Does anybody remember the albums that Hanna-Barbera released on their short lived record label, which included at least two soundtracks but were mostly storybook albums featuring various characters?
I've never owned any of them, but the one I'd most like to see on CD is THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE. The album has seven songs by Doug Goodwin and John McCarthy, and five instrumental tracks by Ted Nichols.
I'm not sure how the pop song soundtrack to the 1965 teen movie A SWINGIN' SUMMER ended up on the Hanna-Barbera label, but here it is. The film had to do with the goings-on at a California lakeside resort. The film was shot at Lake Arrowhead, California.
Raquel Welch had her first major film role in the picture, right before her breakout role in FANTASTIC VOYAGE. And she gets to sing a song in the film, which is on the LP -- "I'm Ready to Groove."
Here are the opening and closing credits of the film with the title song sung by Jody Miller.
Even though Hanna-Barbera had its own label, The Banana Splits album actually was released on Decca Records.
Doc Loch is correct that "The Banana Splits" LP was issued on Decca Records.
However, Hanna-Barbera Records did create two 45 rpm EP records, with four songs each, that were used by Kellogg's (the show's primary sponsor) as promotional items. On each of these, the headlined song was one from the Decca album, along with 3 additional songs that were not found on the Decca LP.
I'm not sure how the pop song soundtrack to the 1965 teen movie A SWINGIN' SUMMER ended up on the Hanna-Barbera label, but here it is. The film had to do with the goings-on at a California lakeside resort. The film was shot at Lake Arrowhead, California.
Raquel Welch had her first major film role in the picture, right before her breakout role in FANTASTIC VOYAGE. And she gets to sing a song in the film, which is on the LP -- "I'm Ready to Groove."
Here are the opening and closing credits of the film with the title song sung by Jody Miller.
And Carol Connors (whose last name is miscredited as "Conners" would co compose the theme for "Rocky" ("Gonna Fly Now").
Wow, talk about memories. I still have the Banana Splits 45s that I seem to recall you got by sending in box tops from Kelloggs' cereal boxes, but I think my copy of Monster Shindig was played to death and is long gone.
I had "Here Comes Huckleberry Hound" when I was about seven and played it constantly. Haven't heard it for 40 years, probably, if not longer, but I can still recall chunks of dialogue.
Even though Hanna-Barbera had its own label, The Banana Splits album actually was released on Decca Records.
Doc Loch is correct that "The Banana Splits" LP was issued on Decca Records.
I knew this album wasn't on the Hanna-Barbera label when I brought it up, but I didn't care! It's the only record of an HB product I owned as a kid, and for a brief period when I was nine years old, I thought it was cool.
