VA - Atomic Platters: Cold war music from the golden era of homeland security

Every art form had to deal with the arrival of the atomic age in one manner or another. Some artists were reserved and intellectual in their approach, others less so. The world of popular music, for one, got an especially crazy kick out of the Bomb. Country, blues, jazz, gospel, rock and roll, rockabilly, Calypso, novelty and even polka musicians embraced atomic energy with wild-eyed, and some might argue, inappropriate enthusiasm. These musicians churned out a variety of truly memorable tunes featuring some of the most bizarre lyrics of the 20th century. If it weren't for Dr. Oppenheimer's creation, for example, would we have ever heard lines like "Nuclear baby, don't fission out on me!" or "Radioactive mama, we'll reach critical mass tonight!"?

There are various subgenres that comprise the master genre we like to call the Atomic Platter, but mainly these compositions celebrate, lament or lampoon the Bomb and the Cold War that sprang from the mushroom clouds over Japan.

Personal note: I managed to get this compilation after 2 years of tracking it out - of course I could buy it, but it's price tag (230 USD) is much too much for me :) also, no videos, which are available for free on archive.org.

Tracklisting:

Disc: 1

01. Intro: CONELRAD Radio Alert 'Real Thing' (WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY)
02. Slim Gaillard Quartette: Atomic Cocktail
03. Fay Simmons: You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb
04. The Kavaliers: Get That Communist, Joe
05. The Buchanan Brothers: Atomic Power
06. Groucho Marx: Civil Defense Spot: Excellent Chances
07. Amos Milburn: Atomic Baby
08. Doris Day: Tic, Tic, Tic
09. The Five Stars: Atom Bomb Baby
10. Carson Robison: I'm No Communist
11. Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have (Keep Working)
12. The Talbot Brothers of Bermuda: Atomic Nightmare
13. Skip Stanley: Satellite Baby
14. Wanda Jackson: Fujiyama Mama
15. Bill Haley and His Comets: Thirteen Women (And Only One Man
16. Bob Hope: Civil Defense Spot: Pattern of Survival
17. Hank Williams: No, No Joe
18. Hawkshaw Hawkins: When They Found The Atomic Power
19. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup: I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
20. Josephine Premice: Leave De Atom Alone
21. Dennis James (Announcer); Leo Hoegh (Civil Defense Director)
22. Billy Chambers: Fallout Shelter
23. Sheldon Allman: Radioactive Mama
24. Teresa Brewer: Satellite
25. Walker Edmiston as Barky: I Dreamt I Saw Khrushchev (In A Pink Cadillac)
26. Art Linkletter: Civil Defense Spot: Don't Use the Phone!
27. Al Rex: Hydrogen Bomb
28. Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers: When They Drop The Atomic Bomb
29. Sir Lancelot: Atomic Energy
30. Homer Harris (with Muddy Waters): Atomic Bomb Blues
31. Eddie Hill: I Changed My Mind
32. Lowell Blanchard and the Valley Trio: Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb
33. Floyd Tillman: This Cold War With You
34. Civil Defense Spot: Take The Step (Grandma's Pantry)

Disc: 2

01. Civil Defense Spot: CONELRAD 'Test Announcement'
02. Dick 'Two Ton' Baker: Bert The Turtle (The Duck And Cover Song)
03. Sheldon Allman: Crawl Out Through The Fallout
04. Karl & Harty: When The Atom Bomb Fell
05. Jim Eanes: They Locked God Outside The Iron Curtain
06. Sammy Salvo: A Mushroom Cloud
07. Tony Bennett: Civil Defense Spot: Nuclear Attack
08. H-Bomb Ferguson: Rock H-Bomb Rock
09. Roosevelt Sykes: Sputnik Baby
10. Sonny Russell: Fifty Megatons
11. Linda Hayes with the Red Callender Sextette: Atomic Baby
12. Civil Defense Spot: Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow
13. Ray Anderson: Stalin Kicked The Bucket
14. Warren Smith: Uranium Rock
15. The Louvin Brothers: Great Atomic Power
16. Fred MacMurray: Civil Defense Spot: Family Fallout Shelter Booklet
17. Tommy James: The Commies Are Coming
18. Tom Lehrer: We'll All Go Together When We Go
19. The Cuff Links: Guided Missiles
20. Ray Anderson and the Homefolks: Sputniks And Mutniks
21. Civil Defense Spot: CONELRAD, Sounds Pretty Complicated
22. The Goldwaters: Down In Havana
23. Marty Robbins: Ain't I Right
24. The Commodores: Uranium
25. Civil Defense Spot: Take the Step (Four Wheels To Survival)
26. Jack Holden & Frances Kay: The Fiery Bear
27. The Crown City Four: Watch World War Three (On Pay TV)
28. Al Rogers and his Rocky Mountain Boys: The Hydrogen Bomb
29. Elton Britt: The Red We Want Is The Red We Got
30. Pat Boone: Civil Defense: Warning Signals
31. Mike Fern, Mike (aka Mike Fernandez): A Bomb Bop
32. Carl Mann: Satellite No. 2
33. Mike & Bernie Winters: Fallout Shelter
34. Hank King with Bud Williams and his Smiling Buddies: Your Atom Bomb Heart
35. Civil Defense Spot: In Time Of Emergency (Not Contagious)

