It’s that time of year when things go bump in the night and all the ghosts and ghouls take to the dancefloor to celebrate their favourite time of the year. Yes, Halloween is upon us once more, and Koko Mojo via The “Mojo” Man issues another collection of songs to honour this rather offbeat annual festivity. With a track list boasting twenty-eight songs from a variety of artists with blues, rhythm & blues and doo-wop featuring. As with many of these compilations, there’s much innovation as far as the tracks are concerned and begins here with Louis Armstrong producing a charismatic turn with ‘Spooks’, before dining
with the king of vampires himself, Dracula, during ‘Dinner With Drac Pt. 1’ from John Zacherle. It’s not just imagination arriving via the album’s contents, but the artists chosen with The “Mojo” Man delving deep and selecting artists who seldom make an appearance when it comes to similar collections. Step forward Tony And The Monstrosities and addictive ‘Igor’s Lament’, to appropriately monikered, for this time of year, Mr. Undertaker and utterly compelling darkened tale that is ‘Here Lies My Love’. With other fascinating examples arriving via Billy Ward And His Dominoes (‘The Bells’), Bob Wagner with ‘Annie Don’t Work No More’, Gatemouth Moore with a ‘Graveyard Disposition’, before John Lee Hooker adds to that with some ‘Graveyard Blues’, a Koko Mojo Halloween is a worthwhile event because this is one Horror Show you will not want to miss! Nathan Olsen-Haines (Koko Mojo)
01. The Ernie Freeman Combo – Theme From Igor (Land, Sheldon)
02. Betty Lavett – Witchcraft In the Air (Thornton, Thomas, Neely)
03. The Del Vikings – Voodoo Man (Quick)
04. Louis Armstrong – Spooks (Karr, Dobey)
05. The Emersons – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Cook, Cook, Caines Jr., Jones)
06. John Zacherle – Dinner With Drac Pt. 1 (Sheldon, Land))
07. The Tip Tops – Jack The Ripper (Davis, Hall)
08. Bobby Garrett – Vampire (Garrett)
09. Bent Forcep & the Patients – I Know What happened To Baby Jane (Van Winkle, De Lory)
10. Big Boy Groves – Bucket O Blood (Groves)
11. The Bees – Terror (Foot)
12. Faye Adams – The Hammer (Keeps A Knockin’) (Adams, Moore)
13. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Cemetery Blues (Luke)
14. Johnny Thunder – Horror Show (Anisfield, Sachs)
15. Georgia White – Dean Man’s Blues (Spencer)
16. Billy Ward And His Dominoes – The Bells (Ward, Marks)
17. Bob Wagner – Annie Don’t Work No More (Wilson)
18. Tony And The Monstrosities – Igor’s Lament (Masters, Wilde)
19. Bob McFadden And Dor - The Mummy (McKuen)
20. Mr. Undertaker – Here Lies My Love (Martin, Dobard)
21. Gatemouth Moore – Graveyard Disposition (Moore)
22. The Calvanes – Horror Pictures (Morgan)
23. John Lee Hooker – Graveyard Blues (Thomas)
24. Leonard Johnson – The Bug (Hawkins)
25. The Moroccos – The Hex (Allen)
26. The Elites – Jack The Ripper (Harris, Luther)
27. Edwin And Alvin – Shiverin’ & Shakin’ (Johnson, Johnson)
28. Luke Jones – Graveyard Blues (Unknown)
