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:

• 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!


• Two full-length spoken word 'scare' albums from 1961 re-issued for the first time: IF THE BOMB FALLS and THE COMPLACENT AMERICANS!


• More than two dozen frighteningly naïve Public Service Announcements, many voiced by such celebrities as Groucho Marx, Pat Boone and Johnny Cash!


• A DVD with nine short-subject civil defense and anti-Communist films!


• A nearly 300 page hardbound book bursting with Cold War era photos and bizarre art with liner notes by CONELRAD co-founder Bill Geerhart!

ATOMIC PLATTERS: Cold War Music from the Golden Age of Homeland Security
Bear Family Records, BCD 16065 FL, EAN: 4000127160652
ISBN: 3-89916-141-6
5 CDs/1 DVD (9 Short subject motion pictures circa 1950s/1960s) with 292-page hardbound page book
Release Date: August 6, 2005

1. CONELRAD Radio Alert 'Real Thing' (WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY)
RECORDED 1953 | PUBLISHED 2005

2. Slim Gaillard Quartette: Atomic Cocktail
(Slim Gaillard) Atomic 215
RECORDED 1945 | PUBLISHED 1946

3. Fay Simmons: You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb
unissued (recorded 1954) Flyright Fly CD 37 'Talk To Me Daddy'
PUBLISHED 1991

4. The Kavaliers: Get That Communist, Joe
(Bernard Weinman-Richard Dorney) Republic 7091
PUBLISHED 1954

5. The Buchanan Brothers: Atomic Power
(Fred Kirby) RCA Victor 20-1850
PUBLISHED 1946

6. Groucho Marx: Civil Defense Spot: Excellent Chances
PUBLISHED 1953

7. Amos Milburn: Atomic Baby
(F. Hayward and M. Tucker) Aladdin unissued Capitol CDP 7243
RECORDED 1950 | PUBLISHED 1996

8. Doris Day: Tic, Tic, Tic
(Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Ralph Blaine) unissued Rhino R2 75543
RECORDED 1949 | PUBLISHED 1998

9. The Five Stars: Atom Bomb Baby
(I.F. Young) Kernel 002 / Dot 15 579
PUBLISHED 1957

10. Carson Robison: I'm No Communist
(Scotty Wiseman) MGM K 11 293
PUBLISHED 1952

11. Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have (Keep Working)
PUBLISHED 1951

12. The Talbot Brothers of Bermuda: Atomic Nightmare
(Archie Talbot) ABC 9952; ABC LP 156 'Calypsos'
PUBLISHED 1957

13. Skip Stanley: Satellite Baby
(Skip Stanley) Spotlight 399
PUBLISHED 1956

14. Wanda Jackson: Fujiyama Mama
(Earl Burrows) Capitol F 3843
PUBLISHED 1957

15. Bill Haley and His Comets: Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)
(Dickie Thompson) Decca 9-29124
PUBLISHED 1954

16. Bob Hope: Civil Defense Spot: Pattern of Survival
PUBLISHED 1953

17. Hank Williams: No, No Joe
(Fred Rose) MGM 10 806
PUBLISHED 1950

18. Hawkshaw Hawkins: When They Found The Atomic Power
(Hawkins-Big Slim) King 611
PUBLISHED 1947

19. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup: I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
(Arthur Crudup) RCA Victor 22/50-0141
PUBLISHED 1951

20. Josephine Premice: Leave De Atom Alone
(Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg)
RCA Victor LOC 1103 'Jamaica'
PUBLISHED 1958

21. Dennis James (Announcer); Leo Hoegh (Civil Defense Director): Civil Defense Spot: $212 Fallout Shelter
PUBLISHED 1959

22. Billy Chambers: Fallout Shelter
(Bobby Braddock) DJ Records 2974
PUBLISHED 1962

23. Sheldon Allman: Radioactive Mama
(Sheldon Allman) Hi Fidelity Records R 415 'Folk Songs for the 21st Century'
PUBLISHED 1960

24. Teresa Brewer: Satellite
(Ted Pandel-Bruce Haack) Coral 9-62 057
PUBLISHED 1958

25. Walker Edmiston as Barky: I Dreamt I Saw Khrushchev (In A Pink Cadillac)
(Mel Leven) Touche 6000
PUBLISHED 1962

26. Art Linkletter: Civil Defense Spot: Don't Use the Phone!
PUBLISHED 1953

27. Al Rex: Hydrogen Bomb
(A. Rex) Arcade unissued Roller Coaster Records-ROLL 2001 ''Rockaphilly! Philadelphia Rock 'n' Roll'
PUBLISHED 1979 | RECORDED 1959

28. Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers: When They Drop The Atomic Bomb
(Howard) Mercury 6322
PUBLISHED 1951

29. Sir Lancelot: Atomic Energy
(Ray Glazer-Sir Lancelot) Charter 102
PUBLISHED 1947

30. Homer Harris (with Muddy Waters): Atomic Bomb Blues
(Homer Harris) Columbia unissued (recorded 1946) CK 46217
PUBLISHED 1990

31. Eddie Hill: I Changed My Mind
(Joan Javits-C. R. Grean) RCA Victor 20/47-5641
PUBLISHED 1954

32. Lowell Blanchard and the Valley Trio: Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb
(L. McCollum) Mercury 6260
PUBLISHED 1950

33. Floyd Tillman: This Cold War With You
(Tillman) Columbia 20 615-4
PUBLISHED 1949

34. Civil Defense Spot: Take The Step (Grandma's Pantry)
PUBLISHED 1953

1. Civil Defense Spot: CONELRAD 'Test Announcement'
PUBLISHED 1956

2. Dick 'Two Ton' Baker: Bert The Turtle (The Duck And Cover Song)
(Leon Carr-Leo Corday-Leo Langlois) Coral 9-69025
PUBLISHED 1953

3. Sheldon Allman: Crawl Out Through The Fallout
(Allman) Hi-Fidelity Records R-415 'Folk Songs For The 21st Century'
PUBLISHED 1960

4. Karl & Harty: When The Atom Bomb Fell
(Davis-Taylor) Columbia 36 982-4
PUBLISHED 1946

5. Jim Eanes: They Locked God Outside The Iron Curtain
(B. Crandall-E. Ellis) Decca 9-46 403
PUBLISHED 1952

6. Sammy Salvo: A Mushroom Cloud
(Boudleaux Bryant) Hickory 45-1138
PUBLISHED 1961

7. Tony Bennett: Civil Defense Spot: Nuclear Attack
PUBLISHED 1959

8. H-Bomb Ferguson: Rock H-Bomb Rock
(Ferguson) Atlas 1001
PUBLISHED 1952

9. Roosevelt Sykes: Sputnik Baby
(Pickard-Buckalew) House Of Sound 1006
PUBLISHED 1957

10. Sonny Russell: Fifty Megatons
(E. Russell) Band Box 332
PUBLISHED 1963

11. Linda Hayes with the Red Callender Sextette: Atomic Baby
(F. Hayward and M. Tucker) Hollywood 407
PUBLISHED 1953

12. Civil Defense Spot: Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow
PUBLISHED 1953

13. Ray Anderson: Stalin Kicked The Bucket
(Anderson) Kentucky 573
PUBLISHED 1953

14. Warren Smith: Uranium Rock
(Al Hopson) Sun unissued (recorded 1958)
Bear Family BCD 15514 'Classic Recordings'
PUBLISHED 1972

15. The Louvin Brothers: Great Atomic Power
(Ira Louvin-Charles Louvin-Buddy Bain) MGM 11 277
PUBLISHED 1952

16. Fred MacMurray: Civil Defense Spot: Family Fallout Shelter Booklet
PUBLISHED 1959

17. Tommy James: The Commies Are Coming
Tornado 149
PUBLISHED 1969

18. Tom Lehrer: We'll All Go Together When We Go
(Tom Lehrer) Lehrer Records TL 202S LP 'An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer'
PUBLISHED 1959

19. The Cuff Links: Guided Missiles
(A. Gaitwood) Dootone 409
PUBLISHED 1956

20. Ray Anderson and the Homefolks: Sputniks And Mutniks
(Anderson) Starday 342
PUBLISHED 1958

21. Civil Defense Spot: CONELRAD, Sounds Pretty Complicated
PUBLISHED 1953

22. The Goldwaters: Down In Havana
Greenleaf M101-63A 'The Goldwaters Sing Folk Songs To Bug The Liberals'
PUBLISHED 1964

23. Marty Robbins: Ain't I Right
(Marty Robbins) Columbia 4-43651; Bear Family BCD 15655
PUBLISHED 1966

24. The Commodores: Uranium
(Artie Glenn) Dot 15 372
PUBLISHED 1955

25. Civil Defense Spot: Take the Step (Four Wheels To Survival)
PUBLISHED 1953

26. Jack Holden & Frances Kay: The Fiery Bear
(Shorty Thompson-Jim Lowe) RCA Victor 21/48-0386
PUBLISHED 1950

27. The Crown City Four: Watch World War Three (On Pay TV)
(Dick Sherman-Milt Larsen) Pip 1901 'Sing A Song Of Sickness'
PUBLISHED 1960

