Mother Goose (Plus the Happy Birthday Song) in Hi-Fi

I haven't tried listening to this with earphones to see if they take advantage of being in Hi-Fi. They probably just wanted to say it because it was a big deal back then.

Actually I bought this for the cover. Don't those kids look excited to be there? Also, I'm really concerned about the one standing on the left. What the heck is he supposed to be? The outfit sort of looks like a rabbit or squirrel or something, but there's no ears on the hood!

Anyway, enjoy listening to this while you figure it out!

Here's the track list:

1. Little Bo Peep
2. Ding Dong Bell
3. The Muffin Man
4. Peter Piper
5. There Was a Crooked Man
6. Three Little Pigs
7. 10 Little Indians
8. London Bridges
9. Did You Ever See a Lassie
10. The Little Red Hen
11. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
12. The Bear Went Over the Mountain
13. The Farmer in the Dell
14. Peter Rabbit
15. Mary Had a Little Lamb
16. Georgy Porgy
17. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
18. Polly, Put the Kettle On
19. Lazy Mary
20. Happy Birthday Party
21. Rumplestiltskin

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Donkey Kong

In this story from 1983, Donkey Kong escapes from the zoo, and it's up to Mario to get him back.
This album includes the songs Donkey Kong Theme, No More Zoo for You, The Climber, On Top of the World, Jump Up, Mario Delivers, and Donkey Kong Theme (Reprise), as well as a cheesy accent from the guy playing Mario. The songs are all mixed in with the story though, so the only track break is between sides. I think you'll enjoy this one!

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Mr. T in "The Dilemma of the Double-Edged Dagger"

Here's a story from 1984 taken from the Mr. T cartoon show where he gets accused of stealing a priceless Aztec dagger, leaving the kids to do most of the work. He does come in at the end and kicks some T butt though!

This is just the record. I might scan in the book later if I get the chance. Hope you like it!

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Creativity starring Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Here's another album featuring Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. Unfortunately this isn't an album of songs. It almost sounds like our friends at Kid Stuff Records simply took the audio from an episode of the cartoon and stuck it on a record. But they'd never be cheap enough to do that, would they?

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Rainbow Brite: Paint a Rainbow in Your Heart

Here's more fun from Kids Music Fan from Boston!

Here's the track list:

1. Color Symphony
2. Paint a Rainbow
3. Prismatism
4. Rainbow Inside
5. Rainbow Land
6. Starlite Rainbow Brite
7. The Pits
8. Twink of an Eye
9. Bink Bonk
10. Friendship
    

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And here's some songs from the movie "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer". Thanks again KMFfB!


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The Fabulous Beats Go Country Style!

I'm out of town right now and don't have much time at this computer, but I prepped this one to give you guys something new on the blog.

Here's an odd album from 1964 featuring the Fabulous Beats singing a number of country songs in the style of the Beatles. Is it good? I don't know, but it sure is different!

Here's the track list:

1. Let Me Be the One
2. There She Goes
3. Walkin' After Midnight
4. Lonely Street
5. Release Me
6. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
7. Am I That Easy to Forget
8. Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
9. Just Out of Reach
10. Above and Beyond

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Clyde & Phyllis: A Musical Fantasy About the World's First Guitar Playing Elephant

I'm concluding my kids records in space series with what must be one of the all-out craziest Golden Records I've ever heard! As you can gather from the title, Clyde is an elephant that can play guitar with his trunk. He's in love with Phyllis, but their love is doomed because Phyllis is an ant. Depressed, Clyde volunteers to be an astronaut and is shot into space where he lands on the moon. At first the Man in the Moon wants to eat Clyde, but after Clyde plays and sings for him, he changes his mind. When he hears Clyde's tale of woe, he suggests that Clyde and Phyllis live in space together because they'd both be weightless and Clyde couldn't accidentally crush little Phyllis. So they both live happily ever after in space. I told you it was crazy! Even the cover by Joe Oriolo is psychodelically bizarre!

