Paul Frees & The Poster People

What can be said for someone like Paul Frees? Probably the most magnanimous of all voice actors. Voicing some of the most iconic characters and narration for Disney, Hannah-Barbera, Filmation and Rankin/Bass to name a few, Frees and versatile four-octave range kept him in steady work for radio, television and film from the 1940's until his death of heart failure in 1986 at the age of 66. Not only did Frees help create some of the most identifiable characters in pop culture, such as Professor Von Drake, The Pilsburry Dough Boy, Boris Badanov and the narrator for The Haunted Mansion, he also had a keen sense for voice mimicry. Frees has done impersonations of Chico Marx, Orson Welles and John Lennon to name a few, as well as the voices on this record. I found this on a blog four or five years ago, and I'm not sure if it's still available... so here it is, in all it's wonderful glory. The album could very well be some kind of Golden Throats/Ultra-Lounge hybrid. The W.C. Fields and Peter Lorre tracks are probably my favorites, making more comps I've given away than I can remember.

Paul Frees
Paul Frees & The Poster People, MGM #SE 4735
1970

01. Mama Told Me Not To Come - The voice of W.C. Fields
02. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - The voice of Humphrey Bogart
03. Let It Be - The voice of Warner Oland in the character of Charlie Chan
04. The Look of Love - The voice of Boris Karloff
05. Sugar Sugar - The voice of Sidney Greenstreet
06. Hey Jude - The voice of Peter Lorre
07. By The Time I Get To Phoenix - The voice of Clark Gable
08. Games People Play - The voice of Bela Lugosi
09. Up Up and Away - The voice of Ed Wynn
10. Everything Is Beautiful - All of the voices

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