MY RECORD



A novelty, in several ways.  My Record records were manufactured and distributed by Marx Toys; they were intended to be used with that company's 'My Record Player', which was a very basic toy gramophone for children, though the sleeve boasted that they could be played on any record player.  The records were 6" in diameter - so I suppose that, strictly speaking, they shouldn't be included on this site; but what the heck - and they played at 78 rpm.  There were dozens of different titles to choose from.   Catalogue numbers were in an LM-00 series, which had previously been used by another 6" 78rpm children's label, Kidditunes: the final Kidditune was LM-56, which was issued in 1967; the first My Record was LM-57.  The first batch of My Records came out in 1974, a smaller batch following in 1978.  A small number of records were included in with the record player; additional ones could be ordered from Marx Toys.  The content was very much what you would expect, a mixture of nursery rhymes and children's songs.   Marx Toys - the British Branch of American firm Louis Marx & Co., founded in 1919 - ceased trading in 1978.  The discography below is rather on the incomplete side - it starts off confidently enough but then falters.  Still, I suppose it's better than nothing.  Marginally.

Copyright 2009 Robert Lyons.