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A children's record dating from the early 1960s. Kidditunes were 6" in diameter and made from vinyl. They were made in England for Marx Toys and sold by Lumar Ltd of Swansea. As you can see from the image, the label often gave no performers' names nor does it give any clues to the source of the recordings.

The packet asserts that they can be played with any needle on any gramophone. Marx did produce a toy wind-up gramophone which used steel needles, but I would imagine these would make short work of a vinyl record !

Thanks to Richard Prout for the images.

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My thanks to Richard Prout for the images and for information for this listing.
Also to the following for their help: Alan Ellison, Kevin Green, Steve Walker.

Page last updated on: June 21, 2020

Cat No Matrix No. Title Artists Rec. Date
LM-1 14429
14430		 Boys And Girls Come Out To Play / Jack And Jill
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms		 anon 1962
LM-2 14431
14432		 Oranges And Lemons / Ding Dong Bell / Tom, Tom The Piper's Son
Charlie Is My Darling		 anon 1962
LM-3 14433
14434		 Hush-A-Bye Baby / Three Blind Mice / Sing A Song Of Sixpence
Sally In Our Alley		 anon 1962
LM-4 14435
14436		 Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush / Baa Baa Black Sheep / See Saw Margery Daw
Loch Lomond		 anon 1962
LM-5 14734
14735		 The First Noel / Silent Night
While Shephers Watched Their Flocks / Hark The Herald Angels Sing 		anon (later pressings as "The Kidditune Choristers") 1962
LM-6 14736
14737		 Humpty Dumpty / Pop Goes The Weasel / Oh! Dear, What Can The Matter Be
Jingle Bells / London Bridge Is Falling Down		 anon 1962
LM-7 14738
14739		 John Peel
Frere Jacques / Yankee Doodle		 anon 1962
LM-8 14740
14741		 Jimmy Crack Corn / She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain [sic]
Oh Suzanna / There's A Tavern In The Town [sic]		 anon 1962
LM-9 14955
14956		 Little Boy Blue / Little Jack Horner / Little Miss Muffet
Little Tommy Tucker / Old King Cole / Polly Put The Kettle On		 anon 1962
LM-10 14957
14958		 Old Macdonald Had A Farm
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean		 anon 1962
LM-11 14759
14760		 Polly Wolly Doodle
Early One Morning		 anon 1962
LM-12 14961
14962		 Good King Wenceslas / O Come All Ye Faithful
Away In A Manger / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen		 The Kidditune Choristers 1962
LM-13 15240
15241		 Little Bo Peep / Hickory Dickory Dock
Shenandoah / Dashing Away With A Smoothing Iron		 anon 1962
LM-14 15242
15243		 A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go / Simple Simon
The Spider And The Fly / The Minstrel Boy		 anon 1962
LM-15 15244
15245		 Pat-A-Cake / Ride A Cock Horse 
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat / The Ash Grove		 anon 1962
LM-16 15246
15247		 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star / Goosey Goosey Gander
Clementine		 anon 1962
LM-17 15546
15547
 Widdecombe Fair / On The Bridge Of Avignon
On Ilkla Moor Baht'at		 Modern Beat 1962
LM-18 15548
15549		 When Johnny Comes Marching Home / Marching Thro' Georgia
Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair		 Modern Beat
anon		 1962
LM-19 15550
15551		 Cha Cha Beat (Leigh)
Twistin' Again (Leigh)		 anon 1962
LM-20 15552
15553		 Jula Rock (Leigh)
Guitar Strummin' Boogie (Leigh)		 anon 1962
LM-21 15554
15555		 I Could Have Danced All Night ("My Fair Lady" - Lerner, Loewe)
Little Brown Jug (arr. Franks)		 anon 1962
LM-22 15556
15557		 Some Enchanted Evening ("South Pacific" - Rodgers, Hammerstein II)
When The Saints Go Marching In		 anon vocal
anon "trad" jazz band		 1962
LM-23 15558
15559		 Tea For Two ("No, No, Nanette" - Youmans, Caesar)
Oh Dem Golden Slippers (arr. Franks)		 anon 1962
LM-24 15560
15561		 Wouldn't It Be Loverly? ("My Fair Lady" - Lerner, Loewe)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Franks)		 anon 1962
LM-25 15789
15780		 Whistle A Happy Tune ("The King And I" - Rodgers, Hammerstein)
Blow The Man Down (arr. Franks)		 anon 1963
LM-26 15791
