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The University Press of Mississippi has the book scheduled for October 2005, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Mickey Mouse Club records (the first ones actually produced by Disney instead of licensed to another company). However, that publication date depends on us having the...

Just to prove that great minds think alike, Mister Ehrbar got in here ahead of me and said the same things I was going to say about this discussion. That's one reason THE DISNEYLAND RECORDS STORY is going to sound as if it were written by one person instead of two! So, for now I will just add...

Greg Ehrbar and I were discussing this item over the weekend, and something seems to be amiss (or maybe it's a mister). The only versions of YANKEE DOODLE MICKEY we are familiar with feature Ms. Molly singing "God Bless America," "This Is My Country," and "Star Spangled Banner," but the "Battle...

Duh... Huh? Greg Ehrbar and I were discussing this item over the weekend, and something seems to be amiss (or maybe it's a mister). The only versions of YANKEE DOODLE MICKEY we are familiar with feature Ms. Molly singing "God Bless America," "This Is My Country," and "Star Spangled Banner,"...

Yes, the Ludwig LP is something EVERYONE should hear. Frees does ad-lib his way through most of the dialogue, although you have to listen closely to hear some of his funniest remarks, which are mumbled under his breath (such as when he claims "The Wonderful World of Color" starred "some...

While on the subject of the Murray book (not Miller, a name with a quite different Disney association...), Greg Ehrbar and I came to a reluctant conclusion regarding our upcoming WALT DISNEY RECORDS STORY. At the risk of seeming like Murray copycats, we are going to have our massive narrative...

While on the subject of the Murray book (not Miller, a name with a quite different Disney association...), Greg Ehrbar and I came to a reluctant conclusion regarding our upcoming WALT DISNEY RECORDS STORY. At the risk of seeming like Murray copycats, we are going to have our massive narrative...

Har har, hardy har har, I'm sure Disney's Carol Lombard has heard cracks like that all her life. (Mrs. Clark Gable actually spelled her name Carole.) For those who wonder just what "our" Carol did, I can throw out a few of the songs where you will hear her voice, if you have these LP's in your...

It's nice to know that someone is anticipating THE WALT DISNEY RECORDS STORY as much as Greg and I are. Just so everyone will know that this is a book having to be written from primary research, because so little information about the record company has been preserved or archived, below is an...

SHAMELESS PLUG TIME: Maybe the reason Randy Thornton isn't issuing any sort of historical background on his CD's is that he knows everyone will be able to get that data from the forthcoming THE WALT DISNEY RECORDS STORY book by yours truly and Greg Ehrbar (still scheduled for October 2005...

Fortunately, Greg Ehrbar and I have gotten a lot of help with our upcoming history of Walt Disney Records. One of our most enthusiastic helpers is a young fellow named Jim Hollifield. Jim recently returned from a trip to Disneyland with the following comments, and since I haven't seen anyone...

You probably already know this, but a good portion of the Hall of Presidents program was incorporated into the original 1971 WDW Grand Opening broadcast (with Julie Andrews, Bob Hope, et al) that was rerun on the Disney Channel back in the good old days. It also featured most of the highlights...

I was hanging around, waiting to see if Greg was going to respond to this, since I knew he was the mastermind behind the music. When I was down there visiting with him back in December, I found that leaving the TV on that channel and letting the music play was one of the most soothing ways to...

I think Randy Thornton could probably address this better than anyone, as he has had problems in his restoration work because of the reverb or echo that was added to some of the old film sound tracks for their LP releases. My (uneducated) guess is that this was done as a result of hearing how...

Robie Lester was among Tutti's longtime performers who attended the ceremony on Thursday, and here is an abbreviated version of the report she sent about it: ========== "The day was beautiful and sunny and the ceremony took place in an outside garden. Roy Disney was the MC. We were seated in...

I'm glad Randy Thornton finally got his cards... or is it records?... out on the table, because keeping his secret has been MOIDER for those of us who knew about it. The new project to rerelease so many of the old Disneyland and Buena Vista LP's will dovetail nicely with the impending...

"Dznygrl" has a very good point there, in that reporters are ALWAYS looking for the oddball angle in anything they do. I have learned that from being interviewed about my books... the reporters seem to constantly assume that just because I wrote a book about a particular topic, that subject...

There are dozens of people who could answer this, but it looks like I happened to get here first. "Jungle Book" was released in October 1967. The Country Bear Jamboree premiered when Walt Disney World opened in October 1971, so the "Bare Necessities" reference in the closing song was a...

Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing that longer version of the theme on some of the TV shows. The one I was thinking of from the records ("a great sensational corporation") is basically the same tune, only drastically shortened. If my co-author has a chance to monitor this site...

We're writing! We're writing! Don't crack that whip so hard! Actually, the October 2004 deadline to have the manuscript finished is looming larger and larger, because there is still MUCH, MUCH work and research to be done... if all we had to do was listen to the records and describe them, it...