Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Mickey and the Beanstalk
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This Storyteller was released in 1963 DQ-1248 and in 1968 in gatefold/booklet form ST-3974. Both versions feature Robie Lester as the Narrator and the voices of Jimmy McDonald as Mickey Mouse/Willie The Giant, Clarence Nash as Donald Duck, Pinto Colvig as Goofy and Marilyn Hooven as the Magic Harp. The 1968 version featured here has the entire story on Side One and various songs on Side Two.
SIDE ONE
My What A Happy Day
Finniculi Funnicula (Turkey, Lobster, Sweet Potato Pie)
Fee Fi Fo Fum
My Favorite Dream
SIDE TWO
Happy Mouse
Donald Duck Song
Quack! Quack! Quack!
Mickey’s Big Show
(Donald Duck Recites/Clara Cluck)
Mickey Mouse March
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Main Street Electrical Parade Picture Discs
In 1972, Disneyland guests were treated to a brand new concept of entertainment brought to life by thousands of sparkling lights recreating scenes and characters from many Disney film classics. The Main Street Electrical Parade would quickly become the most popular parade in Disney theme parks ever after its 24+ year run at Disneyland Park. It would eventually spin off versions at Walt Disney World magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris. You can see the classic parade now at Disney’s California Adventure.
To accompany the parade, the late Jack Wagner convinced the producers that the musical soundtrack should be all electronic music performed on the Moog Synthesizer and he found the song that would forever be part of Disneyland history, “Baroque Hoedown” by Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley. This tune would interweave several Disney and Patriotic tunes during the pageantry. In 1973, Disney released a picture disc of the Parade’s soundtrack, performed by Jim Christensen and Paul Beaver. The disc featured artwork of the parade on both sides and was sold at Disneyland. For $1.59.
Coincidentally at Walt Disney World, the same music was used for the nightly Electrical Water Pageant, the brainchild of the Electrical Parade which featured sea creatures recreated by lights to lighten the darkened Vacation Kingdom’s Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon. The sea creatures then change magically into a Patriotic Finale featuring American flags and star units. This sold for $1.79 at WDW.
In 1977, the Main Street Electrical Parade was revived and updated from its original 2-dimensional look to a fully three dimensional presentation. The music was updated and performed by Don Dorsey (with the exception of the Cinderella, Dumbo and Small World units). The new version opened with the Electric Fanfare and closed with a disco-fied Disney medley featuring the Oscar-Winning tunes When You Wish Upon A Star and Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah. That same year the Parade made its East Coast debut at Walt Disney World and both Parks sold a recording of the new soundtrack in picture disc form with artwork of the parade. This sold for $ 1.79.
To accompany the parade, the late Jack Wagner convinced the producers that the musical soundtrack should be all electronic music performed on the Moog Synthesizer and he found the song that would forever be part of Disneyland history, “Baroque Hoedown” by Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley. This tune would interweave several Disney and Patriotic tunes during the pageantry. In 1973, Disney released a picture disc of the Parade’s soundtrack, performed by Jim Christensen and Paul Beaver. The disc featured artwork of the parade on both sides and was sold at Disneyland. For $1.59.
Coincidentally at Walt Disney World, the same music was used for the nightly Electrical Water Pageant, the brainchild of the Electrical Parade which featured sea creatures recreated by lights to lighten the darkened Vacation Kingdom’s Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon. The sea creatures then change magically into a Patriotic Finale featuring American flags and star units. This sold for $1.79 at WDW.
In 1977, the Main Street Electrical Parade was revived and updated from its original 2-dimensional look to a fully three dimensional presentation. The music was updated and performed by Don Dorsey (with the exception of the Cinderella, Dumbo and Small World units). The new version opened with the Electric Fanfare and closed with a disco-fied Disney medley featuring the Oscar-Winning tunes When You Wish Upon A Star and Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah. That same year the Parade made its East Coast debut at Walt Disney World and both Parks sold a recording of the new soundtrack in picture disc form with artwork of the parade. This sold for $ 1.79.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Marni Nixon-A Spoonful of Sugar
DQ-1256; 1964 Disneyland Records released a studio version of the songs from the Oscar-Winning musical, MARY POPPINS, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. The vocalists for this LP were Marni Nixon, Bill Lee, Richard M. Sherman and Pamela Sherman. Marni and Bill were ghost singers for many actors and actress who starred in musicals and both did a grand job for their work. Their work in this LP is no exception.
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