Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic explained

Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic
Type:Box set
Artist:Various Artists
Cover:Classic Disney.jpg
Caption:The cover of the 2003 box set containing all 5 Classic Disney CDs.
Released:1995 – 1998 (Volumes I - V individually)
2000 (Volumes I - III box set)
2001 (Volumes I - IV box set)
2003 (Volumes I - V box set)
Recorded:1929  - 1998
Genre:Soundtrack
Length:72:04 (Volume I)
72:46 (Volume II)
73:02 (Volume III)
63:08 (Volume IV)
69:13 (Volume V)
5:50:14 Total
Label:Walt Disney Records
Producer:Harold J. Kleiner, Ted Kryczko

Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic is a five-volume compilation series, each containing 25 (125 in total) songs compiled from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, various Disney films in animation and live-action, and the Walt Disney anthology television series. Each volume was released individually on CD and cassette between 1995 and 1998. Volume I was released on March 28, 1995, Volume II on September 12, 1995, Volume III on July 2, 1996, Volume IV on July 15, 1997 and Volume V on September 22, 1998. In 2000, a box set was released containing volumes 1 - 3, followed by a box set containing volumes 1 - 4 in 2001, Finally, a box set containing all five volumes packaged in a slipcase was released by Walt Disney Records in Australia, Japan, North America and Europe in 2003.

The series was followed by Disney's Greatest, a three-volume compilation series released in 2001 and 2002. The series was very similar to Classic Disney and although each volume featured many of the same songs, only 20 songs appeared on each volume as opposed to Classic Disneys 25. In addition to containing only 20 songs, the Disney's Greatest compilations also contained songs from films released from 1999 - 2002, after the Classic Disney compilations were released.

Track listing

Volume I - Maroon

  1. "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin)
  2. "Circle of Life" (from The Lion King)
  3. "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)
  4. "Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid)
  5. "Hakuna Matata" (from The Lion King)
  6. "Kiss the Girl" (from The Little Mermaid)
  7. "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" (from The Lion King)
  8. "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (from The Little Mermaid)
  9. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (from Mary Poppins)
  10. "Jolly Holiday" (from Mary Poppins)
  11. "A Spoonful of Sugar" (from Mary Poppins)
  12. "Let's Get Together" (from The Parent Trap)
  13. "The Monkey's Uncle" (from The Monkey's Uncle)
  14. "The Ugly Bug Ball" (from Summer Magic)
  15. "The Spectrum Song" (from An Adventure in Color)
  16. "Colonel Hathi's March" (from The Jungle Book)
  17. "A Whale of a Tale" (from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)
  18. "You Can Fly!" (from Peter Pan)
  19. "The Work Song" (from Cinderella)
  20. "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (from Cinderella)
  21. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (from Song of the South)
  22. "Dance of the Reed Flutes" (from Fantasia)
  23. "Love Is a Song" (from Bambi)
  24. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
  25. "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" (from Mickey's Follies)

Volume II - Blue

  1. "Be Our Guest" (from Beauty and the Beast)
  2. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (from The Lion King)
  3. "Part of Your World" (from The Little Mermaid)
  4. "One Jump Ahead" (from Aladdin)
  5. "Gaston" (from Beauty and the Beast)
  6. "Something There" (from Beauty and the Beast)
  7. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (from Mary Poppins)
  8. "Candle on the Water" (from Pete's Dragon)
  9. "Main Street Electrical Parade" (from Disneyland)
  10. "The Age of Not Believing" (from Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
  11. "The Bare Necessities" (from The Jungle Book)
  12. "Feed the Birds" (from Mary Poppins)
  13. "Best of Friends" (from The Fox and the Hound)
  14. "Let's Go Fly a Kite" (from Mary Poppins)
  15. "It's a Small World" (from 1964 New York World's Fair)
  16. "The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room" (from Disneyland)
  17. "Mickey Mouse March" (from The Mickey Mouse Club)
  18. "On the Front Porch" (from Summer Magic)
  19. "The Second Star to the Right" (from Peter Pan)
  20. "Ev'rybody Has a Laughing Place" (from Song of the South)
  21. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (from Cinderella)
  22. "So This Is Love" (from Cinderella)
  23. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (from Pinocchio)
  24. "Heigh-Ho" (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
  25. "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" (from Three Little Pigs)

