Sunday, October 14, 2012

Mitch Miller

............................................................................... On the Gala Goldentone label from 1962 - a 6 inch vinyl bright orange disc. Nursery rhymes and children's songs sung by grown ups....................................................................................Wikipedia says - " Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010)[1][2] was a prominent figure in the American music industry. Miller was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, working as a musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive. Miller was one of the most influential figures in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of Artists and Repertoire at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as an accomplished player of the oboe and English horn, and recorded several highly regarded classical albums featuring his instrumental work, but he is best remembered as a conductor, choral director, television performer and recording executive."........................................................................... Mitch Miller - 10 Little Indians.............................................................................Mitch Miller - The farmer In The Dell

4 comments:

Meetzorp said...

I had this album when I was a child!

I was born in '77, so it must have either been a hand-me-down or else it stayed in "print" for quite a long time.

As a kid, I thought the lyrics to "Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley" was "Hospie stinks, and garlic grows," and I assumed that's why Hospie stunk...'cause he was growing garlic.

Good lord, I was a weird little kid. And this is kind of a weird little album.

Thanks for the flashback!

Wastedpapiers said...

Thanks for the comment Meetzorp. Good to know it brought back some weird memories of childhood!

KL from NYC said...

What??? No "Sing A Song Of Sixpence?"

Was it way beyond digital repair? Was there purple crayon entrenched in the grooves?

Actually, I'm surprised that you got any of these in good shape. The UK kiddie records must have been made with a better plastic mix than the ones here in the US.

KL from NYC said...

The previous comment was left prematurely.
I just realized that Sing A Song Of Sixpence was at the end of Ten Little Indians (the record cover lists them the other way around).

It was quite a surprise to find out that the 1:34 mp3 contained two songs.