Yay! More audio from the vaults will find it's way to the wonderful world of itunes on January 29th. Here's the list:
Italiannette
Annette Sings Anka
Westward Ho the Wagons!
The Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House
Meet Me Down On Main Street
A Musical Tour of France with Maurice Chevalier
Songs from Lady and the Tramp (Camarata)
The Country Bear Jamboree
Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Awesome! Especially 20K. but still no release of The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band?
And just to re-cap what's already on the itunes store:
Annette
Annette's Beach Party
Rex Allen Sings 16 Favorites
Musical Highlights from the Mickey Mouse Club
Walt Disney Presents Songs From the Mickey Mouse Club Serials
Camarata: Alice in Wonderland
Mary Martin: Hi-Ho
Professor Ludwig Von Drake
Mickey Mouse Disco
Ukelele Ike Sings Again
A Child's Garden of Verses
Walt Disney Takes You to Disneyland
Walt Disney Records Archive Collection Volume 1 & 2
Let's Get Together With Hayley Mills
Louis Armstrong: Disney Songs the Satchmo Way
Mike Curb Congregation: Disney's Greatest Hits
Burl Ives Sings Chim Chim Cer-ee and Other Children's Choices
Summer Magic Original Cast
Babes in Toyland Original Cast
Saludos Amigos (Orchestral)
DanceAnnette
The Black Hole Soundtrack
Fess Parker: Cowboy and Indian Songs
Louis Prima: Let’s Fly with Mary Poppins
Echoes of Disneyland (Wurlizer Organ)
Stan Jones: Ghost Riders In the Sky
Tinpanorama (Music from A Symposium on Popular Songs)
Date Nite at Disneyland
The Parent Trap! Original Cast
Secrets of Life Soundtrack
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Walt Disney World Band
Deep in the Heart of Dixieland (George Bruns and the Wonderland Band)
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New Old Disney Stuff on itunes January 29th!
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Just some info I'd like to share about "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House" from Doombuggies.com:
Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House
By the early sixties, Walt Disney Productions had developed an extensive collection of eerie sound effects for various productions - among them the Haunted Mansion attraction for Disneyland. In 1964, possibly in anticipation of an imminent opening of the attraction (which was still being called the "Haunted House" on occasion at that point in its development), Disneyland Records released "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House" (DQ-1257; out of print but still readily available due to the massive number of pressings sold.) If you ever owned this record, you may remember the familiar opening track:
"You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hilltop near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One night, a light appears in the topmost window in a tower of the old house. You decide to investigate. And you never return..."
This collection of sound effects and "stories in sound" contains some of the sound effects which can be heard on the actual Haunted Mansion ride soundtrack. On side one, a no-nonsense female narrator (voiced by an uncredited Laura Olsher, who recorded voices for other Disney records as well) sets up various situations, and then the sound effects take over and tell the story, usually with an ironic gag at the end of the track. Most of the tracks are fairly silly (though one of them is insensitive to cultural norms). The first track ("The Haunted House"), however, is classic audio heard in Halloween spook houses around the world.
Variations on a theme
Pictured at right are a number of the variations in the printed covers for the album, as well as a British version of the release (bottom). The artwork used on the American versions of the record was painted by WED artist Paul Wenzel as concept art for the proposed Disneyland Haunted House attraction, which was still in the planning stages when the art was produced. The British album uses a photo of the Haunted Mansion itself on the cover. All of the recordings are the same. Each cover proclaims "Here lies a most terrific collection of recorded sounds," and the back covers offer this disclaimer: "This particular Disneyland record, CHILLING, THRILLING SOUNDS OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE, is not intended for young, impressionable children from three to eight. It is intended for older children, teenagers and adults." While such a notice on a album today would likely be a cynical means by which to market the product to children, it is likely that in 1964, Disneyland Records honestly had concerns about the potential impact of a "horror" album on their good name. The runaway success and mulitple repressings of this record likely alleviated that fear, however.
Trivia time: many of the ghostly sounds on the album are from Disney's classic "Lonesome Ghosts" cartoon, which was an influence on Ken Anderson and his early designs for the Disneyland "Ghost House." Certainly, Anderson used some of these sounds for his Haunted House pitches and demonstrations.