Volume III - Green

  1. "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas)
  2. "You've Got a Friend in Me" (from Toy Story)
  3. "Be Prepared" (from The Lion King)
  4. "Out There" (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
  5. "Family" (from James and the Giant Peach)
  6. "Les Poissons" (from The Little Mermaid)
  7. "Mine, Mine, Mine" (from Pocahontas)
  8. "Jack's Lament" (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
  9. "My Name Is James" (from James and the Giant Peach)
  10. "Heffalumps and Woozles" (from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day)
  11. "The Mob Song" (from Beauty and the Beast)
  12. "Portobello Road" (from Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
  13. "Stay Awake" (from Mary Poppins)
  14. "I Wan'na Be Like You" (from The Jungle Book)
  15. "Oo-De-Lally" (from Robin Hood)
  16. "Are We Dancing" (from The Happiest Millionaire)
  17. "Once Upon a Dream" (from Sleeping Beauty)
  18. "Bella Notte" (from Lady and the Tramp)
  19. "Following the Leader" (from Peter Pan)
  20. "Trust in Me" (from The Jungle Book)
  21. "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" (from Davy Crockett)
  22. "I'm Professor Ludwig von Drake" (from An Adventure in Color)
  23. "Pink Elephants on Parade" (from Dumbo)
  24. "Little April Shower" (from Bambi)
  25. "The Silly Song" (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

Volume IV - Purple

  1. "One Last Hope" (from Hercules)
  2. "A Guy Like You" (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
  3. "On the Open Road" (from A Goofy Movie)
  4. "Just Around the Riverbend" (from Pocahontas)
  5. "Home" (from Beauty and the Beast: The Musical)
  6. "Fantasmic!" (from Disneyland)
  7. "Oogie Boogie's Song" (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
  8. "I Will Go Sailing No More" (from Toy Story)
  9. "Substitutiary Locomotion" (from Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
  10. "Stop, Look and Listen/I'm No Fool" (from The Mickey Mouse Club)
  11. "Love" (from Robin Hood)
  12. "Thomas O'Malley Cat" (from The Aristocats)
  13. "That's What Friends Are For" (from The Jungle Book)
  14. "Winnie the Pooh" (from Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree)
  15. "Femininity" (from Summer Magic)
  16. "Ten Feet off the Ground" (from The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band)
  17. "The Siamese Cat Song" (from Lady and the Tramp)
  18. "Enjoy It!" (from In Search of the Castaways)
  19. "Although I Dropped $100,000 in the Market" (from A Symposium on Popular Songs)
  20. "Give a Little Whistle" (from Pinocchio)
  21. "Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale" (from Cinderella)
  22. "I Wonder" (from Sleeping Beauty)
  23. "Looking for Romance (I Bring You a Song)" (from Bambi)
  24. "Baby Mine" (from Dumbo)
  25. "I'm Wishing/One Song" (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

Volume V - Orange

  1. "I'll Make a Man Out of You" (from Mulan)
  2. "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" (from Hercules)
  3. "God Help the Outcasts" (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
  4. "If I Can't Love Her" (from Beauty and the Beast: The Musical)
  5. "Steady as the Beating Drum" (from Pocahontas)
  6. "Belle" (from Beauty and the Beast)
  7. "Strange Things" (from Toy Story)
  8. "Cruella De Vil" -- performed by Dr. John. (from 101 Dalmatians)
  9. "Eating the Peach" (from James and the Giant Peach)
  10. "Seize the Day" (from Newsies)
  11. "What's This?" (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
  12. "Lavender Blue" (from So Dear to My Heart)
  13. "The Rain, Rain, Rain Came Down, Down, Down" (from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day)
  14. "A Step in the Right Direction" (from Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
  15. "Boo Bop Bopbop Bop (I Love You, Too)" (from Pete's Dragon)
  16. "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" (from Pirates of the Caribbean)
  17. "My Own Home" (from The Jungle Book)
  18. "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat" (from The Aristocats)
  19. "In a World of My Own" (from Alice in Wonderland)
  20. "You Belong to My Heart" (from The Three Caballeros)
  21. "Humphrey Hop" (from In the Bag)
  22. "He's a Tramp" (from Lady and the Tramp)
  23. "Song of the South" (from Song of the South)
  24. "When I See an Elephant Fly" (from Dumbo)
  25. "I've Got No Strings" (from Pinocchio)

Reception

The Melbourne Age called the collection "pure joy", saying that "the Disney policy of hiring quality songwriters and the best voicing talent has produced top-drawer popular songs that stand the test of time."[1]

The Palm Beach Post said that "the set covers an amazing bit of ground," and gave "credit to the producers for including some harder-to-find material."[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Murphy . Jim . Showbiz . 24 July 2020 . . December 9, 1999 . 27.
  2. News: Passy . Charles . Kids Corner . 24 July 2020 . . April 15, 1995 . 4D.

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