From Dove Audio in 1991, Haunted Halloween was sold as a cassette in a cheap cardboard sleeve (but featuring some fun, Disney-inspired artwork). This is a great example of the direction these types of offerings were going by the early 1990’s – you can definitely hear more modern influences (particularly John Carpenter-ish synths and Friday… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Retro Halloween
Halloween: Stereo Sounds and Music for Your Parties
From D. Records circa the 1960’s comes HALLOWEEN: Stereo Sounds and Music for Your Parties, Trick or Treaters & School Festivals, a peculiar blend of stock sound effects and music (apparently Indian-inspired music was very scary in the 1960s, as evidenced by “Ghost Combo (Play Spook Music)”. If you were a kid in the 60’s… Read more »
Horror Sounds of the Night
This one is a bit of a mystery. It was released some time in the 80’s and was as cheap as they come – no case, sold on a blister card in drug stores and featuring recycled sound effects from sources at least 20 or 30 years old. So cheap, in fact, that the “30… Read more »
