Project for THR Volume 1

Okay, okay, so brushing past the fact that Bindlegrim made the mistake of waking up in the real world  (with things like stale coffee, office banter, and dangerous commutes) seems it all just put hin back to sleep, dreaming about the garden at Ichabod's Cottage to see if there's a pumpkin vine or two still crawling along the ground. And so this little project came to be...

First of all, for sure, Bindlegrim loves vintage Halloween! With so many direct influences from vintage objects on Bindlegrim's artwork for lanterns, postcards,  etc., there was destined to be some kind of project that involved that olde stuff more directly. Looks like this is it. An archive library, The Halloween Retrospect, houses a whole bunch of vintage information objects (including content from nearly 500 vintage catalogs) and decided to put together a small digest of research from those sources. Of course, that's going to need some work on the book (particularly the cover), and then there's the website, creating a logo, and on and on. But, well, it's all ready now, and here to share. 

So, Bindlegrim had fun at first revisiting some old ghouls from an early lantern, and found this witch face from the very first lantern prototype in 2011.

4 sides of Bindlegrim prototype lantern from 2011

Once in a layout, she took over and let the scene coalesce around her..., and here is the cover for the book which should be available around end of July and/or beginning of August. (It's ready but has a layout bug that needs fixing). 

Cover art for The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 1 by Bindlegrim

That offered a chance to do something more with the art, to offer the books a little extra something to go with them. From out of the cover art, four bookmark-tallies were created to accompany the mailer. Here they are below:

Set of 4 bookmark-tallies, an extra with official copies of the book.

The book also comes with an 11"x17" fold out poster featuring a 1926 Halloween ad of products for schools (very fun stuff), and has some nice color and black and white illustrations across 32 pages. It's a 9"x6" publication, much like those old novelty catalogs, and is sure to have some good info for those into vintage Halloween collectibles. Here are some sneak peek images:

The Halloween Retrospect Vol 1, with poster and 4 tally cards.

The Halloween Retrospect Vol 1, with poster and 4 tally cards.

Oh, and last but not least, Bindlegrim put together a little website for the project: https://halloweenretrospect.com, and the logo below is a link there. Hope you enjoy the return of Bindlegrim, and the book...! 

Bindlegrim's 5th Hallowe'en Anniversay Box Set

The 2016 Bindlegrim Summer Sale is still active into early Autumn with 25% off items on Bindlegoods, and a big thank-you to those cool ghouls following on facebook and/or twitter who participated in the two auctions that closed tonight (shown below).

Bats & Mice (left) with Spooksville Road (right) - auctions complete.

The final 2015 auction offers a pandora's box of past Bindlegrim work. It's a 5th Hallowe'en Anniversary (one-of-a-kind) Box Set with transparency logo, and filled with a selection of items from the past 5+ years (some pre-Bindlegrim) with at least one Artist Proof lantern never previously available.

Update Sept 5, 2016 (tentative content list at bottom of this post):

Tentative content list as of Sept 5, 2016:

Spook Box (2016) Content List Envelope (with card and Boo! transparency print)

The Pumpkin Dream, signed copy (orig. 2011) 

Untitled artist proof #2/3 box lantern, signed - (2011)

The Cornish Litany, carnivorous tree, signed postcard #14/25 (2011)

The Cornish Litany, chamber spooks, signed postcard #14/25 (2011)

The Cornish Litany, keyhole set of 12 postcards (2012)

Spooklights, Pendant Lamp Shade #1 (2014)

Spooklights, Candlestick Lamp Base, #1 (2014)

Spooklights, Candlestick Lamp Base, #2 (2014)

Spooklights Creature Votive (2014)

Beasties, candy basket version (2015)

Beasties, set  of 4 postcards (2015)

Dodeca lantern #10  Bats & Mice , signed limited edition (2015)

Dodeca lantern #11 Spooksville Road, signed limited edition (2015)

Additional Oddities:

Halloween Trunk Show 8, 9, & 10 postcards (2013-15)

Hallowe’en set of 9 greeting cards with 1 place holder, 1 place holder alternate (2004)

