Dean Gitter - Ghost Ballads - on limited edition colored vinyl
Artist: Dean Gitter | Label: Real Gone | Format: LP | Genre: Folk / Halloween | LP condition: Mint | Jacket condition: Sealed
Dean Gitter
Ghost Ballads
Real Gone 1994C - re-issue LP on super limited CLEAR WITH ORANGE PUMPKIN SWIRL colored vinyl
Every Halloween, we at Real Gone Music delight in exploring all cultural manifestations, ghostly and otherwise, of the holiday. And in doing so, we are following a tradition centuries old, if not as old as mankind itself. This 1957 album on the Riverside label takes you back to merry Olde England for a collection of 12 ballads concerning the supernatural, many of them taken from Francis James Childs’ legendary book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, and lustily sung by folklorist and balladeer Dean Gitter. One interesting thing to note about these songs: unlike, say, Hollywood’s version of ghosts who “live” to scare the living, many of the poor souls in these songs have come back to soothe the grief of their loved ones. It makes for a very different “spin” from your typical Halloween record, and a most haunting listen. And you get to gaze at legendary New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams’ amazing album cover art while you do! We are pressing this one in clear with orange pumpkin swirl vinyl limited to 900 copies, complete with the informative original liner notes on the back cover. A bittersweet Halloween treat.
Ghost Ballads
Real Gone 1994C - re-issue LP on super limited CLEAR WITH ORANGE PUMPKIN SWIRL colored vinyl
Every Halloween, we at Real Gone Music delight in exploring all cultural manifestations, ghostly and otherwise, of the holiday. And in doing so, we are following a tradition centuries old, if not as old as mankind itself. This 1957 album on the Riverside label takes you back to merry Olde England for a collection of 12 ballads concerning the supernatural, many of them taken from Francis James Childs’ legendary book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, and lustily sung by folklorist and balladeer Dean Gitter. One interesting thing to note about these songs: unlike, say, Hollywood’s version of ghosts who “live” to scare the living, many of the poor souls in these songs have come back to soothe the grief of their loved ones. It makes for a very different “spin” from your typical Halloween record, and a most haunting listen. And you get to gaze at legendary New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams’ amazing album cover art while you do! We are pressing this one in clear with orange pumpkin swirl vinyl limited to 900 copies, complete with the informative original liner notes on the back cover. A bittersweet Halloween treat.
Tunes are;
Anne Boleyn
The Phantom Stagecoach
Skin and Bones
The Unquiet Grave
Finnegan's Wake
Sweet William's Ghost
The Flying Dutchman
The Suffolk Miracle
Miss Bailey's Ghost
The Reaper's Ghost
The Lady Gay
Lost Jimmy Whalen
NEW SEALED re-issue LP on super limited CLEAR WITH ORANGE PUMPKIN SWIRL vinyl
Anne Boleyn
The Phantom Stagecoach
Skin and Bones
The Unquiet Grave
Finnegan's Wake
Sweet William's Ghost
The Flying Dutchman
The Suffolk Miracle
Miss Bailey's Ghost
The Reaper's Ghost
The Lady Gay
Lost Jimmy Whalen
NEW SEALED re-issue LP on super limited CLEAR WITH ORANGE PUMPKIN SWIRL vinyl
