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The Original Monster Mash,Bobby "Boris" Pickett

- The Original Monster Mash
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Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Released 1962

Blood Bank Blues
02:46
975 plays

Graveyard Shift
02:07
894 plays

Skully Gully
01:59
849 plays

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- 1
- Monster Mash
- 03:11
- 18,758 plays

- 2
- Rabian The Fiendage Idol
- 02:53
- 1,083 plays

- 3
- Blood Bank Blues
- 02:46
- 975 plays

- 4
- Graveyard Shift
- 02:07
- 894 plays

- 5
- Skully Gully
- 01:59
- 849 plays

- 6
- Wolfbane
- 03:21
- 678 plays

- 7
- Monster Minuet
- 01:51
- 622 plays

- 8
- Transylvania Twist
- 01:35
- 1,149 plays

- 9
- Sinister Stomp
- 02:18
- 736 plays

- 10
- Me & My Mummy
- 02:41
- 704 plays

- 11
- Monster Motion
- 02:32
- 616 plays

- 12
- Monster Mash Party
- 02:52
- 820 plays

- 13
- Irresistible Igor
- 02:28
- 542 plays

- 14
- Bella's Bash
- 02:48
- 583 plays

- 15
- Let's Fly Away
- 00:45
- 599 plays

- 16
- Monster's Holiday
- 03:09
- 752 plays

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album review

"Monster Mash" is one of the all-time great holiday songs, resurfacing (and sometimes charting) every Halloween without fail. The Original Monster Mash is the accompanying Top 20 album from 1962, on which Pickett leads off with his big hit before plying his Boris Karloff shtick for another 15 songs. Pickett's other Top 100 monster hit, the Christmas novelty "Monsters' Holiday," is here as well, along with dated jokes about Fabian ("Rabian - The Fiendage Idol") and then-current dance crazes ("Transylvania Twist," "Skully Gully"). "Let's Fly Away" is a brief Stan Freberg send-up that replaces "John and Marsha" with Dracula and Vampira. The Crypt-Kickers were an all-star band that counted Leon Russell, producer Gary Paxton, and other famous folks among its members, and the album remains a fine Halloween party platter year and years later. Unfortunately, the album was remixed for CD release in 1991, and the vocals are obscured in the mix so that the generic rock backing often prevails over the "spooky" dialogue and singing, which defeats the point for a novelty effort such as this. ~ Greg Adams, All Music Guide