28. Al Rogers and his Rocky Mountain Boys: The Hydrogen Bomb
(Street Sawyer-Angus MacDonald) X 4X-0029
PUBLISHED 1954

29. Elton Britt: The Red We Want Is The Red We Got
(Jimmy Kennedy-Bickley Reichner) RCA Victor 21-0381
PUBLISHED 1950

30. Pat Boone: Civil Defense: Warning Signals
PUBLISHED 1959

31. Mike Fern, Mike (aka Mike Fernandez): A Bomb Bop
(Fernandez-Kramer) Demo 4
PUBLISHED 1959

32. Carl Mann: Satellite No. 2
(Carl Mann) Jaxon unissued (recorded 1958)
Stomper Time STCD 5 'Carl Mann, Gonna Rock 'n' Roll Tonight' PUBLISHED 1994

33. Mike & Bernie Winters: Fallout Shelter
(P. Scott-Peters) Oriole 1718
PUBLISHED 1961

34. Hank King with Bud Williams and his Smiling Buddies: Your Atom Bomb Heart
(Howard Vokes-Hank King; Arranged by Chaw Mank) Blue Ribbon 1925
PUBLISHED 1955

35. Civil Defense Spot: In Time Of Emergency (Not Contagious)
PUBLISHED 1968

1. Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have (Disaster on a Big Scale)
PUBLISHED 1951

2. Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts: Love That Bomb (Suggested by Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove)
(Carter-DeWitt) Colpix CP-723
PUBLISHED 1964

3. Glenn Barber: Atom Bomb
unissued (recorded 1955) Ace CHD 191
PUBLISHED 1992

4. Elton Britt: Uranium Fever
(Penny Britt) RCA Victor 20-6325
PUBLISHED 1955

5. Spencer and Spencer: Russian Bandstand
(Spencer-Spencer) Argo 5331
PUBLISHED 1959

6. Boris Karloff: Civil Defense Spot: Protect Your Home
PUBLISHED 1959

7. Swan's Silvertone Singers: Jesus Is God's Atomic Bomb
(Purcel Perkins) King 4391
PUBLISHED 1950

8. The Pilgrim Travelers: Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb
(Lee V. McCollum) Specialty 800
PUBLISHED 1951

9. Sam Hinton: Old Man Atom
(Vern Partlow-Irving Bibo) ABC Eagle 230 Columbia 38 929
PUBLISHED 1950

10. The Sons Of The Pioneers: Old Man Atom
(Vern Partlow-Irving Bibo) RCA Victor 21/48-0368
PUBLISHED 1950

11. Roy Acuff: Advice To Joe
(Acuff-Nunn) Columbia 20 858-4
PUBLISHED 1951

12. Civil Defense Spot: In Time of Emergency
(Take Notice of Fallout Shelter Signs)
PUBLISHED 1968

13. Dore Alpert: Fallout Shelter
(Frank D'Amico-Herb Alpert) Carnival Records CAR-1002
PUBLISHED 1962

14. Fred Kirby: When That Hell Bomb Falls
(Fred Kirby) Columbia 20 740-4
PUBLISHED 1950

15. Hal Block with the Tony Borrello Orchestra: The Senator McCarthy Blues
(Hal Block) Jubilee 5149
PUBLISHED 1954

16. Ann-Margret: Thirteen Men
(Dickie Thompson) RCA Victor LSP 2551 'The Vivacious One'
PUBLISHED 1962

17. Mitzi Gaynor: Civil Defense Spot: 640-1240
PUBLISHED 1959

18. The Buchanan Brothers: There's A Power Greater Than Atomic
(Whitey-Hogan) RCA Victor 20-2553
PUBLISHED 1947

19. Louisiana Red: Red's Dream
(Glover-Levy-Reig; arranged and conducted by Henry Glover) Roulette 4469
PUBLISHED 1962

20. Little Caesar and the Red Callender Sextette: Atomic Love
(Jacques) Hollywood 239
PUBLISHED 1953

21. Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith and his Crackerjacks: Mr. Stalin You're Eating Too High Of (Smith-Trader) MGM 10 829
PUBLISHED 1950

