WaltWiz1901
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The soundtracks to these five movies were recorded in stereo, but were mixed down to mono on optical '60s-'70s release prints. The Platinum/Diamond DVDs/Blu-rays of One Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Jungle Book present the films' "original" soundtracks in 1.0 mono, not 2.0 stereo/surround.If the final mix of the movie is mono, and then a later release comes out in stereo, then for the purposes of this thread that counts as a remix regardless of when it was created.
It's [also] possible Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and The Rescuers could have carried Dolby tracks, but I've never heard that. As for 101 Dalmatians, Jungle Book, and The Aristocats, these were pre-Dolby so the only way there could have been stereo prints for them is if the prints were magnetically striped and I've certainly not heard reports of that being the case.
AFAIK, the (primary) audio mixes on the following releases of 101/TJB/TA/WtP were derived from their original stereo score elements:
- Most (if not all) releases of One Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Jungle Book
- The Aristocats: 1996 Masterpiece Collection VHS/LaserDisc and 2000 Gold Classic Collection VHS/DVD
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 1996 Masterpiece Collection VHS/LaserDisc (and presumably the 2002 25th Anniversary Edition VHS)