Record compiles musical screams

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Several New York record stores are carrying a 12-inch vinyl disc called "Favorite Recorded Scream," which samples various screams from famous songs.

LeRoy Stevens, 25, the record's creator, said he compiled the screams from songs by artists including The Pixies, the Stooges, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, De La Soul, Slayer and Bjork using a list he generated by asking every employee at every record store he could find for their favorite in-song screams, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

"For six months this is pretty much all I did," Stevens said. "Every day I'd say, 'OK, I'm going to go to these six places,' and I'd go off by bike or walking. It was tough. A lot of stores would say, 'We like your project, but please come back another time.' Some places I had to visit four or five times."

Stevens, who recently moved from Chicago to New York, said the project helped him form local ties.

"I just moved here, and didn't really know anybody, and instantly I sort of had the in at every record store," he said. "I walk in, and they're like, 'Hey, it's LeRoy the scream guy.'"