Postmortem Playlist - Bindlegrim Radio

Former haunt for 1910-1950's Halloween jazz, Bindlegrim's vintage music station (airing since early 2012) bids farewell, the sounds of past broadcasts drifting into the ghostly ether of space following the Jan. 2016 death of live365. For the curious, here are some links discussing the loss of this (and future) micro-casting internet stations, as we enter the era of big-name computer-algorithms:

CRB Ruling Is “Crushingly Bad News” for Microcasters

Live365 May be Shutting Down

Opposition to Copyright Royalty Board's decision on webcasting rates petition

Live365 is Dead, Long Live RadioLulu 

It's always been a challenge to discover music - in large part because of the music industry itself. I can at least, as promised, now share my old working playlists here on the blog. This is most of the music that was either played, or sat in waiting, yet sadly doesn't include some of the vintage tunes I had planned to add... in hopes I would continue to expand selection and features of the station.

I do thank everyone who took the time to offer words of support at this loss of vintage vibes! I am absolutely thrilled to hear that the station offered a soundtrack for so many spooks. Happy future hauntings all you cool musical ghouls!

Track	Artist	Album
A Ghost Of A Chance	Mildred Bailey	The Mildred Bailey Collection
Abercrombie Had A Zombie	Larry Clinton	Feeling Like A Dream
Autumn Leaves	Cannonball Adderley feat. Miles Davis	If You're Willing
Back To Back, Belly To Belly	Lord Foodoos And His Calypso Band	Mister Calypso
Bewitched	Benny Goodman And His Orchestra	Sugar Foot Stomp
Black Cat Moan	Tiny Parham And His Musicians	Tiny Parham 1928-1930
Bogey Wail	Jack Hylton & His Orchestra	The Haunted House
Boogaboo	Jelly Roll Morton	Oh, Mister Jelly!
Boogie Man	Johnny Long & His Orchestra	Big Band Classics
Boogie Woogieman	Brian Sisters with the Will Osborne Orchestra	Haunted History of Halloween (VHS)
Candy (2000 Digital Remaster)	Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers With Jo Stafford	The Capitol Rarities 1943 - 1950
Celery Stalks At Midnight	Les Brown & His Orchestra with Doris Day	Dance Coach Standard Dance
Chain Gang	Bob Crosby & His Orchestra	South Rampart Street Parade
Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are	Baby Rose Marie	Legendary Voices of Vaudeville
Creature from Black Lagoon	Lord Melody	50's Calypso Music from Trinidad, Vol. 3
Dancing The Devil Away	Vaughn De Leath, The Don Voorhees Orchestra	Dancing The Devil Away
Dancing the Devil Away	Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra	Dance! Dance! Dance! Vol. 5: Popular Dances of the 1920s
Ding-Dong, The Witch Is Dead	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	50 Swing Classics - Glenn Miller King of Swing, Vol. 1
Dracula	Gene Krupa	Gene Krupa & His Orch 1939
Dry Bones	Fats Waller	Last Years
Dry Bones (Head Bone Connected To The Neck Bone)	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey: The Complete Standard Transcriptions
Early Autumn	Ella Fitzgerald	Early Autumn
Early Autumn	Woody Herman	The Hits Of Woody Herman
Feelin' Devilish	Fess Parker	Up Jumped The Devil
Get Cannibal	Red Nichols & His Five Pennies	Red Nichols: A Tribute to His Music
Ghost Dance	Truett And George	Vintage Novelty Songs
Ghost In The Graveyard [Album Version]	Prairie Ramblers	Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
Gloomy Sunday (feat. Pauline Byrne)	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	Gloomy Sunday (The Bluebird Recordings in Chronological Order, Vol. 6 - 1939 - 1940)
Great Pumpkin Waltz (Album Version)	Vince Guaraldi Trio	The Definitive Vince Guaraldi
Hallowe'en	Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians Bill Flanagan	Guy Lombardo #5 CD208E Recorded 1941 - 1950
Hallowe'en Dance	American Symphony Orchestra	10132
Haunted Heart	Tommy Dorsey	Tommy Dorsey: The Complete Standard Transcriptions
Haunted House Blues	Helen Gross	Helen Gross (1924-1925)