The songs on the album have a very distinct bubblegum sound to them. In fact, Clyde's voice reminds me a lot of Ron Dante (lead singer for the Archies), but Dante didn't do any work for Golden Records that I'm aware of. Anyway, bask in the way-outness of Clyde and Phyllis!

Here's the track list (divided somewhat arbitrarily since the songs and the story intermingle) :

1. Hello! My Name Is Clyde
2. There Was a Zoo
3. The Sad Love Affair of Clyde and Phyllis
4. Poor Old Clyde
5. I'm Off to Cape Kennedy
6. A Tune About the Moon
7. Wake Up Clyde! I've Got Good News
8. We'll Float in Space Together

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The Space Alphabet

Continuing on with our space theme, here's a great kids record that features a song for a planet or other space related word for each letter of the alphabet. They kind of cheat a little (D for Double Star, F for Falling Star, Y for You (?)), and you know what planet they use for the letter U, so get your giggling out of the way right now.

Anyway, hope you like it!

Here's the track list:

1. A - Astronomy and Astronomer
2. B - Big Dipper
3. C - Comets
4. D - Double Star
5. E - Earth
6. F - Falling Star
7. G - Galaxy
8. H - Hydrogen and Helium
9. I - Ionosphere
10. J - Jupiter
11. K - Kepler
12. L - Light Years
13. M - Mars and Mercury
14. N - Neptune
15. O - Orion
16. P - Pluto
17. Q - Quasar
18. R - Radiation
19. S - Saturn
20. T - Telescope
21. U - Uranus
22. V - Venus
23. W - Water Vapor
24. X - X-Ray
25. Y - You
26. Z - Zodiac
27. The Planet Song

The file has been fixed! Someone please try to download it and see if it's OK now. Thanks!

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Journey to the Moon and More About Outer Space

Here's another little tidbit for you. It's another great Golden Record with songs and stories about traveling into space and what the future might hold for us there. Take a listen. I think you'll like it!

I've got a few more space-related kids records coming soon, including the oddest record featuring an elephant and an ant that you've ever heard!

Here's the track list:

1. With a Great Big Noise Like Thunder
2. Meet Space Pilot Jones
3. Rocket to the Moon
4. City in Space
5. Is It Raining in Paris
6. The Story of the Planets
7. The Big TV Show in Space
8. 50 Round Trips
9. Put a Penny in the Scale
10. Window in Space
11. Sea of Showers
12. Rainbow Bay
13. Great Big Noise

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Tupperware's Big Top Jubilee 1978

With all the messing with links that I've been going through lately, I didn't realize that I haven't put anything new up here for a while, so here's something suitably way out to get the party rolling again. This was apparently some sort of musical circus themed show sponsored by Tupperware. There's not a lot of information on the album itself. Presumably the only place you could have bought it was at the show itself, so I guess you knew what you'd be getting yourself in to. Anyway, it's an odd little show with some semi-talented singing, so give it a try!

Here's the track list:

1. Overture
2. I Have Always Wanted to Be in the Circus
3. Early in the Morning
4. The Circus Is Coming
5. Come Gather 'Round
6. We're Ruined
7. Is This the Ending
8. Please Don't Close the Circus
9. Big Top Jubilee

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Captain Kangaroo and His Friends Sing Songs of the Treasure House

Here's a great contribution from "Snappercar" featuring Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit, and all those great characters from the Treasure House. Listening to this you can tell that it's got a lot of mileage on it, even after I was able to do some clean up on it. It even has a few skips in it. However, I still thought it was so cool that it was worth sharing. I think you'll like it too. Thanks Snappercar!

Here's the track list:

1. Getting the Treasure House Ready
2. I Like All Kinds of Animals
3. When Ping Pong Balls Are Falling
4. Finish My Rhyme
5. When Bunny Plays the Piano
6. Fish
7. I Like to Sing
8. What'll I Be Today
9. Tic Tac Toe
10. A Person You Like

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Woody Woodpecker Presents...

