365 Days #11 - John Muir Jr. High Chorus - Please Let The Children Go (mp3)

MP3:
John Muir Jr. High Chorus - Please Let The Children Go (3:41)

This record somewhat creeped me out when I picked it up. The 7" is called "Please Let the Children Go", and is recorded by the John Muir Jr. High Chorus. This record was obviously made as a benefit record for missing Jr. High student Michaela Joy Garecht. The back cover depicts a news clipping of Michaela's "missing person" ad. This song is basically a letter to kidnappers, telling them to "Please Let the Children Go". In addition to this 7" being more than just a little morbid, another thing that weirded me out was the fact that it is AUTOGRAPHED.  The autograph says, "Darin, Thanks a hell of a lot for your help in the mix". The signature at the end is unclear. The date of release is unclear.

- Contributed by: The Bomarr Monk

Images: Front Cover, Back Cover

Media: 7" single

Comments

[MrFab]

Just did a web search on Michaela Joy Garecht - she was kidnapped in '88 in California and is still missing. She'd be 27 now.

The Eighties - that explains the "we Are The World" Eighties benefit-song feel to this.

[lee]

i thought this record was about a girl on grateful dead tour, and thry're singin to bob weird.

[Y.U.Vulva]

what's creepier is George Michael being thanked on the credits... and serendipity abounds with the next posting... so GM (to his close friends, fields and robots) is not only a throat for hire in the b-day bash scene...

[Ryan]

To follow-up MrFab's comment, this page gives a pretty complete rundown on Garecht's case.

Favorite line of the song: "This is not a love song, it's a song of love..."

[Libby Garecht]

Actually, if anyone has any questions about Michaela you could just ask me. Today would have been her 28th birthday. Also, if anyone knows where I could get this. Please contact me.

[Art]

Michael Jackson so rorted this for The Lost Children!