Newly remastered editions began appearing in November 2002 on Disney DVD, beginning with Very Merry Christmas Songs, featuring a new package design, bonus features, and some new songs. There have been over 30 titles released to home video. This series abandoned any new volume numbers, included only sporadically on third series volumes.Ī special three volume set, Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Collection of All Time Favorites, was released in July 1997. On March 2, 1999, 14 of the videos were reprinted by Disney, and the final release in this format was Flik's Musical Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom on June 8, 1999. Some songs moved to newer volumes whilst newly remixed opening and closing songs appeared. Spanish language editions of some volumes were released as " Disney Canta Con Nosotros". This series incorporated Mickey's Fun Songs repackaged as Sing Along Songs (a three volume live-action set in the style of Disneyland Fun). The third series, beginning in December 1994 with Circle of Life, saw another new package design and the re-release of all previous volumes (excluding Fun with Music, repackaged as 101 Notes of Fun for the non-North American market). The second series began appearing in May 1990 with Under the Sea and in August of the same year with Disneyland Fun, featuring a new design and reissued volumes labeled One (1) through Twelve (12) in North America (worldwide, volume numbers differed with Australia continuing to number volumes while other countries discontinued the numbering). The first launched in October 1986 with Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, followed by five more volumes. ![]() Issued beginning in 1986, there have been four distinct series. The footage of Von Drake and Jiminy Cricket were taken from several television programs (including the Walt Disney anthology television series) featuring the characters in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s. Professor Owl (here voiced by Corey Burton) hosts the viewers with his class as his assistants in some of the videos, while either Ludwig Von Drake (also voiced by Corey Burton) or Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Eddie Carroll) host others, and later volumes had no host at all. Early releases opened with a theme song introduction containing footage featuring Professor Owl and his class, seen originally in 1953 in two Disney shorts Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom as well as the TV anthology episode version of the latter for the wrap-arounds. ![]() Lyrics for the songs are displayed on-screen with the Mickey Mouse icon as a "bouncing ball". Overall, while not perfect, it is a lot of fun, and children getting into Disney will love the bonuses as well as admiring the animation and singing and dancing along to the songs.Disney's Sing-Along Songs was a series of videos, laserdiscs, and DVDs produced since 1986, featuring musical numbers from various Disney films, TV shows, and theme park attractions. The bonuses feature karaoke which is always fun enough when you're in the mood, but the revelation was the activity of being able to write to a Princess and they reply back, which I think is a contender for the most fun bonus activity for any of the Disney sing alongs. I also loved the life lessons, with Belle(best way to see someone is to see them for what they truly are), In Harmony(everybody is different which makes life more fun and exciting) and Where Do I Go From Here(consider and listen to advice but also follow your heart), and how they were conveyed without preaching. ![]() While the music is the star, the animation is beautiful mostly with Belle and Golden Afternoon most impressive, all the characters are delightful and the singing especially Jodi Benson in In Harmony is lovely. It's Not Just Make Believe is a nice addition. The real gems however are the adorable Cinderella Work Song, the impossible-to-get-out-of-your-head Whistle While You Work and the lushly harmonised Golden Afternoon. In Harmony is one of the most inspiring songs I've heard, and of the direct to video offerings the best are Where do I go from here, which always tugs at my heartstrings and Out of Thin Air, which is not quite A Whole New World but very beautiful. Apart from these, there are some real Disney gems here. This one is no exception, I personally didn't care for It's What Inside That Counts(really uninspired and rushed sounding), A Little Thought(good message, but forgettable) or Here on the Land and Sea(forgettable), and Lesson Number One is just okay(I Want To Be Like Other Girls is the best song of that film though). They are all very entertaining and I think educational. I have made no secret of liking/loving the Disney sing alongs.
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