Pumpkinrot-Created Jack O’ Lanterns 50% Off at Primitives by Kathy
The Cult’s favorite scarecrow maker Pumpkinrot has posted that Primitives by Kathy, which sells lovely reproductions of his pumpkins, has not only put them on sale, but has reduced the minimum order necessary to buy off the web (they’re typically wholesale) to a paltry $25. Get’em while you can HERE!
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Free Music from Sam Haynes
To say thanks for all your support since it started (and to celebrate October 1st), www.Hauntmusic.co.uk is giving away a free mini CD of Halloween music for the next 7 days. The album is a sampler of some their work so far and also features demos, alternate takes and unreleased tracks.
Their music is “designed to provide a dark, foreboding atmosphere and is inspired by classic 70s and 80s horror themes but with a modern twist”.
To download the album for free CLICK HERE and enter 0 as the price; you will then be able to download it free!
The CD is available for a limited time only so be quick. If you enjoy it you can check out their other albums HERE.
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Happy October! Finally, our favorite time of year has arrived and we’re kicking it off with our first post for the annual Countdown to Halloween Blog-A-Thon!
For 2014, we’re going to give the Faces of the Great Pumpkin Art Contest a rest – we may bring it back for 2015, we may not. Instead, for 2014 we’re going to focus on some of our favorite Halloween music, sounds, artists and inspirations.
It’s been many years since fantastic blogs like Scar Stuff and the Mostly Ghostly Music Sharing BLAAAHHHHGGG!!! dug up and offered long out-of-print and forgotten nuggets of Halloween audio gold, but here at the pumpkin patch we downloaded and saved everything they posted and, having done some poking around on the web, have found that many of these vintage albums are simply no longer to be found, and the download links at the blogs listed above (and others) have gone dead. That is a tragedy, and one we can rectify! So with the help of our graphics guru Chad Savage (and his SoundCloud.com account Sinister Sonics), we’re going to (try) to bring you 31 spooky albums of yesteryear – things that have been out of print and unavailable for sale for decades, and that you just can’t find anymore (or, at least, not easily).
First Up: Spook Stuff for Hallowe’en: A Haunting 40 Minutes of Scary, Spooky Stories-In-Sound
It’s classic, it’s vinyl-scratchy, it’s got that great 60’s Halloween vibe and, by the end of it, it’s just a bunch of audio technicians having fun with the sound effects at their disposal (“Hey Diddle Diddle”? Really?). It’s also a lot of fun and a great addition to your October listening!
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Side One: Prologue: The Ghosts, Goblins and Spooks rehearse for a midnight show. A grouping of eerie sounds…Ghostly Thunderclaps, Weird Screams, Cackling Witches, Spooky Footsteps, Rattling Chains, Creaky Doors and Howling Black Cats
- Witches Rehearse For Hallowe’en (Prologue)
- Screams
- Creaking Heavy Door (Wooden), Open and Close
- Creaking Heavy Door (Metal), Open and Close
- Heavy Footsteps with Chains
- Ghostly Goblin Laugh
- Witch’s Cat
- Witch’s Cat (Mean)
- Witch’s Cauldron with Occasional Cackle
- Witches and Goblins Cackling, Laughing
- Wolf or Coyote Howling
- Tick Tack Followed by Glass Crash
- Light Rain
- Heavy Rain
- Rain with Thunder Claps
- Thunder Clap
- Thunder Clap (Different)
- Heavy Wind
- Crickets
Side 2: Spook Stuff for Hallowe’en
- Scene 1 The Haunted Mine
- Scene 2 A Deserted Prairie Ranch
- Scene 3 A Cemetery At Midnight
- Scene 4 Hallowe’en At the Haunted Castle
- Scene 5 Spooky Zoo Party
- Scene 6 Hobgoblins and Space Ships
- Scene 7 Hey Diddle Diddle Spook Stuff
Subscribe to the playlist on SoundCloud.com HERE!
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Please Note: This album is offered under the belief that it is (a) not legally for sale anywhere by its creators and (b) the copyrights to it have effectively expired. If you have knowledge to the contrary, please contact us and let us know!
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