Monster kids rejoice
The record was definitely influential on an entire generation of baby-boomer, chiller-theater-watching, monster-loving kids, being as widely distributed and common as it was throughout the '60s and '70s. Record reviewer "Zeke" shares a memory of the album on rateyourmusic.com:
"I can't remember how it came up, but my friend was telling me about his favorite record as a kid - this one. He thinks he begged his mom to buy it at the supermarket, thinking it was the music from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland... and was probably miffed when he first played it and realized it wasn't. But he came to love the record, and it became one that he played all the time. He could still, by memory, recite the narration from entire tracks. He lost it somewhere along the way as he grew up, but missed it. It was his Rosebud, his Bobo. That weekend, of course, I looked for it and found a decent used copy. I brought it home, and my friend got a little misty-eyed when he saw the record cover. He took a few minutes to prepare, then we played it. I was amazed that even though he hadn't heard the thing in (is it possible?) 25 years, he was still able to lip synch the entire first side's narration. He knew exactly when each sound occurred in the stories, and would get excited when a particularly good ghostly moan was about to begin. He recalled a game he and his friends made up based on the suspension bridge piece - they'd pretend to walk along the rickety boards, and fall to the ground when the character fell to his death. Turns out a tune whistled by a character in one of the tracks is the generic tune my friend will whistle when spontaneous whistling is in order. We laughed as one long creak sound effect really sounded like a painfully squeezed-out fart. Oh how we laughed..."
The memory recounted above is a great example of the type of nostalgic reaction that can be caused by this enormously popular album. In fact, once it became plain that the record would be so successful, Disney decided to capitalize on the burgeoning Halloween market by changing the cover to pumpkin orange, and then a few years later, by adding some "spooky party hints" to the record sleeve.
I'm also hoping in the near future "The Story and Song of The Haunted Mansion" (1969) will be released. And The Country Bear Jamboree will probably be the same as the track on the "Musical History Of Disneyland" CD.
Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House
By the early sixties, Walt Disney Productions had developed an extensive collection of eerie sound effects for various productions - among them the Haunted Mansion attraction for Disneyland. In 1964, possibly in anticipation of an imminent opening of the attraction (which was still being called the "Haunted House" on occasion at that point in its development), Disneyland Records released "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House" (DQ-1257; out of print but still readily available due to the massive number of pressings sold.) If you ever owned this record, you may remember the familiar opening track:
"You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hilltop near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One night, a light appears in the topmost window in a tower of the old house. You decide to investigate. And you never return..."
This collection of sound effects and "stories in sound" contains some of the sound effects which can be heard on the actual Haunted Mansion ride soundtrack. On side one, a no-nonsense female narrator (voiced by an uncredited Laura Olsher, who recorded voices for other Disney records as well) sets up various situations, and then the sound effects take over and tell the story, usually with an ironic gag at the end of the track. Most of the tracks are fairly silly (though one of them is insensitive to cultural norms). The first track ("The Haunted House"), however, is classic audio heard in Halloween spook houses around the world.
Variations on a theme
Pictured at right are a number of the variations in the printed covers for the album, as well as a British version of the release (bottom). The artwork used on the American versions of the record was painted by WED artist Paul Wenzel as concept art for the proposed Disneyland Haunted House attraction, which was still in the planning stages when the art was produced. The British album uses a photo of the Haunted Mansion itself on the cover. All of the recordings are the same. Each cover proclaims "Here lies a most terrific collection of recorded sounds," and the back covers offer this disclaimer: "This particular Disneyland record, CHILLING, THRILLING SOUNDS OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE, is not intended for young, impressionable children from three to eight. It is intended for older children, teenagers and adults." While such a notice on a album today would likely be a cynical means by which to market the product to children, it is likely that in 1964, Disneyland Records honestly had concerns about the potential impact of a "horror" album on their good name. The runaway success and mulitple repressings of this record likely alleviated that fear, however.
Trivia time: many of the ghostly sounds on the album are from Disney's classic "Lonesome Ghosts" cartoon, which was an influence on Ken Anderson and his early designs for the Disneyland "Ghost House." Certainly, Anderson used some of these sounds for his Haunted House pitches and demonstrations.
