Disney’s “Melody Time” on Records – Part 1
“Johnny Appleseed,” the third segment of Disney’s Melody Time (1948), was recorded by RCA and Disneyland Records with similar scripts but different production values.
“Johnny Appleseed,” the third segment of Disney’s Melody Time (1948), was recorded by RCA and Disneyland Records with similar scripts but different production values.
In addition to narrating, Disney Legend Sterling Holloway wrote the script to flesh out the classic Silly Symphony by creating new characters and adding wry humor.
A look at two records by one of the most popular stars of Broadway, Hollywood and the early record industry, in the signature cartoon role he first voiced in Pinocchio.
When Disney’s Buena Vista Records produced the first three Garfield animated specials as read-along album sets, a unique approach was used for the adaptations.
Four albums from the Florida-based Kid Stuff label somehow star the Blake Edwards/DePatie-Freleng character in musical stories without his speaking a word.
It was a stage musical and a TV special, but how does the second “Peanuts” musical comedy also connect to David Bowie, Disneyland, Roger Rabbit and The Muppets?
How could this 1978 TV special be one of the first musical adaptations of Dickens’ Christmas Carol when so many other Scrooge musicals seem to have come before it?
Hopes were high for Disney’s third animated/live-action musical fantasy and the wide variety of recordings released were a big part of the pre-release excitement.
The all-time looniest Looney Tunes record is a compilation of Little Golden Records voiced by Gil Mack plus 12 months of birthday songs performed by Mel Blanc himself.
Our Halloween treat is a perennial favorite that put the “boo-boo-boo-boo” in “BOO!” — Disney’s take on the Washington Irving classic with ol’ Bing…