Haunted Boy

About the Artist
MacDonald King Aston is a singer/songwriter living in the San Francisco Bay area.

Product Description
Haunted Boy is a collection of songs by MacDonald King Aston, singer/songwriter. The songs range from soft acoustic to hard rock.

Haunted Boy,MacDonald King Aston

Average customer rating: THIS IS THE OLD VERSION -- ORDER REMASTERED INSTEAD!!! A brilliant composer Perfect music to do stuff to. 24-bit Digital Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungary Cannibals! Classics You've Never Heard

The Music of Raymond Scott / Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Cartoon Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music Retro Space Age | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Unexpected Raymond Scott: Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-1938 Microphone Music Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1936-1958 ASIN: B0000028TL Release Date: 1992-11-10

Tracks:

1. Powerhouse
2. The Toy Trumpet
3. Tobacco Auctioneer
4. New Year's Eve In A Haunted House
5. Manhattan Minuet
6. Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals
7. Reckless Hight On Board An Ocean Liner
8. Moment Musical
9. Twilight In Turkey
10. The Penguin
11. Oil Gusher
12. In An 18th Century Drawing Room
13. The Girl At The Typewriter
14. Siberian Sleighride
15. At An Arabian House Party
16. Boy Scout In Switzerland
17. Bumpy Weather Over Newark
18. Minuet In Jazz
19. War Dance For Wooden Indians
20. The Quintet Plays Carmen
21. Huckleberry Duck
22. Peter Tambourine
23. Bonus Track 1

Amazon.com

Prewar gems from a long-neglected master. Scott's career as composer, bandleader, and electronic-music pioneer is just beginning to be rediscovered. Here he mixes swing jazz with classical forms, exotica (long before there even was such a thing), and his own hyperactive melodies to create a timeless sound. Many of the bouncy tunes are recognizable from their constant use in cartoon soundtracks over the years: the classic "Powerhouse," a jittery mix of an edgy scherzo and a relentless march (as well as a favorite of Looney Toons composer Carl Stalling); the jaunty "The Toy Trumpet"; and the dizzying "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals." Scott's original recordings with his Quintette (which, strangely enough, consisted of six musicians) are a delight, and the invention and energy never let up. --Heidi MacDonald

Customer Reviews:

THIS IS THE OLD VERSION -- ORDER REMASTERED INSTEAD!!!.......1999-10-03

THIS IS THE OLD VERSION -- DON'T ORDER FROM THIS PAGE! BE SURE YOU ORDER THE REMASTERED (ALSO AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM) INSTEAD!! The new, remastered version from SONY sounds better, the booklet has been updated, PLUS: it's cheaper!

A brilliant composer.......1999-09-16

Raymond Scott cannot really be categorized. Constant references to the use of his music in cartoons are unfair. Scott approaches each of his pieces as a total composition, which is why they usually sound so good in even the most trite cover versions. Scott's curiosity about music & musical instruments was insatiable. The compositions on this CD are the core of Scott's art, & the starting point.

Irwin Chusid, this CD's producer, pulled Raymond Scott's music out of obscurity & firmly established him as more than a composer of novelties. See review below for more information on the mastering of this CD.

Bob Rixon

Perfect music to do stuff to........1999-03-02

If you need music to wash your car, clean the house, bake a cake or juggle to, this is the stuff. These songs were in cartoons and conjur up wacky images in the mind of madcap chases and retarted farm animals with firearms. Holy crap! this is a good cd! Sure, it's a little silly but not in a Puff Daddy way, in a good way! Perfect background music for everyday activities. Excellent driving music. It makes you want to swerve into other cars and run over fire hydrants.

24-bit Digital Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungary Cannibals!.......1998-07-22

It's important to note there are actually 2 different versions of this CD available!! The album, produced by Irwin Chusid with Executive Producer Hal Willner, was originally mastered by Parkinson in Summer 1992 & released on Columbia in December of that year. The 24-bit remastered version allows for a fuller presence in the transfer from metal master to digital format. Meaning: it sounds a lot better, brighter, more alive. There's more bass, & richer textures. "The overall sound is far superior to the first CD issue," Chusid commented. "We continue to be amazed at discovering the bass in these tracks, especially as compared to the CD. "We're doing only light CEDAR-ing [declicking & decrackling]. Most discs are very clean sounding. We found an alternate take of 'Oil Gusher' where the drums are more prominent in the middle section. The performance is comparable to that on the first CD, & we intend to substitute the newly found ver! sion. "Even better is a stunningly different take of 'At An Arabian House Party' -- one of two numbers on the CD by the RS Orchestra -- that features 'comic' horns a la the Quintette in the intro, a great guitar solo in the middle, & a neat tom-tom fill at the end, none of which were on the version used on the '92 release."

