Just when we thought that Jimmy Stewart’s Winnie the Pooh stories could not have been packaged in any other way, along comes this RCA Music Service 8-track tape (S 223707). This is the 8-track version of the 2-album set of the same title (RCA R223707-2). Both were issued in 1976. See the blog for October…
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Uncle Jay Jay’s Playtime
Uncle Jay Jay’s Playtime was a local show broadcast over KCRG-AM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, between 1950 and 1952. The program was aired Saturdays from 9 to 9:30 a.m. The following newspaper listing is from the Cedar Rapids Gazette of February 1, 1952: The date for this broadcast would have been the following day, February…
Four Wonderful Winnie the Pooh Stories
When the three Winnie the Pooh blogs were posted (October 26-27-28, 2015) we thought that we had covered all of the available variations of the recordings. There were Upside-Down books in both 78 rpm and 45 rpm formats, 78 rpm singles, 45 rpm singles and various albums released through the years. But, as it turns…
Winnie the Pooh – The Albums
It took until 1958, but finally all four Stewart stories were released on one album, along with a fifth story, The Little Engine That Could, as told by Paul Wing, which filled out the disc. The Little Engine That Could leads off side one, followed by Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump. Kanga and Baby…
Winnie the Pooh – The Singles
Only two of the Pooh stories read by Stewart were issued as singles. Like the Upside-Down books, both were issued as 78 RPM and 45 RPM discs. The first record was of Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump Parts 1 & 2 (RCA Victor BY-48 (78 RPM)/WBY- 48 (45 RPM). Both were issued in a…
Winnie the Pooh – Upside-Down Books
Jimmy Stewart recorded four different Winnie the Pooh stories for RCA Victor – Kanga and Baby Roo, Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. Through the years, these have been released in several formats – Upside-Down books, singles and albums. We will look at each…
