Walt Disney and the 1964 World's Fair
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Edition: Music CDAudio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2009-03-24
Music Label: Disney
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
- Walt Disney and the Sherman Brothers
- Carousel of Progress [Early Script Reading]
- Carousel of Progress
- The Skydome Spectacular
- The Toucan and Parrot Electric Utility Show
- Music to Buy Toasters By (Medallion City)
- Mirror Maze
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow [Kaleidoscopic Overture]
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow [1890's Variation]
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow [Dixieland Variation]
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow [1920's Variation]
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow [1930's Variation]
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow [Swing Variation]
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow [1960's Variation]
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow [Horizons Variation (Epcot)]
- Walt Disney Introduction
- Pre-Show: The Illinois Story
- Main Show: Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
- Pre-Show Score
- Main Show Score
- Dialog Recording Session
- Chorus
- "It's a Small World" [Queue/Entrance Music]
- "It's a Small World" [First Demo Recording]
- "It's a Small World" [Walt Disney Welcome]
- "It's a Small World" [Vocals (Isolated)]
- "It's a Small World" [The Ultimate Megamix]
- "It's a Small World" [Exit Music]
- "It's a Small World" [Disneyland Paris Variation I]
- "It's a Small World" [Disneyland Paris Variation II]
- "It's a Small World"
- World of Tomorrow
- Magic Skyway
- The South American Way
- Flubber Waltz
- Serengeti Serenade
- Moonlight Time in Old Hawaii
- Nation on Wheels
- Flyin' Ford
- La Gaviota
- Join the Swing
- Disneyland '61
- Auto Parts Harmonic
- Dialog Recording Session
- Get the Feel of the Wheel (Ford March)
- Carousel of Progress [Alternate Universe Version]
Free Music Notes for Walt Disney and the 1964 World's Fair
Free Music Review: Perfect for collectors of Disneyland attractions audio
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a rare behind the scenes look at Walt Disney's contribution to the 1964 New York World's Fair. It was where Walt unveiled four new unique attractions paid for by sponsors, that would in turn create terrific demand and excitement for the Fair, raise much needed cash for the Walt Disney Company, and forever change not only Disneyland, but greatly influence the future of Disney Theme Parks yet to be imagined. Randy Thornton, the producer of many of the audio CD's from Walt Disney, including the animated feature soundtrack CD's, has restored yet another set of historic music tracks. This new 5 CD set has over 3 hours of audio from the 4 attractions that Walt Disney built for paying sponsors at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair. Three of those attractions were moved to Disneyland after the Fair with financial help from the sponsors, and a portion of Ford's Magic Skyway was moved in the form of Primeval World since the sponsor did not want to pay for relocating the attraction. The portion kept is the diorama of dinosaurs seen while riding the Disneyland Railroad, and the last rehab of the attraction has kept it in great condition for a 35 year old attraction. Included in the oversize CD case is a tall 24 page booklet filled with pictures of concept art from the design phase of the attractions. While I am a big fan of Disney concept art, I like to see the actual finished attraction photos to compare it with and so I was dissapointed at the lack of photos from the final attractions. Nevertheless, the art shared here is terrific including many items that I had never seen in other Disney publications. I especially enjoyed the maps and diagrams. I would love to see Disney release a bigger book on their participation in the 1964 Worlds Fair. The restoration of the audio is perfect, and it all sounds brand new.
The Worlds Fair may have had a bigger impact on Walt Disney and his plans for Disneyland and his later plans Walt Disney World and Epcot than any other influence from the 1960's decade. The research and development process of the Fair attractions for Walt Disney, funded by big money from the sponsors, allowed the company to leap ahead in attraction development, especially in audio-animatronics and ride capacity. For example the development of the Small World flume boats paved the way for Pirates of the Caribbean - which had been originally planned as a walk-through. The Small World attraction was a miracle in a way, as the company had only 1 year to design and build the attraction from the day they received the go-ahead, with no idea of just what they were going to design. Another reason Walt participated in the Fair was to determine if the Disney attractions could be as popular on the east coast as the west, and the answer was a resounding "yes", leading to plans for Walt Disney World. Best of all, he was able to talk some sponsors into paying to move the attractions to Disneyland after the Fais and continue their corporate sponsorship of the attractions, giving him some new exciting attractions at Disneyland at very little cost.
Disc 1 - The GE Progressland exhibit, The Carousel of Progress includes 9 versions of the Sherman Brothers song "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow", including the later version created for Horizons at Epcot.; brief excerpt from early taping sessions; a demo recording with Walt Disney and the Sherman Brothers that was used to in a film to help sell the concept to GE (I would like to see this film); the complete attraction soundtrack, followed by the Skydome (an attraction that was a film projected on the ceiling), the talking birds of Electric Utility Show, the Medallion City (all electric city with homes full of GE appliances), and the Mirror Maze. The attraction was moves to Disneyland after that Fair, and still exists at Walt Disney World, but is not open daily.
