Slightly OT: A quintet of cartoon-based vintage record albums get their due in print!

[Geezil]

That'd be in the 2/3/2006 issue of Goldmine magazine (your nearest large newsstand or CD dealer might have it in stock if you hurry, and I'm not kidding about that last part).

"Five Star Records," a regular feature [(C) 2006 Marty Winters], appears on page 39, and here are the five vinyl LPs he honors (there with added facsimile drawings):

[Note: I'm also listing these in reverse order to keep my usual favoritism from coming through. ;) ]

-- "Songs of the Pogo" by Walt Kelly with Norman Monath, sung by Walt Kelly, Fia Karin, Mike Stewart, and Bob Miller; orchestra and chorus under the direction of Jimmy Carroll (no label indicated)

-- "The Flintstones: Original TV Soundtracks" with Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, and Bea Benaderet (Colpix) (Look, don't blame me ... that's how they did the order of billing!)

-- "Magoo in Hi-Fi" starring the voice of Jim Backus (and whom else would they have dared to substitute?!??); "Mother Magoo Suite" composed and conducted by Dennis Farnon (RCA Victor)

-- "The Adventures of Mighty Mouse" featuring Tom Morrison and the original TV soundtrack voices (no label indicated by name, but I'd wager the "rocking horse"-type logo redrawn thereon corresponds to the company's identity)

-- "Deputy Dawg: Original TV Soundtrack Recording" ... no further background information listed, but the original cover illustration of the ol' deputy, Muskie, Vincent van Gopher, Mischa Mouse, Astronut(!), and [edit] Li'l Whooper the crane, sure must have looked more than decent (RCA Camden)

So there you go. Does anybody out there own one or more of these? (I sure wish I did!!)

[jazzman78]

The Magoo album also had Daws Butler on it.

I have all of these except for the Mighty Mouse (there are several and I don't know which one they are refering to). However there are many more cartoon tv show sound track albums way over 100 different ones.

Most of them you can find on ebay and they are not expensive.

But the way the Pogo album came with a lyric booket enclosed (in it's original issue on AA records with ilustrations) there was also a matching hard cover book with a lot of illustrations by Kelly that's really neat.

[Dell Comics Fan]

Yes, I still have nearly all the Colpix/Hanna-Barbera soundtrack albums. I
bought them way back in the sixties and still listen to 'em. I must have
heard these hundreds of times now over the past 40+ years: HUCKLEBERRY
HOUND, HERE COMES HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, HUCKLEBERRY HOUND AND THE
GHOST SHIP, YOGI BEAR, MR. JINKS & PIXIE & DIXIE, QUICK DRAW McGRAW,
QUICK DRAW McGRAW IN "THE TREASURE OF SARAH'S MATTRESS," THE
FLINTSTONES, TOP CAT, and THE JETSONS. I also have two Hanna-Barbera
LPs: SNOOPER & BLABBER IN "JAMES BOMB" and SINBAD JR. IN "TREASURE
ISLAND" and the Golden LP MAGILLA GORILLA (all featuring the original voices).

In addition, I have the following cartoon LPs: THE ALVIN SHOW, SING AGAIN
WITH THE CHIPMUNKS, BUGS BUNNY & HIS FRIENDS, BUGS BUNNY SONGFEST,
GAY PURR-EE, GOOFY'S TV SPECTACULAR, LINUS THE LIONHEARTED, POPEYE
THE SAILOR, ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, and WOODY WOODPECKER'S PICNIC (starring Mel Blanc).
Most of those I also bought back in the 1960s.
:bugs2::daffy::ham::goof::woody::sailor:
P.S. How else should the billing for THE FLINTSTONES read? Weren't
Fred (Alan Reed) and Wilma (Jean Vander Pyl) the main characters in the
show's title?

[Geezil]

How else should the billing for THE FLINTSTONES read? Weren't Fred (Alan Reed) and Wilma (Jean Vander Pyl) the main characters in the show's title?

