When you start playing childrenÁ¢€â„¢s records, sooner or later youÁ¢€â„¢ve got to get to the Smurfs. You canÁ¢€â„¢t even accuse the record label of cashing in on the Saturday morning…
Way Out Wednesday
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Tony Redman
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Hey, gang! Tony from Way Out Junk again, bringing you another installment of Way Out Wednesday! This weekÁ¢€â„¢s selection is from the ABC ChildrenÁ¢€â„¢s Chorus, a group of kids so…
Tony Redman
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TodayÁ¢€â„¢s album is this little gem from 1959 called Space Songs. The songs were written by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer and were performed by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans….
Tony Redman
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Looking at this cover youÁ¢€â„¢d think youÁ¢€â„¢d hear stories featuring Alan Young as Wilbur Post and Allen Á¢€Å“RockyÁ¢€ Lane as Mister Ed. YouÁ¢€â„¢d be wrong though. ThereÁ¢€â„¢s no Wilbur Post…
Tony Redman
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In 1977, disco music was extremely popular. Wanting to cash in on the fad, Peter Pan Records decided to release albums of disco music for kids, hosted by Irwin the…
Tony Redman
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HereÁ¢€â„¢s the soundtrack to one of the most unusual (and dated) Peanuts specials out there. The year is 1983. Charles Schulz, inspired by the movie Flashdance released earlier that year,…
Tony Redman
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This is one of my favorite childrenÁ¢€â„¢s albums I had growing up and, judging by the comments for this entry on my blog, it was a favorite for a lot…
Tony Redman
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IÁ¢€â„¢ve always been a fan of the Monkees. I watched the show when it came on the first time, and later when it was in reruns. I got most of…
Tony Redman
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ItÁ¢€â„¢s Wednesday, which means itÁ¢€â„¢s time to pull out another album from the Way Out Junk archives. TodayÁ¢€â„¢s music selection from Fat Albert and the Junkyard Band is called Rock…
Tony Redman
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Tiny Tim (born Herbert Khaury) was a staple of late ’60s TV, appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show and Rowan and MartinÁ¢€â„¢s Laugh-In. With his unusual appearance,…
Tony Redman
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This album from 1978 features the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra playing that most maligned of instruments, the kazoo. The kazoo was invented by an African-American named Alabama Vest in Macon,…
Tony Redman
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TodayÁ¢€â„¢s Way Out Wednesday features this album by the Peter Pan Orchestra and Chorus, called WhatÁ¢€â„¢s the Good Word? It has fun little ditties about different parts of speech and…
Tony Redman
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TodayÁ¢€â„¢s Way Out Wednesday nugget of joy is brought to you by the Three Stooges. The Stooges made a number of popular short subjects in the 1940s. Later, when television…
Tony Redman
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Big Daddy is a musical group with a rather unusual back story. IÁ¢€â„¢ll let the liner notes explain: While on a USO tour of Southeast Asia in 1959, Big Daddy…
Tony Redman
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ItÁ¢€â„¢s time once again to dig deep into the Way Out Junk archives to bring you another installment of “Way Out Wednesday.” This week, we spotlight the wonderful childrenÁ¢€â„¢s album…
Tony Redman
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When I was younger, one of my favorite television shows was The Electric Company, a childrenÁ¢€â„¢s series on PBS that helped teach kids how to read. Now, I was 10…
Tony Redman
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This weekÁ¢€â„¢s selections are from an album called Rerun Rock. The concept for this album is this: How would classic TV theme songs sound if they were performed by famous…
Tony Redman
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Here are two tracks from The Green Album, an album of tribute songs about clay superstars Gumby and Pokey released in 1989. The first one, Á¢€Å“The Ballad of Gumby,Á¢€ performed…
Tony Redman
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Hello, my name is Tony, and I run a blog called Way Out Junk that focuses mostly on out-of-print childrenÁ¢€â„¢s and novelty albums. Jeff contacted me and asked if IÁ¢€â„¢d…
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