[78-L] Chad Mitchell record^

[Robert Shirer]

The "Marvelous Toy" was one of the great early Tom Paxton songs.  He 
asserted that he wrote it while in clerk-typist training in the US army.  It 
was recorded by him, the Chad Mitchell Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary (Mommy), 
and many others. I can assert that it always worked with little kids, having 
performed it for my own and for many others each time I was nudged out of 
retirement to play for other peoples' little ones.  Zip, Bob and Whrrrr.
Cheers.
Bob Shirer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: [78-L] Chad Mitchell record


> Thanks to dl for the reminder of that delightful Chad Mitchell record 
> about
> the toy...it sort of skates at the edge of being cutesy but I find it
> impossible to resist...it captures something about the enthusiasms of kids
> and that sure carries over to the Holiday season.
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs
>
>
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>>> Assimilation? You want true horror, listen to Neil Diamond's atrocious
>>>> mangling
>>>> of "The Little Drummer Boy" (a song whose original version still turns
>>>> up
>>>> on
>>>> 78). I suggest playing that one full blast in all warring countries.
>>>>
>>>> dl
>>>
>>>
>>> Yow...talk about the "horrors of war."  Playing that record would be a
>>> lose-lose situation for both sides...or maybe win-win.    They'd all lay
>>> down arms in order to plug their ears.
>>>
>>> I think I hear that Hairy Simian Choir record of the song more each year
>>> than any other seasonal tune.  I'd enjoy it if it hadn't been beaten 
>>> into
>>> my
>>> brain so often for so long.
>>>
>>> I don't really have an Xmas  fave,  but one which is dear to me is the
>>> Judy
>>> Garland movie version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."  The
>>> song
>>> and her interpretation capture more of the spirit of the Holidays than
>>> any
>>> other piece of music.
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
>> Whoa..that's the wrist slasher version, isn't it? Yeah, appropriate in
>> these
>> miserable times as well. Me, I still like the Hairy Simian original
>> recording,
>> not the remake on Kapp. And I'm amazed to hear how often contemporary
>> performers feel they have to add the verse to "White Christmas" (and then
>> drag
>> it out like a funeral dirge). Izzy dropped it for a good reason.
>>
>> Another fave..The Marvelous Toy..Chad Mitchell Trio (NOBODY except me 
>> ever
>> played this as a Christmas song)
>>
>>
>> To hell with:
>>
>> The Jackson 5's Santy Claus is Coming to Town (He is! He really is!)
>> I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (by ANYBODY)
>> The Nutcracker Suite (at any time, by anyone, whether it's Fred Waring or
>> Leopold Stokowski)
>>
>> dl
>>
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