Some may think that the Monster Craze ended with the decade of the 1960's, but not so! Monsters and other creepy things continued on well into the seventies.
One of the memorable sidelines from this era was the multitude of "Halloween albums" that were produced.
Wholly unique was this 1973 recording (with sleeve art by Ron Cobb) from the Electric Lemon Record Company entitled, DR. DRUID'S HAUNTED SEANCE. Now considered by collectors as rare (one is currently being offered on eBay for $129), it has popped up now and again as a digital copy (see below).
From Electric Lemon Records CD re-issue:
Spirits Abound! Spooks Around! A Spook show in your parlor!
An classic gem from the vaults now on CD! Doctor Druid is back ... and has he got a paranormal haunted séance for you. You will now be able to resume spirit séances in your very own parlor with the return of the original Doctor Druid, the world's most renown psychic, spiritualist, and parapsychologist extraordinaire! Once a popular LP record album available from James Warren's Famous Monsters Of Filmland Captain Company, Doctor Druid's Haunted Séance is now digitally remastered from the original tape master in CD form for your enjoyment, edification, amusement, amazement, and fright!
This unique CD is all you need to haunt your house (or Castle, or parlor, or tomb), as it comes complete with progressive demonstrations of supernatural emanations, inexplicable transmogrifications, paranormal incantations, plus a real live apparition!
Sound like fun? Trust us, it is! Druid's Haunted Séance CD is a good old fashioned séance in the purest sense of the word, and with easy instructions and very little preparation, you can throw a séance that will delight, astound, spookify and terrify your friends!
Perfect for any paranormal house haunting. Make spirit contact with our spirit! Doctor Druid's Haunted Séance is the CD that will make you the spookologist of all spookdom! Performed by none other than the ethereal Doctor Druid himself, this is the kind of phenomenal spirit "happening" that you and Doctor Druid can do together.
Doctor Druid's Haunted Séance runs a full half-hour but your guests might be running long before that! The recording is a ghost show unto itself! Produced by Verne Langdon and Milt Larsen (he who built the magic castle). Liner notes by Forrest J Ackerman and cover by Ronn Cobb. Recorded with paranormal pride in a haunted séance parlor in Horrorwood, Karloffornia.
Compact Disc in Jewel case
Originally recorded in 1974
CD released in 2008
Electric Lemon Record Company (USA)
Tracklist
A1 Introduction
A2 Music Of The Mind
A3 Auditory Test
A4 Concentration
A5 Hypnotism
B The Haunted Seance
Credits
Manufactured By – Lemon Records
Published By – Brookledge Music Co.
Record Company – Electric Lemon Record Co.
Copyright (c) – Electric Lemon Record Co.
Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Sandy Spillman
Cover [Art] – Ron Cobb
Engineer – Paul Elmore
Executive-Producer – Milt Larsen
Featuring [Paris Opera Pipe Organ] – Erik (Verne Langdon)
Liner Notes – Forrest J. Ackerman
Producer, Composed By [Haunted Seance Suite] – Verne Langdon
Notes
Notice: This record is intended for entertainment purposes only; responsibility for any psychic phenomenon which may occur (either directly or indirectly) as a result of playing this record will not be assumed by the manufacturer.
Side 1 Duration - 13:01
Side 2 Duration - 16:25
A Dr. Druid mask was even produced by Verne Langdon.
From his website:
DR DRUID MASK
$285.00
From the macabre mind of Verne Langdon and the arcane artistry of Ron Cobb come’s a truly one of a kind mask. now equipped with glow in the dark features, this is a must have!
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