Here Comes Garfield! [LINK FIXED (sort of)]

This one was contributed to the site by both Kids Music Fan from Boston and an Anonymous donor. This has songs from (and inspired by) the animated special "Here Comes Garfield". Enjoy, and thanks again KMFfB and Anonymous!

Here's the track list:

1. Here Comes Garfield - Lou Rawls
2. Move Me - Desiree Goyette
3. Foolin' Around - Lou Rawls and Desiree Goyette
4. Long About Midlight - Lou Rawls
5. Big Fat Hairy Deal - Lou Rawls
6. Up On a Fence - Desiree Goyette
7. Life Is Just a Roller Coaster - Lou Rawls
8. So Long Old Friend - Desiree Goyette
9. Together Again - Lou Rawls and Desiree Goyette
10. Here Comes Garfield (Reprise) - Desiree Goyette

NOTE: The links I had here stopped working, so here's a link to the files that I got from one of my readers:

http://www.box.net/public/hzemu26ib3

You have to download each song separately, but it'll work for now!

HB Musical Songfest

Here's a neat little record from 1961 performed by the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra and the Golden Tones. In it, the established characters of Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, and Yogi Bear introduce songs sung by (or about) the lesser-known characters of Snuffles, Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling, and Cindy Bear respectively. Once again we don't have the real voice artists (which in this case, would be almost all Daws Butler), but it's fun anyway. For some reason though, the lady doing Cindy's singing voice sounds kind of like Olive Oyl with a Southern accent! Anyway, hope you enjoy this!

Here's the track list:

1. Quick Draw McGraw Presents Sniffles
2. Huckleberry Hound Presents Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling
3. Yogi Bear Presents Cindy Bear

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Happy (Late) Washington's Birthday from me and (the also late) Bob Hope!

(I was hoping to find a picture of Bob Hope from a skit dressed as George Washington, but I didn't have any luck!)

Well, here's yet another selection from the CD "Bob Hope - Thanks for the Holidays". In this one, he's telling jokes in honor of George Washington's birthday, which was on February 22nd. Sorry I was late getting it over here. Here it is now though. Hope you like it!

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Cabbage Patch Dreams

Well, here's the last one of mine that I had in reserve. It's a collection of songs and a story featuring the Cabbage Patch Kids. This is (to my knowledge) the only album published by Parker Brothers Music. Were there others?

I've got a few other albums sent to me by some of my wonderful readers. Give me a chance to go through them and get them uploaded and I'll try to get some up here soon!

Here's the track list:

1. Cabbage Patch Theme
2. Babyland
3. Villains Three
4. Good Ole Otis Lee
5. Happy Birthday Hoe-Down
6. The Bunny-Bee Song
7. Get Back Home
8. Run Run Run
9. Cabbage Patch Dreams
10. Cabbage Patch Parade
    

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The Fun Songs of Shamu and His Crew

And here's another great contribution from "Kids Music Fan from Boston". This one features Shamu and all his Sea World friends performing skits and singing catchy tunes (or would that be "tunas"?) Anyway, thanks again KMFFB!!

Here's the track list:

1. The Sea Is My World
2. The Fun Ship
3. Don't Clam Up
4. The Ballad of Pete and Penny Penguin
5. Fill Your Bill
6. Doin' the Dolphin
7. Seal It With a Kiss
8. Stick With It
9. That's the Way We Are
10. The Sea Is My World (Reprise)

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Happy Valentine's Day from Me and Bob Hope!

(I was going to try to find a picture of Cupid and put Bob Hope's face on it, but I didn't have time to do it.)

Here's another track from the CD "Bob Hope: Thanks for the Holidays". He talks about old maids, Jack Benny, Jane Russell, and lots more!

Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! I'll try to get another new album up here shortly.

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Quick Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound

Here's an old one for you from 1959. It was actually mentioned on the back of the Huckleberry Hound album I posted a while back. Lots of fun stuff here (even if they don't use the original voices). The last few songs listed actually pertained to characters from the show "Ruff and Reddy" (the dog and cat pictured in the middle window of the stagecoach.) And any record that has the theme song for El Kabong has gotta be good!

