The Letter People Chatter Album 1981 Funky Very Rare
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The Letter People, Chatter Album: Breaking the Alpha One Code, Arista Publishing, 1981.
Elayne Reiss-Weimann and Rita Friedman created The Letter People in 1972. They sold their idea to educational publisher AlphaTime (later AlphaOne), and illustrator Elizabeth Callen was hired to design the look of the series and its characters.
The program's basic concept was simple: Each letter of the English alphabet was represented by a unique character with traits derived from its letter. The consonants were male, and the vowels were female (the "Letter Girls"). Reiss-Weimann, Friedman and Callen also wrote two series of books about the characters, Fables from the Letter People and Read-to-Me. Each Letter Person also had an accompanying song (available on 8-track cartridge and vinyl record), and inflatable vinyl effigies in two sizes (12-14 inches or 30-inch "life-size") known as a "Huggables". Other merchandise included filmstrips and flash cards. Educators who adopted the program were trained in its implementation, and The Letter People was soon picked up by hundreds of schools across the United States.
This is the second printing that replaces the 1973 version with a Meet the Letter Girls side, still extremely rare album. The vinyl and sleeve are in VG++ condition.price rating
