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Main Gates Loop v.1: ca. 1971 - 1992

Posted by SSrustworthy on 09/24/2022

Although this topic is 10 years old, I think it's worth adding some notes here on the loop. After C33 posted his samples, nobody bothered to actually write out a final track list! So here we are.

Pixelated kindly dug up those samples from the archives for me, but I don't have a reference recording, so I am only listing the order of play and not the edits. DisneyChris has posted a recreation on YouTube/his site, which I am linking below. He does claim that he has used a reference recording to make his, so I would refer to that if you want edit points as some of the medleys are indeed cut up. Also important to note is that track 1/15, 4/18, 6/24, and 9/29 are repeats.

Some great discussion of the original WDW Entrance loop (which is similar but not identical) can be found here:

http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2019/01/musically-setting-stage.html

Re: In Search of the 1971 Magic Kingdom Entrance Loop Playlist

https://mousebits.com/smf/index.php?topic=10359.0

DisneyChris' notes on the DL loop:

https://www.dizavenue.com/2017/01/the-story-behind-disneylands-original.html

DisneyChris' recreation of the DL loop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XSAdtBtvU

Disneyland Main Gates v.1 (ca. 1971-1992)

  1. Mickey Mouse Club March - Russ Garcia & His Orchestra - Hi-Fi Music For Children: From 2 to 92

  2. Whistle While You Work / Heigh Ho - Russ Garcia & His Orchestra - Hi-Fi Music For Children: From 2 to 92

  3. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - Russ Garcia & His Orchestra - Hi-Fi Music For Children: From 2 to 92

  4. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - UCLA Band, Kelly James - March Along with Mary Poppins

  5. Winnie the Pooh/The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers - Walt Disney World Band - Walt Disney World Band

This is an edited portion of the album track, "Songs from Winnie the Pooh." The track in-between them on the LP is edited out.

  1. Disney Medley #1 - The Disneyland Band - The Disneyland Band

  2. March of the Cards - The Disneyland Band - The Disneyland Band

  3. it's a small world - The Disneyland Band - The Disneyland Band

  4. When You Wish Upon a Star - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - Academy Award Hit Songs

  5. it's a small world (Choral Version) - Disneyland Boys Choir - It's A Small World: 18 Favorite Folk Songs

Track 10 is also found as track 1 on It's A Small World (Especially At Christmas) by the Disneyland Boys Choir (1965)

  1. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - Academy Award Hit Songs

  2. Chim Chim Cher-ee - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - Academy Award Hit Songs

  3. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Walt Disney World Band - Walt Disney World Band

Track 13 is edited from the album track "Mary Poppins Medley".

  1. Me Ol'Bam-Boo - Irwin Kostel - Fantasmagorical Themes from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

  2. Mickey Mouse Club March - Russ Garcia & His Orchestra - Hi-Fi Music For Children: From 2 to 92

Repeat of track 1

  1. Pop! Goes the Weasel - Russ Garcia & His Orchestra - Hi-Fi Music For Children: From 2 to 92

This track is edited to extend the last iteration of the theme. Edited start - 0:38.975; 0:17.132 - end (using the third-party source).

  1. Step in Time - UCLA Band, Kelly James - March Along with Mary Poppins

  2. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - UCLA Band, Kelly James - March Along with Mary Poppins

Repeat of track 4

  1. The Work Song - UCLA Band, Kelly James - March Along with Mary Poppins

  2. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? - Walt Disney World Band - Walt Disney World Band

A sample for track number 20 was entirely missing from C33's samples, but this is the track in the full Disneyland Collection torrent reference recording and was posted previously in this thread.

  1. Winnie the Pooh - Walt Disney World Band - Walt Disney World Band

This is an edited portion of the album track, "Songs from Winnie the Pooh." This is a repeat of the earlier track.

  1. Colonel Hathi's March - The Disneyland Band - The Disneyland Band

  2. The Bare Necessities - The Disneyland Band - The Disneyland Band

  3. Disney Medley #1 - The Disneyland Band - The Disneyland Band

This is the first track in the source reference recording on the Disneyland Collection torrent.

  1. Disney Medley #2 - The Disneyland Band - The Disneyland Band

  2. A Marching Band (We're the Mouseketeers) - Walt Disney World Band - Walt Disney World Band

  3. A Wonderful Day Like Today - The Disneyland Band - The Disneyland Band

  4. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - UCLA Band, Kelly James - March Along with Mary Poppins

  5. When You Wish Upon a Star - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - Academy Award Hit Songs

Same as track 9

  1. The Roses of Success - Irwin Kostel - Fantasmagorical Themes from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

  2. Trotter's Mile - Irwin Kostel - Fantasmagorical Themes from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

  3. Hip Hip Pooh-ray! - Walt Disney World Band - Walt Disney World Band

This is an edited portion of the album track, "Songs from Winnie the Pooh"

  1. Little Wooden Head - Leigh Harline - Pinocchio Motion Picture Soundtrack

This only plays the instrumental ‘music box’ portion from the score.

  1. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - Academy Award Hit Songs

  2. Keystone Cops - Phillip Green - Capitol Hi Q Series Release L-93 'Cartoon'*

Track 35 is actually from reel L-93 (usually denoted as L-93/L-94, which are A and B sides). Also, it has nothing to do with Dumbo! I've uploaded this track here, as it is not commercially available:

Update 4/18/23: I’ve been able to reconstruct this loop based on the Disneyland Collection loop, labeled ‘Main Entrance Music Loop (1971-1992). The recording starts at Disney Medley #1 (track 24) of the compiled tracklist. The playback rates are all over the place for the different tracks. Additional clarifications are added in red. As the records themselves are not readily available, I used various sources from my reconstruction:

Tracks from The Disneyland Band LP were sourced from Rick Conant’s cleaned rip posted to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_fY5TpM2UE

The Walt Disney World Band LP is available for purchase from various streaming sites: https://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-World-Band/dp/B001P5KCQG

It's A Small World: 18 Favorite Folk Songs is out of print. It was posted to SquidBoard by RedHat as a lossless rip and is also available on YouTube, restored by Rick Conant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtcCCCaSlvo

https://mega.nz/file/K9UlGSAQ#BXNZANKX06bYDJB1ZdkaEO45yfq_tjYmr-oDZdDZuIc

Fantasmagorical Themes from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was posted to Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/f-a-n-t-a-s-m-a-g-o-r-i-c-a-l-themes-from-chitty-chitty-bang-bang-plus-suite-for

Hi-Fi Music For Children: From 2 to 92 can be purchased from a third party site, Daddy Kool Records. It is available digitally a few countries (I saw Spain and possibly Zimbabwe?) but it was a minor headache trying to figure that out, so the third party route was most ideal: https://daddykool.com/UPC/5055396213218

March Along with Mary Poppins was uploaded to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmZ46vJ0KqX5k_LMdx0K5vxwQ4GmAfTYf

Pinocchio Motion Picture Soundtrack - I used the Legacy Collection edition, which went slightly out of sync for one portion. The edits I used were 3:36.226-5:43.233 for that source track.

I found the Frank Chacksfield Orchestra tracks on YouTube.