There were a number of children's record series (vinyl records) sold in the US during the 1950's and 1960's. Among them were Tale Spinners for Children, Golden Records, Mercury Storyteller, Pathways of Sound, Telegeneral Let's Pretend and Riverside Wonderland.

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•  Tale Spinners for Children



   • UAC 11001 Robin Hood with Robert Hardy mp3s
   • UAC 11002 William Tell with Paul Daneman mp3s
   • UAC 11003 Snow White with Marjorie Westbury mp3s
   • UAC 11004 Cinderella with Marjorie Westbury mp3s
        ....more Tale Spinners....

• Golden Records



   • GLP 1 A Child's Introduction to the Orchestra mp3s - cover
   • GLP 11 A Child's Introduction to Gilbert and Sullivan mp3s - cover
   • GLP 29 A Child's Introduction to Jazz with Bob Keeshan mp3s - cover
   • GLP 57 A Child's Introduction to French mp3s - cover
   • GLP 62 Danny Kaye Tells 6 Stories from Faraway Places (The Farmer of Babbia, The Big Oven, Master of All Masters, The Most Remarkable Cat, Nail Broth, The Tale of the Name of the Tree) mp3s - cover
   • GLP 74 Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales told by Danny Kaye (The Princess and the Pea, Perfectly True, The Tinder Box, The Match Girl, The Ugly Duckling, The Steadfast Soldier) mp3s - cover
   • GLP 75 A Child's Introduction to Spanish mp3s - cover
   • GLP 92 Grimm's Fairy Tales told by Danny Kaye (Clever Gretel, Water Nixie, The Bean the Coal and the Straw, Snow White and Rose Red, The Musicians of Bremen, The Fox and the Geese, Rumpelstiltskin, Sweet Porridge) mp3s - cover
   • GLP 143 A Child's Introduction to the Nutcracker Suite with Bob Keeshan mp3s - cover
   • GLP 153 Aesop's Fables narrated by Burgess Meredith mp3s - cover
   • GW 229 A Child's Introduction to Mozart and Beethoven narrated by Robert Helpmann mp3s - cover

• Riverside Wonderland



   • RLP 1404 Songs Children Sing: France with Bob and Louise DeCormier mp3s - cover
   • RLP 1405 Arabian Nights' Entertainment with Martyn Green (Aladdin, The Flying Horse, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, The Speaking Bird) mp3s - cover
   • RLP 1409 Mother Goose Songs with Alec Templeton mp3s - cover
   • RLP 1410 Bible Stories for Children read by Jon Arthur (The Seven Days, The First Rainbow, The Tallest Building in the World, The Boy Who Fought a Giant, The Strange Tale of Nebuchadnezzar, The Story of Esther) mp3s - cover
   • RLP 1411 Songs Children Sing: Germany with Bob and Louise DeCormier mp3s
   • RLP 1412 Songs Children Sing: Italy with Bob and Louise DeCormier mp3s
   • RLP 1413 First Songs for Children with Marjorie Bennett mp3s
   • RLP 1414 Paul Bunyan and other Tall Tales of America with Will Rogers, Jr and Tom Scott mp3s
   • RLP 1415 The Elephant Alphabet with Stanley Holloway mp3s - cover
   • RLP 1421 Everybody Sing! International Folk Songs mp3s
   • RLP 1423 Folk Songs for Little Cowboys mp3s
   • RLP 1435 A Child's Introduction to Jazz narrated by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley mp3s
   • RLP 1439 A Child's Introduction to Ballet with Moira Shearer (Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty) mp3s
   • RLP 1440 Jonah and the Whale & The Story of Noah's Ark with Sir Ralph Richardson and Robert Morley mp3s
   • RLP 1442 The House at Pooh Corner & Now We Are Six mp3s
   • RLP 1443 A Child's Introduction to the Instruments of the Orchestra with Joseph Cooper mp3s
   • RLP 1450 A Child's Introduction to Multiplication with Michael Sammes and Enid Heard mp3s
   • RLP 1464 A Child's Introduction to Shakespeare narrated by Mary Douglas Dirks mp3s - cover

