Kids / School Bands

For the young and young at heart.

  • The Wombles - Keep On Wombling The Wombles - Keep On Wombling

    The moment I saw the trippy psych/kiddie album cover, I knew I had to buy this record, and I’m sure glad I did. The Wombles are an H.R. Pufnstuf meets The Muppets children’s television and book series from the UK with a mission: they’re all about picking up litter. I had some high hopes for […]

  • College of the Redwoods Stage Band: Family of Man College of the Redwoods Stage Band: Family of Man

    Local NorCal High School jazz lp. Half of this is pretty standard school kid cheese. IE: horrible selection of covers (the Flinstones theme) sloppily executed - but without the reckless abandon that would make it interesting. The second side it better. An original side-long jazz suite with tinges of exotica. Based on the short clip […]

  • Bobby And Betty Go To The Moon Bobby And Betty Go To The Moon

    Way in the future, 1985, these 2 kids are the first to fly solo to the moon. Loads of fun science facts and cheesy effects, girls don’t care much for engineering in the future, where scientists sound like cheap impersonations of Bela & Boris. More fun on side two, tame library versions of soul […]

  • Hammond State School Performing Group - Taking It To The Streets Hammond State School Performing Group - Taking It To The Streets

    From Louisiana, this mid-80’s recording by the very active performing group (there live appearance schedule on the back proove they may be the hardest working mentally handicapped band ever) has something for everyone. Rock, pop, disco, r&b, country & of course, zydeco.
    While i find the title track awesome, those that have listened rave about Material […]

  • Crossroads - Get Together Crossroads - Get Together

    I really try to avoid using the word ‘haunting’ when describing music. Alas, there is nothing else I can use to describe this one-tracker campfire folk record recorded in Edmonton, Alberta by some high-school kids from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The song Poet, which features flute, guitar and piano has put me in a curious state of […]

  • Glaser, Solomon, Clayton, and Contini: AEIOU Glaser, Solomon, Clayton, and Contini: AEIOU

    Ultrasound Records made this lp in the mid 70’s devoted to teaching vowel sounds to children. An artifact of the era that would have most likely stayed buried in the graveyard of kitsch had it not become known for the funky breakz of the long E song. But aside from all of that, this is […]

  • Masao Hiruma/Testpattern - Apogee and Perigee Masao Hiruma/Testpattern - Apogee and Perigee

    This excellent robot cover houses a record that is a fake soundtrack to a non-existant animation film about the space adventurs of the robots Apogee and Perigee and their android dog, creations of the mad professor Persec, and their fight against a totalitarian society. Almost all tunes are anoying to a point that they are […]

  • Chandra - Transportation Chandra - Transportation

    I have to thank Waxidermy for this album. This was sold to me after I posted a want ad on the BBS for The Dance’s Dance For Your Dinner EP. The guy who sold me the EP recommended this to me and I gladly bought it.
    Chandra Oppenheim is a young female vocalist (12 years old […]

  • The Battle Of The Bands: 1970 (Custom Fidelity) The Battle Of The Bands: 1970 (Custom Fidelity)

    Here’s a recording of an 11th annual concert hosted by the Hollywood Bowl to showcase teenage musicians and singers. The participants are either independent or associated with high schools. There’s your standard horn heavy stage band numbers from Montebello, Dorsey and Pico Rivera High Schools, as well as contributions from folk duos, such as Two […]

  • Street and Gangland Rhythms Street and Gangland Rhythms

    Simply put; this is one of the most amazing and entertaining records I’ve ever heard. It’s a truly fascinating slice of life that does not cease to astonish upon repeated listens, and makes one wish that more things like this had been preserved for the ages. The songs, anecdotes, and a capella gang wars of […]

  • Vladimir Cosma - Enfance Vladimir Cosma - Enfance

    “I hear you still buy records, what kind of music do you like?”
    “Well, lately I’ve been listening to this odd electro-medieval-kiddie record.”
    ” Oh . . . silly me, I still haven’t said hi to the host yet. Nice to meet you.”
    Listen

  • Saint Anthony Choristers: Let the Sunshine In! Saint Anthony Choristers: Let the Sunshine In!

    I will buy just about any record of kids singing/playing pop songs that I know and like - so, needless to say, I end up buying a lot records like this one. Most of the time they are just totally unremarkable. I won’t say horrible because truly horrible music is as hard to come by […]

  • When I Met You When I Met You

    When I Met You is a live recording of an original musical written by students at Avalon Juniour High (Edmonton, Alberta). I bought it because I know some people who went to this school and knew they would get a kick out of it. The majority of the album is exactly what I expected; a […]

  • Yamaha Junior Original - '72 Yamaha Junior Original - ‘72

    I’m not going to go into the differences between the cultures of Japan and the United States, specifically in the realm of education, but suffice it to say that they’re different. Very different.
    The Yamaha Music Education System exists to create accomplished musicians at a young age and bring out the full potential of musical […]

  • Hi Hopes Hi Hopes

    I grew up near Anaheim, CA, which is where Hope High the school for developmentally disable kids that spawned the Hi Hopes is. So, I’m sorta partial to them even though their records are not very good. Well, I mean they are “good” for records of music made by, to use the liner notes’ not […]

  • Minnesingers: Music In Motion '74 Minnesingers: Music In Motion ‘74

    For the most part this is an average to below average youth choir/band lp. However, there is a flash of brilliance in their version of “Summer Breeze” - which is absolutely delightful! Reminds me of something off one of those Langley School lp’s. I’d like to tell you more about this record, but liner notes […]

  • Colby's Missing Memory Colby’s Missing Memory

    Colby is a robot who’s programmer input the entire Bible into his memory. When Colby gets excited about a particular verse from the Bible he makes a song out of it.

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