Mark sez, "In 1956 Walt Kelly, the cartoonist behind the classic comic strip 'Pogo', wrote a series of wild and wacky songs and released them as a record album titled 'Songs of the Pogo'.
"Though many of the songs have only a tenuous connection to the Pogo comic, they are great fun to listen to. (On one track, I swear it's Boris Karloff singing in his 'Grinch' voice!) (Ed: Actually, the singing in Grinch was Thurl Ravenscroft, star of Disney's Haunted Mansion)
"This wonderful album is now available from emusic.com as a DRM-free download. (Take advantage of emusic.com's 25-free-downloads introductory offer, and you can get all 24 tracks of the album for nothing!)
"If you're a Pogo fan, or a fan of 50's children's music, you owe it to yourself to at least go have a listen to the free online samples."
Link, CD on Amazon
(Thanks, Mark!)
Update : Tisher sez, "Earlier this year, They Might Be Giants covered 'Whence that Wince' from this album and posted a video to YouTube. The animation is by John Linnell, the accordionist."
Update 2: Chris sez, "Boing Boing readers might also like to know that they can get it from Parasol Records, the indie record company that lovingly pulled this project together for only $10
[Disclosure: my brother runs Parasol Records.]"
