''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-satirist
Spike Jones
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gun ...
. 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
Solomon Hersh "Paul" Frees (June 22, 1920November 2, 1986) was an American actor, comedian, impressionist, and vaudevillian. He is known for his work on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Walter Lantz, Rankin/Bass, and Walt Disney theatrical cartoons during ...
, who plays the voice of Dracula, Doctor Von Steiner, and one of the heads on the two headed monster.
Loulie Jean Norman
Loulie Jean Norman (March 12, 1913 - August 2, 2005) was a coloratura soprano who worked with arranger Gordon Jenkins. Jenkins and Norman collaborated on a number of albums. Norman was also a member of The Rhythmaires and the Ray Conniff Singers.
...
,
Thurl Ravenscroft
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (; February 6, 1914May 22, 2005) was an American actor and bass singer. He was known as one of the booming voices behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was al ...
, 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
# "Poisen to Poisen" – 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" – 2.34
Personnel
* Spike Jones – drums, vocals, bandleader
* Paul Frees – vocals, impersonations
* Loulie Jean Norman – vocals, impersonations
* Thurl Ravenscroft – vocals
* George Rock – trumpet, vocals
* Ken Stevens – vocals
Production
* 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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Spike Jones albums
1959 albums
Warner Records albums
1950s comedy albums