Animation-ette! (Part Two)
More about the animated side of Annette Funicello’s musical legacy, including the stop-motion titles in the original Parent Trap and what her success helped make possible.
Category Archives: ANIMATION SPIN
Animation-ette! (Part One)
Part one of a love letter to the beloved and unpretentious pop culture icon to recognize her unsung role in animation, sound recordings, musical films and theme park entertainment.
70 Years of “Peanuts” – and All That Jazz
What better way to celebrate Peanuts than with fine jazz artists playing music from and inspired by the animated specials and the comic strip from which they sprang forth?
Disney’s Grammy-Nominated “Aristocats” Storyteller Album
The cats in Paree made their screen debut 50 years ago. Here’s a look at the Storyteller albums that recreated the story of the film.
Rankin/Bass’ “Ballad of Smokey the Bear” on Records & More
A vinyl-sided look at the enduring legend of a public serving bruin.
Fred Flintstone Meets Jiminy Cricket: A Salute to Alan Reed
The birthday of the great Alan Reed was last week and the Flintstones will arrive on Blu-ray in October, so let’s take a Spin through some lesser-known Disney-Reed recordings.
A Who’s-Who of Animation Prove the World (& Records) Are Round
How two different record albums became a Hanna-Barbera presentation – on the Disney Channel!
Happy Anniversary to Walt Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland!”
On this day in 1951, Disney’s most offbeat and unfathomable animated features premiered–but it took years for the story LP to appear on Disneyland Records.
Spin Special: Celebrating Voice Actor Marvin Miller
A long-overdue appreciation of the versatile animation and live-action actor/narrator, with a career spanning over half a century.
Walt Disney’s “Peter and the Wolf” on Records
Since we looked at The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in our last installment, let’s flip the Disneyland LP to Side One for Disney’s interpretation of a children’s musical classic.