• Telegeneral Let's Pretend



   • TG 101 Beauty and the Beast & Princess Moonbeam mp3s - cover - back
   • TG 102 Cinderella & The Twelve Dancing Princesses mp3s - cover
   • TG 103 Dick Whittington and His Cat & How Six Traveled Through the World mp3s - cover
   • TG 104 Snow Drop and the Seven Dwarfs & The Magic Cuckoo mp3s
   • TG 105 Snow White and Rose Red & The Queen Who Couldn't Make Spice Nuts mp3s - cover
   • TG 106 Alice in Wonderland & Why the Sea is Salt mp3s - cover
   • TG 107 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp & Douban the Physician mp3s - cover
   • TG 108 Rapunzel & East of the Sun West of the Moon mp3s - cover
   • TG 109 Sleeping Beauty & Goose Girl mp3s - cover
   • TG 110 Rumplestiltskin & Donkey Skin mp3s - cover
   • TG 111 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves & The White Cat mp3s - cover
   • TG 112 Hop O' My Thumb & The Brave Little Tailor mp3s - cover
   • TG 113 The Emperor's New Clothes & Melilot mp3s - cover
   • TG 114 The Frog Prince & King Thrushbeard mp3s - cover
   • TG 115 Drakestail & The Bremen Town Musicians mp3s - cover
   • TG 116 Jack and the Beanstalk & Faithful John mp3s - cover
   • TG 117 The Tinder Box & The Golden Fleece mp3s - cover
   • TG 118 The Little Mermaid & One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes mp3s - cover
   • TG 119 Hansel and Gretel & Three Golden Hairs mp3s - cover
   • TG 120 The Enchanted Frog & Rosenella mp3s - cover
   • TG 121 Bluebeard & The Donkey, the Table and the Stick mp3s - cover
   • TG 122 The Princess and the Pea & The House in the Woods mp3s - cover
   • TG 123 The Little Lame Prince & The Song of Roland mp3s
   • TG 124 Jorinda and Joringle & The Juniper Tree mp3s - cover
   • TG 125 The Magic Carpet & King Midas and the Golden Touch mp3s - cover

• Pathways of Sound
   • POS 1039 Lauren Bacall reads James Thurber's The 13 Clocks (Part 1) mp3s
   • POS 1040 Lauren Bacall reads James Thurber's The 13 Clocks (Part 2) mp3s

• Mercury Storyteller
   • SLP 101 Cinderella & Jack and the Beanstalk mp3s
   • SLP 102 Robin Hood & Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves mp3s
   • SLP 103 Hansel and Gretel & Sleeping Beauty mp3s
   • SLP 104 David and Goliath & Noah's Ark mp3s
   • SLP 105 Rip Van Winkle & Three Musketeers mp3s
   • SLP 106 St. George and the Dragon & William Tell mp3s
   • SLP 107 Goldlilocks and the Three Bears & Tortoise and the Hare mp3s
   • SLP 108 Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs & Rumpelstiltskin mp3s
   • SLP 109 Alice in Wonderland & Pinocchio mp3s
   • SLP 110 Little Red Riding Hood & The 3 Little Pigs mp3s
   • SLP 111 Treasure Island & Aladdin and His Magic Lamp mp3s

• Other Vinyl Records



   • MS 514 Marisol Les Cuenta stories in Spanish with Marisol/Pepa Flores (La Bella Durmiente, Caperucita Roja, La Cenicienta, Blanca Nieves) mp3s - cover
   • PR 1371 Tesoro de la Niņez, Vol 2 with Dalia Iņiguez (La Bella Durmiente, Caperucita Roja, Blanca Nieves, La Niņa de Nieve) mp3s - cover
   • ZLP 700 Aunt Theresa Stories for Children with Aunt Theresa Worman mp3s - cover - Aunt Theresa photo
   • CAS 1064 Around the Block, Around the World stories and songs of many lands mp3s - cover
   • CAS 1094 Cowboys and Indians - The Story of Little Wild Bill with Sonny Campbell and the Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus, story by Ruth Roberts (songs: Ode to Little Wild Bill, The Land of Billy the Kid, Blood Brother, The Pony Express, Rollin' to California, Peter Piper Picked A Pepper Polka, Dry Spell, A Very Ordinary Day in Tombstone, The Cowboy, The French and Indian War) mp3s - cover

• Other Websites
   • Kiddie Records Weekly children's stories from 78 RPM records

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