Teddy Bear's Picnic 1907 - Nostalga Overload at 78rpm

[bearron]

I had 3 or 4 boxes of 78's that looked just like this. I just junked them. Perhaps I made a mistake.

[serpentinecreature]

Yes I still love this,I am old but this gives me a wonderful feeling inside to hear this song.This was the version that I grew up with.Thank you for sharing it.

[steinwaygrande1]

@serpentinecreature Like wise. I grew up listening to this on my old wind up 78 RPM gramaphone that my parents would play for me to get me to go to sleep at night. Thats a million years ago :-)

[serpentinecreature]

@steinwaygrande1 But isn't it "grande" and blessed to still be here! Thank you again!

[steinwaygrande1]

@serpentinecreature Indeed its "grande"to still be alive and able to enjoy these nostalgic melodies before they are lost forever.

[serpentinecreature]

@steinwaygrande1 Yes! God's blessing to you always.

[steinwaygrande1]

@serpentinecreature Thank you and Gods blessings to you as well my friend. Stay safe and well.

[varania7]

Sorry but my Teddy bear sat on the turntable..its scratchy sound is Teddys fault :))))) awesome song..My Teddy likes it :)

[Krammn]

My right ear enjoyed it. ¬_¬

[duckmaester]

only comes out of thr ight channel...i had the left plugged in and heard nowt til swapped. Great tune, and the plip plopping percussive effect before the trombone solo is ublime

[kirtley2010]

great sound quality, i cant get that good from my record players

[MissBooful]

Sublime in so many ways! Down! down! with the iPod!

[anthonypepitoneVideo]

Love this! Thanks!!

[LongLiveStopMotion2]

Is it safe to play shellac 78's with a drop down automatic turntable? Aren't they rather brittle? Wouldn't it be better to put them on the turntable and set the tone arm manually?

Also, this recording is from the 1930's. The song was composed in 1907, but lyrics weren't added until 1932.

[LongLiveStopMotion2]

Is it safe to play shellac 78''s with a drop down automatic turntable? Aren't they rather brittle? Wouldn't it be better to put them on the turntable and set the tone arm manually?

[MrKuwaitwolf]

Wow you know I have a old recorder like yours but different brand and the cds don't work, ill try again with them. which is my mom's mom old cd recorder but my mom's mom is dead god bless her. but the four ppl my mom my dad me and my brother own my tita's house after she died

[sweetfernfarm]

Thank you for posting this song. It's creepy and wonderful, all at once!

[gm8apx]

Astonishing. As a child (maybe under 5?) I often heard this. I think we had the 78 and played it often. It was during WW2.

If you wanted to be naughty you pretended to go to sleep, then kept awake for the closedown of "The Light Programme" on Long Wave. After a few minutes the BBC would play this; and if the xylophone bit sounded good, the transmitted audio was good! Also there are lots of bass notes so maybe they checked those as well!

I have no idea how often I heard this, but infinity maybe?

[smash8cookiebros]

banjo kazooie!



[IxUNTOUCHBLExI]

This the orgiinal CD. not really compact. lol

[davidpalmquist]

Talk about flashbacks! I remember listening to this recording in my high chair in the kitchen in a basement suite, sometime in the early 1950s. Thank you for posting it.

[Eddy2730]

In answer to your 'question', Henry Hall recorded this song in 1932.

[rocketrod101]

thanks i enjoyed that!!!

[FromA2mee]

in first grade in like.. 1999 or 200 at stonehurst hills elementary school we had to do this song in the auditorium, it was like a play thing because we watched the movie with the song "bear nasesities", so we had to hold up our teddy bears and sing this song, ofcourse it wasn't as slow, but it was still slow.. man this brings back memories.

[sineadey1990]

this was on my tape " hello children everywhere" Loved that tape sooo much! and now i dont know where it is :(

lots of fond memories with this song as a child :)

[fmackert]

it amazes me how nicely it sounds for such an early recording

[envisablepuppet12]

I have been looking this version of this song forever. So ominous. I love it :D

[brucedianepets]

Wow, I really appreciate that you put this 78 speed up. I love 78's and I love this song. Now I can hear it again anytime I want.

[Okky22]

Try using a sharpened rose thorn. It gives a softer tone

[genalan]

Finally. Thank you.

[lcrosbyclan]

My grandmother used to sing me this song when i was a young one

[BluKrbygrl]

@lcrosbyclan I had a book with a record of this song in the book. I'm not old, either. It must have been made in the very end of the record era.

[squeekmousethecat]

This sounds an awful lot like British singer Val Rosing.

[thomase13]

It is Val Rosing!

[mtlgirl]

Thank you so much for posting this. My Mom had the same 78 & I would play it all the time lol

[Rudipolt]

Fine Song!

Thanks For Posting!

[Caslon159]

Recorded in 1932 and issued at the time on Columbia's dark blue label. The record in the video is the 1940s reissue, with the same B side (Hush Hush Hush here comes the bogeyman)

[funusere]

Banjo-Kazooie !!!!!

