4/30/2024 0 Comments Disney dumbo train![]() ![]() In only a few tunes, there is novelty pop (“Casey Jr.”) jazz/scat (“When I See An Elephant Fly”), choral ballad (“Baby Mine”), modern opera (“Song of the Roustabouts”), the myriad of styles that is “Pink Elephants,” and several authentic-sounding circus marches (which should be extra-familiar to Mickey Mouse Club fans who also heard them on Thursday afternoon “Circus Day” extravaganzas). Hearing all of this on the most popular music reproduction media of the day emphasizes how much the music of Dumbo exemplifies a variety of late ‘30s and early ‘40s musical styles. The brevity of 78 RPM discs did not allow for the complete version of “Pink Elephants” (the words “on Parade” are not listed in the title on this particular album), nor do we get more than one chorus of “When I See An Elephant Fly.” But “Baby Mine” is short enough to share its disc side with the delightful music accompanying Dumbo’s bath, titled here as “”Dumbo’s Serenade.” Stork.” Subsequent versions of the Dumbo soundtrack do not include this verse, nor much of the other scattered dialogue and effects on this album, simply because this was all that RCA had to work, as this was made in the days before recording tape and mixing boards. The album opens after the main title credits with a crack of thunder, followed by the ominous opening verse spoken by John McLeish that precedes “Look Out for Mr. Unlike the other three however, RCA’s Dumbo soundtrack was never reissued on compact disc. Instrumental: “Dumbo’s Serenade” by Oliver Wallace.ĭumbo was the third Disney animated feature soundtrack album released by RCA Victor, and like the previous Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Pinocchio releases, all the material on the three 78 RPM discs came directly from the film with sound effects and dialogue intact. Songs: “Look Out for Mister Stork,” “Casey Junior,” “Song of the Roustabouts,” “Baby Mine” by Ned Washington, Frank Churchill “Pink Elephants,” “When I See An Elephant Fly” by Ned Washington, Oliver Wallace. ![]() Jumbo) Margaret Wright (Casey Jr./Vocal Effect by Sonovox) Cliff Edwards (Jim Crow) Hall Johnson (Preacher Crow) James Baskett (Fat Crow) Nick Stewart (Glasses Crow) Jim Carmichael (Straw-Hat Crow) The Hall Johnson Choir, The Sportsmen Quartet (Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Days, Max Smith, Mart Sperzel). RCA Victor Records P-101 (Three 10” 78 RPM Discs) Recorded from the Sound Track of the Film The fourth Disney animated feature was short, sweet and successful on the big screen, TV, home video-and on records, from 78 shellacs to internet downloads.
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