In 1949, Synthetic Plastics Company was formed. Among various other products made at the manufacturing facility on
Komorn Street (plant) in Newark, N. J., were phonograph records, including several aimed at children.
These first offerings bore the label of Peter Pan Records and were 78 RPM records containing perennial children's
song favorites such as Old MacDonald's Farm, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and the
Nine Billy Goats Gruff. These recordings often featured a vocal group called the Caroleers. Other singers appeared
also and were sometimes accompanied by the Peter Pan Orchestra.
The brightly-colored plastic records featuring children's songs continued to be produced and
sold into the 1950's and early 1960's. In the 1960's, fewer new titles were produced as the company turned to
concentrate on their plastic products such as their other record label Promenade Records.
As the 70's began, the Peter Pan Industries division was formed from parent company Synthetic Plastics, and the new
wing started producing children's recordings that were spoken-word stories. These included Peter and the Wolf (1971)
and a record with two stories derived from the Flintstones television series (1972). The latter was a tie-in to
popular characters of the time would only be the first in a long, successful series of story records based on
television shows, comics and movies. The number of media tie-in titles would ultimately number in the dozens,
including such subjects as Superman, Batman, and Spiderman of the comics, Star Trek, Six Million Dollar Man, and
Kojak from television, and four of the Planet of the Apes movies. Several of the STAR TREK records were produced by
Arthur Korb.
The Power Records label was retired in 1977 and all subsequent records were produced under the Peter Pan Records
name, including the several 1979 STAR TREK story records bearing photos from STAR TREK: The Motion Picture
IBID: While Guest Star's "YOUR BEST BUY IN RECORDED ENTERTAINMENT - FINE RECORDS NEED NOT BE EXPENSIVE"
is correct - the recordings were/are not - the jackets are repro prints and several recordings are split. With one
artist then another artist on the other, should you not read the jacket in detail, you would not know it.
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G 1400 PEARL BAILEY - Around the World With Me
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G 1401 DUKES OF DIXIELAND & Dixieland Greats - The Best of Dixieland
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G 1402 COUNT BASIE, WOODY HERMAN, LIONEL HAMPTON - Big Bands Are Back
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G 1403 ERROL GARNER, ART TATUM, MIKE DINAPOLI - Piano Greats
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G 1404 JULIUS LA ROSA & THE METROPOLITAN STRINGS - The Port of Love
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G 1405 JIMMIE RODGERS & THE LAMPLITERS - Songs America Sings
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G 1406 FRANKIE LYMON, THE HEARTBEATS, THE CLEFTONES, & OTHERS - Rock & Roll Party
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G 1408 Dl MARA SISTERS, AL CA10LA, JOHNNY KAY, BILL COSTA- Italian Holiday
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G 1409 HUGO & LUIGI ft THE singalongers - Sing Along
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G 1410/GS 1410 Ferrante & Teicher - Piano Greats
African Echoes/High, High, High/Boogie Express/Missippi Boogie/So In Love//
My Romance/You'll Never Walk Alone/Falling in Love With Love/Speak Low/All the Things You Are
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G 1412 FRANK FONTAINE
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G 1414 Rudy Vallee - The good old songs
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G 1416 Steve Lawrence - THE Ray Bloch Orchestra - Command Performance
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G 1417/GS 1417 Julie London/Ted Comstock Orchestra
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G 1418 BILLY ECKSTINE AND SARAH VAUGHN, Fletch Anderson's Orchestra
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G1419 THE PLATTERS, and The Exotic Guitars
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G 1421 Borrah Minevitch - Harmonica Merry Go Round
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G 1423 Eddie Heywood, Barclay Allen, Hazel Scott, Others, Jumpin Keyboards
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G 1424 Various Artists - Showcase of Stars Vol. I
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G 1425 Various Artists - Showcase of Stars Vol. II
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G 1427 DUKE ELLINGTON
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G 1429 LITTLE RICHARD
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G 1430 ORIGINAL ARTISTS - ORIGINAL HITS
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G 1432 EARTH ANGEL
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G 1434 JIMMY SMITH AT the ORCAN
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G 1436 A. PREVIN - Piano Grts - Incl. H. Scott. M. Dennis, E. Mines, E. Heywood
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G 1440 AL MARTINO - and the Tony Russo Orchestra
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G 1448 NEIL SEDAKA and THE TOKENS
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G 1451 PETE FOUNTAIN
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G 1453 OH! JULIE - (The Crescendos)
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G 1454 BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS
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GS 1455 Boots Randolph - Presents Boots Randolph
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G 1457 TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY ACE, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens
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G 1458 BOOTS RANDOLPH
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G 1469 RITCHIE VALENS
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G 1470 JOHNNY CRAWFORD
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G 1473 JONAH JONES - The Greatest Dixieland Ever
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G 1475 COMEDY STARS OF GRAND OLE OPRY
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G 1476 ARTHUR PRYSOCK & LEROY BIVINS
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G 1477 DIXIELAND GREATS
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G 1478 DAVID HOUSTON
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G 1479 JOHNNIE SEA
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G 1480 GOSPEL - CORDON TERRY
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G 1481 THE FOUR SEASONS
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G 1482 JOHNNY RIVERS
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G 1483 BORAH MINNEVITCH & HARMONICA RASCALS
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G 1484 RICHIE VALENS
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G 1485/GS 1485 Tony Bennett/Al Tornello -
Tony Bennett [Stereo]
SIDE 1 by Tony Bennett - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face/Are You Having Any Fun/On The Road To Mandalay/
None But The Lonely Heart/Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
SIDE 2 by Al Tornell - Chicago/Growin' Pains/Because/O'Marie/When You Were Sweet Sixteen
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G 1486 LOUIS ARMSTRONG
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G 1487 SONNY JAMES
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G 1900 RHYTHM & BLUES VOCAL GROUPS
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G 1901 RAY CHARLES - New Exciting LP
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G 1902 JOHN LEE HOOKER, LIGHTNING HOPKINS and J. CARROLL
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G 1903 BILLY ECKSTINE MEETS ARTHUR PRYSOCK
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G 1904 SHAKE A HAND (Faye Adams & Other Rhythm & Blues Greats)
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G 1105 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL (Shirley & Lee & Other Rhythm & Blues Greats)
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G 1906 GREATEST RHYTHM & BLUES STARS
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G 1907 GARNET MIMMS
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G 1908 PHIL FLOWERS
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G 1909 LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS
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G 1910 LLOYD PRICE
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G 1911 MAXINE BROWN
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G 1914 JIMMY SMITH
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G 1915 JIMMY SMITH - (The Cat)
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G 2224 INK SPOTS - Blueberry Hill, My Funny Valentine
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G 2227 INK SPOTS AT LAS VEGAS - If I Didn't Can
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G 2229 THE INK SPOTS SING STARDUST and other great songs
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G 2234 SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - Spirituals in Rhythm
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G 2249 OLDIES BUT GOODIES
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G 2263 LET'S TWIST
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G 2275 GOLDEN OLDIES
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G 2304 HOT ROD WAILS (Dick Dale)
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G 2307 BEATLERAMA VOLUME I - She Loves You - I Want to Hold Your Hand
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G 2308 KINGS OF THE HOT RODS (The Tokens)
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G 2309 WHEELS (Hot Rod) The Original Surfaris
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G 2310 HITS OF THE BEATLES
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G 2312 THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS SING THE - GREATEST OLDIES (Various Artists)
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G 2313 BEATLE BUDDIES - New Female Groups
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G 2316 MOTORCYCLE SCRAMBLE
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