Joy of Joys!!! It truly is the season of miracles! And.....Martians!!
Ahem....after nearly 2 decades (!!!!) of searching, one of my of my Christmas wishes has finally been realized....
One of my first experiences with the world of B Movies was 1964's Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, a low-budget cheesfest that I first had the pleasure of viewing during the Christmas of 1988...and it has since become a holiday tradition of mine to view it. It's quite possibly one of my favorite "bad movies" of all time...
Prior to seeing it, though, I was aware that there had been a Dell comic book adaptation published in 1964 (thanks to religious reading of Overstreet's Comic Book Price Guide), and a few years ago, after years of searching, I actually came across a copy which I purchased.
The credits of the film itself mention that the movie's theme song, "Hooray For Santy Claus", was at one point released on vinyl, but I've never been able to track down a copy. I believe it may be a case of an extremely limited release .45 single...or, this release announced by the opening credits of the flick may be non-existent.
But....
Years ago, I was informed that Dell (a branch of what would later become Western Publishing, the folks behind numerous children's books and, in the 1970s, Golden and Peter Pan children's records) had released a read-along vinyl packaged with copies of the comic (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Golden Records SLP170) at some point in the 1960s, and for years I'd had hoped to run across a copy.
Well, tonight, after a visit to the local Goodwill thrift store....that hope has finally bore fruit. And, it only cost me 90 cents....though my copy no longer possesses the copy of the comic shrink-wrapped to the back of the album, it's of no matter, seeing as how I already own a copy of the funnybook's newsstand release version....
So, to kick off what I hope will be the first annual Christmas Countdown, I've thrown together a little Santa Claus Conquers the Martians package for download, so that other can find the joy that I've found over the years in this little holiday season cult classic...
Track Listing:
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
01- Hooray For Santy Claus- Milton DeLugg and the Little Eskimos
Monk Seven is a Japanese techno artist who recorded this delightful little ditty using samples from the film:
Monk Seven
01- Santa On Mars
A few years back, oddball European musician Senor Tonto recorded a cover version of "Hooray for Santy Claus", which I've included the single of in this package:
Senor Tonto
01- Hooray For Santy Claus
02- Hooray For Santy Claus (instrumental)
Download Link (Hosted By Megaupload)
Also, as my first gift to my readers this Christmas, here's a download link for the film in MPEG format (hosted by Internet Archive)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) Download (567 mb)
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