THE ARCHIVES

Friday, August 20, 2010

Stark Terror #2 - All, Or Nothing At All!


This is my last post for a while- all Hell has broken loose at home and anyway I need to save material for October & Halloween. I'll post more stories from this issue then and some other stuff too, as long as we're not all living under Hwy. 59 by then...



Heart-wrenching, no?...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Annette's Beach Party

Since it's summer and all that crap there must be Annette fever in the air. Two different blogs I keep an eye on, Zip Your Rip & Boot Sale Sounds both just posted Annette recordings, one of which was a mono version of Beach Party. A friend of mine has a copy of the stereo version so here it is, my excuse to indulge my Annette
hang-up. It's not what I originally planned on posting this week,
but what the hecky-durn...

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Kyu Sakamoto's Sukiyaki & The Golden Gate Strings' Monkees Songbook

I'm on a once-a-week posting schedule because I don't really have that much stuff to spread around right now and this week's a real thrill, it's just stuff I have cluttering up my Rapidshare account.
My vinyl, my covers.
Kyu Sakamoto was the first Japanese artist to have a hit in the U.S. and was a big deal back when, there's like a million entries when you Google him, so knock yourself out...
"Sukiyaki", don'tcha know?...


This lp's main claim to fame is that the version of "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" that appears on it also can be heard in the cult film Lovedoll Superstar. It really is pretty cool, as is the film...
So what'll it be next time, lucha libre or scantily-clad wimmen?...

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Kay Martin and Her Bodyguards


If Les Paul played the accordian and Mary Ford had done topless modeling...Here's my own, personal copy of Kay Martin and Her Bodyguards, sounding better than previously offered elsewhere for downloadin'. I can't recommend this lp enough! "The Heel", "Swamp Girl" and "Baby, Did You Hear" will blow yer mind and she does a great version of "Summertime" too, it's all good, the cotton is high,
oh my, so am I!...
For more info on Kay, well, there's not much out there. Songs from one album tend to show up on another. Besides the Christmas record I've grabbed files for three other records but two had the same songs on them and one was only half-new. I've seen six album covers in all. I've seen the Live at Las Vegas lp with two different covers but I suspect the contents are the same. There is at least one 45 floating around out there too...

Friday, July 16, 2010

Peter Fernandez & Ultraman


Of course everyone knows that Peter Fernandez voiced Speed Racer in it's American release, but he and his cohorts (Corinne Orr, Jack Grimes and Earl Hammond) also did an awesome job dubbing Ultraman, a show I could not have survived the early 70s without, and still watch on a regular basis. Thanx, Peter, Jack & Earl, who have all passed away...



(All screen shots taken from episode #35,
"The Graveyard of Monsters", directed by Akio Jissoji)

Monday, July 12, 2010

Batman Vs. Sun Ra & Another Giant Hand (Green This Time!)


No, you're not seeing double and you're not seeing Jan & Dean anywhere around this record, instead you're seeing the infamous Sun Ra & his Arkestra/Blues Project version of a Batman cash-in record, and an infinitely more cynical cash-in it is. There's lots of info out there about this record so i won't bore you with details. My folks bought me this record back in '66 and needless to say,
it befuddled me...

I found this cover image for Batman #130 over at Monster Brains and here are my scans of the cover story, "The Hand From Nowhere". In other words, they don't know where this hand has been...








Lex Luthor?!?...

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Jan & Dean Meet Batman #130 - Batman's Deadly Birthday (Mono)


What's all the excitement about? Well, gang, as far as I know this is the only Mono version of *Jan & Dean Meet Batman* that's been posted on the Inter-Bat that isn't on a lemme-see-what-you-got-first torrent site, plus I've included a story from my coverless copy of Batman #130 that's just about as silly as this record. So, Happy Birthday, Somebody, Somewhere!...

Holy Hodad, Batman!...







Is anybody else having a kinky li'l fantasy about Batwoman & Bat-Mite right about now?...

Monday, June 28, 2010

Horror Tales - Pull Up A Coffin & Monster Joke Book Redux

Sometimes Life is a hairy green beast chomping away at your fingers
while you watch helplessly...





Boy, is that ever grim...(snicker!)

Hey, you guys remember this?...

Look at this absolutely fantastic take on the Monster Joke Book art by Pedro Vargas at Pipsqueak's Corner, can you believe how spot-on that is? Thanx for sending this our way, Pedro! Everyone should visit his site right now for more great art!...
Oh...GAAAAAAAAAAA!

Friday, June 25, 2010

MAD #47, June '59 - How To Be A MAD Non-Conformist


From a magazine that came out the month I was born,
a terrifying glimpse into a horrifying future...Thanx, 13!


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