Haunted Nights	Duke Ellington	Haunted Nights
Haunting Blues	Red Nichols & His Five Pennies	1926-1930
He's A Demon - He's A Devil - He's A Doll	Betty Hutton	The Very Best Of
Heebie Jeebies	Boswell Sisters	Sweet Harmony - Hot Rhythm
Hell's Bells	Dick Robertson with The New Yorkers (Sid Peltyn & His Orchestra)	Halloween Stomp
Hell's Bells	Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra	For Dancers Only
Hell's Bells [Album Version]	Art Kassel	Music Maestro Please
Hush, Hush, Hush, Here Comes the Bogey Man	Henry Hall & His Orchestra, Val Rosing	Hello Children - Vintage Childrens Classics
I Gotcha	Don Redman & His Orchestra	On the Sunny Side of the Street (In Chronological Order 1934 - 1937)
I Put A Spell On You (Album Version)	Nina Simone	I Put A Spell On You
I Want To Be Evil	Eartha Kitt	The Very Best of Eartha Kitt
I'm a Ghost (Scrappy's Ghost Story)	Charles Mintz's Krazy Kat Studio	Hipster Halloween
Jack Your Dead	Steve Gibson and The Red Caps	Boogie Woogie Ball 1943-1955 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 2CD Set
Jangled Nerves	Original Teddies	European Swing Giants, Vol. 8: Teddy Stauffer & His Original Teddies, Vol. 1 (Recorded 1936-1939)
Jeepers Creepers	The Mills Brothers	Brothers 'Til The End
Jumpin' Punkins (1999 Remastered - Take 2)	Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra	Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Lucky Strike Ad (music: The Ghost Dance)	Jack Benny and The Sportsmen	Jack Goes Trick or Treating
Me & My Shadow	Whispering Jack Smith	My Blue Heaven (The Sound of the Prohibition Era, 1919-1933)
Me And My Shadow	Rose Murphy	Essential Jazz Ladies Vol 8
Me and the Ghost Upstairs	Fred Astaire	Cheek to Cheek: The Very Best of Fred Astaire
Minnie The Moocher At The Morgue [Album Version]	Smiley Burnette	Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
Mr Ghost Goes To Town	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Tea For Two Cha Chas
Mr Jinx Stay Away From Me	Bea Wain	Jubilee
Mr. Ghost Goes To Town	The 5 Jones Boys	Vintage Novelty Songs
Mr. Ghost Goes To Town	Louis Prima & His New Orleans	1935-1936
Murder At Peyton Hall	Charlie Barnet	Jazz Masters - Charlie Barnet
Mysterioso	Artie Shaw	1945-1946
Mysterious Mose	Harry Reser and the Radio All-Star Novelty Orchestra	The Charleston Chasers Vol. 2 & New York Studio Gro
Mysterious Mose [Album Version]	Rube Bloom	Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
Night Creature (Second Movement): Stalking Monster (Remastered LP Version)	Duke Ellington Orch.	Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings
Night Owl	Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination	Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935
Nightmare	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	Artie Shaw Fifty Favourites
October's Twilight	Geraldo	Blues In the Night
Ol' Man Mose	Alan Hartwell Band Feat. Cozy Cole	Cozy Cole Hits
Ol' Man Mose [78 rpm Version]	Wingy Manone Orchestra (Wingy & The Boys)	Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
Ol' Man Mose Ain't Dead	Nat King Cole	Moonglow
Old Devil Moon (2006 Digital Remaster)	Judy Garland	The Very Best Of Judy Garland
Old Man Mose Is Dead	Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra	Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 234 - EP: Skyliner Original 1936-39 Recordings
Pagin' the Devil (Take 2)	Lester Young	The Alternative Lester
Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil	Ella Fitzgerald	Greatest Hits
Putting Salt On The Devil's Tail	Jack Teagarden	Up Jumped The Devil
Satan Takes A Holiday	Larry Clinton	My Million Sellers! (Digitally Remastered)
Satanic Blues	Bud Freeman	Chicago Styled
Shades of Hades	Original Teddies	European Swing Giants, Vol. 8: Teddy Stauffer & His Original Teddies, Vol. 1 (Recorded 1936-1939)
Shine On, Harvest Moon	Ruth Etting	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Shivery Stomp	Frankie Trumbauer	1928-1929