Here's the track list:

1. Quick Draw McGraw


2. Baba Looey


3. Super Snooper


4. Blabber Mouse


5. Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy


6. Ooch, Ooch! Ouch!


7. El Kabong!


8. Huckleberry Hound


9. Mr. Jinks


10. Iddy Biddy Buddy


11. Pixie and Dixie


12. Boo Boo Bear


13. Yogi Bear


14. Ruff and Reddy


15. Killer and Diller


16. Salt Water Daffy


17. Harry Safari


18. Ubble and Ubble


19. Professor Gizmo

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McDonald's $1,000,000 Menu Song (with some bonus videos to boot!)

Here's another contribution from "Kids Music Fan from Boston"! This was a contest that McDonald's ran in 1988. If the crowd on the record sang all the words correctly, you won a million dollars! This wasn't a winning record, but I imagine those would be pretty hard to come by now. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy it, and thanks again "KMFfB"!

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I forgot to put the graphic of the record only in the file, so if you want it, you can save the pic below:


Here's a cute video somebody put together for this song.



Also, as a special bonus, if you aren't familiar with the song "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) (which was the direct inspiration for the Menu song), here's a couple of fun videos showing you what that song was all about (I couldn't decide which one I liked more, so I included both for your viewing pleasure)...



And the other one...

Come On and Zoom [LINK FIXED!]

How many of you remember "Zoom"? This show was known for its interactivity with its audience. In fact, many of the skits and craft projects were sent in by kids in hopes of seeing their ideas on TV. Zoom had a rotating cast, so I don't know if I remember everybody in this picture. I think the boy at the top left was Danny, and the chubby boy to the far right was Mike. The Asian girl in the next row was Bernadette (she of the magic twirling arms). I think David is next to her. I believe the black boy is Leon. The girl to his right is Maura, and Jay is on the bottom row in the middle. Not bad considering I probably haven't seen this show in over 20 years! Anyhow, if you watched the show very often, you'll know a lot of these songs, including the Fannee Doolee song and the Ubbi-Dubbi madrigal. You'll also remember the address to send your stuff to. (Zoom, Box 350, Boston Mass, OH-two-ONE-three-FOUR.) Hope this brings back some fun memories for you!

Here's the track list:

1. Zoom - Theme
2. Stay All Night
3. Games
4. The Lollipop Tree
5. Witches Brew
6. Michael Row the Boat Ashore
7. I Believe in Music
8. Twinkle (A Mad Tea Party)
9. Piccolomini
10. Ballin' the Jack
11. Wishes
12. Fannee Doolee
13. Address Song - Send It to Zoom!
14. Fannee Doolee - Answer
15. Ubbi-Dubbi
16. Zoom Close

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Strawberry Shortcake's Country Jamboree

This one was requested by one of my readers a few months ago, and I just recently snagged a copy. This is a fun little story with some cute songs. I think the thing I like best though is the overly dramatic narrator that sounds like he's trying to be Jon Lovitz! Anyway, I'm happy I was finally able to get this one on here, and I hope whoever requested it didn't give up on me!

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Yogi Bear: How to Be a Better-Than-the Average Child Without Really Trying

Here's a great contribution from a reader identified as "Kids Music Fan from Boston". It's an album of safety songs starring Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, and Cindy Bear. There's a lot of neat catchy stuff here. I don't think this is Daws Butler voicing Yogi though. I could be wrong here, but the voice of Yogi sounds an awful lot like Stan Freberg to me. I had heard somewhere that he had done voice work on some of these records, but I have no proof that this is him here. What do you guys think? Whoever it is did a really good job with Yogi's vocal mannerisms. Boo Boo and Cindy don't fare quite as well though.

As a bonus, the album includes the theme songs to Top Cat, Touche Turtle, and other cartoons. I like these because they're extended versions of the theme songs we're familiar with. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this. Thanks again Kids Music Fan from Boston!

