Santa’s Been Comin’ to Town for 50 Years on TV and Records
One of the finest holiday specials ever created hits the half-century mark, so here’s a fresh look at the flawless soundtrack that played such a major part in its success.
Category Archives: ANIMATION SPIN
The First Mickey Mouse Club Record Albums
Say, Mouseketeers! Since Mickey’s birthday is tomorrow, let’s look at LP’s that brought avalanches of songs to eager fans of the Mickey Mouse Club.
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.
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.
