Jules Verne, Part 13

(Continued from Jules Verne, Part 12)

RCA Victor released the "official album" of the movie. This consisted of a "radio-drama" style recreation of the story, albeit with many changes, toning it down to make it more "appropriate" for children.  It was accompanied by a booklet with 10 illustrations.  Despite the claim that it features the "original cast" from the film, the actual cast that appears on the 78 rpm album is listed inside.

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
(RCA Victor Y-4004  /  1954)

"Our story continues..."

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Disneyland Records' specialty was movie tie-ins NOT featuring the original casts of their movies, either in songs or "radio-drama" style recordings.
Here's their 1963 33-1/3 rpm LP reissue of the 1954 78 rpm album, with a new cover, not as impressive as the original but still nice, and notably, this time using the actual logo from the movie posters.  This did not include the illustrated book the original did.  I have this in my collection.

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
cover by ??   (Disneyland DQ-1314  /  1963)

The new cover for the 1971 reissue of the Disneyland Records' LP reflects the changing styles of that era.  It also seems more "kiddie-fied" to me, although at least they included the book with this version.
You do kinda wonder why they ever did such an intense, "serious" adventure film if right from the start, every piece of tie-in merchandise connected to it
was increasingly aimed at KIDS.

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
cover by ??   (Disneyland 358  /  1971)

(Continued in Jules Verne, Part 14)

Copyright (C) Walt Disney Productions.

Raw scan of the 1954 film poster from the Disney And More site
Raw scans of the RCA Victor 78 rpm album 
     from the Mountain Ear Song blog
Raw scan of 1963 Disneyland Records LP from my collection
Raw scan of the 1971 Disneyland Records LP from the Etsystatic site

For more:
Read about the 1963 Disneyland Records LP
     at the Voyages Extraordinaire blog.

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