Saturday, November 24, 2007

CHRISTMAS MUSIC FA-LA-LA-PALOOZA AT ERNIE (NOT BERT)

I JUST WAS CHECKING IN ON MY TWICE DAILY ROUNDS OF MY FAVORITE BLOG LINKS, AND CAME ACROSS A TREASURE TROVE OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHARES AT ERNIE (NOT BERT) BLOG. THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

Monday, November 19, 2007

BURL IVES "RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER" CARTOON SOUNDTRACK (DECCA RECORDS)

"Rudolph the Red–Nosed Reindeer is a long-running Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass. It first aired December 6, 1964 on the NBC television network in the USA and was sponsored by General Electric. It is based on the song by Johnny Marks, and in turn taken from the 1939 poem of the same title written by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May. Since 1972, the special has aired over CBS, who unveiled a high-definition, digitally remastered version in 2005.

In the story of Rudolph (voiced by Billie Mae Richards) numerous new characters are introduced for the first time as it was told by Romeo Muller. From the original song lyrics, the show features Santa (voiced by Stan Francis) and Mrs. Claus (who speaks with a vaguely Irish brogue) and the reindeer mentioned in the song. Of them, Donder is identified as Rudolph's father, and Comet is presented as the coach of the reindeer team. (Donder and Comet are voiced identically by Paul Kligman.)"
Courtesy Wikipedia

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES AFTER THE CHRISTMAS AND HALLOWEEN CHARLIE BROWN CARTOONS. IT CONTAINS THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK WITH A COUPLE OF RADIO INTERVIEWS WITH A COUPLE OF CAST MEMEBRS FROM THE CARTOON:






BURL IVES "RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER" CARTOON SOUNDTRACK PLUS BONUS RADIO INTERVIEWS 320kbps ZIP FILE

TRACK LISTING OF ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK:
01. Overture And A Holly Jolly Christmas = Burl Ives
02. Jingle Jingle Jingle = Stan Francis
03. We Are Santa's Elves = Videocraft Chorus
04. There's Always Tomorrow = Janet Orenstein
05. We're A Couple Of Misfits = Paul Soles
06. Silver And Gold = Burl Ives
07. The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year = Videocraft Chorus
08. A Holly Jolly Christmas = Burl Ives
09. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Finale) = Burl Ives
10. Christmas Medley: The Night Before Christmas Song /
       A Merry Merry Christmas / When Santa Clause Gets Your
       Letter = Decca Concert Orchestra
11. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer = Decca Concert Orchestra
12. There's Always Tomorrow = Decca Concert Orchestra
13. Jingle Jingle Jingle = Decca Concert Orchestra
14. We're A Couple Of Misfits = Decca Concert Orchestra
15. Silver And Gold = Decca Concert Orchestra
16. We Are Santa's Elves = Decca Concert Orchestra
17. The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year = Decca Concert
       Orchestra
18. A Holly Jolly Christmas = Decca Concert Orchestra
19. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day = Decca Concert
       Orchestra

SINGING CREDITS COURTESY OF AMAZON.COM/EXCEPT FOR ONE CORRECTION GIVEN BY DAN. "JINGLE, JINGLE, JINGLE" IS ACUTALLY BY STAN FRANCIS (WHO VOICED SANTA CLAUS)

Saturday, November 17, 2007

AUDIO SALES PAGES AND OTHER BLOG LINKS:

I'VE HAD SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT MY TOE OF FROG MEDIA SALES WEBPAGES. SO I THOUGHT I'D MAKE THIS OFFER HERE. I CAN TURN ANY OF THE SHARES ON BOTH OF MY BLOGS INTO HIGH QUALITY AUDIO CDs FOR $5.99. ALL CDs COME WITH SLIM-LINE CD CASE, FULL-COLOR HIGH GLOSS GRAPHICS (FRONT AND BACK COVER SCANS IF SHOWN ON THE BLOG), AND INKJET PRINTING DIRECTLY ON THE CD. I CAN DO A FULL-SIZE JEWEL CASE FOR $1.00 EXTRA. BACK GRAPHICS ONLY IF I HAVE THEM SHOWN ON THE BLOG. IF NO BACK COVER SCAN SHOWN ON THE BLOG I CAN DO A BACK INSERT FEATURING MY OWN ARTWORK, AND A TRACK LISTING. I ACCEPT PAYPAL OR MONEY ORDERS. LEAVE A COMMENT HERE IF INTERESTED. THANKS!!

