And The Werewolf (1958, ATCO)

15.) Hot Blood - Soul Dracula (1975, Overseas)

16.) The Revillos - Voodoo 2 (1980, Snatzo)

17.) Bobby Byrd - Back From The Dead (1974, International Brothers)

18.) Asylum - Ode To Belial (1987, Waterfront)

19.) Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon - Svengoolie Stomp (2016, Wondercap)

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