Disc: 3

01. Civil Defense Spot: How much time do we have? (Disaster on a Big Scale)
02. Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts: Love That Bomb
03. Glenn Barber: Atom Bomb
04. Elton Britt: Uranium Fever
05. Spencer and Spencer: Russian Bandstand
06. Boris Karloff: Civil Defense Spot: Protect Your Home
07. Swan's Silvertone Singers: Jesus Is God's Atomic Bomb
08. The Pilgrim Travelers: Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb
09. Sam Hinton: Old Man Atom
10. The Sons Of The Pioneers: Old Man Atom
11. Roy Acuff: Advice To Joe
12. Civil Defense Spot: In Time of Emergency
13. Dore Alpert: Fallout Shelter
14. Fred Kirby: When That Hell Bomb Falls
15. Hal Block with the Tony Borrello Orchestra: The Senator McCarthy Blues
16. Ann-Margret: Thirteen Men
17. Mitzi Gaynor: Civil Defense Spot: 640-1240
18. The Buchanan Brothers: There's A Power Greater Than Atomic
19. Louisiana Red: Red's Dream
20. Little Caesar and the Red Callender Sextette: Atomic Love
21. Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith and his Crackerjacks: Mr. Stalin You're Eating Too High Off The Hog
22. Civil Defense Spot: Psychiatrist (Shelter Signs)
23. The Spirit of Memphis Quartet: Atomic Telephone
24. The Goons (Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan): A Russian Love Song
25. Red McCoy with the Sons of the Soil: Rock And Roll Atom
26. Red River Dave (Dave McEnery): Ballad Of Francis Powers (There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere)
27. Howard Duff: Civil Defense Spot: Remember, 640-1240
28. Mike Russo: Agnes (The Teenage Russian Spy)
29. Bo Diddley: Mr. Khruschev
30. Toni Fisher, and the Wayne Shanklin Orchestra: West Of The Wall
31. Chris Cerf: (My) Fallout Filly (With The Atomic Kiss)
32. Jay Chevalier: Khrushchev And The Devil
33. Dexter Logan and Darrell Edwards: The Song Of The Atom Bomb
34. Sammy Cahn & Paul Weston: Civil Defense March (Heads Up America)
35. Civil Defense Spot: In Time of Emergency (Brilliant Nuclear Flash)

Disc: 4

01. Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have? (Fortress Main Street)
02. Billy Hughes and his Rhythm Buckeroos: Atomic Sermon
03. Buddy Hawk and his Buddies: Death Of Joe Stalin (Good Riddance)
04. Golden Gate Quartet: Atom and Evil
05. Tommy Duncan: Relax And Take It Easy
06. Connie Francis: Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, for Survival Tomorrow
07. Rudy Gaddis: Uranium Fever
08. Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang: Atom Bomb Baby
09. Janet Greene: Poor Left-Winger
10. Jimmie Driftwood: The Bear Flew Over The Ocean
11. Civil Defense Spot: In Time Of Emergency (Basic Supplies)
12. Dexter Gordon: Bikini
13. Red River Dave (Dave McEnery): Trial Of Francis Powers
14. Don Meehan: An Open Letter To Khrushchev
15. Bradley Kincaid: Brush The Dust From That Old Bible
16. Joni James: Civil Defense Spot: Every Living Thing
17. Al Barkle with the Tri-Tones: Sputnik II
18. The Buchanan Brothers: (You Got To Pray To The Lord) When You See Those Flying Saucers
19. Loy Clingman: Uranium Blues
20. The Louvin Brothers: Weapon Of Prayer
21. Announcer: Don Pardo: Civil Defense Spot: Message from Mars (CONELRAD Jingle)
22. George McKelvey: My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen)
23. Unidentified: H-Bomb
24. The Charades: Hammers And Sickles
25. Jerry Engler and the Four Ekkos: Sputnik (Satellite Girl)
26. Johnny Cash: Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves
27. Harold Weakley: To Russia With Care
28. Bobby Marchan and the Clowns: Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain
29. Prescott Reed: Russia, Russia (Lay That Missile Down)
30. Carl Perkins: Tennessee
31. Ferlin 'Terry Preston' Husky: Let's Keep The Communists Out
32. Don Windle: The Iron Curtain Has Parted
33. Bing Crosby & Ken Carpenter: Stars For Defense Outro

Disc: 5

01. If The Bomb Falls
02. The Complacent Americans

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