Welcome to another exciting edition of Freebie Fridays, where I scour the depths of my vintage novelty Halloween vinyl record and tape collection and then review and share them with you all!
This time out we have "Haunted Mansion," by Rubie's Costume Company (who somehow are still in business after all these years!).
Now if like me, your first thought is, "Cool, Haunted Mansion. I love Disney!" you would also just like me, be completely wrong. This has no affiliation with Disney's iconic haunted attraction whatsoever, outside of simply lifting the name.
The Ultimate Sounds Of Horror In Stereo.
I would be willing to say that this tagline is a bit far fetched, but honestly this is a really fun cassette.
What you get is two sides of classic, novelty Halloween sounds. A mishmash of screams and cackles, organ notes, werewolf howls, weird cat meows, thunder cracks, and just about every other standard Halloween sound effect, all rolled into two 15-minute tracks.
And I love it! This cassette nails what's so great about the vintage Halloween soundtracks of the 80's. All kinds of "spooky" sound effects pasted together with a paper-thin production quality, mass-produced with over-the-top graphics, and available everywhere during the Halloween season. Pure Halloween nostalgia!
And the best part about this one? It's still available everywhere, most still sealed in their original backing card! Straight from the late 80s directly to your door. And for cheap!! They must have way overproduced these things back in 1987 and are still trying to get rid of them today. But their loss is our gain!
Enjoy "Haunted Mansion, " because this one really is a classic novelty Halloween gem.
DOWNLOAD "HAUNTED MANSION" HERE.
2 comments:
Glad you enjoyed it, at least. A Disney version would be awesome, but even this is a little Halloween time capsule!
I'd like to listen to it. There were quite a lot of them back in the 80s I think.
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