twink(the toy piano band) interviewed:

Aiming toward making children's music has made Langlie intrinsically aware of the history of the genre. When you drop the needle on vinyl that survived Fisher Price needles and auxiliary use as a frisbee and find sound, old children's records can be a true hidden gem. "Those records are like visiting another world, you realize some are pretty tripped-out when you go back and listen now. Twink has really renewed my interest in children's music, and I pick up old records whenever I'm at a thrift shop. They're a great inspiration for simple, catchy melodies."

"In general, kid's music is such an overlooked genre, your typical music fan wouldn't give it the time of day. It's a shame, because the older stuff that's getting lost is really rich with cool arrangements and sounds, played by great musicians. My goal is to rescue some of those nuggets and present them in a way that the regular radio listener would enjoy. Of course, I'm adding my own spin to mutate things into audio punch lines."

The next Twink disc won't feature any of Langlie's collection of toy pianos. Instead Langlie has hooked up with Negativland's Seeland label for an album comprised completely of vintage children's record samples. "Hopefully," Langlie says, "it'll be an album that inspires folks to seek out and appreciate some of the original records."

it would be great if this new project would cause re-issues of some of these old children's records, but somewhow i don't think that'll be happening outside the realm of file sharing programs. via yip yop.