Oh, that was just meant as a sop to all those Mel Blanc fans out there in GAC land (hadn't you guessed?). :tweety:

[bobchief]

-- "The Adventures of Mighty Mouse" featuring Tom Morrison and the original TV soundtrack voices (no label indicated by name, but I'd wager the "rocking horse"-type logo redrawn thereon corresponds to the company's identity)

One of my brothers supposedly talked my folks into getting this when we were little (mid 1960s), but I'm not sure if it's still in dad's collection.

Still, your label logo sounds familiar...I think their proper name was Hobby Horse Records.

[Sogturtle]

Hey Geez ol' buddy!!

Were you aware that there was a whole RCA Camden album of (weird as this sounds) Hector Heathcote, Sidney the Elephant, and Hashimoto SOUNDTRACKS ?? And in STEREO no less!!:cool:

check out this photo...
http://i15.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/9f/7e/3c_1_b.JPG

[Geezil]

Hey Geez ol' buddy!!

Were you aware that there was a whole RCA Camden album of (weird as this sounds) Hector Heathcote, Sidney the Elephant, and Hashimoto SOUNDTRACKS ?? And in STEREO no less!!

(sound of Geezil's jaw hitting the floor)

Mwfwnch urfks wer piqzn--! (pause) <<snap>> ... oh, excuse me...! Amazing, Tim ol' Sog, and many thanks to you, jazzman, DCF, & bob for clocking in above with just tons & tons of background info. eBay, here I come!!!!!!! :D

[Sogturtle]

(sound of Geezil's jaw hitting the floor)

Mwfwnch urfks wer piqzn--! (pause) <<snap>> ... oh, excuse me...! Amazing, Tim ol' Sog, and many thanks to you, jazzman, DCF, & bob for clocking in above with just tons & tons of background info. eBay, here I come!!!!!!! :D

(looking around...) Hey Boit!!! Come here...;)

Actually there is also a Little Golden Record of Mighty Mouse (voiced by Tommy Morrison even according to the label), and similarly there is a Heckle and Jeckle Little Golden Record... Annnnnnd then there's also these hyar things...
http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/0a/97/df_1.JPGhttp://i7.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/a1/40/31_1_b.JPG
http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/05/ca/0f/d3_1_b.JPG
(That darn mouse got out a lot!!!:p )

[jazzman78]

The Leo album is a reissue on an old mgm lp, there is also one on RCA Camden, Golden and other lables - throughout the 60's and 70's.

But there are much rarier ones like that the - Adventure of Hercules, Linus the Lionhearted, The Beagles, King Kong just to name a few.

[Sogturtle]

The Leo album is a reissue on an old mgm lp, there is also one on RCA Camden, Golden and other lables - throughout the 60's and 70's.

But there are much rarier ones like that the - Adventure of Hercules, Linus the Lionhearted, The Beagles, King Kong just to name a few.

Jazzman78~

Yeah I know Leo was Metro's dumping ground for old recorded material... Witness the final go-round on the Tom and Jerry records. And just between you and me I'll pass on the bulk of records of TV cartoons, have NO room to put the darn things.

[Dell Comics Fan]

I found a CD of THE BEAGLES combined with THE BANANA SPLITS. I assume
that's a re-issue of the same Beagles album. Correct?

I used to have THE BANANA SPLITS on two EP records that I wrote to Kellogg
for. I remember also seeing a BANANA SPLITS LP record. All the songs on
both are on the CD I found on eBay (plus the bonus songs by The Beagles).
I never saw THE BEAGLES LP, though, so it must be rare.

I got my LINUS THE LIONHEARTED LP from Post Cereals back in the sixties. I
don't think it was ever sold in stores.

Ah, memories of the pre-video era. We had to use our imagination back then.
It was like listening to a radio show (which was the perfect medium since
Chuck Jones called those made-for-TV cartoon shows "illustrated radio").