The Simon Sisters Sing The Lobster Quadrille And Other Songs For Children was The Simon Sisters' third album and their first for Columbia Records, released in 1969. The album consists of musical settings of classic children's poetry, and originally came packaged with a hard-cover illustrated book containing all the poems.
The album was reissued in 1973 to capitalize on Carly Simon's success as a solo artist, under the title "The Simon Sisters Sing for Children". For this edition, additional instrumentation was added to the original album to give it a more pop-oriented sound.
There were three editions:
Columbia CC 24506 - First edition, box set with hard cover book, record has a blue label and a glossy cover
Columbia CR 21525 - Second edition, record only, red label, standard cover
Columbia CR 21539 - 1973 reissue with a photo of the sisters on the cover
In 2008, Shout! Factory released the album on CD, under the title "Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs For Children". Although the disc's packaging uses the illustration from the album's original cover, the CD contains the 1973 version of the album.
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