3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT
RECORDS

Independent label: 3/4/5 Kiddicraft Records was a label aimed directly at the Children's market.  The 3/4/5 story is complicated, thanks to various reissues and repackagings, so what follows should not be taken as gospel.  In 1972, London-based specialists in educational play 345 Limited issued two series of 7" records.  One was entitled '3/4/5 Nursery Course'; in order to simplify matters I've given that series its own page.  The other was a short run of EPs of Nursery Rhymes, Songs for Children, and so on, which used a 6-300 numbering series and had a white label.  In both cases the records accompanied a small book.  In the following year, 1973, two records appeared in a 200 numerical series, both with its own specific label.  This series continued into 1974 but with the numbers now prefixed 'KIDS'; the same style of label was used for all of these EPs.  In 1974 the 6-300 series appears to have been added-to and reissued, with different labels, different covers and altered titles; these numbers now also had a 'KIDS' prefix.  Thus 'More Singing Games' (6-300) became 'Singing Games' (KIDS 6-300).  In addition to their EPs 345 made albums, which offered the same kind of fare.   The records were handled by Kiddicraft, of Surrey, and by Enterprise distribution; the ones that I have seen in the vinyl have been pressed by Pye. By 1979 the label had been taken over by publishers Macdonald; a promotional record was made in that year, featuring Fred Harris, to re-promote the 'Nursery Course'.  To complicate matters further, many of the 3/4/5 Kiddicraft EPs were then reissued on the Macdonald 3/4/5 label.  They retained their original catalogue numbers and they kept the original year on their labels, but they seem to date from the early '80s or possibly 1979. Distributed By Enterprise Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

   

72	Children Aged Five To Eleven Accompanied By Eira Davies	More Singing Games	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	6	300
72	Children Aged 5 - 11 Accompanied By Eira Davies	More Action Rhymes	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	6	301
72	Children Aged Five To Eleven Accompanied By Eira Davies	More Number Rhymes	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	6	302

 

73	Children Aged 7 - 12 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Cradle Songs	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	345	201
73	Children Aged 6-11 Accompanied By Eira Davies*	Christmas Is Coming!	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	345	202
74	Children Aged 7 - 12 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Number Songs And Rhymes	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS	203
74	Children Aged 7 - 12 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Action Songs And Rhymes	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS	204
74	Children Aged 7 - 12 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Colour Songs And Rhymes	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS	205
74	Children Aged 7 - 12 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Dancing Songs And Rhymes	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS	206

  

74	Children Aged 5 - 11 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Singing Games	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS 6	300
74	Children Aged 5 - 11 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Action Rhymes	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS 6	301
74	Children Aged 5 - 11 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Number Rhymes	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS 6	302
74	Children Aged 5 - 11 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Dancing Games	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS 6	303
74	Children Aged 5 - 11 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Birds Bees & Animals	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS 6	304
74	Children Aged 5 - 11 Accompanied By Eira Davies	Folk Songs	3/4/5 KIDDICRAFT	KIDS 6	305

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Fred Harris

Macdonald 345 Nursery Course

MACDONALD 345

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