Hey everyone! How's it going? I'm doing well. I'm back to continue our journey through the Disney Sing-Along Songs series of VHS and DVDs. In this part we're going to be covering the re-release of the first six tapes, and the addition of six more tapes that cover Series 2. So let's get right into it.
As we talked about last time, six tapes were released between 1986 and 1989. All of the tapes focused on Disney movies that were either going through anniversaries or would not be released to home video until the '90s. Now that the '80s were over though, Disney began releasing Sing-Along Songs tapes that related to their most recent movies in addition to celebrating Disneyland's 35th Anniversary. They would also re-release the first six tapes in the series with changes in packaging to match the new releases coming out, starting in 1990.
One of the changes made to the packaging is that a volume number is added. The numbering of the first six tapes was also changed. for example, since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Disney's first full length animated feature film, Disney Sing-Along Songs: Heigh-Ho was renumbered as Volume 1 of the series, despite the fact that the tape came out a year after the first release, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah was released. Aside from that and the new cover art, the tape itself is basically the same, though it would change come it's second re-release in 1994, but we'll discuss that next time.
Speaking of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, it was re-released as the second volume in the series. There aren't any release dates attached to these tapes, just that they were re-released in 1990.
Even though it was released fourth, You Can Fly! became Volume 3 in the series. The openings of these re-releases, including the title card for the series remain the same.
The Bare Necessities is now Volume 4. The only real difference between the original release and this re-release in terms of the tape itself, is that the original Jiminy Cricket series promo at the end of the tape has been replaced by Ludwig Von Drake's version from the 1989 release of Fun with Music, updated to include the new releases up to that point.
Fun with Music is now Volume 5 in the series. This is actually the only time this tape was ever re-released. For whatever reason it wasn't re-released during Series 3 even though Oliver & Company was released on home video for the first time as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection in 1996. Though it's still included in the 1994 version of the Disney Sing-Along Songs series promo at the end of the 1994 releases.
Volume 6 is a brand new tape, Under the Sea, released to coincide with the home video release of Disney's latest animated feature film, The Little Mermaid. My parents rented this tape for me when I was a kid. It's the first tape, aside from Very Merry Christmas Songs, to include non-Disney songs with different Disney cartoons and movies. It was hosted by Ludwig Von Drake. It was released on May 18th, 1990.
The songs on this tape are: "Disney Sing Along Songs Theme Song", "Under the Sea" (The Little Mermaid), "By the Beautiful Sea" (Non-Disney Song), "Never Smile at a Crocodile" (Peter Pan), "That's What Makes the World Go Round" (The Sword in the Stone), "Kiss the Girl" (The Little Mermaid), "At the Codfish Ball" (Non-Disney Song), "Sailing, Sailing"/"Sailor Hornpipe" (medley of Non-Disney Songs), "A Whale of a Tale" (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), "Someone's Waiting for You" (The Rescuers), and "Under the Sea (Reprise)".
Next came Volume 7, Disneyland Fun. This was the first of several live-action Sing-Along Songs tapes that took place at one of the Disney Parks. While Professor Owl introduces the video, there's no host for the tape as it all takes place at Disneyland sometime in 1989. I had the 1994 re-release of this video when I was a kid, and I also have the 1994 re-release and the 2005 DVD release currently in my collection as well. I'll be talking about those releases at another time.
The songs on this tape are: "Disney Sing Along Songs Theme Song", "Whistle While You Work", "Step in Time", "I'm Walkin' Right Down the Middle of Main Street U.S.A.", "Follow the Leader", "The Great Outdoors", "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (1990 Rap Version)", "Rumbly in My Tumbly", "It's A Small World", "Making Memories", "Grim Grinning Ghosts", "The Character Parade", and "When You Wish Upon a Star".
Volume 8 is the re-release of the fifth release in the series, Very Merry Christmas Songs. There's no difference between the two releases.
Volume 9, I Love to Laugh! was another tape in the series that my parents rented for me when I was a kid. It was hosted by Ludwig Von Drake. It was the first Sing-Along Songs tape to not have a reprise of an earlier song at the end of the video. It was also the final tape to be released in 1990, as it was released on December 28th, 1990.
The songs on this tape are: "Disney Sing Along Songs Theme Song", "I Love to Laugh" (Mary Poppins), "Everybody's Got a Laughing Place" (Song of the South), "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum" (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (Mary Poppins), "Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck" (A Day in the Life of Donald Duck), "Oo-De-Lally" (Robin Hood), "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" (The Three Little Pigs), "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" (Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too), "Pink Elephants on Parade" (Dumbo), and "Jolly Holiday" (Mary Poppins).
Next we skip ahead to 1992, as no Disney Sing-Along Songs volumes were released in 1991. We also only got one in 1992, Volume 10, Be Our Guest, hosted by Jiminy Cricket. I didn't own it when I was a kid, but we rented it and I saw it at the hospital once. It was released on June 19th, 1992, a few months before the initial home video release of Beauty and the Beast.
The songs on this tape are: "Disney Sing Along Songs Theme Song", "Be Our Guest" (Beauty and the Beast), "A Spoonful of Sugar" (Mary Poppins), "Little Wooden Head" (Pinocchio), "Bella Notte" (Lady and the Tramp), "Heffalumps and Woozles" (Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day), "Beauty and the Beast" (Beauty and the Beast), "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind" (The Great Mouse Detective), "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Mary Poppins), "Once Upon a Dream" (Sleeping Beauty), and "Be Our Guest (Reprise)".
The eleventh volume in the series is Friend Like Me. This tape was another rental for my family. It was released on April 30th 1993, a few months before the initial home video release of Aladdin. The video is hosted by Jiminy Cricket and Professor Owl doesn't appear outside of the opening theme song for the first time ever.
The songs on this tape are: "Disney Sing Along Songs Theme Song", "Friend Like Me" (Aladdin), "Best of Friends" (The Fox and the Hound), "Something There" (Beauty and the Beast), "How Do You Do?" (Song of the South), "Friendship" (Mickey, Donald, and Goofy), "In Harmony" (The Little Mermaid: The Animated Series), "Let's Get Together" (The Parent Trap (1961)), "That's What Friends are For" (The Jungle Book), "A Whole New World" (Aladdin), and "Friend Like Me (Reprise)".
The final tape to be released in Series 2 was Volume 12, The Twelve Days of Christmas. It was the second live action Sing-Along Songs video to be released in the series. There's no host and no Professor Owl. I first saw it on YouTube last year when I did my reviews of the live action Sing-Along Songs videos over on The Review Basement. It was released on December 24th 1993.
The songs on the tape are: "Very Merry Christmas", "Deck the Halls", "Dear Santa", "Jingle Bells", "Snow Ho-Ho", "Hip Hop Noel", "He Delivers", "The Twelve Days of Christmas", "I'd Like to Have an Elephant for Christmas", "Here Comes Santa", and "O Christmas Tree/We Wish You a Merry Christmas".
And that my friends is it for the second series of Disney Sing-Along Songs releases. This series is the one where I've seen the most tapes from since they were what was coming out when I was a kid and what was available at the video store as well. We're going to be taking a short detour next time to talk about a trilogy of Disney Sing-Along Songs-like tapes known as Mickey's Fun Songs as they were originally released in 1994 and 1995 and then re-packaged as Disney Sing-Along Songs volumes in 1996, during Series 3. So we'll be doing that next time. Until then have a wonderful weekend and I will talk to you all later. Take care.
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