Here's the track list:

1. Introduction - Yogi Bear Is Better
2. Happy as a Clam
3. Everybody Makes Mistakes
4. Get Neat
5. Doodlin' and Dawdlin'
6. Don't Do Unto Others What You Don't Want Done to You
7. Take a Little Care
8. A Little This, a Little That
9. So Many Rules!
10. There's a Reason for the Rules
11. Parents Are People Too
12. Reprise (You Can Be a Better Child)
13. Top Cat
14. Wally Gator
15. Dum Dum
16. Touche Turtle
17. Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har

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Songs and Stories About the Justice League of America

And now to round out the trilogy(?) of Tifton's DC hero albums, here's "Songs and Stories About the Justice League of America", donated to the blog by "Herr Anonymous". It contains a rousing song about the Justice League ("Are you ready?" "YEAH!" "Are you with it?" "YEAH!") and a song and story each for Wonder Woman, Plastic Man, Metamorpho, Aquaman, and the Flash. Has this group (including Superman and Batman who make the roll call but are otherwise not represented here) ever been the lineup for the Justice League?? There's lots of neat stuff here with toe-tapping tunes and fun stories.

I think one of my favorite odd things is in the Aquaman story. Two sailors are talking in a lighthouse on a far-off island. They hear on the radio that their supply ship has mysteriously disappeared. Suddenly Aquaman and Mera are there talking to them. They talk for a little while and then just as suddenly Hydro (the villain of our piece) shows up. They never explain how they just seem to appear out of nowhere. I guess they didn't have time to explain that part!

According to my source, this is actually a combination of the Tifton Records album and the later released Power Records version. Hope you guys enjoy this. Thanks again, Herr Anonymous!!

Here's the track list:

1. Song: The Justice League of America
2. Song: Wonder Woman
3. Story: Wonder Woman - The Return of Brunhilde
4. Song: Plastic Man
5. Story: Plastic Man - The Invasion of the Plastic Men
6. Song: Metamorpho
7. Story: Metamorpho vs. Fumo the Fire Giant
8. Song: Aquaman
9. Story: Aquaman - The Defeat of the Dehydrator
10. Song: The Flash
11. Story: The Flash - The Three Faces of Mr. Big

Click here or here or here to download!

And by the way, here's what the Power Records version of this album looked like. Some great Neal Adams work here. (Don't worry, both covers are included in the download) :

Children's Treasury of Batman Musical Stories

Here's the perfect companion to the Superman Musical Stories album I shared earlier. This one features two songs each for Batman, Robin, the Joker, the Penguin, and the Batmobile. The record credits the group "The Merriettes" as the artist on these songs. Anybody here familiar with them? Here's another question. On the song "Ho Ho Ho the Joker's Wild", is it just me or does the intro sound exactly like the theme to Casper the Friendly Ghost? And if so, why??

Anyway, here it is. Enjoy!

Here's the track list:

1. Look Out for the Batman
2. Ho Ho Ho the Joker's Wild
3. The Wonderful Boy Wonder
4. The Penguin
5. Here Comes the Batmobile
6. It's the Batman
7. The Joker Gets Trumped
8. There Goes Robin
9. A Penguin Caper
10. The Battiest Car Around

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The Chipmunks Sing with Children

This is the album I meant to put on here after the Busy Beavers album. I like the Chipmunks and have a number of their old albums, but I had not heard of this out-of-print one from 1965 until recently. It was an interesting experiment, mixing the sped-up voices of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore with a children's chorus (the Jimmy Joyce Singers), but it's a nice change. And you can tell that the budget allowed for a more up to date collection of songs used here as well. Hope you like it!

Here's the track list:

1. Do-Re-Mi
2. Rag Mop
3. Me Too (Ho-Ho! Ha-Ha!)
4. Mister Sandman
5. Hello Dolly
6. Puff the Magic Dragon
7. Tonight You Belong to Me
8. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
9. Tea for Two
10. Que Sera Sera
11. Mississippi Mud
12. Down by the Old Mill Stream

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Aunt Theresa, Please Tell Me a Story

(I actually wanted to get more info on this one before I Published it, but I hit the wrong button! So enjoy it for now, and I'll write more about it later!!)

Here's that track list:

1. The Leopard
2. The Haunted House
3. Not So Silly
4. The Piece of Wood That Talked
5. Lost Mittens
6. Picking Berries
7. Driving the Car

And here's the link:

Click here or here to download!

Let's All Sing with the Busy Beavers

Continuing with the squeaky voiced rodent theme, here's the Busy Beavers. I don't think I remember these guys. This record's OK, but you can tell by the song selection it was pretty low budget. The only somewhat creative bit is when they sing part of "Polly Wolly Doodle" in Pig Latin. ("What's Pig Latin?" "Aww, go ask your Mom!") This does have the adult figure leading them (like David Seville), but they seem too well-behaved to need it. Anyway, this one's still pretty fun. Next, I'll have an album from the guys who did it best. Meanwhile...