Classics You've Never Heard.......1998-05-19

Raymond Scott's compostions have been appropriated by Soul Coughing, Warner Bros., and Ren & Stimpy. Now you can enjoy the originals. Often quite invigorating and imaginative, tracks like "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" and "Boy Scout in Switzerland" will be quickly recognizable with the catchy rhythms and swinging reeds that Scott reined in to create his miniature masterpieces.

Average customer rating:

Halcyon Days: A Treasury of British Light Music Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Arnold | Arnold, Malcolm | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Field, John | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Goodwin, Ron | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Josephs, Wilfred | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000Y37NI Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Lento, Ma Non Troppo
3. Gaily, But Not Quick
4. Cantilena
5. Vivace
6. Miss Melanie
7. Raf March Past
8. Very Slow
9. Maestoso; Alla Marcia Funebre
10. Fairly Slowly, But Evenly Flowing In Strict Time
11. Allegretto Rubato
12. Overture, Op.52
13. Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
14. Country Dance: Allegretto E Leggiero
15. Burlesco: Allegro
16. Adagio
17. Sarabande: Maestoso
18. Bourree: Vivace
19. Rondo In A Flat
20. Allegro
21. Lento Moderato
22. Con Brio

Tracks:

1. March
2. Plymouth Hoe (A Nautical Overture)
3. Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square
4. Tower Hill
5. The Horse Guards, Whitehall
6. Rotten Row
7. Covent Garden
8. Westminster
9. Knightsbridge March
10. No.1 Wheatly Processional
11. No.2 Constant Billy
12. No.4 Jockie To The Fair
13. No.5 Ladies Of Pleasure
14. No.6 Princess Royal
15. Malltraeth (Pastorale)
16. Cemaes (Scherzo)
17. March Of The Bowmen
18. City Of Lincoln March
19. Overture, Op.3
20. Londonderry Air

Tracks:

1. The Devil's Galop
2. Sailing By
3. High Adventure
4. The Watermill
5. Loch Laggan
6. Psalm 23 - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
7. Southern Rhapsody
8. Ecce Homo - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
9. Girls In Grey
10. Halcyon Days
11. March Glorious
12. An English Overture
13. Spitfire Prelude And Fugue
14. Carry On Suite
15. Carry On Up The Khyber
16. Andante Expressivo
17. The Dam Busters March
18. Tarka The Otter
19. The African Queen

Tracks:

1. Caramba
2. Two Interlinked French Melodies
3. Kanikani
4. Preambule
5. Barcarolle
6. Provencale
7. By The Sleepy Lagoon
8. A L'ombre D'un Buissonet
9. Triste Est Le ciel
10. Allons Gay
11. A Mountain Tune
12. Tambourin
13. Passepied
14. Sarabande
15. Farandole
16. Petite Promenade
17. Andante/Medium Beguine
18. Song Dance
19. Fado
20. Kolo
21. In The French Countryside
22. Carpet Dance
23. Slow Waltz
24. End Titles

Tracks:

1. Miniature Overture (Help!)
2. March (When I'm 64)
3. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Can't Buy Me Love)
4. Arabian Dance (It's For You)
5. Chinese Dance (Ticket To Ride)
6. Dance Of The Reed Flutes (She Loves You)
7. Waltz Of The Flowers (From Me To You)
8. Pas De Deux (All My Loving)
9. Sarabande
10. The Reception
11. The Orgy (Rondo)
12. Danza Gaya
13. Scene 1
14. Malaguena (Vivace)
15. Habanera (Moderato)
16. Tango (Vivace)
17. The Hiring Fair
18. Carousing
19. Round Dance
20. Pas De Deux
21. Hornpipe
22. March
23. Doll's Dance
24. Round Dance
25. Bobby Shaftoe
26. The Keel Row
27. The 98th Jacks Listed!

