From: chamber@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com (Craig Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Spectro-music
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:13:29 GMT
Organization: Schlumberger CAD/CAM; Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)


I am glad that I included a little extra information about
other recordings of "Baroque Hoedown" in my original posting.
From the email I have received, I've learned that I'm not
the only one who is nuts about this music.  :-)

For those who wanted more information about some of the
recordings of the music for the Main Street Electrical Parade,
here is detailed information about the recordings I have:

 1. The song "Baroque Hoedown" is the basis for the parade
    music.  Disney took this song and added a few electronic
    enhancements and a number of other themes as counter
    melodies to create the music used for the parade.
    The original version of this song is:

    "Baroque Hoedown" 2:24 (Perrey-Kingsley)
    Fennario Music Publ., Inc. / ASCAP
    From the double album "The Essential Perrey & Kingsley"
    On the Vanguard label, VSD 71/72, copyright 1975.
    The song is the first one on side two of the second
    record, which is labeled VSD-72-B.
    I suspect that this double album is formed from two
    earlier releases, but the double album has no information
    about those releases.
    I am writing to Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. to inquire
    if this is still available in any form, although I doubt
    that it is.

    Other interesting note:  On the flip side of the record,
    the first song is titled "The Savers".  This is the original
    source of the theme music for the game show "The Joker's Wild".

 2. Purchased at Disneyland in 1974 or so:

    Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade
    Walt Disney Productions, DE-1, copyright 1973.
    This is a picture disc, mostly dark blue in color.  It is
    the size of a 45rpm record but it is played at 33 1/3 rpm.
    The corresponding parade features a dragon but it was
    not Pete's Dragon.  The selections are:
    Side 1:  (3:26)
      1. Baroque Hoedown
      2. All in the Golden Afternoon (with sound effects to
         match the smoke coming out of the dragon's mouth)
    Side 2:  (5:16)
      1. Baroque Hoedown
      2. Casey Jr.
      3. Entry of the Gladiators
      4. Cinderella
      5. It's a Small World
      6. O Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
      7. Yankee Doodle
      8. Stars and Stripes Forever
      9. You're a Grand Old Flag

 3. For a newer version of the parade:

    Walt Disney Productions, WD-4, copyright 1977.
    Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade
    Like the above item, this is also a picture disc, mostly dark
    blue in color, same size, but with slightly different artwork.
    In this parade the dragon is the one from the Disney movie
    "Pete's Dragon", the artwork clearly shows Pete's Dragon,
    and some songs from the movie are featured.  The selections are:
    Side 1:
      1. Electric Fanfare
      2. Baroque Hoedown
      3. Alice in Wonderland
      4. All in the Golden Afternoon
      5. The Unbirthday Song
      6. Cinderella
      7. Casey Jr.
      8. Entry of the Gladiators
      9. A Bit Bubbly
    Side 2:
      1. Boo Bop Bopbop Bop (I Love You Too)
      2. Brazzle Dazzle Day
      3. It's Not Easy
      4. It's a Small World
      5. When You Wish Upon a Star
      6. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
      7. Mickey Mouse March
      8. Heigh Ho
      9. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
     10. Whistle While You Work

 4. This recording by country music artist Floyd Cramer was a
    big hit song on the radio:

    "The Main Street Electrical Parade (Baroque Hoedown)"
    (Perrey-Kingsley)
    Floyd Cramer
    RCA PB-11394  2:39  Copyright 1978 RCA Records.
    This is a 45rpm record.
    On the flip side:  Singing in the Country Rain


Sorry, I don't have any of the more recent versions from Disney.
I know that the Main Street Electrical Parade music has been
released on CD and is in the new 3 CD set, but I don't know
what songs are included.  Anyone is welcome to add or make
corrections to the above information.

Sheet music has been released for the Main Street Electrical
Parade including the Baroque Hoedown theme and a few others.
I have this buried somewhere...
-- 
Craig Chamberlain, Software Engineer
Applicon Schlumberger
Ann Arbor, Michigan  chamber@ann-arbor.cad.slb.com  (313) 995-6310