Monster kids rejoice
The record was definitely influential on an entire generation of baby-boomer, chiller-theater-watching, monster-loving kids, being as widely distributed and common as it was throughout the '60s and '70s. Record reviewer "Zeke" shares a memory of the album on rateyourmusic.com:
"I can't remember how it came up, but my friend was telling me about his favorite record as a kid - this one. He thinks he begged his mom to buy it at the supermarket, thinking it was the music from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland... and was probably miffed when he first played it and realized it wasn't. But he came to love the record, and it became one that he played all the time. He could still, by memory, recite the narration from entire tracks. He lost it somewhere along the way as he grew up, but missed it. It was his Rosebud, his Bobo. That weekend, of course, I looked for it and found a decent used copy. I brought it home, and my friend got a little misty-eyed when he saw the record cover. He took a few minutes to prepare, then we played it. I was amazed that even though he hadn't heard the thing in (is it possible?) 25 years, he was still able to lip synch the entire first side's narration. He knew exactly when each sound occurred in the stories, and would get excited when a particularly good ghostly moan was about to begin. He recalled a game he and his friends made up based on the suspension bridge piece - they'd pretend to walk along the rickety boards, and fall to the ground when the character fell to his death. Turns out a tune whistled by a character in one of the tracks is the generic tune my friend will whistle when spontaneous whistling is in order. We laughed as one long creak sound effect really sounded like a painfully squeezed-out fart. Oh how we laughed..."
The memory recounted above is a great example of the type of nostalgic reaction that can be caused by this enormously popular album. In fact, once it became plain that the record would be so successful, Disney decided to capitalize on the burgeoning Halloween market by changing the cover to pumpkin orange, and then a few years later, by adding some "spooky party hints" to the record sleeve.
I'm also hoping in the near future "The Story and Song of The Haunted Mansion" (1969) will be released. And The Country Bear Jamboree will probably be the same as the track on the "Musical History Of Disneyland" CD.
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Just listening to some of the stuff now and I've decided to post new info.
20,000 Leagues has 26 tracks plus a digital booklet and is $11.99 in price (and sounds GREAT!)
The Haunted House has the original white cover art (yes!) and is 20 tracks.
Westward Ho! is the Music from the motion picture record and is a great example of Disney putting effort into restoring and releasing a films soundtrack, but not the DVD.
Musical Tour of France includes the title song from "Monkey's Go Home"
Country Bear Jamboree and Lady and the Tramp could not be found.
Meet Me Down On Main Street is Barber shop Quartet stuff (including the song of the albums name that was included on A Musical History of Disneyland.
20,000 Leagues has 26 tracks plus a digital booklet and is $11.99 in price (and sounds GREAT!)
The Haunted House has the original white cover art (yes!) and is 20 tracks.
Westward Ho! is the Music from the motion picture record and is a great example of Disney putting effort into restoring and releasing a films soundtrack, but not the DVD.
Musical Tour of France includes the title song from "Monkey's Go Home"
Country Bear Jamboree and Lady and the Tramp could not be found.
Meet Me Down On Main Street is Barber shop Quartet stuff (including the song of the albums name that was included on A Musical History of Disneyland.
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They are on the Canadian itunes store to. itunes is available in all kinds of countrys around the world. You should download the software (which is free) and then check the store.
Edit: O.K. it appears that only some of the albums have been uploaded. Country Bear Jamboree, the two Annette albums, Songs From Lady And The Tramp, and The Disney Afternoon (yes there was apparently a Disney Afternoon album I didn't know about until today) have all NOT been put on the store yet. Why only 5 out of 10 have been I don't know I'll get back to you all later. But judging by the replies in this thread your not that interested anyway.
Edit: O.K. it appears that only some of the albums have been uploaded. Country Bear Jamboree, the two Annette albums, Songs From Lady And The Tramp, and The Disney Afternoon (yes there was apparently a Disney Afternoon album I didn't know about until today) have all NOT been put on the store yet. Why only 5 out of 10 have been I don't know I'll get back to you all later. But judging by the replies in this thread your not that interested anyway.
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I'm very interested...I even printed out the list of albums available thanks to this thread. I just haven't had a reason to respond. Perhaps I should have posted to say thank you.Flanger-Hanger wrote:Why only 5 out of 10 have been I don't know I'll get back to you all later. But judging by the replies in this thread your not that interested anyway.
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Westward Ho the Wagons!
