Sparky (R) and the Firehouse 5(4 C'S & A Q)(R)

Editorial Reviews
Brian McQueen, Chairman The Volunteer Fireman
"...of the utmost quality ...my fourth graders love the music."

The Volunteer Fireman, Official Publication
"These tapes are of the utmost quality...I've used it in my class..and my fourth graders love the music." -- Brian McQueen, Chairman FASNY

Album Description
Ours is a children's label, Winner of the Parents' Choice Award. The Firehouse Five are 5 characters. Careful, Cautious, Calm, Quick-Witted and Cool, all qualities we hope kids have in case of fire or emergency. We have licensed Sparky(R) the official Spokesdog of the National Fire Protection Agency and have written and produced these songs according to NFPA standards. We have received a commendation from Governor Pataki.

Sparky (R) and the Firehouse 5(4 C'S & A Q)(R)

Sparky (R) and the Firehouse 5(4 C'S & A Q)(R), Music, SPARKY & THE FIREHOUSE 5

Sparky's Magic Piano & Other Stories
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Spark's Magic Piano

bought it for my sister

Sparky's Magic Piano & Other Stories
Sparky
Manufacturer: EMI Gold
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sparky's Magic Piano

Sparky's Magic Piano

ASIN: B000026MU0
Release Date: 2006-03-13

Tracks:

Sparky's Magic Piano Intro: 'Le Secret'
Sparky's Magic Echo
Sparky And The Talking Train
Sparky's Magic Baton

Album Description

During the late 1940's/early 1950's virtually every child who was taking piano lessons was given a copy of SPARKY'S MAGIC PIANO. This is a VERY RARE imported COMPACT DISC of these wonderful children's stories. Features Sparky's Magic Piano, Sparky's Magic Echo, Sparky And The Talking Train

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During the Late 1940's/Early 1950's Virtually Every Child who was Taking Piano Lessons was Given a Copy of "Sparky's Magic Piano". This is a Very Rare Imported CD of These Wonderful Children's Stories. Features Sparky's Magic Piano, Sparky's Magic Echo, Sparky and the Talking Train.

Customer Reviews:

Spark's Magic Piano.......2007-01-16

Words cannot explain the joy I felt when we located the above CD on Amazon.com. The number 3 story (Sparky and the Talking Train) was worth alone what I paid for the CD. KUDOS to your company. I actually purchased the CD as a Christmas gift for my brother. I am 66 years old and my brother is 56 years old. As a young boy my parents had purchased a 78RPM record of Sparky and the talking Train for his birthday. That record became one of his most beloved stories. As time went on the record was either misplaced or broken. My brother lives in Florida and when we talk on the phone we take many trips down memory lane. Many times he has mentioned he wished he knew if there was somewhere he could find a copy of the record, and many times I have checked local record stores to see if a copy could be found but to no avail. Just before Christmas this year he mentioned it again and when I mentioned it to my daughter she said lets check Amazon.com and within minutes there it was. You're service was so prompt that I was able to send it in the Christmas gift box for him and his family. Christmas Day my brother called and he was so happy (I could hear the tears in his voice). He asked where in the world did I find it and of course I told him. Thank you again so much for making this Christmas so very special for us.

bought it for my sister.......2006-11-20

This wasn't the one I thought it was..but I think it will still be a good one.

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Treasures & Tears
Rhonda Rucker & Sparky Rucker
Manufacturer: Flying Fish Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Blue & Gray in Black & White

ASIN: B000000MPQ
Release Date: 1992-09-29

Tracks:

Stranger Blues
Space That You Left Behind
Louise Mc Ghee/Death Letter Blues
Buffalo Soldier Suite: Ride, Buffalo Soldier
Joshua Fit (Fought) The Battle Of Jericho
Footprints On The Ceiling
Shady Grove
Last Chance Shakin' In The Bed
Careless Love
Titanic Epic: The Titanic/Titanic

American Folk Blues Festival: 1985 { Various Artists }

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Song Titles

American Folk Blues Festival: 1985 { Various Artists }

Manufacturer: L&r Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Song Titles.......2007-04-21

1. James "Sparky" Rucker - Walkin' Blues
2. Blind Joe Hill - Fanny Mae
3. Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers - I Can't Quit You Baby
4. James "Son" Thomas - Smokey Mountain Blues
5. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson &Young Blues Thrillers - Hold It Right There
6. 7. & 8. Young Blues Thrillers
- From Boogie To Funk
- Gettin' Closer
- Young Blues Thrillers' Theme
9. Margie Evans, Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers - Two lovers in one

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Sparky's Magic Piano
It was awesome 30 some years later

Sparky's Magic Piano
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Family Home Enter.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sparky's Magic Piano and Other Classic Recordings (Junior Classics)

ASIN: B0002ADXIE
Release Date: 2004-08-02

Tracks:

Sparky's Magic Piano
Rusty In Orchestraveille
Sparky's Magic Echo
Flick, The Little Fire Engine

Customer Reviews:

Sparky's Magic Piano.......2007-01-07

4 stars since it is from the 50's but a great story anyway.