Disc 2 - The Illinois Pavilion. It starts with the audio of a promo film narrated by Walt Disney; The Pre-show; Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln; the isolated music track without vocals for both the pre-show and the main show ; recording session for dialog with Royal Dano, the voice of Lincol; Isolated chorus of Glory Hallelujah.
Disc 3 - 10 tracks of It's a Small World, including 2 variations for Disneyland Paris, the non-vocal version used in the line queue; demo recording; isolated vocals and chorus; exit music; the welcome narration only used in New York to promote Pepsi and UNICEF, the sponsors of this Pavilion; A nice treat is the huge 20 minute number titled the Its a Small World Ultimate Megamix. This last one has the complete audio track of each country shown in the original attraction, but strung together seamlessly. Most collections I have seen isolate some of these as separate tracks. After the ride was moved to Disneyland, a new building was designed to contain it with a stunning facade designed by Rolly Crump, to replace the loss of his Tower of the 4 Winds, that was too difficult to bring back to Disneyland.
Disc 4 - This is the real treasure in the disc, as many Disney attraction sound buffs have had access to most of the material on these discs in other forms. The inclusion of Fords Magic Skyway and World of Tomorrow in this set is a first for the audio releases from Disney, and it is the biggest reason for me to get this disc. The Magic Skyway was an attraction that Disney was hired to create for the Ford Motor Company, after General Motors decided not to use Disney for the same. In the attraction you entered a brand new convertible Ford on a moving track instead of a ride vehicle, which had radio buttons to allow you to select which language you wanted to hear the attraction narration in. The ride took you back in time to the age of the dinosaurs, up through mans invention of the wheel and on into the future. There were several smaller exhibits in the building designed by Disney as well. The disc has the entire ride through narration of the Fords Magic Skyway with music and dialogue, but unfortunately without sound effects. The 8 background music scores for the other exhibits in the Ford Pavillon (like the International Gardens, scale models of buildings from different lands in the past and present) are included, some of the instrumental tracks were actually written for other projects like Disney movies but as instrumentals worked quite well in the attractions, such as the fun Flubber Waltz, or even the Serengeti Serenade from the Jungle Book movie. The music track Disneyland '61 is here, and the 9 minute music track prepared for the Auto Parts harmonic band, (a set of musical instruments made up of Ford auto parts that played music as the line widened by to other areas of the pavillon). The jaunty 6 minute Get the Feel of the Wheel song, and an 8 minute dialog recording session with Walt Disney round out the disc.
Bonus disc - Has an alternate version of the Carousel of Progress attraction.
As a collector of Disney and Disneyland audio of this sort, I am very grateful to the Walt Disney Company, and Randy Thornton for releasing this set. Also we have to be grateful to those in the early days of Disney that archived and protected the original material like this, or it would not be available at all. It is a true treasure. But I have to say that more than any other set of Disney attraction sounds I have heard, this one left me with a big yearning to see the attractions on video as well, or see a good photo book from Disney on the exhibits, the Fair, and their construction as they were back then. Hopefully that will be on the way soon! The best written publication I have ever seen is the World's Fair issue of "Persistence of Vision" a very rare and now out of business publication produced by Paul Anderson, Issue #6/7. Disney did have a promotional episode of their weekly show that aired on May 17, 1964 titled, "Disneyland Goes to the Worlds Fair". That episode is available on the DVD "Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, and Magic", also sold at Amazon.com and I recommend both the DVD and this audio set. If you like this and want more, I recommend the most complete authorized set of Disneyland audio released to date, " A Musical History of Disneyland" with 6 CDs and a big book, also sold here at Amazon.com. If you want to know more about the Fair, I would also recommend the book "Official Guide to New York World's Fair" which is very affordable as a 40 year old used book here at Amazon.com.
PS - I did not have any problems copying the CD to my portable MP3 player (Zune) using Windows Media Player.
Walt Disney and the 1964 World's Fair Poster
Disneyland Goes To the World's Fair is a rare behind the scenes look at Walt Disney's contribution to the 1964 World's Fair. It was here where Walt unveiled several unique attractions and exhibits that would forever change not only Disneyland, but greatly influence the future of Disney Theme Parks yet to be imagined. This 5-CD Set includes a 24-page full color booklet and more than three hours of recordings from the classic attractions and exhibits Walt Disney and his team of artists created for the 1964 New York World's Fair.Progressland: Behind-the original World's Fair scenes recordings and original music from the Progressland Exhibit, featuring a never-before released production of Carousel of Progress.
Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln: Experience the sounds of the original Illinois Pavilion. As a special treat, you'll hear the original recording sessions of the man who gave Mr. Lincoln his voice (Royal Dano) and listen to the lavish original score by Disney legend Buddy Baker also presented as individual tracks.
"It's A Small World": Includes the original demo recording of the legendary song as well as isolated vocals and a grand master mix of the varied international interpretations of the famous tune directly from the attraction soundtrack. Also included is a tour of this charming "little boat ride" with Walt Disney as your guide.
Magic Skyway: Takes you on a time-traveling "road trip" with Walt Disney as he personally escorts you hrough the Age of Dinosaurs, the ascent of man, and to the distant future.
BONUS DISC: Carousel of Progress - Alternate Universe Version
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