Various - Closed on Account of Rabies - Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (1997) (@256)
Well, try the following (for those not afraid of the dark). Lie down on your beds, switch off the lights, close your eyes and put your headphones on to listen to The Black Cat as read by Diamanda Galas. Shivers down your spine will definitely attack you during this totally evocative recording.
The tribute to Edgar Allan Poe continues. Hal Willner gathers a tour-de-force of artists to read works of Poe. It is as attractive as it sounds.
Tracklisting:
A1-Marrianne Faithfull - Alone
A2-Christopher Walken - The Raven
A3-Iggy Pop - The Tell-Tale Heart
A4-Ken Nordine - The Conqueror Worm
A5-Diamanda Galas - The Black Cat
A6-Gavin Friday - For Annie
A7-Ed Sanders - To Helen
B1-Ed Sanders - The Haunted Palace
B2-Jeff Buckley - Ulalume
B3-Dr. John - Berenice
B4-Deborah Harry & the Jazz Passengers -The City An The Sea
B5-Marianne Faithfull - Annabel Lee
B6-Gabriel Byrne - The Masque of the Red Death
B7-Abel Ferrara - The Raven
review link: here
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Thanks so much for this. I stumbled across the video of one of these tracks. http://bearlyrambling.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.html But this collection is going to be so much better. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what you come up with next, always entertaining.
ty for the music. can you re-up "the songs of bob dylan - 1989", please? greetings from recife, brazil.
ReplyDelete@Barrie: Your video has very well depicted Poe's spirit. A splendid selection. Thanks also for all your good words.
ReplyDelete@Paul: Unfortunately I've received a DMCA notification from blogger for this upload. But... return here during the weekend, where I'll be able to give you temporary download links.
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ReplyDeletei couldn't download the files. the message of rapidshare was "the file could not be found". thanks again for your attention.
Do not use the download links from the post itself. Use the links given in my previous comment here. I gave it a try using these links and they work properly.
ReplyDeleteSteadman cover, subject Poe and this artist line up this must be somthing worth while...Great taste! Never heard of this but I should -- Now!
ReplyDelete(BTW Berlin is sounding nice..thanks for the upgrade -- trashed my old Berlin. I'm keeping your vinyl rip)
Thanks for this!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the Diamanda track on Disc 1 is corrupt (prolly the best one, eh?) and the Buckley track on Disc 2.
Is anyone else having this problem???
Damn! You're right Peter. I'll try to fix the problem during the weekend. Thanks for the notice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your quick attention.
ReplyDeleteI look forward...
Links are now ok. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteExcellent. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much
ReplyDeleteexcellent posting, indeed an exellent blog, and literate. Thank you.
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thanks for your good words.
ReplyDeleteMy professor (19th Century American Poetry) played a few tracks from this in class around Halloween. Best class ever. I listen to this around Halloween regularly now. I just posted Jeff Buckley's "Ulalume" reading on my blog. Good times :D
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to have a professor like yours rather than the rusty minded ones I had.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Poe, yo!
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