Happy Time Chorus and Orchestra – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Other Kiddie Favorites album art
Crayonette in use for a Happy Time Record named after the 1968 musical motion picture and designed and illustrated by Frank Daniel, vice president of creative services for Pickwick International.
Children’s classics in story and song like ‘Peter Pan’, ‘Pinocchio’, ‘Snow White & The 7 Dwarfs’ are beautifully created with all the charm and fantasy children love, and parents and educators approve. From the children’s cinema there is the joyous ‘Born Free’, the animal hi-jinks of the beloved Dr. Dolittle, the freshness of ‘The Sound Of Music’. All the Mother Goose favorites, the animal stories, and of course the legendary Puff! Mary Poppins too! A delightful combination of enjoyment and learning awaits the young listener in these happiest of records.
The claim on the back cover reads “Happiness is a Happy Time Record”. Accompanied by a little couple (Peter Pan & Wendy Darling?), it might look like a nod to Kim Casali’s “Love Is …” comic strip, which used Crayonette since day one. There is a catch, though: the comic strip was first published on January 5, 1970. Discogs and the Internet Archive date this album to 1969 – and Happy Time Records were launched years earlier. So … is it the other way around? Or just coincidence?
“Happy Time” is in another script typeface with horizontal contrast: Gonzales Jeanette.
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