A Picture For Harold's Room
Crockett Johnson, Bruce Haack
- Artist
- Crockett Johnson, Bruce Haack
- Label
- Scholastic Records
- Catalog number
- SCC 2795
- Format
- 7" · 33 ⅓ RPM
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1976
- Genre
- Electronic
What’s on it
A Picture For Harold's Room has 2 tracks.
- AA Picture For Harold's Room
- BA Picture For Harold's Room
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Where it came from
A Picture for Harold's Room, released by Scholastic Records in 1976, represents a unique convergence of children's literature and experimental electronic music. The project adapts the beloved 1963 story by Crockett Johnson, which continues the imaginative adventures of Harold and his purple crayon. By this period, Scholastic was actively producing audio-visual materials for classroom and home use, seeking to bridge the gap between static illustration and sensory-rich storytelling.
The musical landscape of the record was crafted by Bruce Haack, a pioneering electronic musician known for his unconventional, homemade synthesizers and futuristic soundscapes. Tasked with scoring a children’s narrative, Haack brought his distinctively warm, quirky, and analog sensibilities to the production. The collaboration aimed to provide an immersive auditory experience that mirrored the fluid, dreamlike nature of Harold's artistic journey, resulting in a work that has since been rediscovered by experimental music enthusiasts for its innovative use of early electronic textures.
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