Elm Street Group - Freddy's Greatest Hits LP Preorder Available Now!
November 22, 2017
Strange Disc Records presents ‘FREDDY’S GREATEST HITS’ performed by ‘THE ELM STREET GROUP’ & featuring ROBERT ENGLUND as Freddy Krueger.
Originally released in 1987 at the height of the ‘Freddy’ craze (Freddy already had three movies under his belt, and a fourth on the way. Even by then, he was a veritable pop icon, as Americana as hot dogs).
This record contains nine tracks, a mix of covers (from the likes of ‘Wilson Pickett’, ‘The Everly Brothers’ & ‘Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs’) and original songs and instrumentals. The album is everything you expect it to be: screaming 80's drum machines & distortion filled electric guitars being drowned out by synthesizers. Over the top of these songs is Robert Englund doing the voice (and manic laugh) of Freddy Kruger.
The actual music-making was done by the “Elm Street Group”, who were actually much respected studio musicians working for RIC records. Featuring artists like ‘Kevin Kelly’ & ‘Alan Brewer’ who both contributed to Rick Wakeman’s soundtrack for ‘The Burning’.
This audible oddity can be called the ultimate ‘novelty’ album, mostly ignored upon the time of its release and now ironically fetching big $$$ on the second hand market, this album makes the perfect ‘guilty pleasure’ gift for the Holiday season. For ‘Nightmare On Elm Street’ collectors, Freddy fanatics or lovers of everything oddball.
Available as a limited classic black vinyl edition & as a color vinyl variant (#400 copies Freddy Sweater Striped vinyl) available exclusively from LIGHT IN THE ATTIC & MONDO in North America and through TRANSMISSION in Europe. Next to this, GRAYWHALE RECORDS is also offering an exclusive color variant (#100 copies Clear Red Spatter vinyl) available from their website … and to top all this off, Strange Disc Records partnered up with ZAVVI to bring you an extra color vinyl variant (#200 copies Freddy Green vinyl) exclusively available through the ZAVVI website! Pre-orders are now live from these fine retailers :
Freddy Striped Variant
www.lightintheattic.net (North America)
www.mondotees.com (North America)
www.transmissionrecords.co.uk (Europe)
Freddy Green Variant
Clear with red splatter Variant
Black vinyl version will be available in record stores & with online retailers worldwide on 12/15. Black vinyl available to pre-order from www.lightintheattic.net