John Zacherle help

Hey all,

so I just received the newly released Monster Mash/Scary Tales 2-on-1 CD, and have some questions about Dinner with Drac. i have an old Ronco vinyl record called "Funny Bones" that features this song, but what makes it different than any appearance on CD so far is that there's actually a 'monster noise' intro before the guitar kicks in (think the intro to Monster Mash). I thought that i might finally get that version on CD with this release, but instead I found that while Dinner with Drac part 1 runs 3 minutes and 7 seconds, closer to the version I have on vinyl, it STILL doesn't have the monster noise intro! I assume it's the same version as previously released versions on the Cameo reissues, perhaps slowed down, which would explain the longer time? But the real question is, WHERE does the version I have on vinyl originate from??? Was this ever released back in the day, or is it possible this Ronco record actually added those sound effects??? Any help solving this mystery would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Brian. Glad to know that this mysterious version has indeed turned up somewhere else. I'm hoping someone has the ORIGINAL John Zacherle vinyl LP who could comment on whether the intro is part of the 'album version' and maybe the CD reissue just used the single master as a source.

I wonder if that sound effect was added somewhere in the 70s when there was a wave of 'oldies but goodies' compilations, especially since Pickett's Monster Mash, which manages to regain interest every few years, has always been the more well known of these two songs and begins with that type of sound effect.

Yay and ARGH all at once! That means they did NOT use the LP master to release this album on CD! Thanks for the info Paul.