Artist	Song
(The Ghastly Ones)	Intro
DANNY ELFMAN	This Is Halloween
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS	Zombified
SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS	Whistling Past the Graveyard
THE RAVEONETTES	Attack of the Ghostriders
JIMMY FALLON (SNL)	(Halloween Caroling)
GROOVIE GHOULIES	Graveyard Girlfriend
GUS GUS	Don't Fear the Reaper
DANNY ELFMAN	The Simpsons Halloween Special End Credits Theme
BEAT HAPPENING	Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive
THE BOBS	Psycho Killer
DEADBOLT	Billy's Dead
THE GHASTLY ONES	SpongeBob Scaredy Pants
THE SUBSONICS	Frankenstein
FRENCHY	Ribcage Mambo
SHEB WOOLEY	Purple People Eater
n/a	(Excerpt from the Phantom Manor, DisneyLand Paris)
JONATHAN RICHMAN	Vampire Girl
SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS	Hell (Springfield mix)
OZZY OSBOURNE	Bark at the Moon
SWINGIN' NECKBREAKERS	No Costume, No Candy
LOS STRAITJACKETS	The Munster's Theme
THE CRAMPS	Human Fly
THE MISTREATERS	She's My Witch
THE RAMONES	Pet Cemetary
THE MUPPETS	Monster Mash
OINGO BOINGO	No One LIves Forever
ZACHERLEY	Happy Halloween

Comment:

An associate of mine does a yearly Halloween mix, a feat that I find stretches the boundaries of what's do-able on an annual basis (but- more power to him anyway). Nonetheless, this inspired me to locate and arrange some spooky tracks that he'd overlooked in assembling my first-ever Halloween compilation.

Less than a third of 'No Marrow' apes material from his six volumes but ultimately, you can't re-invent the wheel when it comes to really cool, requisite songs that aren't overly obvious. In addition to some random things not found on commerical CDs (Jimmy Fallon on SNL, Phantom Manor dialogue, a 'Springfield mix' of SNZ's 'Hell'), there's some great covers of old faves, a terrific Boingo track that isn't 'Deadman's Party', and a decent intro/outro bookending the whole thing.

Most importantly of all, I wanted to sidestep the big production hassle that usually surrounds my compilations (edition of 50 with full sleeve design & construction): inside of a week I put the songs together and made a modest disc label (printed at home) and dispersed to a dozen+ friends.
I found it an exhilarating exercise in semi instant gratification leaning heavily towards indie rock and probably my final distraction before I immerse myself in the prospect of the annual Xmas offering.

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