Walt Disney presents Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes with Sterling Holloway, Music by Camarata

Walt Disney presents Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes with Sterling Holloway, Music by Camarata
Circa 1960 Disneyland DQ-1211 HiFi LP Record. Narrated by Sterling Holloway, trumpet music from Tutti Camarata. A collection of Best loved songs and poems. Nice cover art with Pinnochio, Pluto, and a dwarf. Includes: Humpty Dumpty, Mulberry Bush, Little-ies, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Misty Moisty, Hey Diddle Diddle, Sing a Song of 6pence, Peter Piper, Mother Hubbard, London Bridge, Old King Cole, Simple Simon, Ding Dong Bell, Sleep Baby Sleep, more.
Customer Review: Oddest Disney record
Do you like oddball children's recordings? Look into this. Despite the innocence of the artwork, this is a bizarre, dark recording of Sterling Holloway (aka Winnie The Pooh) and a children's chorus running lickety-split through the best and also most obscure Mother Goose Rhymes, with musical accompaniment by Salvatore Camarata. Betcha didn't know "Mary Had A Little Lamb" had 4 other verses! The music approximates at times Harry Partch, Bernard Herrmann in "Psycho" mode, and Charles Ives with mad fiddle playing and xylophone syncopations everywhere. Coupled with the crazily enthusiastic kids and the surprisingly contrarian and sardonic Holloway singing or reciting these classic rhymes without a nod to contemporary contextual mores (what to make of the young girl who plaintively sings on 'Misty Moisty Morning' about her encounter with "an old man/clothed all in leather", or about Old Mother Hubbard's dog who actually dies in the second verse, then is resurrected and receiving a present of "hose"?), this is a fantastically weird record. Highly recommended to fans of The Residents. I dubbed my copy from a relative's library scratchy vinyl LP--I wish this was on CD. This is one of my Top 10 favorite recordings of all time. You should get it, too.


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