I didn't really have much hope but thought that just for fun I would try to find any evidence of such a record on the internet. I googled "little match girl danny kaye" and the very first hit led me to a web page with a long list of old children's story records including the one I was looking for. The record containing HCA's stories narrated by Danny Kaye did include TLMG plus a few others that seemed to ignite recollection in my head so I'm sure it was the one I had heard long ago, and here it is.
The page also includes downloadable mp3 files of the records so of course I did just that and upon listening to Danny Kaye tell the story of The Little match Girl I am now sure that it was the very same recording that left such a big impression on me all those years ago.
If you would like to hear it for yourself you can listen to it right here.
I must admit that now I prefer the silent animated film version I included in my previous post but Danny Kaye had the advantage of being the first to tell me the story and that, when I was still so young. He must have made an quite an impression, for me to search out the Little Match Seller once more all these years later.
Anyway if you or your kids might be interested in listening to some old stories told the old fashioned way, here is the link to the web page.
http://www.artsreformation.com/records/
(The record containing The Little Match Girl that I downloaded is "GLP 74")
Finally, to close, may I just quote another great old story teller and say, "now you know...(dramatic pause)...the rest of the story."
(Um, yeah, that's Paul Harvey)
11 comments:
Thank you.
I took 6 tales with Danny Kaye to my iPod.
I will listen to them over and over.
Wow, an anonymous comment from someone in Sweden, (according to my hit counter). Yay! I'll take what I can get.
I don't remember that record but I have strong memories of an old cassette tape (it may or may not have been blue) that had some stories on it. The Portage Pot, Snow White and Rose Red, and one that I remember being scary- something to do with robbers and braying like a donkey...oh and I am remembering another weird one about cooked turkeys or chickens and they kept getting eaten and it ended morbidly I think...oh here comes another with a grumpy little man maybe a leprechaun or Rumpelstiltskin who could turn things into gold but in the end he gets mad and stamps his foot and he turns to gold...that one might be Snow White and Rose Red.
Sorry for the long comment but there is another thing I have been looking for. I don't know the title but it was a book we had and it had these horses that wore masks so they looked like women and wore fancy hats. That is all I remember but I have always wondered what the book was.
Does anyone else remember these and can you end my mental anguish?
Hey don't worry Ray, long comments are always good.
Sorry I can't help you with any of those stories you remember. I guess the books and records/tapes that we had must have changed somewhat over the years.
did you see the youtube clips from Finnland?
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpa7KLK40RI
http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXpuu85XAU
Hi again Anonymous from Sweden. Thanks for those links. They were fun to watch.
Ray about your comment on the book with the horses that would dress up as women I am glad I am not the only one that remembers it. I have been asking Dad about it but he doesn't remember the name either. I do remember that they would talk to a man that was in an apple tree as well. Anyway let me know if you find out what it was called. I am sure somebody other then Ray and I remember because by the time we got it read to us there was no cover remaining.
One of our favorite stores in Rumpelstilskin and he turns straw to gold. It is fun.
Lorin,
I loved the posts and learned a lot. As crazy as it sounds, I don't think I've ever heard this story before (either that, or I repressed the memory).
Also, congratulations on the anonymous posts from Sweden. That is quite an accolade, but in your case very much deserved (maybe even overdue, if I may say so myself).
- C
Thanks Chad.
Glad I could be the one to introduce you to The Little Match girl.
I wonder if the version of TLMG you recall is the one I also had in about 1969. The album/LP was called "Spoken Arts Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales". All stories on the album were read/performed by Christopher Casson and Eve Watkinson. I did find one picture of the cover much as I remembered it, but have not yet been able to find a download for this version. TLMG was my favorite. Happy Holidays.
Raymond, here is a link to the book The Three Little Horses. I loved that book as a kid, too! http://www.amazon.ca/Three-Little-Horses-Piet-Worm/dp/1930900368
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