22. Civil Defense Spot: Psychiatrist (Shelter Signs)
PUBLISHED 1965

23. The Spirit of Memphis Quartet: Atomic Telephone
(Smith-Glover-Mann) King 4521
PUBLISHED 1952

24. The Goons (Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan): A Russian Love Song
(Milligan-Stephens) Decca (British) F 10 945
PUBLISHED 1957

25. Red McCoy with the Sons of the Soil: Rock And Roll Atom
[Wayne Busbice (Red McCoy)] Mount Vernon LP 157
PUBLISHED 1959

26. Red River Dave (Dave McEnery): Ballad Of Francis Powers (There's a Star Spangled B (McEnery-Roberts-Darnell) Savoy 3020
PUBLISHED 1960

27. Howard Duff: Civil Defense Spot: Remember, 640-1240
PUBLISHED 1959

28. Mike Russo: Agnes (The Teenage Russian Spy)
(Composer Unknown) Big Top LP 1305 'Mad 'Twists' Rock 'N' Roll'
PUBLISHED 1963

29. Bo Diddley: Mr. Khruschev
(E. McDaniel) Checker LP 2984 'Bo Diddley'
PUBLISHED 1962

30. Toni Fisher, and the Wayne Shanklin Orchestra: West Of The Wall
(Wayne Shanklin) Big Top 3097
PUBLISHED 1962

31. Chris Cerf: (My) Fallout Filly (With The Atomic Kiss)
(C. B. Cerf-L.M. Chazen) Vanitas V-4401 LP 'The Harvard Tabernacle Choir Sings At Leningrad Stadium'
PUBLISHED 1961

32. Jay Chevalier: Khrushchev And The Devil
(Jay Chevalier-Dee Marais) Cotton Town Jubilee 102
PUBLISHED 1962

33. Dexter Logan and Darrell Edwards: The Song Of The Atom Bomb
(S.C McElhannon-M.A. Mayes) Sacred J 372
PUBLISHED 1952

34. Sammy Cahn & Paul Weston: Civil Defense March (Heads Up America)
(Sammy Cahn-Paul Weston)
PUBLISHED 1957

35. Civil Defense Spot: In Time of Emergency (Brilliant Nuclear Flash)
PUBLISHED 1968

1. Civil Defense Spot: How Much Time Do We Have (Fortress Main Street)
PUBLISHED 1951

2. Billy Hughes and his Rhythm Buckeroos: Atomic Sermon
(Billy Hughes) Space 1002
PUBLISHED 1953

3. Buddy Hawk and his Buddies: Death Of Joe Stalin (Good Riddance)
(Ernest Hawk) Atlantic 7074
PUBLISHED 1953

4. Golden Gate Quartet: Atom and Evil
(Zaret-Singer) Columbia 37 236-4
PUBLISHED 1947

5.Tommy Duncan: Relax And Take It Easy
(Whitey Simpson) Intro 6037
PUBLISHED 1951

6. Connie Francis: Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, for Survival Tomorrow
PUBLISHED 1959

7. Rudy Gaddis: Uranium Fever
(R. Gaddis-J. Gaddis) Starday 217
PUBLISHED 1955

8. Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang: Atom Bomb Baby
(Anne Jones) RCA Victor 20-2985
PUBLISHED 1948

9. Janet Greene: Poor Left-Winger
(Janet Greene) Chantico LP 'What is Communism?'
Janet Greene Sings – Nature Of Communism Series UB 2160
PUBLISHED 1966

10. Jimmie Driftwood: The Bear Flew Over The Ocean
(Jimmie Driftwood) RCA Victor 47-7603
PUBLISHED 1959

11. Civil Defense Spot: In Time Of Emergency (Basic Supplies)
PUBLISHED 1968

12. Dexter Gordon: Bikini
(Gordon) Dial 1022 / D-1087
PUBLISHED 1947

13. Red River Dave (Dave McEnery): Trial Of Francis Powers
(Dave McEnery) Savoy 3023
PUBLISHED 1960

14. Don Meehan: An Open Letter To Khrushchev
(Don Meehan) Joy 246
PUBLISHED 1961

15. The Jewels: B. Bomb Baby
(Johnny Torrence) RPM 474
PUBLISHED 1956

16. Bradley Kincaid: Brush The Dust From That Old Bible
(Bradley Kincaid) Capitol 1276
PUBLISHED 1950

17. Joni James: Civil Defense Spot: Every Living Thing
PUBLISHED 1959

18. Al Barkle with the Tri-Tones: Sputnik II
(Les Kangas) Vita-45-173
PUBLISHED 1957

19. The Buchanan Brothers: When You See Those Flying Saucers
(Cy Coben-Charlie Green) RCA Victor 20-2385
PUBLISHED 1947

20. Loy Clingman: Uranium Blues
(Loy Clingman) Viv 2001
PUBLISHED 1955

21. The Louvin Brothers: Weapon Of Prayer
(Charles & Ira Louvin) MGM 10 988
PUBLISHED 1951

22. Announcer: Don Pardo: Civil Defense Spot: Message from Mars (CONELRAD Jingle)
PUBLISHED 1953

23. George McKelvey: My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen)
(McKelvey) Scopitone (American Gramophone GR-5)
PUBLISHED 1964

