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Dracula’s Greatest Hits

Posted in Film, Music with tags , , on October 31, 2008 by christian

The coolest Monster Mash-inspired record of the 1960’s was this groovy 1964 concoction by comic Gene Moss and Billy Riley, a swinging round of parody songs that have a wonderfully hip Halloween vibe. With songs like “I Want To Bite Your Neck” and “King Kong Stomp” you know this one is a gasser! Especially with the awesome back and cover art by the late great Jack Davis. My brother had this record which I coveted like a ghoul. There was no better soundtrack to reading Famous Monsters Of Filmland. And there are copies of this scratchy LP out there somewhere in Transylvania…