Hell's Belles

Vintage sounds, dusty grooves, and 21st-century freaks.

 

I’d happily listen to trashy horror tunes any time of year, but this seemed like a particularly good time to stick my favourites into a little mix.  I hope Lux would dig it, bless his little soul.

Stream from the Mixcloud player below, or download it as an MP3 from soundcloud. Plus, as a bonus, a little scary surf instrumental MP3.

Happy Halloween!

 

Midnight Monsters Hop by Hell’s Belles on Mixcloud

Midnight Monsters Hop – Hell’s Belles Halloween Horror Mix by hells-belles

MP3: Ghost Train – The Electro-Tones

TRACKLISTING:

DIALOGUE: Plague of the Zombies – Hammer Films
Voodoo Walk – Sonny Richard’s Panics with Cindy and Misty
Fungus Among Us – Hugh Barret And The Victors
Voodoo Voodoo – LaVern Baker
Ghost Train – The Swanks
DIALOGUE: Whose Brain Is It – Gene Hackman and Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein
Midnight Monsters Hop – Jack and Jim
Monster Surfing Time – Deadly Ones
Si Vous Conaissez Quelque Chose De Pire Qu’un Vampire Parlez M’en Tourjours Ça Pourra Peut-etre Me Faire Sourire – Stella
The Lions and the Cucumber – Manfred Hübler/Siegfried Schwab
I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
The Mummy – Bob McFadden
Goo Goo Muck – Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads
The Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
Watusi Zombie – Jan Davis
Werewolf (Don’t Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk) – The Frantics
I’m the Wolfman – Round Robin
I Was A Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps
Dance of the Vampires – The Vampires of Dartmoor

The Hollywood Persuaders – Drums A Go Go by hells-belles

This is a crazy, killer semi-instrumental, with an emphasis on the “mental”.  It’s a smokin’ r ‘n b strut, with gritty guitars and what sounds like the crazy guy on the bus shouting rodeo patter over the top.  Beautiful.

I know nothing about the band, and can’t find anything elsewhere on the ‘net except other head-scratchers.  It appears the original 45 was released on Symbol in about 1965, but this track also appears on the long-deleted Sue Records boxset and the Shakin’ Fit comp, both of which go for ott money just for the CD – some hopeful on ebay had Shakin’ Fit listed for over $100.  For a CD.

Here’s hoping for a re-issue:

Pancho Villa & The Bandits – Ain’t That Bad by hells-belles

MP3: Pancho Villa & The Bandits – Ain’t That Bad