Here's a fun album from 1957. Even though Woody Woodpecker is prominently featured on the album cover and is the subject of a few of the songs, don't expect to hear that familiar voice, other than the one used at the very beginning of the cartoons (and that exact same audio clip is used a few times). There's someone that does a voice for Woody in a couple of the songs, but he sounds nothing like the real voice!

Anyhow, there's some neat tunes here and a few stories as well. Hope you like it!

UPDATE: As reader Jon Cooke pointed out, that voice I couldn't identify (and really should have) belongs to cartoon voice veteran Hal Smith, who did quite a few character roles as well, notably Otis the town drunk on "The Andy Griffith Show". Thanks for the info, Jon!

Here's the track list:

1. Woody Woodpecker Song
2. Who's in the Zoo
3. Oswald the Rabbit Hop
4. Zebby the Zebra
5. Woody Woodpecker Waltz
6. Western Pony
7. Woody Woodpecker March
8. Littlest Reindeer
9. Chilly Willy the Penguin
10. Whopper Whale
11. Andy Panda Polka
12. Pepito Chickeeto

UPDATE: This album is now available to purchase in mp3 format from Amazon.com! You can get it here.

More Ninja Turtles!!

And here's more Ninja Turtle music, again courtesy of Kids Music Fan from Boston! There's highlights from the TMNT 3 soundtrack, themes to the new shows, and even the original theme in other languages.

Did you know that in England the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were referred to as the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles because they weren't allowed to use the word Ninja in a kid's show?

I'd give you the track list here, but I'm afraid I might identify stuff wrong, so just download it and enjoy!!

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells

Did you know that in 1990 the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles went on a concert tour (or at least guys dressed up to look like them did)? This is the soundtrack to that concert (which I found out was a promotional cassette from Pizza Hut), courtesy of Kids Music Fan from Boston.

NOTE: For some reason, Track 4 (Skipping Stones) is listed twice. I'll try to fix that in the next few days. Until then, just delete the extra one and you're all set!

Here's the track list:

1. Coming Out of Their Shells
2. Sing About It
3. Tubin'
4. Skipping Stones
5. Pizza Power
6. Walk Straight
7. No Treaties
8. Cowabunga
9. April Ballad
10. Count on Us

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And here's a hilarious review of the "Making of the 'Coming Out of Their Shells' Tour" video from Matt at X-Entertainment!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

And here's the soundtrack to the second Ninja Turtles movie, again with the help of Kids Music Fan from Boston. Cowabunga!

Here's the track list:

1. Awesome (You Are My Hero) - Ya Kid K
2. Ninja Rap - Vanilla Ice
3. Find the Key to Your Life - Cathy Dennis and David Morales
4. Moov! - Tribal House
5. Consciousness (That's Your) - Dan Hartman
6. This World - Magnificent Vii
7. Creatures of Habit - Spunkadelic
8. Back to School - Fifth Platoon
9. Cowabunga - Orchestra on the Half Shell
10. Tokka and Rahzar: Monster Mix - Orchestra on the Half Shell

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Soundtrack

In honor of the holiday, and the new movie TMNT (Sidenote: Do you notice that when they want to make something trendy and cool, they just refer to it by its initials, like when the New Kids on the Block became NKOTB? And we all know how well that went!), here's the soundtrack to the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, courtesy of Kids Music Fan from Boston. Thanks KMFFB!

Here's the track list:

1. This Is What We Do - M.C. Hammer
2. Spin That Wheel - Hi Tek 3
3. Family - Riff
4. 9.95 - Spunkadelic
5. Turtle Power - Partners in Kryme
6. Let the Walls Come Down - Jeremy Kemp
7. Every Heart Needs a Home - St. Paul
8. Shredder's Suite - John Du Prez
9. Splinter's Tale I & Splinter's Tale II - John Du Prez
10. Turtle Rhapsody (see note below)
    

ADDED NOTE: Hey guys, I'm afraid I don't have "Turtle Rhapsody". This file was donated to me, so I sent it out just as I got it. If anybody here happens to have a copy of "Turtle Rhapsody", I'll be more than happy to add it on here as well. Thanks!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day from me and Bob Hope!