24. Unidentified: H-Bomb
Collector Records 4446 'Rockin' Acetates'
PUBLISHED 1998

25. The Charades: Hammers And Sickles
(H. Jackson Brown, Jr.) Monument 921
PUBLISHED 1966

26. Jerry Engler and the Four Ekkos: Sputnik (Satellite Girl)
(Jerry Engler) Brunswick 9-55037
PUBLISHED 1957

27. Johnny Cash: Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves
PUBLISHED 1959

28. Harold Weakley: To Russia With Care
(G. Crysler) Columbia 4-43841
PUBLISHED 1966

29. Bobby Marchan and the Clowns: Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain
(Huey Smith) Ace 557
PUBLISHED 1959

30. Prescott Reed: Russia, Russia (Lay That Missile Down)
(Tom Glazer) Brunswick 9-55104
PUBLISHED 1958

31. Carl Perkins: Tennessee
(Carl Perkins) Sun 235
PUBLISHED 1956

32. Ferlin 'Terry Preston' Husky: Let's Keep The Communists Out
(Preston) 4 Star 1518
PUBLISHED 1950

33. Don Windle: The Iron Curtain Has Parted
(Jimmy Rule) Republic 7045
PUBLISHED 1953

34. Bing Crosby & Ken Carpenter: Stars For Defense Outro
PUBLISHED 1959

IF THE BOMB FALLS
(Tops L 1728)
PUBLISHED 1961

THE COMPLACENT AMERICANS
("A Cee Dee Original" Cee Dee Record Company)
PUBLISHED 1961

TARGET YOU! Cold War Educational Films from the Golden Age of Homeland Security

WHAT IS COMMUNISM? [ 1963 ]
Presented by The National Education Program, Searcy, Arkansas
A Jerry Fairbanks Production
Speaker: Herbert A. Philbrick
Introductory Narration: Paul Frees (uncredited):

DUCK AND COVER [ 1951 ]
Produced by Archer Productions, Inc. for the Federal Civil Defense Administration in consultation with the Safety Commission of the National Education Administration
Director: Anthony Rizzo
Cameraman: Drummond Drury
Screenwriter: Ray J. Mauer
Art Director: Lars E. Calonius
Executive Producer: Leo M. Langlois
Music Arrangement: Dave Lambert
Narrator: Robert Middleton (uncredited)
Voice of Bert the Turtle: Carl Ritchie (uncredited)

OUR CITIES MUST FIGHT [ 1951 ]
Produced by Archer Productions, Inc. for the Federal Civil Defense Administration Director: Anthony Rizzo
Screenwriter: Ray J. Mauer
Executive Producer: Leo M. Langlois

WARNING RED [ 1956 ]
Produced by Norwood Studios in cooperation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration
Director: Nicholas Webster
Screenwriter: Kirby Hawkes
Producer: Phillip Martin
Cast: Joseph Cunningham, Melvin Scheldt, Mary Reading Miller

BOMBPROOF [ 1956 ]
Presented by the Burroughs Corporation
A Robert J. Enders Production
Produced in cooperation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration
Producer and Director: Robert L. Friend
Screenwriter: Will H. Connelly
Starring: Walter Abel

TARGET YOU [ ca. 1953 ]
The Federal Civil Defense Administration
A Philip Ragan Production

INFORMATION PROGRAM WITHIN PUBLIC SHELTERS [ 1963 ]
Presented by The Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense

OCCUPYING A PUBLIC SHELTER [ 1965 ]
Presented by The United States Army and the Office of Civil Defense

TOWN OF THE TIMES [ 1963 ]
Presented by The Department of Defense
A Wilding Production
Cast:
Ralph Meeker as George McCardle
Larry Gates as William Groves
Milo Bolton as Dennis J. Allen
Robert Allen as The Mayor
Doris Renna as Mrs. Groves