For sheer fun it’s hard to beat Hanna-Barbera’s live-action/animated variety show The Banana Splits – which is why we are listening to 1968’s We’re The Banana Splits on Retro Records!
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Welcome back to a new offering from Retro Records, friends. A little over a month has passed since we last had an opportunity to share a worthy record with you all, so I thought something special was in order. Which I believe 1975’s Passage to Moauv fills that order quite […]
It’s hard to beat a really great collection of music based on monsters, aliens and Halloween, right? Thankfully for this Retro Records we are going to be listening to the 1959 Monster Rally album which is indeed a great collection of that type of music!
No doubt about it, friends, working these 18 hour shifts down in the Vault can certainly bite. Thankfully though it does give me the time to peruse our library of LP and 45’s for Retro Records posts, right? Like for this week’s offering, a 1975 Power Record by way of […]
Welcome back to a new installment of Retro Records, although I will admit this week’s offering with M.A.S.K. – The Volcano of Venom was actually a book and tape. In addition I believe this was a set that was released only in the United Kingdom and featured three other stories. […]
On today’s Retro Records. We listen to will be listening to The Mickey Mouse Club Book song’s B-side. Which features the very popular You, The Human Animal from 1955. Many of you might have seen this in school because it was part of a series of educational shorts hosted by Jiminy Cricket. So got your mouse ears on? Let’s go back in time to the golden age of Disney and learn something about the Human Animal.
Rainbow Brite opened up her world not only through cartoons, but also through reading along with Rainbow Brite Read Along books and records/cassettes! Read Along With Licensed Characters! Growing up, I loved reading. Even before I read, I would flip through books. My Teddy Ruxpin books were a valuable way […]
Welcome back, friends, to a new Retro Records offering. This time since it’s Father’s Day…we are sharing The Case of the Missing Mother? While the timing certainly isn’t working out, this book and record features Jim Henson’s Muppets at least. Released back in 1984 it seems like this read along […]
Welcome back, friends. For this Retro Records offering we are going adventuring. We are listening to 1984’s Black Dragon Bog. This particular release by Kid Stuff is obviously based on the Dungeons & Dragons LJN toy line. With a title like Black Dragon Bog you know things won’t be easy […]
In 1985 the power struggle we were used to in the Masters of the Universe toyline was about to change. This was of course because of the much hyped arrival of a third faction upon Eternia. No longer would it solely be He-Man and his heroic allies locked in an […]