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Halloween Soul/Funk....drawing a blank

The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
edited October 2007 in Strut Central
radio show falls on Halloween, so I gotta have some themed jernts....cant think of any except:Poindexter Bros "Booga Man"Bowlegs Miller "Frankenstein Walk"I dont know, maybe Dusty Springfield "Spooky"some selections from the Blacula OST...I know I have to be missing some obvious ones..help plaese
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  • PrimeCutsLtdPrimeCutsLtd jersey fresh 2,632 Posts
    I put a spell on you...
  • yoigotbeatsyoigotbeats 1,667 Posts
    Night of the wolf
    Dinner with Drac (maybe that's just a break record - i forgets)
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    I had a Halloween radio joint last year, here's
    some stuff from the playlist:

    Lou Rawls - Season of the Witch (Capitol LP)
    Gene Anderson - Devil Made Me Do It (Westbound 45)
    Charles Sheffield - It's Your Voodoo Workin' (Excello 45)
    Johnny Sayles - My Love's a Monster (Chi-Sound 45)
    Caution - Love Ray (Fretone 45)
    Curtis Knight - See No Evil (Paramount LP)
    Howlin' Wolf - Evil (later version, Cadet Concept LP)
    Cash McCall - Mojo Woman (Paula LP)
    Blenders - Graveyard (Sue 45)
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts



  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    thanks! a few of these made me go "D'OH!" like the R Dean Taylor, and the Screamin Jay, I just got the Decca version a little bit ago...so that would be perfect...
  • phatmoneysackphatmoneysack Melbourne 1,124 Posts
    Thriller?
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Screamin Jay

    There's a bunch of good covers of "Spell ... " too -
    Them, Alan Price ... there's a female one, I can't remember ...
  • PrimeCutsLtdPrimeCutsLtd jersey fresh 2,632 Posts
    blacula
  • 6fran506fran50 266 Posts
    the Screamin Jay, I just got the Decca version a little bit ago...



    and another i can add is nightmare strut by jc & the soul angels
  • Secret_ChimpSecret_Chimp 915 Posts
    The Devils - The Exorcist


  • vinylstalkervinylstalker 397 Posts
    Whats the Jimmy Castor dracula one, from E-man Groovin? That one.

    Oh, and I've played Tommie Young -"Devil in their soul"
    at a helloween party in the past to good dancefloor effect.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    Dinner with Drac (maybe that's just a break record - i forgets)

    The "Dinner With Drac" I know (by Zacherle) is a good novelty rocker, but I wouldn't call it soul or funk.
  • CBearCBear 902 Posts
    Mighty Ryders - Evil Vibrations
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Marco probably still has a massive list (he is the funky theme man)
  • dollar_bindollar_bin I heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts
    Werewolf Bar Mitzvah

  • butterybiscuitsbutterybiscuits 300 Posts
    Lee Oskar - Haunted House
  • TNGTNG 234 Posts
    I'm Afraid of The Dark - Johnny K Killens
    Boogedy Boogedy - the Arrows
  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    Clarence Carter-Devil Woman
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,960 Posts
    You've always got Scandinavian Death/Black Metal to fall back on...
  • FatbackFatback 6,746 Posts
    EW&F--Evil
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Dead - Cresa Watson

    the obvious ones are good too

    Monster Mash
    Wooly Bully
    Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield - The Exorcist theme)
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts

    I got "Victory" for my 9th birthday because my mother knew I was crazy about "State Of Shock". I played that LP a lot. "Torture" was my jam too. I need to revisit.


    Back on topic...if your radio show is only straight up soul-funk then this will probably not fit, but you could go from

    Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield - The Exorcist theme)

    to "Blind Concert" from


    Starts off with the main theme which is kind of similar to Tubular Bells and goes into "funky fusion" territory.

    Or maybe something from


    Plenty of goofy "horror" vocal intros and even though it's reggae, The Roots Radics are funky as hell in my book.
  • On_the_Red_ClayOn_the_Red_Clay 1,728 Posts
    kool & the gang - funky man
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,793 Posts

    Willie Wright "Right On For The Darkness"
  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts
    chuck osborne- frankenstein (funk-rock i guess)
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Since you're in Memphis you gotta play Haunted House by Jumpin Gene Simmons!!

    And my all-time fave Rockabilly cut Rockin' Bones by Ronnie Dawson.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    On the jazz tip, and continuing the Tubular Bells theme, you could also play something from "Possesion And Exorcism" by Dizzy Reece.
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    On the jazz tip, and continuing the Tubular Bells theme, you could also play something from "Possesion And Exorcism" by Dizzy Reece.

    And if you're going to stray that far, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump to Vampires of Dartmoor. Sexy vampire loops, yo.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


    Plenty of goofy "horror" vocal intros and even though it's reggae, The Roots Radics are funky as hell in my book.


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