Just a brief post to share some mixed versions of a pair of older playlists I made for Halloween in 2012, 'The Midnight Hour' and 'Strange Shadows'.
The first of the two was an attempt to evoke a kind of eerie, middle-of-the-night, alone-in-a-dark-house, semi-dreamlike feeling. The second one is more ominous, yet more punchy – a shorter, more fun companion to the former's journey of haunting beauty.
This is part of an effort I've been slowly making to give my old playlists a new home. I put a lot of effort and love into creating my playlists on there, but for years 8tracks has been stuck in a limbo of geo-restriction and royalties nightmares. Although the site recently returned after seemingly shuttering for good, it is still only accessible in limited countries and even then, many songs are not playable. Re-listening to some of my efforts there, I think they are worth preserving, so I'll continue to add mixed versions to Mixcloud.
Fun fact: both mix images are screenshots taken from the 1970s Rod Serling television series Night Gallery. 'The Midnight Hour' image is from the intro to 'The House', and 'Strange Shadows' is from a scene in 'Certain Shadows on the Wall'. You can watch this wonderful series for free here (I found that a VPN set to the USA works if you get the 'not available in your location' message).
For more of my earlier Halloween playlists and mixes, visit my playlists page.
The Midnight Hour
Mixcloud | View image | Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes
Tracklist:
- Alain Goraguer - Mira et Terr (1973)
- The Focus Group - Broohahja (2008)
- Still Corners - I Wrote in Blood (2011)
- Os Mutantes - Ave, Lúcifer (1970)
- Camille Sauvage - Requiem Pour Satan (197?)
- Pram - The Pawnbroker (2003)
- Paul Giovanni and Magnet - Lullaby (1973)
- Al Stewart - Turn Into Earth (1966)
- Julian's Treatment - Phantom City (1970)
- Emmanuelle Parrenin - Maison rose (1977)
- White Noise - Your Hidden Dreams (1969)
- Ennio Morricone - Piume di cristallo (alternate version) (1969)
- Paul Parrish - Dialogue of Wind and Lover (1968)
- Nancy Priddy - Ebony Glass (1968)
- Broadcast - Pendulum (2003)
- Fifty Foot Hose - If Not This Time (1968)
- Henry Mancini - The Glass Menagerie (Main Title) (1987)
- Trees - The Garden Of Jane Delawney (1970)
- Marissa Nadler - Conjuring Spirit Worlds (2007)
- The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs (1967)
- These Trails - Of Broken Links (1973)
- Bernard Herrmann - Twisted Nerve (Main Title) (1968)
- Julee Cruise - Into The Night (1989)
- Bill Wells & Isobel Campbell - Tell Me More And More (And Then Some) (2002)
- Espers - Travel Mountains (2005)
- Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See (1993)
- Women & Children - Today To Die (2002)
- The Electric Flag - Synesthesia (1967)
- Reign Ghost - Curio Shop (1969)
- Luboš Fišer - The Letter 2 / Friends (1970)
- Claudine Longet - Shadows of the Night (1967)
- Robert Cobert - Dark Shadows (Main Title) (1966)
Strange Shadows
Mixcloud | View image | Duration: 41 minutes
Tracklist:
- Egg - Fugue In D Minor (1970)
- Françoise Hardy - Strange Shadows (1969)
- Broadcast - The Book Lovers (1997)
- Pram - The Owl Service (2000)
- Acanthus - Sleeping Beauty (Samba Des Vampires) (1971)
- C.A. Quintet - Sleepy Hollow Lane (1968)
- Ladytron - Black Cat (2008)
- White Magic - The Gypsies Came Marching After (2004)
- The Soundcarriers - Broken Sleep (2010)
- The Advisory Circle - And The Cuckoo Comes (2005)
- Erkin Koray - Korkulu Rüya (1974)
- Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire (1961)
- Roger Glover and Guests - Magician Moth (1974)
- The New Lines - The Phylactery Of A Spring Street Malcontent (2011)
- Broadcast - Minus One (2000)
Tristan
Very enjoyable mixes, thank you Christine
Christine