Davy Crockett

Tracks:
Davy Crockett Side 1
Davy Crockett Side 2
 

The last of the "Literary Classics" line, Davy Crockett is a natural choice for a kids' record, what with all of Davy's feats of derring-do.
The art--at least some of it--ooks like it was done by Rich Buckler, at least the pencils. I love how it ends: "Oh, by the way, my name's Andrew Jackson."
Like yesterday's Little Women book and record set, I have not been able to find an audio track for this book anywhere, so for now just the book will have to do. If I ever come across it somewhere (or get it made myself), I'll come back and put it up here!

I don't own this one, so the scans for Davy Crockett (and yesterday's Huckleberry Finn) were generously supplied by the ultimate Power Records site, Power Records Plaza. Thanks Shawn!

Huckleberry Finn

Another unusual choice of literary classics to adapt into book and record form was this, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.

Not that the story isn't a classic of course, but it lacks the kind of slam-bang action others in the series, like Robin Hood and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, provided. But its obvious that Power Records was trying to get a wider audience with their "Literary Classics" line, and Finn is in the public domain, so...

I don't recognize the art, although the cover figure looks Carmine Infantino-ish to me, and on the insides some of it looks like the work of master illustrator Dan Speigle, especially in some of the faces. But I can't be sure.

Like yesterday's Little Women book and record set, I have not been able to find an audio track for this book anywhere, so for now just the book will have to do. If I ever come across it somewhere (or get it made myself), I'll come back and put it up here!

Little Women

Track:
Little Women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If yesterday's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was an obvious choice of story for Power Records to adapt into Book and Record form, you'd have to say Little Women was about as far away from "obvious" as possible.

For a series so centered on action and excitement, adapting Louisa May Alcott's character-driven classic seems to be an odd fit, yet I found this to be one of their best adaptations.

First off, hiring Dick Giordano to do the art was the perfect choice--Giordano could do action hero-style fisticuffs as well as anybody, but was also capable of rendering other kinds of material, and I think his work here is very effective.

On the inside back cover, we can see the person who first owned this set made notations, presumably concerning which Power Record sets they had and needed.

If the "-----" sign meant Had Already, and the circle meant To Get, that meant this goal went unfulfilled, since as far as we know, Moby Dick, Gulliver's Travels, and Last of the Mohicans were never released.

If the opposite is true, then it means they were released, which means the hunt continues...