Average customer rating: Voices 2 - total ear candy

Voices 2 Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006IJ0W Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. Nessun Dorma - Andrea Bocelli
2. Who Wants To Live Forever - Sarah Brightman
3. Mamma - Luciano Pavarotti
4. Plaisir D Amour - Charlotte Church
5. What If - Kate Winslet
6. La Notte Etterna - Emma Shapplin
7. E Lucevn Le Stella - Placido Domingo
8. La Mamma Morta - Maria Callas
9. Air From County Derry - Helmut Lotti
10. Ave Maria - Miranda Van Kralingen
11. Vivere (Nel Tempo) - Erna Hemming
12. Bheir Mi O (An Eriskay Love Lilt) - The Celtic Tenors
13. Core Ngrato - Jose Carreras
14. Flower Duet Dome Epais Le Jasmin - Joan Sutherland And Jane
15. Habanera - Filippa Giordano
16. Terra Promessa - Petra Berger
17. Haunted - Noa
18. Somewhere - Kiri Te Kanawa
19. All I Ask Of You - Cliff Richard And Sarah Brightman

Album Description

19 tracks from various artists including Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Church, Luciano Pavarotti, Kate Winslet, Petra Berger and more. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Voices 2 - total ear candy.......2005-03-14

I stumbled upon this album by accident, finding its succssor Voices 3 on the newsgroups and then searching for the earlier releases in the series. Some of the most beautiful voices in today's classical music world can be found on both these albums, from Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti to Charlotte Church and Emma Shapplin. Puccini himself would be thrilled to hear Bocelli's rendition of "Nessun Dorma", the soaring aria from Turandot. Voices 2 and voices 3 make wonderful late afternoon with a cup of tea by the fire a glorious, heartwarming event. I can't recommend these albums enough!

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Honkie Talk Haunted Honkies Manufacturer: Beaver Dam/INFRA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A3DTGY Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

1. This CD Isn't for You
2. Don't Mind Us
3. This Is How We Ride
4. Back of My Caddy
5. Shady Ladies
6. Take My Time
7. Nasty as I Wanna Be
8. Atras de Mi Caddy

Product Description

Includes: This CD Isn't For You, Don't Mind Us, This Is How We Ride, Back Of My Caddy, Shady Ladies, Take My Time, Nasty As I Wanna Be, Atras De Mi Caddy

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Haunted Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000056SNG Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

1. Anyway
2. Haunted Boy
3. En Guatemala
4. Standing Beside You
5. Silence on the West
6. Here Without You
7. Broken Souls
8. Green Ice Cream Cone
9. The Wind & the World

Album Description

Haunted Boy is a collection of songs by MacDonald King Aston, singer/songwriter. The songs range from soft acoustic to hard rock.

Average customer rating:

House Arrest/Lover Boy Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Manufacturer: Ballbearings Pinatas ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CA3YP6 Release Date: 2003-01-01

Average customer rating:

Lover Boy Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTBIOI Release Date: 2006-03-21

Tracks:

1. Don't Talk to Strangers
2. Didn't It Click
3. She's My Girl
4. Poultry Head
5. Older Than Her Years
6. So Glad
7. Want Me
8. Loverboy
9. Jonathan's Halo
10. Hobbies Galore
11. I Don't Need Enemies (Holy Sh*t! Single 45)
12. Let's Get Married Tonite
13. Ghosts
14. Phoebus Palast
15. Blue Straws
16. Birds They Sing in You
17. New Trumpets of Time
18. Doggone (Shegone)
19. You Are My Angel (Live)

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Microphone Music Manufacturer: Basta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002NAIE8 Release Date: 2003-02-04

Tracks:

1. Egyptian Barn Dance
2. Penguin
3. Christmas Night in Harlem
4. Pretty Petticoat #1
5. Square Dance for Eight Egyptian Mummies
6. Moment Whimsical
7. Devil Drums
8. Little Bit of Rigoletto
9. Hypnotist in Hawaii
10. Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals
11. Toy Trumpet
12. Suicide Cliff
13. Siberian Sleigh Ride
14. Steeplechase
15. Peter Tambourine
16. Celebration on the Planet Mars
17. Brass Buttons and Epaulettes
18. Bumpy Weather Over Newark
19. Pretty Petticoat #2
20. Turkish Mish-Mush

Tracks:

1. Microphone Music
2. Twilight in Turkey
3. New Year's Eve in a Haunted House
4. Tobacco Auctioneer
5. Girl With the Light Blue Hair
6. Sleepwalker
7. Happy Farmer
8. Oil Gusher
9. Boy Scout in Switzerland
10. Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner
11. Swing, Swing Mother-In-Law
12. Girl at the Typewriter
13. Yesterday's Ice Cubes
14. Pretty Petticoat #3
15. War Dance for Wooden Indians
16. Dead End Blues
17. Harlem Hillbilly
18. Quintet Goes to a Dance
19. Bugle Call Rag
20. Powerhouse

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