Who Doesn't Like Lovecraft?

As 2015 marked the 125th anniversary of the life legendary American horror author H.P. LOVECRAFT, spoken arts label, Cadabra Records, released the LP early February of two of the writer’s classic tales, The Hound & The Music Of Erich Zann.

The Houndcontains the first mention of the Necronomicon, H.P. LOVECRAFT’s infamous book of madness-inducing magic and cosmic terror. The story began on September 16th, 1922, as LOVECRAFT toured the Flatbush Reformed Church in Brooklyn with his friend Rheinhart Kleiner, writing about the visit in a letter: “Around the old pile is a hoary churchyard, with internments dating from around 1730 to the middle of the nineteenth century.... From one of the crumbling gravestones -- dated 1747 -- I chipped a small piece to carry away. It lies before me as I write -- and ought to suggest some sort of horror-story. I must place it beneath my pillow as I sleep... who can say what thing might not come out of the centuried earth to exact vengeance for his desecrated tomb? And should it come, who can say what it might not resemble?”

Celebrating the first time H.P. LOVECRAFT’s works have been read on vinyl in over thirty-five years, the release of The Hound & The Music Of Erich Zann marks the first in a series of LP releases Cadabra will be issuing over the next few years. In this maiden piece of the ominous collection, reader Andrew Leman brings to life stories The Hound and The Music Of Erich Zann. Leman is a partner of the H.P. LOVECRAFT This torical society, a professional actor with years of stage, screen, and audio performances including The Call Of Cthulhu, The Whisperer In Darkness, and Dark Adventure Radio Theatre, his voice capturing the terror, dread, suspense and madness permeating LOVECRAFT's writing. The liner notes for The Hound& The Music Of Erich Zannwere written by S.T. Joshi, aleading scholar on the writer and the author of H. P. Lovecraft: The Decline Of The West, I Am Providence: The Life And Times Of H. P. Lovecraft, Lovecraft And An Age In Transition, and other critical and biographical works. The pristine auditory delivery of the ominous tales includes sound and effects handled by Teratoma Sound Lab, with its artwork handled by Alan Brown.

LOVECRAFT remains a master of the weird tale, his influence has spanned through generations of film makers, musicians, artists, and authors alike. Whether you've already read his work or are new to it, you will gasp in wonder to the horrors within. Dim the lights, close your eyes, and listen to some of the greatest tales of horror ever told.

The Lurking FearLP, Pickman’s Model and The Picture In The House LP, Hallowe'en In A Suburb & Others and other Lovecraft stories will be released later in the series.

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Sevine E. Levine    August 20, 2016