A few of you will recall that I produced a bootleg CD in very limited numbers, giving away a handful of copies here and there at film festivals and pub encounters. This Spectred Isle was a collection of music, dialogue, monologue, songs etc featured in British horror movies, interspersed with horror-themed records, comedy sketches, and other bits of eerie ephemera. For ages, I've wanted to expand it to include loads more.
And this week, I have. Three 70-minute mixes have been compiled and uploaded to mixcloud, and you can listen to them all for free here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/sakkabadora/this-spectred-isle-1/
https://www.mixcloud.com/sakkabadora/this-spectred-isle-2/
https://www.mixcloud.com/sakkabadora/this-spectred-isle-3/
There may be a fourth mix soon (I've got a few ideas, and have probably missed out some of your favourites even across three-and-a-half hours), but I hope you'll give these a listen for now. Enjoy.
Great stuff, Darrell! Thanks for sharing!
SPECTRED TRACKLISTS
this spectred isle
sounds of british horror
part one:
O WILLOW WALY – Isla Cameron (THE INNOCENTS)
(PSYCHOMANIA)– John Cameron
THE D’AMPTON WORM (LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM)
(BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW)– Marc Wilkinson
WITCHFINDER GENERAL – Carl Douglas
(POSSUM) – Radiophonic Workshop
WASH ME IN HIS BLOOD – Richard Kerr and Maxine Barrie (THE FIEND)
DR TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORRORS – Roy Castle
TELL THE WORLD WE’RE NOT IN – The Peddlers (GOODBYE GEMINI)
(TAM LIN) – Pentangle
(THE DEVIL’S MEN) – Paul Williams
Commercial break: SMITH’S HORROR BAGS: BATS, METZ: THE JUDDERMAN
SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE – Richard O’Brien (THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW)
ALLIGATOR MAN – Stoneground (DRACULA AD 1972)
MISS MANDERSON – Dora Bryan with Alan Melville
(THE HORROR OF IT ALL) – Pat Boone
OPENING MUSIC/LOVING COUPLES/THE RUINED CHURCH (THE WICKER MAN)
(QUEEN KONG) – The Peppers
(THEATRE OF BLOOD) – Michael J Lewis
ALL BLACK AND HAIRY – Screaming Lord Sutch
MY DREAM (KILLER’S MOON)
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE – The Philharmonia Orchestra
this spectred isle
sounds of british horror
part two:
DELETED FREAKOUT – (INCENSE FOR THE DAMNED)
(DARK AND LONELY WATER) – Donald Pleasence
ANOTHER SIDE OF ME – Kiki Dee (THE LEGACY)
IT MIGHT BE ME (BERSERK)
WORKSHOP OF DEATH – Debbie Wiseman (LIGHTHOUSE)
OUR HOUSE IS HAUNTED – George Formby
(SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN) – The Amen Corner
WITH HER HEAD TUCKED UNDERNEATH HER ARM – Stanley Holloway
(TERROR) – Ivor Slaney
MONSTERS RULE OK – The Viewers (THE MONSTER CLUB)
(I START COUNTING) – Basil Kirchin and Lindsey Moore
Commercial break: ORBIT GUM: HOT ZOMBIE, SUGAR PUFFS: HONEY MONSTER
I’M A MUMMY – The Fall
(BURKE & HARE) – The Scaffold
LOOK FOR A STAR – Garry Mills (CIRCUS OF HORRORS)
IT IS HE WHO WILL BE KING (SON OF DRACULA)
SHE RUNS ON BLOOD, NOT GASOLINE – Dean Friedman (I BOUGHT A VAMPIRE MOTORCYCLE)
(PREY) – Ivor Slaney
JACK THE RIPPER – Screaming Lord Sutch
ALLIGATOR MONOLOGUE – Tony Beckley/John Hawksworth (THE PENTHOUSE)
(FUNNYMAN) – Christopher Lee
DON’T DREAM IT, BE IT – Tim Curry and cast (THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW)
SUMER IS ICUMEN IN/SUNSET (THE WICKER MAN)
this spectred isle
sounds of british horror
part three:
RIDING FREE – Harvey Andrews (PSYCHOMANIA)
(CARRY ON SCREAMING) – Ray Pilgrim
(FULL CIRCLE) – Colin Towns
MARK OF DEATH (fan edit) – Mystic (HORROR HOSPITAL)
CANNIBAL POT – Tommy Steele
STRANGE LOVE (single version) – Tracy (LUST FOR A VAMPIRE)
THE HORROR SHOW – Sharkey Todd and the Monsters
(TORMENT) – Debbi Stevens
HUSH, HUSH, HUSH, HERE COMES THE BOGEYMAN – Henry Hall (CHEMICAL WEDDING)
(I, ZOMBIE: THE CHRONICLES OF PAIN) – Andrew Parkinson
Commercial break: WALL’S DRACULA ICE LOLLY, HAYWARD’S PICKLES: Vincent Price
(DEATH LINE) – Wil Malone
SWEET TRANSVESTITE – Tim Curry (THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW)
RECIPE FOR ROMANCE – Cry No More (BLOODY NEW YEAR)
TRACES OF A LONG FORGOTTEN TUNE – Jack Jones (THE COMEBACK)
VOODOO GIRL – Roy Castle
(SECRETS OF SEX) – Valentine Dyall monologue
WARRIOR OF LOVE – Caroline Munro (DON’T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS)
VESSEL IN VAIN – Smog (DEAD MAN’S SHOES)
NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE – The Moontrekkers
(THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE) – Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson
(THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES) – Dudley Moore