MY OTHER BLOGS:

RECORDS 4 SALE/AUCTION

MOSTLY GHOSTLY MUSIC SHARING BLAAAHHHGGG!!!

MY CD SALES PAGE:

SOME CHRISTMAS RE-POSTS

NOW THAT IT IS GETTING CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS I THOUGHT I WOULD RE-SHARE THESE VARIOUS RECORDINGS THAT I SHARED EARLIER IN THE YEAR:





Pebbles And Bamm Bamm Singing Songs Of Christmas Zip File



The Grinch has successfully displaced Ebeneezer Scrooge as the spirit of anti-Christmas for today's audience. And there are similarities. Just as Tiny Tim was a strong factor in Ebeneezer's redemption, the children are a strong factor in the Grinch's redemption.

It's a pleasure to be able to hear the great Boris Karloff narration, along with the songs, and then afterwards to again hear the songs reprised.

Of course, this is a short CD, just barely 30 minutes in length. One must realize that while the program was supposed to be a half hour long, nearly a third of the time was used for toy advertisements. The irony of it all, a beautiful story telling us that the joy of Christmas is in the spirit of Christmas, not in the getting toys is aired for the purpose of selling overpriced and non-imaginative toys.

The Tracks Are:
1. How The Grinch Stole Christmas (The Story)(21:36)
2. Welcome Christmas(1:41)
3. Trim Up The Tree(2:56)
4. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch(2:56) Sung by Thurl Ravenscroft (aka Tony The Tiger)
5. Welcome Christmas (Reprise)(3:35)


How The Grinch Stole Christmas Soundtrack - Boris Karloff kbps




I just thought I would share the link here to the web page I made for this LP rip. Here's the link:
A Spike Jones Christmas

It is actually a pretty good collection of Christmas Songs picked out by Spike's Kids. With that Spike Jones typical zanyness thrown in here and there.





This is a Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes OTR Show called "The Night Before Christmas".


Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes OTR "The Night Before Christmas"





"A Charlie Brown Christmas" Index Page

FINALLY THIS IS A NARRATION BY BASIL RATHBONE READING "TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISMTAS":

Basil Rathbone Reads "Twas The Night Before Christmas"



The Grinch has successfully displaced Ebeneezer Scrooge as the spirit of anti-Christmas for today's audience. And there are similarities. Just as Tiny Tim was a strong factor in Ebeneezer's redemption, the children are a strong factor in the Grinch's redemption.

It's a pleasure to be able to hear the great Boris Karloff narration, along with the songs, and then afterwards to again hear the songs reprised.

Of course, this is a short CD, just barely 30 minutes in length. One must realize that while the program was supposed to be a half hour long, nearly a third of the time was used for toy advertisements. The irony of it all, a beautiful story telling us that the joy of Christmas is in the spirit of Christmas, not in the getting toys is aired for the purpose of selling overpriced and non-imaginative toys.

The Tracks Are:
1. How The Grinch Stole Christmas (The Story)(21:36)
2. Welcome Christmas(1:41)
3. Trim Up The Tree(2:56)
4. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch(2:56) Sung by Thurl Ravenscroft (aka Tony The Tiger)
5. Welcome Christmas (Reprise)(3:35)

How The Grinch Stole Christmas Soundtrack - Boris Karloff 320kbps





Like thousands of other kids my age in 1967 I had the single to Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron. I had never heard this LP from the Royal Guardsmen until I acquired this one last year off ebay.
Side 1 of the LP is a drama involving all three of the Snoopy record singles. Side 2 is a mixture of love songs, airplane songs and Christmas songs. This copy was a bit choppy in a few spots, but I've tried to edit the skips out as best I could. I hope you enjoy it.

