Thursday, 1 October 2009

Baretta - Great Adventures





WONDERLAND PLAYERS
Baretta: Great Adventures
1976
256+ VBR LAME mp3
Vinyl rip & scans from Wonderland WLP 309

And now for something completely different...

I ripped this one before checking to see if it had been posted and, to my double-delight, it had not plus I found my way to the Franklin Mint Blog, a super awesome compendium of 70s kiddie pop culture where I picked up a load of these cool Wonderland LPs. It saved me the trouble of digitizing a few, although I may get around to doing Godzilla one of these days.

As you can tell from the excerpts, there's some dope library music throughout these positively riveting suspense stories and even a break or two that might be worth lifting. Dude doesn't sound anything like Robert Blake but hey, the kids listening to this likely weren't old enough to catch the late-night gritty adult detective drama during its heydey, so whadda they know?


1 Polly Wants A Cracker
2 Pretty As A Picture
3 Payment On Demand


Oh yeah, Polly? Well, Soundological's got your cracker right HERE. (Link updated May 23, 2013)
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9 comments:

  1. alphabet1 October 2009 at 14:39

    "positively riveting suspense stories"
    LOL!!!
    Thanks for this and for putting me on to the franklinmint blog. Would you happen to know any of the library records where these tracks came from??
    Thanks

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  2. cheeba1 October 2009 at 15:13

    Hey alphabet! Not only are they positively riveting, they're fully dramatized - no half steppin' here!

    Tried to dig up some info but Wonderland is long defunct. I found reference that they provided some in-house music and some was licensed library material. However, that source was a little sketchy.

    Hopefully one of blogland's library specialists decide to download and can ID...

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  3. Franklin Mint2 October 2009 at 10:18

    Thanks for the plug.

    I've always wanted to hear the Baretta Wonderland record. Now I can. But after I search your blog...

    - Franklin Mint

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  4. Waterfallman24 October 2009 at 19:39

    I've never heard wonderland records, it's very interesting idea but I'd prefer it to have more music in between the stories. But as it is, is unique and interesting! Thanks!

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  5. cheeba4 November 2009 at 18:47

    @Franklin Mint, more than happy to give you some Wonderland! I need to come 'round your spot more often, it is a treasure!

    @FSV, done! Thanks for the link.

    @Moes Lake, I too wish the music was more front & center - or even longer interludes. Glad you found this one entertaining!

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  6. flageolette11 March 2010 at 21:12

    Superbe,my friend!

    Thanks

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  7. Lupine Assassin16 August 2012 at 22:30

    Links are dead. Please re-post. Thank you.

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  8. cheeba24 May 2013 at 20:29

    Too little too late?

    re-posted today.

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  9. Lupine Assassin24 May 2013 at 21:15

    Thanks so much! :D

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