Astro Boy 45 RPM Record, Alternate Theme 1963

45 RPM Record (Golden Record FF776A) Rare Alternate Theme Soundtrack. This Americanized version of the Astro Boy theme mentions the 'Space Race' and going to the Moon, which is very typical of 1963. The singers are called 'The Cosmic Rangers'. Enjoy !

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• astroboy
• astro
• boy
• 45
• cosmic
• rangers
• 1963
• space
• race
• theme

[stopthemachine]

"Astroboy, there you go! Will you FIND friend or foe?"

All too often, I see the lyrics for the ASTROBOY theme, and someone writes, "Will you FIGHT friend or foe?" Which really doesn't make much sense, in my opinion, but seems to be the lyric many believe it to be. (I admit it is difficult to differentiate which in the kids chorus version.)

I think this version clarifies that issue nicely. :)

[retrod1]

Interesting, I can hear the lyric both ways. If I think about 'fight' I hear it clearly, same with 'find'. Maybe my ears being over half a centry old have something to do with that, lol!

[jessnewman53]

I was part of the "kids chorus" that sung the theme song in the 60's. A neighbor of mine was in the recording industry and asked my sister to get a group of kids together to record this. We were a batch of kids from Jamaica Estates in Queens, NYC with NO experience whatsoever. We practiced and then went into a recording studio in the city. Pretty certain we didn't get paid either but it was an exciting experience! Those were the days..

(We also sang the theme song for the Little Rascals)

[retrod1]

Thanks for sharing that very cool memory! After the practice I bet you kids did it in one 'take', lol!

[Katana991]

I just want to get this straight, but when when you mentioned that part about the space race and the moon, you meant one of the issues between Russia and the U.S. during the Cold War, right? I know it was a big issue back then (as well as communism), but going so far as to putting subliminal messages about the whole thing seems a little weird.

[retrod1]

Nothing "subliminal" about the lyric "Win the race, into space, very soon you'll land on the Moon". It was just the general feeling at the time, a goal much of the country was behind and it also created many jobs and industries. Clearly the lyric was written to appeal to the American audience for which the english version was intended. Perhaps the alternate theme was rejected as being to 'political', we may never know.

[keniichi]

I love all vresions of AstroBoy!

[BagOfMagicFood]

The funny thing is that I always misheard "spy" as "find".

[BagOfMagicFood]

@retrod1 That would explain the "Astro" part of the localized name, too. Maybe they expected the show to have more space-based episodes than it really did.

[fangsteen]

does any one no where i can find the

old version of this about 1950 thru maybe  ealy to mid 1960s it looks

like this footage but its dubbed and sounds

like a child singing i would be thankful fo

any help!! and it is sung in english !!!

[dashjudahboogie]

0:51 kkk??

[Shoknifeman]

Yuck... Give me the kids singing anytime

[NP4Mayans]

@jessnewman53 There is a part of the original (English version) theme song where I thought I heard a New York accent in the kids choir. It comes toward the end with the words, "It's a count down and a blast off..." Thanks for letting us know about yourself and the "kids chorus." It really adds to the history.

[fromthesidelines]

This was also released as a "78" 7 inch Golden Record [R776A], on yellow vinylite plastic, as well...it's posted elsewhere.

[stopthemachine]

Haha. I think that was a problem many people had with the lyrics. "Find" makes a lot more sense too--doesn't it?