Atomic Platters 5 CDs/1 DVD Set

Europa13 · Post by **Europa13** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:35 am

[ Music -> Article ] - More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... Literature: CONELRAD</a> | More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... title=Bear Family Records">Music: Bear Family Records</a>

It appears that the good folks over at <a href="http://www.conelrad.com/" target="_self">CONELRAD</a> have been working with the German record label, <a href="http://www.bear-family.de/index_english.htm" target="_self">Bear Family Records</a>, over the last 2 years, to bring you, <a href="http://www.conelrad.com/media/atomicmusic/sh_boom.html" target="_self">Atomic Platters: Cold War Music From The Golden Age Of Homeland Security</a>...<blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px">"For the past two years the staff of CONELRAD has been engaged in a top secret project, a kind of "musical Manhattan Project," if you will. And not unlike the real Manhattan Project, our labor has resulted in a product that is extremely radioactive. Culturally radioactive, that is.
With this clandestine work finally concluded, we are extremely proud to formally announce that ATOMIC PLATTERS: COLD WAR MUSIC FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOMELAND SECURITY, a five CD/1 DVD box set capturing the best in vintage atomic music and film, will be released/detonated on August 6th! To ensure that this collection is definitive in every sense of the word, CONELRAD has worked hand-in-hard with the prestigious Bear Family Records of Germany to produce a set that should have fans of this genre salivating. Just look at what you’ll find on ATOMIC PLATTERS:<ul><li>Over 100 Cold War tracks featuring CONELRAD favorites Slim Gaillard, Janet Greene, The Goldwaters, Bill Haley, Ann-Marget, Carl Perkins, Carl Mann and many, many more!
</li><li>Two full-length spoken word 'scare' albums from 1961 re-issued for the first time: IF THE BOMB FALLS and THE COMPLACENT AMERICANS!
</li><li>More than two dozen frighteningly naïve Public Service Announcements, many voiced by such celebrities as Groucho Marx, Pat Boone and Johnny Cash!
</li><li>A DVD with nine short-subject civil defense and anti-Communist films!
</li><li>A nearly 300 page hardbound book bursting with Cold War era photos and bizarre art with liner notes by CONELRAD co-founder Bill Geerhart!"</li></ul></blockquote>Very nice indeed... And if you would like to get your copy, you can do so over at the <a href="http://www.bear-family.de/mailorder/" target="_self">Bear Family Records online store</a>. Finally, I would also like to extend best wishes and a happy birthday to the gents at <a href="http://www.conelrad.com/" target="_self">CONELRAD</a>, for their 6th birthday, Cheers! By the way, check out <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/conelrad" target="_self">CONELRAD's Online Store</a> if you're interested in perhaps a Fallout Shelter clock or something similar. UPDATE: Currently <a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_self">Amazon</a> has <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 84-2616076" target="_self">Atomic Platters</a> listed for preorder, with a price tag of $195.49... The release date is set for August 16th. Also, if you would like to hear some of the tunes before you buy, then check out <a href="http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/director ... c=Conelrad" target="_self">CONELRAD: Atomic Platters</a> on <a href="http://www.live365.com/" target="_self">Live365</a>. Spotted @ <a href="http://www.conelrad.com/">CONELRAD</a>

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:54 am

Not perhaps the best of music, but everything that starts with atomic is definitely a 'must get' for apoc freaks. Propaganda is best taken with a pinch of salt.