[AllegrettoATempo]

I had a picturebook with the lyrics and my mom and I used to sing it together... I kind of wonder whatever happened to it now...

[burnt62]

Fabulous ... thanks so much for posting

[kaustin6969]

July 10 is Teddy Bear's Picnic Day

[rpbajb]

Very nice. Thanks.

[thewonderwood1]

Love this recording.

[kingbleah]

i dont like modern music!

[wingknot]

this should be in fallout 3

[MyShaniqua]

I have to agree. Fallout 3 or BioShock.

[BackstrokeOfTheWest]

I'm so gonna get a record player, I like them :)

[kristineingrid]

Thanks for posting this. I listened to this record as a kid in the 50's. It had belonged to my mom, who was born in 1925. I still have this record put away someplace.

[EuropeanArchive]

1931, to my idea. The first time lyrics were added to this song. There is a 1907 wax cylinder version without words.

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Historical classical recordings

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[retroflow44]

Either 1931 or 1932.

[AndrewEnderWiggin]

Garrard.... but, of course!

[albertusj]

It's ironic that these discs will be around for longer than tapes and CDs.

[albertusj]

The quality is pretty good. Are you sure about the date though?Most likely an electrical recording from the 20's.

[quibix]

I recently attempted something similar, recently. Though my turntable is 78 capable, all I can find for it are LP needles. They're too thin for my 1907 Zonophone & 1916Aeolian Vocalions' 78 grooves, as the needles go right to the bottom of the grooves instead of riding on top, where all the code is! Should I weight the tonearm, maybe, to add resistance?

[thomasking55]

I don't like the sound of that! Here in the UK many old electrical 'junk' shops or car boot sales / jumblesales are great for picking up cheap second hand record reproducers which do 78rpm.

[tavriadriver]

@quibix Try Diamond Stylus, Council St West, Lllandudno. If they haven't got it, they'll make it, or put a 78 tip on an old microgroove needle. And at modest cost, too.

[sopaman1234]

@quibix the needle doctor web site has 78 rpm stylus

try them

[Oldsteamer2]

@quibix you need a tonearm with a turnable needle, 17µ and 60µ .

second hand shops or junkshops may be good source.

[Jackanape69]

This proves that time travel is possible. Someone took a TV, N64, and Banjo-Kazooie back to 1907.

[monkeymanagogo]

omg every time i hear this song i think of this song. gruntildas song is totally ripped from this.

[buckley54]

Was 'The Whistler and his dog' on the flipside?

[thomasking55]

The Bogey Man song - also uploaded!

[thomasking55]

Thank you everyone for your kind words

[codyki]

This is one of the greatest movies ever made, and I can't thank you enough.

[vincenz55]

beautiful song that caught my attention long ago such a catchy and beautiful tune

[quibix]

It's astonishing how much information can be stored analog!

[thomasking55]

An inspirational scientific creation meets artistic genius

[StewedTomato]

What a treat from my childhood!! Thank You

[puretroubleman]

This is probably public domain now.

[pisces516973]

Still love this song from my parents' childhood! They played this recording for me and my sibs when we were very small, and we sang it as a family once we learned the verses.

One night back in the 1980s, after a formal dinner for our family's Scottish and English guests, we ALL sang it together.  A lovely late evening moment that drew us close.

[hobbesdream]

this is the best song of all time

[alther82]

I too have fond memories of a loving Mother and Father closing out many of my and my sister's days playfully singing and tickling us into bed with this song. Thank you "thomasking55." Happiness is sometimes hard to come by these days; but you've tapped the source. Thank You,

FGA

[CoolDudeClem]

1:52 Watch them catch their underwear?

[Id3fiX]

Watch them, catch them unawares... or something

[jci10]

Yup, I have the sidplayer version of the song uploaded with the words...

[geoffphuket]

Couldn't stop laughing. Sorry! Of course it's "catch them un-awares"

[breadandjam63]

Brilliant Thanks.

[jatoodee]

Thanks SO MUCH!

[daysleeper236]

There is something richly ironic about watching a record player play a vinyl record over the Internet via Youtube...

Makes me nostalgic!

[Chipnyu]

Even more that it's a freaking 78' also.

[Dannyvirk]

I prefer Motorheads version

[yorkiebrid]

Loved it, takes me back to my childhood

[Alexknobsob]

A very difficult piece to sight-read, in fact as flawed more than one concert-pianist.

[cartmanshome]

my nephew loves this song.

[ryminsta]

coldcuts mix is better

[RagtimeFreak86]

reminds me of something from Laurel and Hardy's March of the Wooden Soldiers

THANKS...: )

[rebelt0y]

I find it wonderful that so many people love this song dearly, but for me it has quite the opposite effect. I used to love the song, but it was on T.V. on a cartoon one day while I was sick, and I suppose my fevered delusion had me hearing the song far slower then it actually is. Lemme tell you folks, creepy.

[grabastic]

That is funny!!!

[jacobleej]

Oh wow...brings back fond memories of when my dad was alive who would have been a child himself if that dates to 1907...he would have been 5...no wonder he used to play it to my brother & me when we were kids...Thank you for the vid...Regards Jake

[CherylMGraves]

Fantastic!!!

