(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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