NEW- ATOMIC PLATTERS COLD WAR MUSIC 4 CDS 2 DVDS & BOOK
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NEW- ATOMIC PLATTERS COLD WAR MUSIC 4 CDS 2 DVDS & BOOK FREE SHIPPING FREE SHIPPING FREE SHIPPING FREE SHIPPING This set of Atomic Platters is brand new in the box.I purchased this set but have never used it.The book was opened only for the photograph.4 CDS plus 2 DVDS in the 5th CD case.Amazon is selling this set new for 279.99Save 40.00 and know your $ is going for college education!Shipping is FREE anywhere in the USA!Please feel free to make a reasonable offer.Lowball bids will be ignored : )To see the photos enlarged, double click on them. Product DescriptionThis box set may save your life! ‘Atomic Platters’ is the result of a years-in-the-making musical ‘Manhattan Project’ that collects over 100 vintage Cold War songs and more than two dozen frighteningly naïve civil defense Public Service Announcements (many of these PSAs are voiced by celebrities such as Groucho Marx, Bob Hope, Pat Boone and Johnny Cash, to name just a few!) from the paranoid period that brought us fallout shelters, survival biscuits and uranium fever.The artists who sing about the Bomb and the Red Scare on this set run the gamut from well-known stars like Bill Haley and His Comets, The Louvin Brothers, Marty Robbins and Wanda Jackson to fascinating obscurities like The Goldwaters, Janet Greene (The Right Wing’s answer to Joan Baez!) and Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts. In addition to music and PSAs, ‘Atomic Platters’ includes two unintentionally hilarious full-length spoken word civil defense ‘scare’ LPs: ‘If the Bomb Falls’ and ‘The Complacent Americans.’But why stop with mere sound? The Cold War was a multimedia horror show and Atomic Platters tops off its mushroom cloud of entertainment with a DVD (NTSC, Region Code 0) of nine bizarre civil defense and anti-Communist short films from the ‘50s and ‘60s.Summing all this strange material up is a 292 page hardcover book featuring numerous arresting images from the Cold War era with intriguing text by Bill Geerhart of CONELRAD (conelrad.com), an organization devoted to the preservation and examination of atomic popular culture.This collection is for anyone mystified by the current excesses of U.S. Homeland Security who wants to hear and see where the madness all began! You CAN beat the A-Bomb (again)! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. This review is from: Atomic Platters: Cold War Music from the Golden Age (Audio CD)All I can do is echo the comments of the reviews that came before mine and say that if you are interested in "Atomic Culture," this set is a "must-have." Yes, it's expensive, but it's also definitive -- I couldn't believe how many songs there were that dealt with this theme, and I'd find it hard to believe they've missed any. The accompanying book is beautifully done, and the collection will provide hours of entertainment, weird nostalgia, and cultural education. My 17 year old daughter has been listening to these CDs with me, and she is utterly amazed at the content of some of the songs...as am I! Buy it!This is just about the most amazing box set I've ever seen! The second I heard about it, I knew it was going to be good, but I wasn't prepared for just HOW GOOD. Not sure how many of you are familiar with Bear Family Records, but they're a German label who specialize in super elaborate, incredibly detailed and well-researched releases, especially box sets, running the gamut from the women of Sun Records to the Everly Brothers to Ernest Tubb to Perez Prado to Flatt And Scruggs and on and on. Always very expensive and often hard to get, but once you lay your eyes and ears on one of their releases you realize it was worth all the trouble and worth every penny. And never was it truer than with Atomic Platters.This years in the works set is a five cd, DVD, hardcover book, box set collecting "Cold War Music From The Golden Age Of Homeland Security", 5 plus hours of fifties and sixties, rock and roll, R&B and soul, either warning us of the dangers of Communism and the impending atomic war, or more playfully using the A bomb and Uranium and Communism as metaphors for love and romance and partying ("You Hit Me Baby Like An Atom Bomb", "Atomic Baby", "Fujiyama Mama", "Uranium Rock", etc.). Scattered throughout are loads of civl defense spots, most appallingly naive and utterly ridiculous, there's Groucho Marx explaining that we have a good chance of surviving an atomic war, Art Linkletter warning us to not use the phone in case of an atomic attack, and lots of other misguided warnings and advice from Bob Hope, Tony