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I wonder if there is enough material to do a legacy release of Bedknobs and Broomsticks and/or The Happiest Millionaire. I would love it if they would release the "second cast" albums of the musical films, I am particularly fond of the Mike Sammes Singers Bedknobs and Happiest Millionaire...

Great info, Jake, thank you. And you make excellent points. I have enjoyed these legacy releases, but I wish they had consulted fans for exactly these reasons. I wish I could have been a consultant on the Mary Poppins legacy set. :)

I just listened to this charming album on amazon streaming. I had never heard it before; love hearing Walt and the music is excellent IMO.

I saw on CBS that Aladdin had to shut down again due to a breakout COVID case, after only one performance. Crazy times.

I do, thank you for the reminder!

I picked up this new Disney Classical album - and I have to confess I do not love it. To my ear, it has neither energy nor passion. In particular, the Mary Poppins Overture lacks the spirit of Mr. Kostal's original. And there are only 3 songs from the Walt era. And I agree that the vocals stick...

I got a big kick (no pun intended) out of this very well-done tribute to Mary Poppins on Disney sing along part II. While it was obviously finished in Disney's editing studio, the performances appear to be recorded at home and the planning and creativity are really inspiring, not to mention the...

I would love to see that list when you get a chance. I am not as familiar with the covers.

I can't help but notice that not even one Sherman Bros. song is on that list.

I love stuff like this. I wish there were similar footage available for all the great musical films. Fascinating.

I could not agree more. And besides the Marni Nixon album, there was a charming storybook album (using the Marni tracks) narrated by Dal McKennon. I had all those albums as a kid. All part of the "Legacy". I also think the Pamela Travers story sessions should be an audio supplement for the DVD...

I have the Mary Poppins Legacy edition. Most important to me is it contains the longer Overture as heard on LP. While it makes sense in the film itself to segue into Bert's one man band, as a strictly aural experience, Irwin Kostal's grand finale to the Overture is more satisfying. Omissions -It...

Enjoying the B&B disc very much - the score is wonderful. Worthwhile purchase, after many other purchases of this title. ;)

I listened to Robin Hood all the way through yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed all of it. It's an interesting mix of the "classic" Disney sound with a bit of 70s pop sneaking in. George Bruns' work is immediately recognizable. I love how he often uses pizzicato strings in chase music. Prince...

This is great news, and, no, I wasn't expecting it. I do wish they would include the storyteller albums on these legacy releases. Robin Hood was one of my faves; listened to it over and over in 1973.

Just a note about my Bedknobs post: in looking through the excellent book "Mouse Tracks", it is revealed that the female vocalist on "Substitutiary Locomotion' was Judy Carne from "Laugh-In" (p 130). Apparently it was some sort of audition recording. She must have signed a waiver of some sort...

I came across a copy of the Mike Sammes version of "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" today. I thought hard about it, and I believe I have not heard this album in at least 40 years. I do prefer the soundtrack album. But listening to it today, I discovered some unused/alternate lyrics that I found...

Listening to "The Happiest Millionaire" soundtrack, I also notice that the orchestrations remind so much of Disneyland of the era. The Overture, for example, makes me feel like I am entering "The Carousel of Progress".

For some reason, I have been listening to "The Happiest Millionaire" soundtrack quite a bit lately. My maternal Grandmother took me to see it at The Granada Theater in Santa Barbara, CA , where she had also taken me to see "Mary Poppins" ( and "The Sound of Music" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie"...

Thanks for awesome photos and info, Mike!

I never knew there was an alternate cover of The Happiest Millionaire LP (I grew up with the fancy script one), or that there was a Camarata LP - and on Buena Vista, not the Disneyland label. Also, it appears there was no "storyteller" LP for Happiest Millionaire, which I find odd, as vigorously...

Thrift store score today - still in sealed shrink wrap - only one dollar each. Of course, the actual soundtracks reign supreme, but there is a lot to be said for these versions, too. Marni Nixon is a spirited Mary Poppins and I find Dal McKinnon's narration charming. Richard Sherman gives us an...

It was not released commercially, but it appears to be on youtube in its entirety here (albeit with poor sound) what was released commercially is the video of the recording session of Julie's Richard Rodgers album. There are snippets of that on youtube.

I love "Something's Coming" in the WSS video - poor Jose Carreras can't get the meter to save his life and Lenny gets a little ticked. And with all due respect to Julie Andrews, who is my Prima Diva of all time, I enjoy the video of the recording session more than the album itself. There was...

Thanks for that! I do have that Haunted Mansion CD, I loved that LP as a kid, also. It stars Ronnie Howard! Very worth having. I wish Disney would do more of those storybooks on CD (although for the movie adaptations I guess it would be redundant since we can actually own the movie itself now).

Has this LP been released on CD? I still love the vinyl, but have never found the CD. Not sure, but I think the lady narrator is Jody Drew, who portrayed "Dore Shary's" secretary in the I Love Lucy episode "Don Juan is Shelved".