It was awesome 30 some years later.......2006-02-22

I heard Sparky's Magic Piano LP when I was in the first grade. This recording inspired me to play the piano. I bought it to share with my children and they too love it. This is a great recording for children to sit and listen to and use their imaginations and they hear the different sounds and story. Imagination, is the missing ingredient in a kids mind now days!

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Overlooked aspect of Civil War on fine display here
Outstanding, and not just as a novelty recording

The Blue & Gray in Black & White
Rhonda and Sparky Rucker
Manufacturer: Flying Fish Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Treasures & Tears

ASIN: B000000MTU
Release Date: 1993-09-01

Tracks:

Battle Cry Of Freedom (Rallying Song)
Dixie's Land
Thedford Saga: Bonnie Blue Flag/Cumberland Gap/Home Sweet Home
Goodbye
Lorena
O I'm A Good Old Rebel
Tenting On The Old Camp Ground
Glory Hallelujah Ste: A. Say Brothers Will You Meet Us?/B. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!...
There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood

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Overlooked aspect of Civil War on fine display here.......2004-04-25

For those of you who don't know Sparky Rucker --- and that would be most of you --- he has been something of a wandering minstrel for close to 3 decades now. He is, for my money, the best blues musician you have never heard of. His older albums are still available through his website, and they are worth listening to.

Sparky is not just a musician, however. He is an educator and historian as well. For all of the time he devotes to giving concerts, he is surprisingly well-read, and he knows his stuff quite well. Someone such as myself, with a professional background in history, can usually spot gaps in a non-academic historian's education, and when talking with Sparky about the Civil War & the antebellum south, it becomes clear that Sparky can hold his own with most historians. On the other hand, I cannot attest to the skill on the guitar of William C. Davis, Stephen Sears, or James McPherson, for example.

He married Rhonda in the late 1980's, and they have released three albums together. This album is something of a companion piece to a Civil War program that Sparky & Rhonda frequently give in shcools or other venues. Sparky didn't plan originally to do a Civil War program --- he and Rhonda knew a few Civil War songs here and there, but the costume program he usually gave had to do with the West and the Buffalo Soldiers. Someone who had seen one of these programs asked Sparky if he might be able to put together a similar program dealing with the Civil War. That was maybe 14 years ago, and it remains a very popular program in the schools.

For a subject as carefully scrutinized as the Civil War, it is surprising how little time has been devoted to the music of that conflict. Sparky & Rhonda deal with the overriding preoccupations among the soldiers on both sides --- devotion to country, devotion to family & loved ones, and religious faith. They also deal with unreconstructed Confederates, which as Sparky will tell you, are a very real element in Southern culture even today.

This is a fine album, from both a historical and musical standpoint. If you have a chance to see Sparky & Rhonda in concert (they finally visited Spokane again after a 12-year absence), by all means do it. The concert setting is the best way to experience their music, but this album also is very much worth acquiring.

Outstanding, and not just as a novelty recording.......1999-10-21

Ol' Sparky's been around for a long time as a sort of second string folksinger, playing second string concerts and festivals and I used to see him around Lafayette IN with some regularity. His versions of the old songs are well done, even educational: the tape features, for instance, four different songs which share a tune with "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," commencing with "Say Brother Will You Meet Us," the old camp meeting tune that was still being sung at revivals when I was a boy. The accompaniment is period banjo and guitar, snare drums and fifes, that sort of thing, and his wife Rhonda provides a fine subtle background harmony.

Oh yeah, about the novelty stuff.

Sparky Rucker's black.

Rhonda's a quite white descendant of Lt. Col. William R. Thedford, CSA.

Children, I _know_ some of us ain't the most liberal of souls, occasionally find old lessons echoing internally, whether we still approve of them or not. And do take note of that there pronoun; my dog's in this fight as much as anyone's.

But the descendant of slaves singing unCivil War songs with his wife, whose ancestors wore gray seems to me to whisper there may yet be a very slight hope for us all.