Bennett, Fred MacMurray, Tom Lehrer, Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Don Pardo, Johnny Cash, Boris Karloff and lots more, as well as tons of bizarre civil defense dramatizations and creepy little Leave It To Beaver style vignettes.Then there's the music, lots of favorites you've heard on other comps, but an amazing amount or material you've never heard (and probably never thought you'd hear) anywhere as well as totally obscure tracks from some not so obscure artists. Some of the more recognizable folks: Roy Acuff, The Sons Of The Pioneers, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, Bo Diddley, Dexter Gordon, The Louvin Brothers, Carl Perkins, Bing Crosby, Bill Haley, Doris Day, Hank Williams and more, but the lure is definitely the hundred or so other tracks, all catchy or bizarre or both, from a wild cast of one hit wonders.As if that weren't enough, there is also a disc containing two full length spoken word records released in 1961, If The Bomb Falls and The Complacent Americans, both ridiculous and paranoid, laughable and goofy, but also sort of sad and creepy. Wow. Then there's the DVD which contains 9 short films, over two hours of educational films, teaching us about Communism, the impending Atomic War, and the infamous "Duck And Cover" method of surviving an atomic bomb attack (and I'm fairly sure that the narrator of one of the films is none other than Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, and the singer of the "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch").Finally, there is the book, a massive 11" x 12" hard cover tome, chock full of illustrations, liner notes, photos, and a full page description with pictures and all sorts of extra info for every track in the box. Unbelievable. This is absolutely essential for all lovers of strange sounds and weird music as well as being perfect for history buffs too. And as it's that gift giving season, I can't possibly imagine a more perfect and amazing gift! WOW!Disc: 11. Conelrad Radio Alert "Real Thing" (Intro)2. Atomic Cocktail - Fay Simmons3. You Hit Me Baby Like an Atomic Bomb - Sammy Salvo4. Get That Communist, Joe - Fred MacMurray5. Atomic Power - Jack Holden, Frances Kay6. Civil Defense Spot: Excellent Chances7. Atomic Baby - Roy Acuff8. Tic, Tic, Tic - Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith and His Cracker-Jacks9. Atom Bomb Baby10. I'm No Communist - Carson Robison11. Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have (Keep Working) - Connie Francis12. Atomic Nightmare - Bradley Kincaid13. Satellite Baby - Jerry Engler, Four Ekkos14. Fujiyama Mama15. Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town) - Sheldon Allman16. Civil Defense Spot: Pattern of Survival - Art Linkletter17. No, No Joe - Al Rex18. When They Found the Atomic Power - Jackie Doll and His Pickled Peppers19. I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole - Sir Lancelot20. Leave de Atom Alone - Homer Harris, , Muddy Waters21. Civil Defense Spot: $212 Fallout Shelter - Eddie Hill22. Fallout Shelter - Lowell Blanchard, Valley Trio23. Radioactive Mama - Floyd Tillman24. Satellite25. I Dreamt I Saw Khrushchev (In a Pink Cadillac) - Two-Ton Baker26. Civil Defense Spot: Don't Use the Phone! - Sheldon Allman27. Hydrogen Bomb - Karl & Harty28. When They Drop the Atomic Bomb - Jim Eanes29. Atomic Energy - Kavaliers30. Atomic Bomb Blues - Tony Bennett31. I Changed My Mind - H-Bomb Ferguson32. Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb - Roosevelt Sykes33. This Cold War with You - Sonny Russell34. Civil Defense Spot: Take the Step (Grandma's Pantry) - Red Callender Sextet, Linda HayesDisc: 21. Civil Defense Spot: Conelrad "Test Announcement"2. Bert the Turtle (The Duck and Cover Song) - Ray Anderson3. Crawl Out Through the Fallout - Warren Smith4. When the Atom Bomb Fell - The Louvin Brothers5. They Locked God Outside the Iron Curtain - Buchanan Brothers6. Mushroom Cloud - Tommy James7. Civil Defense Spot: Nuclear Attack - Tom Lehrer8. Rock H-Bomb Rock - The Cuff Links9. Sputnik Baby - Ray Anderson, Homefolks10. Fifty Megatons11. Atomic Baby - Goldwaters12. Civil Defense Spot: Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow - Marty Robbins13. Stalin Kicked the Bucket - The Commodores14. Uranium Rock15. Great Atomic Power - Groucho Marx16. Civil Defense Spot: Family Fallout Shelter Booklet - Crown City Four17. Commies Are Coming - Al Rogers and His Rocky Mountain Boys18. We'll All Go Together When We Go - Elton Britt19. Guided Missiles - Pat Boone20. Sputniks and Mutniks - Mike Fern21. Civil Defense Spot: Conelrad, Sounds Pretty Complicated - Carl Mann22. Down in Havana - Bernie Winters, Mike Winters23. Ain't I Right - Hank King, Bud Williams and His Smiling Buddies24. Uranium25. Civil Defense Spot: Take the Step (Four Wheels to Survival) - Amos Milburn26. Fiery Bear - Dr. Strangelove, Fallouts27. Watch World War Three (On Pay TV) - Glenn Barber28. Hydrogen Bomb - Elton Britt29. Red We Want Is the Red We Got - Spencer and Spencer30. Civil Defense Spot: Warning Signals - Boris Karloff31. Bomb Bop - Swan's Silvertone Singers32. Satellite No. 2 - Pilgrim Travelers33. Fallout Shelter - Sam Hinton34. Your Atom Bomb Heart - The Sons of the Pioneers35. Civil Defense Spot: In Time of Emergency (Not Contagious) - Doris DayDisc: 31. Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have (Disaster on a Big Scale)2. Love That Bomb - Dore Alpert3. Atom Bomb - Fred Kirby4. Uranium Fever - Hal Block, Tony Borrello Orchestra5. Russian Band Stand - Ann-Margret6. Civil Defense Spot: Protect Your Home - Mitzi Gaynor7. Jesus Is God's Atomic Bomb - Buchanan Brothers8. Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb - Louisiana Red9. Old Man Atom - Little Caesar, Red Callender Sextette10. Old Man Atom - The Five Stars11. Advice to Joe12. Civil Defense Spot: In Time of Emergency (Take Notice of Fallout ...) - Spirit of Memphis Quartet13. Fallout Shelter - The Goons, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers14. When That Hell Bomb Falls - Red McCoy, Sons of the Soil15. Senator McCarthy Blues - Red River Dave McEnery16. Thirteen Men - Howard Duff17. Civil Defense Spot: 640-1240 - Mike Russo18. There's a Power Greater Than Atomic - Bo Diddley19. Red's Dream - Toni Fisher, Toni Fisher, Wayne Shanklin Orchestra20. Atomic Love21. Mr. Stalin, You're Eating Too High on the Hog22. Civil Defense Spot: Psychiatrist (Shelter Signs)23. Atomic Telephone24. Russian Love Song25. Rock and Roll Atom26. Ballad of Francis Powers (There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving ...)27. Civil Defense Spot: Remember 640-124028. Agnes (The Teenage Russian Spy)29. Mr. Krushchev30. West of the Wall31. (My) Fallout Filly (With the Atomic Kiss) - Christopher Cerf32. Krushchev and the Devil - Jay Chevalier33. Song of the Atom Bomb - Darrell Edwards, Dexter Logan34. Civil Defense March (Heads Up, America) - Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston35. Civil Defense Spot: In Time of Emergency (Brilliant Nuclear Flash)Disc: 41. Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have (Fortress Main Street) - Billy Hughes and His Buckeroos2. Atomic Sermon - Buddy Hawk and His Buddies3. Death of Joe Stalin (Good Riddance) - Golden Gate Quartet4. Atom and Evil - Tommy Duncan5. Relax and Take It Easy6. Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow - Rudy Gaddis7. Uranium Fever - Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang8. Atom Bomb Baby - Janet Greene9. Poor Left-Winger - Jimmie Driftwood10. Bear Flew Over the Ocean11. Civil Defense Spot: In Time of Emergency (Basic Supplies) - Dexter Gordon12. Bikini - Red River Dave McEnery13. Trial of Francis Powers - Don Meehan14. Open Letter to Mr. Krushchev - The Jewels15. B. Bomb Baby - Talbot Brothers of Bermuda16. Brush the Dust from That Old Bible - Joni James17. Civil Defense Spot: Every Little Thing - Al Barkle, Tri-Tones18. Sputnik II - Buchanan Brothers19. When You See Those Flying Saucers - Loy Clingman20. Uranium Blues - The Louvin Brothers21. Weapon of Prayer - Don Pardo22. Civil Defense Spot: Message from Mars (Conelrad Jingle) - George Scot McKelvey23. My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen)24. H-Bomb - The Charades25. Hammer and Sickles - Skip Stanley26. Sputnik (Satellite Girl) - Johnny Cash27. Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves - Harold Weakley28. To Russia with Care - The Clowns, Bobby Marchan29. Rockin' Behind the Iron Curtain - Prescott Reed30. Russia, Russia (Lay That Missle Down) - Carl Perkins31. Tennessee - Ferlin Husky32. Let's Keep the Communists Out - Don Windle33. Iron Curtain Has Parted - Ken Carpenter, Bing Crosby34. Stars for Our Defense (Outro)Disc: 51. If the Bomb Falls, Pt. 1 [DVD] - Wanda Jackson2. If the Bomb Falls, Pt. 2 [DVD] - Bill Haley3. Complacent Americans, Pt. 1 [DVD]4. Complacent Americans, Pt. 2 [DVD] - Bob HopeDisc: 61. What Is Communism? [DVD] - Hank Williams2. Duck and Cover [DVD] - Hawkshaw Hawkins3. Our Cities Must Fight [DVD] - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup4. Warning Red [DVD] - Slim Gaillard5. Bombproof [DVD] - Josephine Premice6. Target You [DVD] - Leo Hoegh, Dennis James7. Information Program Within Public Shelters [DVD] - Billy Chambers8. 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