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Heaven and Hell

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Razin’ Cain

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SATAN! We’re going to tear your Kingdom Down.  The Young Adult Choir of the First Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church, Baltimore, Maryland.

(20 votes, average: 3.90 out of 5)

Hell yes!

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Les Demons “Twisters”  RCA (France)

(37 votes, average: 3.46 out of 5)

Teen spirits

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Tri Los Duendes  Musart Records (Peru)

(30 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5)

Rockin’ bones

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Saint-Saens “Danse Macabre” and Mussorgsky “A Night On Bald Mountain”  Franz Andre Conducting the INR symphony, Brussels   Capitol Records

(33 votes, average: 3.82 out of 5)

Symphony for the devil

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Berlioz “Romeo and Juliet Overture” and Tschaikowsky “Marche Slave”  National Opera Orchestra  Recorded in Europe  Varsity Records

(26 votes, average: 3.65 out of 5)

Disco inferno

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The Devil’s Pad  A Modern Dance designed for intermediate students by Jacquelyn Ebeier.  CAM Records (1958)  A cool gatefold cover with a 12-page step-by-step dance routine.

(31 votes, average: 3.81 out of 5)

Accidents will happen

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“Let This Be a Lesson to You (Drunk Driver)”   Tommy Ellison  Atlanta International Records (1990)  The harrowing story of deadly car crash with a twisted ending.

(49 votes, average: 3.24 out of 5)

Blues march

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“Music to Chase the Blues Away”  Michel Attenoux and his New Orleans Orchestra  (1956)  Felsted Records (UK)

(35 votes, average: 3.06 out of 5)

A tall order

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Papo Chiribibi  “Pideme Dios Mio”  Top’s Art Records (Puerto Rico)

(31 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)

Bass humor

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New Chamber Jazz  Epic Records  (1955)  Various artists, including The Harry Lookofsky Strings, The Lou Stein Quartet , The Harris-Leigh Quartet and The Sven von Berg Quintet.

(35 votes, average: 3.63 out of 5)