This is almost as good as the real thing, I always use to listen to this as a child on my dads old gramophone.

[uniqueuserrname]

awesome. I love the intro. Big Furry Footsteps ... coming after you... "you'd better not go alone"

[DrMontague]

I hope Muhammed the bear was invited to the picnic!

[Fogmaster]

It's UCSB!

[nobootlegsplease]

Sounds great because its on an old 'Hacker' record player!

[hartabe]

this is on garcia grisman  not for kids only

[sugerbear1985]

I love this song my mom and my grandma sang it to me and my sister and brothers and i sing it to my sisters kids as they are growing up now and its one of the best songs to sing to a kid they love it...

[thomasking55]

Nice to keep things in a family x

[universalsheets]

That was so cool your father sang this to you. I never heard of this song until now and I think it is adorable. Thank you for sharing it with us. How you presented to youtubers was creative with the vinyl.

[brucekap2]

This was sung by Val Rosing, who changed his name to Gilbert Russell when he moved to America. You can hear music by his daughter on YouTube by searching for "Claudia Russell." There is more detailed biographical info on Cal at her web site. Just google it.

[jtm113]

I have this song played on the Hammond organ by Ethel Smith.

[sheffkev1]

Would love it if you could post it please!

[cartoonfan1920s]

It's a really nice recording-but i think the author is certainly wrong on the date since it sounds more 1920s than 1950s.

[tabletschool]

This version by Henry Hall was recorded in the early 1930s.

[muscleco]

This is a late re-pressing, maybe 40s, on dark red label. the 1932 Columbia was with a big black label.

[damusician]

cool song! sound like something you hear in a cartoon.

[mikelj3]

This is a great recording of the song. 78's used a 3 mil. sytlus for playback. There is a recording of this by Bing Crosby w/Victor Young's Music. It can only be found on the B-side of the single Decca release of 'The First Noel' both on 45 & 78 RPM. Check it out.

[yelbanell]

I believe Valarian Rosing is the singer. Apparently the instrumental version was written by John Bratton. Lyricist Jimmy Kennedy added words In 1932 and band leader Henry Hall and his BBC Dance Orchestra recorded it the same year, with Val Rosing (AKA Gilbert Russell) as lead vocalist. Thanks very much for the upload.

[smurfswacker]

Yes, I have a very old pre-electric 78 with Teddy Bears' Picnic as an instrumental...the band growls in unison at the beginning. Can't recall offhand who recorded it; it's an old Victor, I believe.

[smurfswacker]

My last posting was supposed to be a reply to yelbanell below but somehow it ended up an "independent." Oops.

[Hazelmotes7]

Splendid. I don't want to bore readers/viewers with a discussion of the ironies, and suffused commentary on process and the disjuncture between analogue and the mode of transmission of this short video; it would kind of spoil it. This is what conceptual art tries to do, but frequently ruins because it is so engaged in calling attention to its "idea". A beautiful time capsule, elegantly done.

[WeeWillieJackson]

love it love it love it

[pooryoungjohn]

I believe that Henry Hall's recording of this song was used by bbc engineers to check out their equipment

[recordchanger]

Yes, your recht only not with this recording, but with the recording of ""The music goes around and around" because that song has al the instruments.

[creamofcardstv]

I like your vid clip and I've rated it as awesome. Please check out mine on some old cigarette cards of 1930's celebrities, including: Henry Hall,Shirley Temple, Joan Crawford, Gracie Fields,Kay Francis,Clark Gable,, Greta Garbo, Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers,Norma Shearer.

[TheShadowyPhantom]

My mom used to sing it to me. I'm a bit younger.

[captainmelio]

My parents would play this on grammophone for me. They told me I loved it. I am 37.

[waynealarsen]

this song rules! it's featured in the '80's documentary on Seattle street kids, "Streetwise". a funky version played on a National steel by Tom Waites?

[bluesborn58]

great stuff!

check out ethel smith's version of TBP for an interesting take on organ.

[thomasking55]

This record player was my Mum's. I've heard some modern turntables may do 78 by pressing 45&33 together but it seems unlikely. Old record decks are obtainable from car boots, ebay and special old established electric 'junk' shops. Try ebay for 78s too. This 1950s Teddy Bear's Picnic is a child's record on shellac 78 because it's harder to damage and in the case of a gramophone they need special needles which get worn down with every play. Won't do your 45/33 stylus much good I'd expect.

[sneskid]

They do still make turntables that play 78s, and you can even get modified ones that not only play 78s but also play the many variations that were used over the years as well. Also, custom sized 78 stili are still widely available if you know where to look! The reason you don't want to play a 78 with an LP stylus is because the groove is much wider than LPs. The effect of this of course is that the stylus rides on the very bottom of the groove were it will pick up more noise than music.

[AppleOranges12]

Nice automatic turntable there!

Does anyone know if this song is available on a 45 single?

I would like to own a copy of this record but my turntable does not play 78s.

[mikelj3]

You can buy it on iTunes.