Snoopy And His Friends The Royal Guardsmen Zip File





"THE CHIPMUNKS - CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS" ZIP FILE

Thursday, November 15, 2007

"A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS"/"IT'S CHRISTMASTIME AGAIN, CHARLIE BROWN"

"A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS" CHAPTERS 1 - 3:



"A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS" CHAPTER 4:



"A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS" CHAPTERS 5 & 6:



ONCE AGAIN HERE IS MY SHARE OF THE LP THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS MOVIE:




"A Charlie Brown Christmas" Index Page


"IT'S CHRISTMASTIME AGAIN, CHARLIE BROWN":

"It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown is a television special based off the comic strip Peanuts. It consists of several different Christmas-themed storylines adaptated from the strip:

Charlie Brown tries to sell wreaths door-to-door because he wants to buy Peggy Jean a nice pair of gloves.
Peppermint Patty worries about her Christmas book report.
The gang participates in a Christmas play, where Peppermint Patty reluctantly plays a sheep and Sally messes up her single line. (The line relegated to Sally was "Hark!", but instead she shouts "Hockey Stick!"-- which was taken from an 80s storyline in the comic strip)
Although it was first shown on CBS in 1992 (and would be the last Peanuts special to have its television premiere on that network), a VHS release was made available at Shell gas stations a few months prior, which would make this the first Peanuts special released directly to video. Paramount gave it another video release in 1996, and it can now also be seen as a bonus special on the DVD of A Charlie Brown Christmas. It was dubbed by Universal Studios.

ABC has combined It's Christmastime Again with A Charlie Brown Christmas in its most recent annual broadcasts, airing its separate stories directly afterwards but without the special's own title sequence. YTV still airs it as a stand alone special.

This is the first Peanuts TV special since It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown to make use of the famous Vince Guaraldi music scores, even though he died in 1976. The old music was remixed into soft-rock versions for many of the 1990s Peanuts specials."
CAST:
Jodie Sweetin (Full House) and Brittany M. Thornton: Sally Brown
Marnette Patterson: Lucy Van Pelt
John Graas: Linus Van Pelt
Deanna Tello: Peggy Jean
Lindsay Benesh: Marcie
Bill Melendez: Snoopy
Wikipedia


"IT'S CHRISTMASTIME, CHARLIE BROWN" CHAPTERS 1 & 2:



"IT'S CHRISTMASTIME, CHARLIE BROWN" CHAPTERS 3 THRU 5:



"IT'S CHRISTMASTIME, CHARLIE BROWN" CHAPTERS 6 THRU 8:

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

"RODDY MCDOWALL READS BATMAN"



"RODDY MCDOWALL READS BATMAN" ZIP FILE

CHARLOTTE'S WEB CARTOON AUDIO RIP (Originally On Paramount/EFI Records SPFL 285 Stereo 1973)/ALSO E. B. WHITE READING "CHARLOTTE'S WEB"





Well I got a DVD of the "Charlotte's Web" cartoon. I went through it as best I could, and matched up rips from the movie to make them into a DVD quality soundtrack. There were a couple tracks, such as the "End Title" that I was just not able to match up to the Soundtrack LP. The LP version just isn't in the DVD at the same length as it can be heard on the album. I looked all over for a better copy of the soundtrack, and I just wasn't able to find it. Anyway, here is that rip at 320 kbps:

Charlotte's Web Cartoon Soundtrack Audio Rip Zip File

E. B. WHITE READS HIS BOOK "CHARLOTTE'S WEB":



"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 1 AND 2 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 3 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTERS 4 AND 5 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTERS 5 (CONCL.) AND 6 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTERS 7 AND 8 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 9 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 10 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 11 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTERS 12 AND 13 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 13 CONCLUSION MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 14 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTERS 15 AND 16 MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 16 CONCLUSION MP3 DOWNLOAD
"CHARLOTTE'S WEB" CHAPTER 17 MP3 DOWNLOAD


MORE TO COME!!!

Monday, November 12, 2007

POPEYE THE SAILORMAN AND HIS FRIENDS (GOLDEN RECORDS GLP-56 1960's)

THIS ONE COMES BY WAY OF ONE OF MY BLOG READERS. I APOLOGIZE I DON'T RECALL HIS NAME, AND COULDN'T FIND THE COMMENT WHERE HE SAID HE WAS SENDING IT TO ME. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING. IN THE SAME STYLE OF LP I THOUGHT I WOULD LINK TO ONE OF TONY'S LPs AT HIS GREAT "WAY OUT JUNK" BLOG CALLED MUSIC AND STORIES FROM ORIGINAL HIT TV AND MOVIE CARTOONS.
"In 1960, King Features Syndicate commissioned a new series of Popeye cartoons, but this time for television syndication. Jack Mercer (Popeye), Mae Questel (Olive Oyl & Betty Boop), and Jackson Beck (Bluto) returned for this series, which was produced by a number of companies, including Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films, Larry Harmon Productions and Paramount Cartoon Studios (formerly Famous Studios). The artwork was streamlined and simplified for the television budgets, and 220 cartoons were produced in only two years, with the first set of them premiering in the autumn of 1960, and the last of them debuting during the 1961-1962 television season."
Mercer & Questal receive credits as voices on this LP. Writing by Bill Kaye, with Music and Orchestration by Jimmy Carroll.




POPEYE THE SAILORMAN AND HIS FRIENDS ZIP FILE

PAC-MAN CHRISTMAS ALBUM (KID STUFF RECORDS KSS-5029 1982)

A COLLECTION OF PAC-MAN'S FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONGS ALONG WITH A STORY OF PAC-MAN'S FAMILY AND THEIR MOST EXCITING CHRISTMAS. THIS IS YET ANOTHER IN THE ONG LIST OF KID STUFF NOVELTY TYPE LPS, MANY OF WHICH WERE WORD FOR WORD SOUNDTRACK RIPS FROM CARTOONS BY THE SAME NAMES. A GOOD ONE FOR THE CHILDREN THOUGH I SUPPOSE. ENJOY!!!





PAC-MAN CHRISTMAS ALBUM

Disney's "The Sounds Of Christmas" (LP 1348)





I shared this on a separate web page, but in line with the Disney's "Sounds Of Outer Space" LP I shared HERE, I thought I would share the Christmas LP also.
Both the Christmas LP, and the Space LP are made in the similar fashion as Disney's "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House". Each of the 3 LPs has one side using the sounds in story fashion, and then the second side of all 3 LPs are the indiviudal sounds that you can use to make your own stories with.


Disney's "The Sound Of Christmas" Web Page

DISNEY'S "SLEEPING BEAUTY" READALONG RECORD AND BOOK SET (#301 1977)



I SHARED THIS SEE, HEAR, READ, RECORD AND BOOK SET HERE.

Disney's "Robin Hood" Storybook And Record



Here's another record set I have posted one a separate webpage. I will eventually upload all of these records ro MegaUpload because my website keeps exceeding bandwidth. Anyway for now you can find the record HERE:

Friday, November 9, 2007

THE FOLKTELLERS "TALES TO GROW ON"

Barbara Freeman is the pioneer of pioneering storytellers, NSA (National Storytelling Association) recipient of: "Circle of Excellence Award", Our Nation’s Oldest Folk and Dance Festival’s “Most Outstanding Performer Award,” as well as numerous storytelling recording honors. Entertaining keynote conference speaker, teller of witty Appalachian tales and true legends of saints and heroes. Over thirty years of delighting audiences throughout Asia, Europe and America with wholesome, heartwarming, hilarious and energy-filled performances. Offers dynamic programs for schools, libraries, churches, conventions, and major folk, music, and storytelling festivals. Fun and informative in-service workshops for teachers and librarians, as well as residencies for students of all ages. "Barbara has the comic timing of Lucy" (Carmen Deedy). “She is a powerhouse performer in the world of words and imagery” (Arts Outreach of Solvang, CA). In previous years, Barbara traveled with Connie Regan-Blake (her cousin), on storytelling tours throughout the world, gaining international acclaim as the famous tandem duo "THE FOLKTELLERS.” “The ancient art of storytelling is alive and well…primarily because of Connie and Barbara” (Spencer Christian, ABC’s Good Morning America).

"Tales To Grow On" for children K-6th grades. Winner of American Library Association's (ALA) Notable and Distinguished Recording Award. I'm not sure why I did a scan of the back cover and not the front, but I came up with the best front scan I could. You can find a share of another LP from The Folktellers called "Chillers" HERE.






THE FOLKTELLERS "TALES TO GROW ON" ZIP FILE

Saturday, November 3, 2007

WOOLWORTH'S STEREO SPECTACULAR "71

I SAW THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO OVER AT CLASSIC SHOWBIZ BLOG. BROUGHT BACK SOME REAL MEMORIES OF SHOPPING AT ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORES:




AND HERE'S THAT WOOLWORTH'S HALLOWEEN COMMERCIAL THAT SHOWS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HALLOWEEN LPS "SOUNDS TO MAKE YOU SHIVER":<./B>