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A record that used to be part of my family's collection back in the '60s was a GALA GOLDENTONE single of the LAUREL & HARDY theme song from LARRY HARMON's animated TV show. It was orange in colour, and is, today, seemingly quite a collectable due to its rarity as it never seems to come up on eBay. In the States, it was on the LITTLE GOLDEN RECORD label, and was 45 r.p.m. as opposed to the UK version being 78 r.p.m.
Anyway, I've been searching for one for a while now, but with no success, and, as I'm hardly what could be considered a patient person, I decided just to make my own copy. The two tracks from the disc are available on YouTube, so I recorded them, transferred them onto a CD, made an inlay card, etc., and what you see in the accompanying photos is the result.
At first I was going to make the front of the CD inlay card the exact same as the cover of the single, but it would have required too much work to remove some of the 'wear' on it. (Also, it was the US version.) Instead, I focussed on the main image and title (which is chiefly what I recall), did a little tidying up, and created an interior and rear inlay card of which I could be proud. And I am! I made the label from a pic of the original record on the Internet, as I wanted to capture the 'spirit' of that little orange record from my childhood.
Update: After thinking about it awhile, I decided to redo the label to accommodate the orange colour of the original record. If you closely examine the pic below you'll see the 'GG.48' that was etched onto the inside plastic margin of the 1963 record. In fact, the A Side had 'GG.48A' and the B Side had 'GG.48B', but I removed any reference to two sides as both tracks are now on one side of the CD.
Well, Crivs - what do you think? Pretty neat, isn't it? I have three or four spare copies in cardboard sleeves (not plastic CD cases), which I'll give (one per person) to anyone who wants one (first come, first served) at my own expense, so if you'd like to be one of the lucky recipients, let me know in the comments section. Of course, you could always copy the YouTube clip like I did, but if you're anything like me, then you'll prefer having something more tangible. (Update: You're too late - none left.)
To hear the song, click below. It's preceded by an instrumental version, so if you forward 1 minute 20 seconds ahead, you'll hear the vocal performance. If you click on full screen mode, as the song progresses, the full cover image gradually comes into view, enabling you to see why I didn't use it as it is. Anyway, all that remains now is for all you Crivvies to tell me how brilliant, talented, and gifted I am. Go on, it won't hurt as much as you think. (Well, it certainly won't hurt me!)
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