Here's the track list:

1. Old MacDonald's Farm
2. Polly Wolly Doodle
3. Row Row Row Your Boat/Brother John/Three Blind Mice
4. On Top of Old Smokey
5. Pop Goes the Weasel
6. Ten Little Indians
7. Yankee Doodle/The Yellow Rose of Texas/She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
8. Alouette
9. Humoresque/Swanee River
10. Home on the Range/Red River Valley/Whoopie Ti Yi Yo

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The Happy Hamsters Go Ghostbustin'

This one's just indescribably goofy. It stars the Happy Hamsters, another Chipmunks knock-off. If you'll notice by looking at the track list, half of these songs are instrumentals from movies. In those, the Happy Hamsters pretend that they are in the movie in question. The jokes aren't very good. For example, here's one from "Imperial March": "We've got to find Luke and the rebels!" "Who are they?" "A punk band from Queens." HAHAHAHAHAHA...WHA???

Anyway, this does have its own bizarre charm, so I hope you enjoy it!

Here's the track list:

1. Ghostbusters
2. Imperial March
3. Maneater
4. Dracula
5. Somebody's Watching Me
6. The Gremlin Rag
7. Maniac
8. Thriller
9. Carol Anne's Theme (From "Poltergeist")

Click here or here to download! (more links coming)

The Amazing Adventures of Pac-Man

I'm sick at home today, so I figured it would be a good time to throw another album on here for you. Here's a crazy one that came out in 1980 featuring Pac-Man. I don't know what to say about this, other than it's just plain nuts! For example, see that rat on the front cover? He knows where the ghosts are hiding, and wants to make a trade with Pac-Man for the information. Pac-Man trades his name, so the rat can now be known as (wait for it) Pac-Rat! They don't discuss whether that makes Pac-Man just "Man" now. I wished this record was in a little better shape, but I cleaned it up as best I could. Anyway, take a listen to this one. Irritating voices, annoying songs, and confusing story; sounds like Way Out Junk to me!

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It's Honeymooners Time

Hi, I'm back again with another fun album for you. This 1985 record was put together by the Honeymooners fan club called R.A.L.P.H. (The Royal Association for the Longevity and Preservation of "The Honeymooners"). It compiles some old songs performed by Art Carney (one in character as Ed Norton), Jackie Gleason, and even a Stan Freberg parody. It also has two new songs: "I Want a Wife Like Alice Kramden" and the R.A.L.P.H. theme song "It's Honeymooners Time". Hope you like it!

Here's the track list:

1. It's Honeymooner Time - Jesse Goldberg
2. Song of the Sewer - Art Carney
3. Va Va Va Voom - Art Carney
4. Sheesh, What a Grouch - Art Carney
5. You're My Greatest Love (Honeymooners Theme) - Jackie Gleason Orchestra
6. One of These Days -- Pow! - Jackie Gleason
7. Dear Ralph - Jayne and Audrey Meadows
8. I Want a Wife Like Alice Kramden - Jack Simmons and the Kramdenettes
9. The Honey-Earthers - Stan Freberg
10. Melancholy Serenade - Jackie Gleason Orchestra

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Edgar Bergen: Laugh and Learn! Lessons in Ventriloquism

Hello again! Sorry about the delay in getting a new album here for you. Between having family staying at our house for the holidays, scrambling to find a new file host, and beginning to transfer old files over before the current ones disappear, it's been pretty hectic!

Anyway, this features Edgar Bergen and his buddies Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. In it Bergen gives tips on learning to talk without moving your lips, throwing your voice, and on the kind of material to use for your act. This is a neat old record, and I hope you like it!

(And I apologize for the condition of the album cover. I haven't learned how to edit my pictures yet, and I wanted to get some more stuff on here before you guys gave up on me!)

UPDATE: SonicBlu sent me a better cover image for this, so that's the one I'm using now. Note that the cover image in the zip file is the old scribbled-on one, so do a right-click on the image above and "Save Image As..", and you can use this nice cover too! Thanks SonicBlu!!

Click here or here or here to download!