Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Amazing Spiderman Vol. II

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The ridiculously abbreviated stories on the back cover are a nice metaphor for this record, where Power Records crammed five Spidey stories onto one LP.

Some of the Spidey poses are clearly lifted from panels by John Romita and Gil Kane; the rest of the artwork is funky in the extreme.



Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Davy Crockett

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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!

Monday, June 9, 2008

Huckleberry Finn

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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!


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