The Ultimate Dennis the Menace Thread 3 3

[ComicBookGuy]

No problem - I was just logging in to start posting some Dennis stuff - the first in a long time.

 

Myriad Dennis the Menace records have appeared over the decades. The earliest ones I've seen are from 1954. The first one is issued by Columbia Records, Catalog #403 PV, and is a 78 rpm. Singing is by Jeffrey Clay and Claire Segrave.

 

[ComicBookGuy]

Here is the record out of the sleeve. This appeared on eBay once and I was outbid at $70-something dollars.

 

[ComicBookGuy]

Here's another 1954 Dennis record issued by Columbia, Catalog #J 4 - 728. This is called Crash! Bang! (He's Out of Bed Again). The singing is by Jeffrey Clay and Claire Segrave.

 

[ComicBookGuy]

Here is the record out of the sleeve. This record is a 45, unlike the other, which is a 78:

 

[ComicBookGuy]

There are a lot of these Golden Records. Here's one from 1960:

 

[ComicBookGuy]

Also from 1960, Jay North entered a double career as a singer. This 45 of him singing "Little Boy Blues" does not come around too often. Jay North actually appeared for a singing gig on the Ed Sullivan show. He had an album out as well, and I will post a scan of that soon.

 

[Allen Ross-migration]

Here's another record I saw on ebay, from 1959:

 

[Allen Ross-migration]

And another one from 1960:

 

[Allen Ross-migration]

And the same record (I'd guess) reissued in 1961 as a 45 rpm:

 

[selegue]

OK I' velooked at them both and cannot tell any difference between the two covers. Is there one?

 

looks like some minor coloring difference (or sloppy printing?) -- e.g., the yellow area under the M in Menace.

 

Jack

[BillyBatson4360]

Here's another record I saw on ebay, from 1959:

 

 

Joe, do you own a copy of this record?

 

This is the one I owned as a kid. I loved this record! It has a Dennis the Menace "theme" song that bears no relation to the one used on the Jay North TV series (I believe this record preceded the TV show by a year or so).

[Jon-migration]

I thought those were more printing errors which would vary from issue to issue within a printing.

[Gutterflower-migration]

Hope everyone had a wonderful summer! I'm about to leave for vacation in a couple of days, but I wanted to post this eBay auction that I found for another Dennis savings bond printing block:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-DENNIS-THE-M...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

If you bid on it, GOOD LUCK!!

[ComicBookGuy]

Thanks for sharing. I hope you have a great vacation, Linda!

 

Here is an image of the other savings bond printing block.

 

[ComicBookGuy]

Allen, how is the new Dennis book? Any thoughts?

 

In the meantime, here's another Dennis root beer ad I picked up, different from the one we posted before:

 

[ComicBookGuy]

 

Joe, do you own a copy of this record?

 

This is the one I owned as a kid. I loved this record! It has a Dennis the Menace "theme" song that bears no relation to the one used on the Jay North TV series (I believe this record preceded the TV show by a year or so).

 

Bill, sorry to take so long to respond to your question. I've been installing a new computer, scanner, etc., plus school's back in, and I've been caught up in the hurricane coverage. Glad to see you survived it in Florida.

 

I actually have two copies of this record and will be glad to send you one for free if you want it. Just pm me with your address if you want it. Here's a scan of mine:

 

[ComicBookGuy]

Here's a scan of the back. Contents on the record just say "Dennis the Menace Part 1" with "Part 2" on the back. Interestingly enough, one record is yellow and the other is black with a blue label. Different printings? They both say Copyright 1959. I wonder if there's anyone who knows the answers to all the questions about the Dennis universe...

 

[ComicBookGuy]

Here's a 78 rpm from 1960 that has the Dennis theme song and one called "Ka-Pow! Ka-Pow! Ka-Pow!" Nothing interesting on the back except an ad for Golden Records not worth scanning.

 

[Allen Ross-migration]

I still haven't finished reading it; I'm about 3/4 the way through. But I do like what I've seen so far. Several quite funny ones. I finally got a scanner recently, so I'll have to show a couple of samples when I get some time.

 

One thing I did find interesting: There is a recurring panel of Dennis on Christmas morning surrounded by a mountain of toys around a Christmas tree, saying "IS THIS ALL?". It turns out that tradition goes all the way back; yep 1951-12-25 started that gag.

 

I have seen a couple of reviews so far, both positive:

Newsarama

ComicBookResources (near the end).

[Scrooge]

The book was also reviewed positively at The Fourth Rail.