![]() "Hi, this Fancy Ray for Treehouse Records, where we pay more cash for your dusty old records!" the clip starts out. In a prime slot at the start of the break, WCCO aired a Taco Bell commercial with Minneapolis' "best looking man in comedy" Fancy Ray McCloney that was inspired by - and doubled as - a promotion for Minneapolis' beloved indie LP shop Treehouse Records. Huckleberry Hound presents: Mr.Beyoncé's tour announcement wasn't the only pleasant surprise for Twin Cities viewers last night during halftime in the Super Bowl. R243B "Counting Song" Keith0Bergman-Luboff, The Sandpipers, Mitch Miller and Orchestra Roy Rogers and Dale Evans sing Happy Trails to You and A Cowboy Needs a Horseīugs Bunny, Railroad Engineer and Yosemite Sam, Hold-Up Man Introducing Rootie Kazootie and the Polka Dottie Polkaįrom Samuel Goldwyn's Production - Hans Christian Andersen - Thumbelina and Wonderful Copenhagen The Little Fat Policeman - also The Safety Songĭoctor Dan, the Bandage Man and Billy Boy ![]() The Magic Golden Record - also The Dancing Record GL298B "Down By The Station"/Anne Lloyd, The Sandpipers, Mitch Miller and Orchestra: The Saggy Baggy Elephant In 2015, Verse Music Group was acquired by BMG Rights Management coincidentally, BMG's parent Bertelsmann owns Random House, the current distributor of Golden Books.ĭiscography Little Golden Records RXXX series Title In 2011, Verse Music Group acquired the Golden Records catalog along with the rights to the Golden Records name and began preparations to reissue the catalog with the first batch of reissues in 2012. In 2009, Micro Werks released two CDs of the Best of Golden Records. Golden Records also issued educational records, such as A Golden Treasury of Poetry, a collection of classic poems read by Alexander Scourby, with commentary written by Louis Untermeyer. Golden Records featured children's recordings by Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, Kay Lande, Alfred Hitchcock, Johnny Cash, Captain Kangaroo, Art Carney, and many more. The music included classic nursery rhymes, fairy tales, Christmas tunes & other holiday jingles, nature, Bible stories and an extensive collection of educational songs. ![]() 7-inch EPs as well as 12-inch LPs were also issued. Many titles were also issued or re-issued as standard 7-inch 45 r.p.m. They were sold in colorfully illustrated sleeves that included a printed retail price: 25 cents on early sleeves, 29 cents on later ones and through to the end of the series. Early releases had illustrated paper labels on later releases the label was printed directly onto the plastic. Each side played for a maximum of about one minute and forty-five seconds at 78 rpm, a speed phased out for most records during the 1950s but a universal standard speed still included on nearly all record players throughout the 1960s. Little Golden Records were six inches (15 cm) in diameter and made of bright yellow plastic (orange plastic was used for a few titles). As originally issued from 1948 to 1962, 78 r.p.m. The label is mainly remembered for its children's music releases during the 1950s on a subsidiary label, Little Golden Records, which released singles rather than albums. This distinction goes to Bubble Books, published between 19. However, they were not the first instance of a published series which combined books and records. It featured music to accompany Little Golden Books. Golden was one of the first children's music labels to combine story with melody. Shimkin went on to found Sesame Street Records with Children's Television Workshop in 1970. It was conceived and founded in 1948 by the Grammy Award-winning children's music producer, Arthur Shimkin, then a new recruit in the S&S business department. Golden Records was a Simon & Schuster record label based in New York City.
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