Sing You Sinners	Belle Baker	Personalities of the 1920s
Skeleton In The Closet	Nat Gonella with Nat Gonella & His Georgians	Halloween Stomp
Skeleton Jangle	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Original Dixieland Jazz Band Selected Favorites, Vol. 2
Spooks	Louis Armstrong	Satchmo In Style
Strange Enchantment	Skinnay Ennis with Skinnay Ennis & His Orchestra	Halloween Stomp
Swamp Ghosts	Wayne King	1930 victor78rpm
Swingin' At The Seance	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	A Million Dreams Ago
Taint No Sin	Lee Morse	From The Sony Vault: Silly Scary Songs [Clean]
Taint No Sin (to Take Off Your Skin and Dance Around in Your Bones)	Dan Russo And His Oriole Orchestra	The Haunted House
Taint No Sin (To Take Off Your Skin) [Album Version]	Fred Hall	Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
That Old Black Magic (1994 Remastered)	Dizzy Gillespie;Johnny Hartman	Dizzier & Dizzier
That Syncopated Boogie-Boo 1646	Premier Quartet	Archeophone Archives: Edison Blue Amberol Records, Domestic Popular Series, Vol. 5 (1621-1650)
The Boogie Man	Todd Rollins & His Orchestra with Chick Bullock	Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
The Boogie Man Is Here	Steve Bowers with Tom Gerun & His Orchestra	Halloween Stomp
The Boogie Woogie Man	Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Pee Wee Hunt	The American Big Band Collection Vol 1
The Devil with the Devil (feat. Larry Clinton Orchestra)	The Larry Clinton Orchestra	Hipster Halloween
The Ghost Of Smokey Joe	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	New York 1938-1939, Vol. 2 Disk C
The Ghost Of The St. Louis Blues	Emmett Miller	Minstrel Man From Georgia
The Ghost of the Terrible Blues	Henry Burr and the Peerless Quartet	#17944-B
The Ghost Walk	Borrah Minevitch & The Harmonica Rascals	Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
The Goblin Band	Casa Loma Orchestra	Boneyard Shuffle
The Haunted House	The Three Ginx with The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra & Ray Noble <monologue>	Haunted House
The Head Hunter's Dream	Tiny Parham & His Musicians	Tiny Parham 1928-1930
The Headless Horseman	Bing Crosby	Billboard Presents: Family Scarytime Classics - Memorable Songs From Film And Television
The Headless Horseman	Kay Starr	Halloween Horrorscapes
The House Is Haunted (By The Echo Of Your Last Goodbye)	Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra With Kenny Sargent	Hipster Heebie Jeebies
The Jitterbug	Judy Garland	The Wizard Of Oz
The Jitterbug	Larry Clinton & His Orchestra	Let Me Off Uptown
The Little Man Who Wasn't There	Teddy Grace	Turn On That Red Hot Heat
The Little Man Who Wasn't There (feat. Glenn Miller)	Glenn Miller	The Glenn Miller Story Vol. 5-6
The Nightmare	Cab Calloway	Cab Calloway Vol. 1
The Ragtime Goblin Man (Written By Harry Von Tilzer & Andrew B. Sterling)	Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan	Cylinder Preservation & Digitization Project (Non-Commercial Use)
The Skeleton In The Closet	Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra	I Got Rhythm
The Skeleton In The Closet	Putney Dandridge	Complete Recordings Putney Dandridge 1935 - 1936
The Skeleton Rag (feat. The American Quartet)	American Quartet	Hipster Halloween
The Terror	Cliff Jackson And His Crazy Kays	Cliff Jackson And His Crazy Kats
The Walls Keep Talking	Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day	Gene Krupa 100 Years Anniversary!
The Yodeling Ghost (Single Version)	Bing Crosby	Their Complete Recordings Together
There's Gonna Be the Devil To Pay	Willie The Lion Smith And His Cubs	Willie "The Lion" Smith And His Cubs
There’s Going To Be The Devil To Pay	Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'
Trick Or Treat	Count Basie & His Orchestra	50 Juicey Jazz Jems!, Volume One
Witchcraft	Frank Sinatra	Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances 1953-1960
You've Got Me Voodoo'd	Louis Armstrong	1939-40
Zombie	Gene Kardos & His Orchestra	Halloween Stomp