365 Days #343 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Public Service Announcements (mp3s)

I've found about 5 of these 45's during various visits over the years to Deseret Industries in Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah (one of theme was too warped to post). As The Lost Media Archive I think we try to pride ourselves by trying to have one of the largest private owned collections of old LDS media in the realms of filmstrips and educational video. It's not only a historical element of our own faith, but that of the heavy culture in our location. Church libraries all over the state (and world) are tossing out old videos, tapes, filmstrips and records due to new format technology, and lack of space. Pick it up! This stuff is a lot of fun and I doubt most of it will ever be reissued.

With that said, I don't think these came from church libraries, but from the archives of local radio stations. I still remember the visual versions of some of these on TV during the 70's and early 80's.

Give Your Children Everything... Give Them Your Time! (1974)
01 Fish Story (1:00)
02 Sunrise (0:59)
03 Date Night (0:30)
04 YEP (0:30)
05 As Much As Anybody (0:31)
06 To It Man (0:58)
07 Take The Time (Jingle) (1:00)
08 Take The Time (Jingle) (0:30)
Images: Front, Back, Inside 1, Inside 2

Give Your Children Everything... Give Them Your Time! (1974)
09 Children (0:59)
10 Cookies (0:59)
11 Story (0:58)
12 Arrest (0:29)
13 Children (0:30)
14 Baby Sitter (0:30)
Images: Label A, Label B

If You Love 'Em... Tell 'Em (1976)
15 Love Call (0:59)
16 John Montgomery (0:59)
17 Right Moment (0:59)
18 Dual Tracks (0:30)
19 Love Call (0:30)
20 It Isn't Enough (0:30)
Images: Front, Back

Your Children Need More Of You... (197?)
21 Next Week (0:11)
22 Involved (0:29)
23 No Other Success (0:32)
24 Family Night (0:30)
25 Love Takes Time (0:30)
26 Turn On A Teen (0:29)
27 Thirty Minutes A Day (0:29)
28 Tomorrow (0:26)
29 Change The World (0:30)
Images: Front, Inside 1, Inside 2

As a Mission President's son in Japan during 1986-1989, I once ran across a vhs collection of some of these in the Kobe Mission home. If anyone ever comes across more of these or the video counterparts, please send copies our way! We would be most grateful :) I hope to do a historical presentation on some of this stuff at a convention in the future.

I love the picture sleeves, especially that of "Your Children Need More of You". The track, "No Other Success", reminds me a little of the hip spoken word art of Rev. John Rydgren's "Silhouette Segments" LP.

- Contributed by: B.C. Sterrett (The Lost Media Archive)

Comments

[Tod Robbins]

Brilliant. Thanks for converting all of those. I think the insert to "Your Children Need More of You..." is really brilliant. I'm all about taking shots at materialism.

[yragentman]

When you say "warped" I take it you mean physical vinyl distortion and not content-wise?

The idea that any serious consideration is given to a person buying into the Mormon mythology (secret magic underwear, NY huckster a peer to Jesus, extra-planetary overlords, racist religious morphology, etc.) as a potential President is one scary commentary on the State of the Union.

[Fine Johnson]

There's no one quite like the Mormons. What other movement has ever been so earnest yet so inscrutable?

[Mickey Mephistopheles]

Did you hear the one about the dyslexic Mormon who ended up at Burning Man? He was looking for the LSD Church! (rimshot)

[j.henry]

yo! -- b.c. sterrett -- hope yr tracking these responses!

first -- this is great, what A Work & A Glory to have this digitized! i'm frm utah as well & have been gathering this sort of detritus for years (born in northern utah, i stalk around the provincial d.i.'s (read:layton & ogden) for this incredible material.

do you have the one made to convert local native americans? it's particularly luscious, with all sorts of ploys for bringing the lost tribes back into the fold.

anyhow, if you'd like to backchannel me, i've hording some goodies back at home in salt lake, tho i live in tokyo now. admire the lost media archive project -- KEEP ON!

xoxo
j.h c

[Church]

I heard about Latter day saints Churches and there services it's great to know that your services reaching the children and poor and I definitely work out with the Mp3's in the post and thanks for remembering and intimating about our children and keep doing your projects to take peace and love to every once life.

[b.c sterrett]

Secret Magic Underwear? lol, it isn't magic or secret. Nor is Joseph Smith a peer to Jesus. We live to fight against racism. People hated us in the early years because we were against slavery. We were also some of the first to give votes to women.

Why are people so against an organization who works some of the world's greatest humanitarian efforts for the sick, poor, and hungry. An organization who pulls families together, to believe in Jesus Christ, to be honest, virtous, kind, and to serve your fellow men? I can think of alot worse things in this world to attack.

I've been a member my whole life. My ancestors lived, died, and were killed during the early years of the church. So if anyone wants to ask any intelligent questions about the church inspite of what the anti's and reformists write online, feel free to contact me :)