15792		 Heigh Ho! ("Snow White" - Churchill, Morey)
Let Him Go - Let Him Tarry (trad. arr. Franks)		 anon 1963
LM-27 15793
15794		 Easter Parade (Irving Berlin)
Billy Boy (trad. arr. Franks)		 anon 1963
LM-28 15795
15796		 Wonderful Copenhagen ("Hans Christian Andersen" - Frank Loesser)
Green Grow The Rushes-O (arr. Franks)		 anon  1963
LM-29 15797
15798		 The Holly And The Ivy (arr. Franks)
Christians Awake (arr. Franks)		 The Kidditune Choristers (later pressings as The Carollers) 1963
LM-30 15799
15800		 Once In Royal David's City (arr. Franks)
Sleep Holy Babe (arr. Franks)		 anon (later pressings as The Kidditune Choristers or The Carollers) 1963
LM-31 15995
15996		 I Saw Three Ships A-Sailing
See Amid The Winter's Snow 		The Kidditune Choristers (later pressings as The Carollers) 1964
LM-32 15997
15998		 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Good Christian Men Rejoice 		The Kidditune Choristers 1964
LM-33 16244
16245		 Do-Re-Mi ("The Sound Of Music" - Rodgers, Hammerstein)
Coming Thru' The Rye (arr. Franks)		 The Happy Gang 1966
LM-34 16246
16247		 Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo ("Cinderella" - David, Hoffman, Livingston)
Widdecombe Fair / On The Bridge Of Avignon (arr. Franks) [modern beat]		 The Happy Gang 1966
LM-35 16248
16249		 The Animals Went In Two By Two (arr. Franks)
The Muffin Man (arr. Franks)		 Mike's Crowd
The Beat Group		 1966
LM-36 16250
16251		 A Hunting We Will Go (arr. Franks)
Looby Loo		 The Rhythm Boys 1966
LM-37 16252
16253
 Supercalifragislisticexpialidocious ("Mary Poppins" - R.M. Sherman, R.B. Sherman)
John Brown's Body (arr, Franks)		 Doreen & Her Friends
The Young Group		 1966
LM-38 16254
16255		 A Spoonful Of Sugar ("Mary Poppins" - R.M. Sherman, R.B. Sherman)
Blue Tail Fly (arr. Franks)		 Doreen & her Friends
Mike's Singers		 1966
LM-39 16257
16257		 Climb Every Mountain ("The Sound Of Music" - Rodgers, Hammerstein)
A Health Unto His Majesty (arr. Franks)		 Andy & his Friends
The Glee Singers		 1966
LM-40 16258
16259		 My Favourite Things ("The Sound Of Music" - Rodgers, Hammerstein)
Polly Flinders (arr. Franks)		 Doreen, with Gordon's Group
The Happy Gang		 1966
LM-41 16260
16261		 Anything You Can Do ("Annie Get Your Gun" - Irving Berlin)
A-Roving (arr. Franks)		 Enid and Mike
The Happy Gang		 1966
LM-42 16262
16263		 With A Little Bit Of Luck ("My Fair Lady" - Lerner, Loewe)
Camptown Races		 Michael and his Friends
The Rhythm Boys		 1967
LM-43 16264
16265		 The Surrey With The Fringe On Top ("Oklahoma" - Rodgers, Hammerstein)
Alouette (arr. Franks)		 The Merrymakers
Michelle and her Group		 1966
LM-44 16266
16267		 Never Smile Ay A Crocodile ("Peter Pan" - Lawrence, Churchill)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Franks)		 Mike and The Zoo Men
Sam's Singers		 1966
LM-45 14429
14957		 Boys And Girls Come Out To Play / Jack And Jill
Old Macdonald Had A Farm		 anon
LM-46 14431
15244		 Oranges And Lemons / Ding Dong Bell / Tom, Tom The Piper's Son
Pat-A-Cake / Ride A Cock Horse / Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat		 anon
LM-47 14736
14737		 Humpty Dumpty / Pop Goes The Weasel / Oh! Dear, What Can The Matter Be
Jingle Bells / London Bridge Is Falling Down		 anon
LM-48 15246
15791		 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star / Goosey Goosey Gander
Heigh-Ho ("Snow White" - Morey, Churchill)		 anon 1963
LM-49 14955
14956		 Little Boy Blue / Little Jack Horner / Little Miss Muffet
Little Tommy Tucker / Old King Cole / Polly Put The Kettle On		 anon
LM-50 14960
15795		 Early One Morning
Wonderful Copenhagen ("Hans Christian Andersen" - Loesser)		 anon 1963
LM-51 16403
16404		 The Story Of Cinderella, parts 1 & 2 Auntie Anne 1967
LM-52 16405
16406		 The Story Of Goldilocka And The Three Bears, parts 1 & 2 Auntie Anne 1967
LM-53 16407
16408		 The Story Of Babes In The Wood, parts 1 & 2 Auntie Anne 1967
LM-54 16409
16410		 The Story Of Jack And The Beanstalk, parts 1 & 2 Uncle Mike 1967
LM-55 16411
16412		 The Story Of Rumplestiltskin, parts 1 & 2 Auntie Anne 1967
LM-56 16413
16414		 The Story Of Dick Whittington, parts 1 &  2 Uncle Mike 1967