This long-awaited reference book represents a first of its kind: an almost complete listing and price guide to vintage children's records. Though coverage is mainly dedicated to 78rpm records, a few early 45rpms are included. Unlike previous price guides, this book attempts to cover all 78rpm kiddie records made in the United States. The dates of coverage range from the 1890s to the 1960s, with most of the listings being from the 1940s and 1950s, the 'golden age' of children's records. There are listings for nearly 14,000 records and 450 record labels, making this the most complete discography of its kind ever in print. Values are given for records in excellent/mint and good/very good condition. This book is sure to delight the young and the young at heart. Give it a spin!
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Peter Muldavin has that unique quality that makes a collector of children's ephemera successful: he is 'sixty-something going on six.' Peter has been a longtime collector of everything from baseball cards, stamps and coins, and antiquarian children's books to his current focus on vintage children's records
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AN AMAZING BOOK!,
This review is from: The Complete Guide to Vintage Children's Records (Paperback)
One of the fondest memories I have from my youth is that old, suitcase style record player where I would play records for hours. I used to have a lot of old kids records and would dearly LOVE to still have them. My favorite was an Batman LP from the 60's that came a comic that retold Batman's origin. Collector Books is always ahead of the pack when it comes to publishing great niche books, and they've released truly the ultimate book for fans and collectors of children's records.
The Complete Guide to Vintage Children's Records is a remarkable book and a journey through a wonderful era of nostalgia. The Author, Peter Muldavin is a lifelong collector of children's nostalgia items and this book came about out of pure necessity. There simply was nothing else out there on the market. Now, the focus of the book is on 78 rpm records and not 45's or LP's. It's important to point that out as what most people are going to encounter in garage sale or flea markets is going to be LP's or 45's. Muldavin is concentrating on the era of his childhood, the early baby boomer years when 78's were prevalent in the 40's and through the late 50's. Muldavin provides a very detailed and entertaining history of childrends records which highlights the Golden Age of kids records from 1946 - 1956. This includes a top ten list of record companies who produced children's records which includes Golden, Victor/RCA, Decca, Capitol, and Mercury. He also covers unique packages such as shaped or die-cut records, picture discs, filmstrip records, etc...All highly collectible today! There's also very valuable information about identifying and dating records, grading, and buying and selling. This truly is one-stop shopping for the Kid's record collectors. Perhaps the most important section of the book is the 80 pages dedicated to label notes and identification. Here, Muldavin lists the hundreds of different label producers along with information such as distributor, content, subsidiaries, record size, color of label, date range, and miscellaneous notes. For example, Blue Ribbon records was a division of Mercury Records producing general children's entertainment records in the 1950's on 6", 7", or 10" vinyl. Over 450 different labels are noted. The guide portion makes up the 300 pages plus of the book. It lists records alphabetically by label brand, beginning with Action Records and ending with Young People's Records. The guide is done in a grid format listing the main title, Disc #, artist, year, and values for both G/VG and EX/NMT grades. In all over 13,000 records are listed in the guide with hundreds of clear color photos included. In here you'll see pictures of records such as The Travels of Babar, Astro Boy, Mighty Mouse in Toyland, Jerry Lewis the Noisy Eater, and Uncle Milty and Donald Duck...what gems! One of the best books I've seen yet from Collector Books...gorgeously illustrated and thorough. The perfect Baby Boomer companion! Reviewed by Tim Janson
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This review is from: The Complete Guide to Vintage Children's Records (Paperback)
Let me say at the outset that I'm not really -- yet -- a children's record collector, but I am a fan of the wonderful and imaginative art that graces so many of the covers. And the older I get, the more the songs, stories, and fables themselves touch my heart in ways that complex adult materials can't. I discovered this guide by accident while trying to find a particular song from my childhood. In the tradition of Schroeder Publishing's Collector Books, it is a very impressive work. Collectors will find not only values for a vast number of records, but also insightful information on the various labels. Hundreds of jackets and records are illustrated in color. It's fun just to flip through. The love and enthusiasm that Mr. Muldavin clearly feels for his hobby are infectious and he shares his expertise fully. Highly recommended!
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A great guide for enthusiasts and collectors (and for reminiscing about your childhood),
By Merle "Little Wonder records" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Guide to Vintage Children's Records (Paperback)
There seem to be two questions that enthusiasts and collectors ask when they find something new - "what is it" and "how much is it worth." Peter Muldavin's book, "The Complete Guide to Vintage Children's Records," answers those questions in painstaking detail, built on what must have been years and years of research. The first quarter or so of the book provides a short, but very informative, history of each of the record companies included and the rest of the book is devoted to the record listings. You'd think that lists of record titles would be visually boring, but that's not the case here - almost all of the listing pages are illustrated with color photos of the records and sleeves. The listings themselves are set in a type that's easy to read, and color is used well so that it's easy to move across the lines. The value estimates seem accurate to me (at least for the records I know something about), and this book has gone further than most by providing values for records in both near-perfect and lesser condition - a real boon to a hobby where condition matters. The price of this book is very reasonable - listings like this are often much more expensive and don't have photos. So if you have an interest in children's records or just want to reminisce a little about the sounds of your childhood, this might be just the book for you.
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