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 2&s=143441
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 6&s=143441
Meet Me Down On Main Street
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... id=4378209
Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 9&s=143441
Annette Sings Anka
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 0&s=143441
Italiannette
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 4&s=143441
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 2&s=143441
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 6&s=143441
Meet Me Down On Main Street
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... id=4378209
Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 9&s=143441
Annette Sings Anka
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 0&s=143441
Italiannette
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... 4&s=143441
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iTunes also has a handful of rare contemporary Disney soundtracks (all modestly priced at around $10.00):
Iron Will
Angels in the Outfield
The Adventures of Huck Finn
A Goofy Movie
The Santa Clause
Return to Snowy River
Mighty Joe Young
Now if only they would release:
Polly (original Soundtrack)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Journey of Natty Gann
Flight of the Navigator
Return to Oz
Night Crossing
Something Wicked this Way Comes
Homeward Bound
Cheetah
oh heck......just release all of your soundtacks Disney.........WE LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!
Iron Will
Angels in the Outfield
The Adventures of Huck Finn
A Goofy Movie
The Santa Clause
Return to Snowy River
Mighty Joe Young
Now if only they would release:
Polly (original Soundtrack)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Journey of Natty Gann
Flight of the Navigator
Return to Oz
Night Crossing
Something Wicked this Way Comes
Homeward Bound
Cheetah
oh heck......just release all of your soundtacks Disney.........WE LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!
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There is also another album which is available on iTunes for the first time is "Songs from 'Lady and the Tramp'", this is an album released on the Disneyland label in 1962 (DQ-1231). I took a few of the videos down on YouTube, because many of the songs are available for $.99 per song and $7.92 for the full album.
I don't download song off iTunes, because I have the same copy which was on a cassette probably from the late 80's. I got this one at a flea market last year and it sounds the same as the one is now showing up on iTunes. Here is a link to it.
Songs from "Lady and the Tramp" (1962)
I don't download song off iTunes, because I have the same copy which was on a cassette probably from the late 80's. I got this one at a flea market last year and it sounds the same as the one is now showing up on iTunes. Here is a link to it.
Songs from "Lady and the Tramp" (1962)
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Does it have every Disney Afternoon TV show theme song, and does it have the Disney Afternoon theme song?!?!?!? I'm salivating here! I don't like iTunes (I don't have an iPod and I can't use the songs in that format), but I want that!!!Flanger-Hanger wrote:The Disney Afternoon songbook is now on the store. It has all the extended TV show themes.
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Yes, it has the disney afternoon theme song as well as the titles songs and a few songs that were sung during the series' runs on the label as well. It was actually released on CD eons ago, and has become an expensive ebay product. Now that iTunes has offered it up, though, it won't take more than $10 for it
Also, I wanted to add that I've found a few other rare soundtracks up on iTunes:
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (including the soundtrack from The Return of Jafar)
A Goofy Movie
Miracle at Midnight (the Wonderful World of Disney TV movie)
Ghosts of the Abyss
Roving Mars
Dinosaur
Yes, it has the disney afternoon theme song as well as the titles songs and a few songs that were sung during the series' runs on the label as well. It was actually released on CD eons ago, and has become an expensive ebay product. Now that iTunes has offered it up, though, it won't take more than $10 for it
Also, I wanted to add that I've found a few other rare soundtracks up on iTunes:
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (including the soundtrack from The Return of Jafar)
A Goofy Movie
Miracle at Midnight (the Wonderful World of Disney TV movie)
Ghosts of the Abyss
Roving Mars
Dinosaur
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I guess I would give a big shot out to davesworld56, because he's a big fan of old vintage Disney albums, he runs the blog called "Children's Records & More" where he posted a lot of old Disney albums that you can't get on iTunes yet which was not available. Plus a bunch of other stuff. You should find it on his site.
http://childrensrecordsandmore.blogspot.com
I have tons of Disney LP's that I'm going to upload and and he will post to a Megaupload only with ZIP files. I enjoyed Dave's blog, it was fun!
http://childrensrecordsandmore.blogspot.com
I have tons of Disney LP's that I'm going to upload and and he will post to a Megaupload only with ZIP files. I enjoyed Dave's blog, it was fun!
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I have two of the LP's in my collection that I would like to put this one up soon on Dave's site.RyougaLolakie wrote:omg...I didn't realize that "Multiplication and Division" and "Addiction and Subtraction" were available on Itunes store.I must get those albums....must....get...
Otherwise, nice to see Disney releasing more vintage albums from the Disneyland era days. That's awesome!