I couldn't let a holiday go by without a track from "Bob Hope: Thanks for the Holidays". This one is for St. Patrick's Day, and talks about Irish people, drinking, and celebrities you may or may not know. Enjoy!

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(And by the way, also in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I'll also try to feature an album or two today featuring some green individuals you probably are familiar with!)

Shirley, Squirrely, & Melvin Live

Here's another entry in the high-pitched singers collection, this one features the trio of Shirley, Squirrely and Melvin. Here's how it came about: In 1980 the late David Seville's (real name: Ross Bagdasarian) son Ross Bagdasarian Jr. decided to revive the Chipmunks with an album called "Chipmunk Punk" for Excelsior Records. When the record proved very successful, the Chipmunks moved over to RCA Records. Excelsior decided to have their own squeaky rodent singers, and Shirley, Squirrely and Melvin were born. This is their second album (I think the first one might have been a Christmas album) which came out in 1981. According to one of the entries in Wikipedia, this album is unfinished vocal tracks from the sessions of the previous Shirley and Squirrely album combined with outtakes from the sessions for "Chipmunk Punk" and "Urban Chipmunk". I don't think this is likely, because as decent as much of this album is (and it really isn't too bad, I think), I don't believe any of these songs were performed by the newly reformed Chipmunks. And in case you were wondering, "Live" in this case means a lot of fake cheers and applause added in. So here it is. Hope you like it!

Here's the track list:

1. Introduction
2. Back in the U.S.A.
3. It's So Easy
4. The Gambler (Guest Vocalist: Denny Richards)
5. Mercedes Benz
6. Boulevard
7. Soul Man
8. Blue Suede Shoes
9. I Like Reggae Too
10. Get Back
11. Love Lives On

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Captain America Lives Again!

In light of Captain America's death (at least for now), I thought it appropriate to share this album with you. Golden Records put this out, and it's basically a radio show type retelling of the story in Avengers #4, when Captain America was returned to life after being found frozen in an ice block since the 1940's. The original record actually came with a reprint of this story, but unfortunately I don't have that.

The voices seem to be pretty odd choices to me. I can't place Captain America's voice, but he sounds familiar somehow. And for some reason, the narrator sounds like televangelist Jerry Falwell to me! (I know he's not, but that's what my crazy brain is hearing!)

UPDATE: This album is now available (for only 99 cents!) in mp3 format from Amazon.com! You can get it here.

And here's a video of the rousing theme to Captain America's cartoon!

Friends: Music from the Television Series "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" - Johnny Whitaker

If you frequent this blog, you're probably familiar with the TV show "Sigmund & the Sea Monsters". In it, two teenage boys playing on the beach find a mossy little monster named Sigmund and, as happens often in cases like this, zany antics ensue. It looks like this album was marketed more to the pre-teen girls who thought Johnny Whitaker was dreamy.

While all of these songs were on the album, I had a couple of cleaner sources for some of them, so some of the other songs may sound a bit rougher. Anyway, here it is. Hope you like it!

Here's the track list:

1. Friends
   
2. Keep It a Secret
   
3. A Simple Song
   
4. The Magician
   
5. Monster Rock
   
6. It's Up to You
   
7. Can't Get You Off My Mind
   
8. Running 'Round in Circles
   
9. Lovin' Ain't Easy
   
10. Sigmund & the Sea Monsters
    
11. Day and Night

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I was hoping to find the other version of the theme song to add to the album (the one that told more of the actual origin of how Sigmund and the boys met). I didn't have any luck finding it on audio, but here's a video of it!