Hitchcock at Halloween

By Nick Dawson On November 02, 2009

At the weekend, Tom Sutpen - the curator of one of our favorite blogs, If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats who we featured on Behind the Blog a while back - celebrated Halloween by turning the spotlight on a rather unique record.

As part of the Stacks o' Wax strand, Sutpen focused on the remarkable LP Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to be Murdered By. Here's the blurb from Hitch on the back of the album:

These days a murder is amusing for the onlookers and the murderer but no one thinks of making things pleasant for the victim. He may be a tiresome bore but he is still rather essential and is entitled to some consideration. Music, I feel, will heighten his appreciation and make his own murder the truly ennobling experience it should be.

There are two mp3s of Hitch's intros to both sides of the record which are also well worth checking out.