PSALTY, COLBY, CHARITY CHURCH MOUSE!!! Those are the names I grew up with as a kid. I, probably like a nice big chunk of you, grew up in the golden era of the Christian musical days when Maranatha Music ruled. One of their creations was a big blue singing songbook who had a dog, a family, and not to mention a worship workshop. So classic, this guy and the music he brought of his bright red tapes helped define me and who I am today.
Anyway, So the other day I was talking to some people in the young adult group here at church and for some reason the topic of Psalty the singing songbook came up in our conversation (If you don’t still don’t know who Psalty is then you need to go over here to Wikipedia and read this article on him). We started talking about how much we loved Psalty and all those old tapes and songs and all that good stuff. So I tell them that I wish I had some of those tapes so I can introduce my kids to them and all the heavenly goodness that is Psalty the Singing SongBook. Then they look at me and tell me that they still have a bunch of the tapes at home and they still listen to them. So to make a long story short…..
…. it’s time for me to make some CD’s and get myself and my kids rockin’ a giant blue singing songbook. HEHE!!! I’m giddy right now…. TESTIFY!!!!
hmmm.. the computer is not letting me change your name to mine.. Anyway, I love those girls!! I’m so excited to listen to those cd’s.. I think even if we didn’t have kids I would still want them
Good memories!
Awesome. I love Psalty.
do you want a copy of the Psalty video my dad did awhile back?
Psalty was heading out when my kids were little and quickly replaced with Veggie Tales sing-a-long and Mary Rice Hopkins. However, the cassette tape my kids listened to over and over again was Steve Green – Hide ‘Em In Your Heart. There were times I was so tired of listening that I wanted to throw it out the car window. Today, my teenagers (and I) will still begin singing his version of a Bible verse EVERY time one is referenced. It definitely was a good way to memorize scripture.
Oh…my…GOD…I thought I’d never see that again! HA. Wow, our church used to do “Music Day Camp” with Psalty and gang instead of “Vacation Bible School!” This is too much. I thought I had actually deleted those memories but they’re all flooding back to me now! NO NO NOOOOOOO!
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So…all of these memories are FLOODING back to me! I LOVES Psalty and the Donut Man…anybody remember him? Oh man how far we’ve come. I love Veggie Tales…but I’m a music junkie. I prefer all the music and dancing from these oldies.
Oh man. Its incredible that I still remember all the words!
my kids grew up on Psalty AND Steve Green’s ‘Hide ‘em in your heart’…I would love to find cds of those if at all possible for my grandkids. that would be so AWESOME!!!
nancy
It is truly amazing that Psalty seem to be everyone’s favorite…Oh…Sunday school memories are flooding back…
Our kids grew up on Psalty & Charity the church mouse. They are now 33, 30 & 28 respectively & I had all but forgotten about Psalty. Well tonite on the radio, an instrumental version of “Make Me a Servant” came on & my thoughts immediately retuned to that Psalty Album from many years ago. Could not remember the name so I had to search it out. Glad to see many other folks remember & enjoyed those collections.
The DONUT MAN stayed at our home while visiting our church. He had his son with him and with my children they all spent the night sleeping in a tent outside!! What memories
i would love to get my hands on some of those CD's so that i can introduce psalty to my kids and the church kids….e-mail me max_memories@yahoo.com
I know this is old, some 15 months old; but those tapes you hold in the picture, are they the "original" tapes from the 1980's? I ask because I am attempting to hunt down a specific Psalty cassette (the famous red audio cassette tape) which my family listened to while on car rides during the mid to late 1980's. I have seen the Psalty website, but am convinced that it does not have the exact cassette that we had listened to. Would it be possible for you to contact me, via email, and provide any information about those tapes that you have, such as album names & track listings? I thank you in advance.
I to would like to know how to get the orginal tapes. My children grew up listening to Psalty. One that I can remember was "Make me a Servant". Any information would be very helpful.
Yes, I am also interested in finding out where to get these tapes! Please contact me as well and let me know, I listened to these as a kid and want to share them with my kids!
Wow, this website is a great find. I have 2 Psalty tapes from the 80's that I am now playing for my 3 grand children. The, too love the songs and request that I play them in the car, just as I did for my own daughters. One of my tapes is slightly warped, so if anyone knows where to get brand new ones, please share!.
Hello, I have never heard of psalty the singing songbook until today. I would like to hear it on this site and possibly order some of them. Ron Moore, the pastor on the radio commented that he was driving and heard psalty and the songbook and the verse from the bible, Lay all my burden on him, cast all your cares upon him. And he played it over and over and over again. He said it changed his life. I would love to hear how these sound and order them. Thank you so much, Shanti, michigan