Jim Copp & Ed Brown: My Heroes.

Once upon a time, there were two very funny men, Ed Copp and Jim Brown, who did great voices, wrote wonderful stories and sang hilariously absurd songs.  And together they created Playhouse Records.

Around this time, there was also this odd, quirky young girl, growing up in Vermont without brothers or sisters, or any sense at all, really, who spent a great deal of time listening to these peculiar stories over, and over and over.   For her, their theatrical characters and wonderfully dark tales all made her life seem normal and entirely understandable..So, what I'm trying to say is, that it's all Playhouse Record's fault that I am the way I am now.

Without their humor and creativity my life would have been infinitely more diminished.  


CLICK HERE FOR THE NPR INTRODUCTION TO "WHO JIM COPP AND ED BROWN"

The duo produced several funny, wacky, story records in the "mid century" years (for me, late sixties, early seventies) and then they "retired."  I can't say they ever "made it" or were famous, but to me, they were brilliant.  

But, I thought, like so many things from the past that their stories would fade along with their own passing, but, apparently, at some time in the 1990's a boomer-fan, like myself, looked them up and managed to re-release their work again, which has made some of us, very happy.

You can find a link below to this company that still sells the complete recordings of Jim Copp and Ed Brown.

* Link to buy The COMPLETE RECORDINGS of JIM COPP and ED BROWN

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Playhouse Records offers CDs and cassettes. Please inquire about the availability of LPs.

The Cow and the Kitty Cat

Oh, Miss Goggins...How I love thee.

I can't recommend their recordings enough -- They are eccentric and creative and the best children's gifts you could ever find.

Children will never forget the tales of "Bradley The Bottle" or "The Cow and The Kitty Cat" or the "Marriage of Little Jenny Saucepan" or "Miss Goggins and the Gorilla."

I get teary-eyed just thinking about how great they are and all the many wonderful hours I spent listening to them over and over...

* Be sure to spend a few minutes listening to the great NPR "LISTEN TO THE RECORDING" link that discusses their genius for story telling to find out who these amazingly funny, super creative folks are that were Playhouse Records and Jim Copp and Ed Brown.

I LOVE THESE RECORDINGS AND COULD LISTEN TO THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY.