- Spike Jones in Stereo
Infobox Album | Name = Spike Jones in Stereo
Type =Album
Artist =Spike Jones
Released =1959
Genre =Comedy
Label =Warner Bros.
Producer =Alvino Rey
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfpxqqgldhe link] |"Spike Jones in Stereo" (also known as "Spike Jones in Hi-Fi" and "A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound")
(1959) is a comedy album by musical-satiristSpike 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.
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" - 2.34Personnel
* Spike Jones - drums, vocals, bandleader
* Paul Fees - vocals, impersonations
* Loulie Jean Norman - vocals, impersonations
* Thurl Ravenscroft - vocals
* George Rock - trumpet, vocals
* Ken Stevens - vocalsProduction
* 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
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