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.
Category Archives: ANIMATION SPIN
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.
Walt Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” on Records
In this anniversary year of both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000, we take a Spin through a stack of recordings inspired by Mickey Mouse’s classic clash with bewitched brooms.
Jay Ward’s Original “Rocky and His Friends” on Records
One of TV’s greatest cartoons became one of Golden Records’ best albums when June Foray, Paul Frees, Walter Tetley and Bill Scott brought their magical madness to vinyl.
Classic Cartoon Greeting Card Records by Buzza-Cardozo
Before e-cards, cardboard records festooned with favorite animated characters and laminated with specially produced voice and music recordings sent magical messages.
Walt Disney’s “Enchanted Tiki Room” on Records
When the soundtrack LP for Disney’s first Audio-Animatronics attractions premiered, it brought a lot of the animation legacy along with it – plus significant roots in “hi-fi” history.
Warner Brothers’ Sylvester and Tweety on Records
Sylvester and Tweety first teamed in 1947’s Oscar-winning Tweetie Pie, then on records in 1950, where June Foray voiced Granny five years before she took over the role in films.
Mary Martin: Legend of Disney, Broadway and Television
There was magic in the air after Mary Martin said, “I’d like to sing some Disney songs,” and Walt Disney said, “I can’t think of anyone I would rather hear sing them.”
“He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown” on Records
A look at the Emmy-nominated Peanuts TV special as brought to a wide selection of recorded products in the late 1970s as part of Disney’s Charlie Brown Records line.
Spin Special: Remembering Hanna-Barbera Composer Jack de Mello
Renowned for helping to popularize music and artists of the Polynesian artists, Jack de Mello’s music could also be heard on The Flintstones, Magilla Gorilla and other cartoons.
