Story & Songs of the Wizard of Oz

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All Music Guide - Richie Unterberger
There's a whole box set of Wizard of Oz movie soundtrack material (also on Rhino) if you're a serious devotee. However, this 78-minute single disc, which doubles the length of the original 1939 soundtrack recording, seems like the optimum choice for someone who wants the classic extracts, but doesn't need the sort of alternate-take-laden extravaganza made possible by 1990s marketing. It has the most essential songs and dialogue (quite a bit of dialogue, actually), which taken together make it pretty easy to follow the drama even if you're one of the few people who haven't seen the film. Not much in the way of liner notes (again, tap the box set for more than you ever...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Richie Unterberger
There's a whole box set of Wizard of Oz movie soundtrack material (also on Rhino) if you're a serious devotee. However, this 78-minute single disc, which doubles the length of the original 1939 soundtrack recording, seems like the optimum choice for someone who wants the classic extracts, but doesn't need the sort of alternate-take-laden extravaganza made possible by 1990s marketing. It has the most essential songs and dialogue (quite a bit of dialogue, actually), which taken together make it pretty easy to follow the drama even if you're one of the few people who haven't seen the film. Not much in the way of liner notes (again, tap the box set for more than you ever expected to read on that score), but there's a nice 3-D pop-up of the main characters in the inner sleeve.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/15/1998
  • Label: Rhino
  • UPC: 081227551544
  • Catalog Number: 75515

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Main Title/Prologue (1:54)
  2. 2 Dorothy's Dilemma (1:59)
  3. 3 Over the Rainbow (2:13)
  4. 4 Miss Gulch (2:44)
  5. 5 It's A Twister, It's A Twister! (2:19)
  6. 6 Toto, I've A Feeling We're Not In Kansas Anymore! (3:28)
  7. 7 Come Out, Come Out... - Billie Burke (1:58)
  8. 8 Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (2:49)
  9. 9 The Lullaby League/The Lollipop Guild (4:57)
  10. 10 Follow The Yellow Brick Road/You're Off To See The Wizard - Judy Garland (1:20)
  11. 11 Dorothy Meets The Scarecrow (2:30)
  12. 12 If I Only Had A Brain/We're Off To See The Wizard (5:21)
  13. 13 Why It's A Man, A Man Made Out Of Tin! (2:11)
  14. 14 If I Only Had A Heart/We're Off To See The Wizard (3:32)
  15. 15 Lions & Tigers & Bears Oh, My! (3:59)
  16. 16 If I Only Had The Nerve/We're Off The See The Wizard (1:09)
  17. 17 Optimistic Voices (3:09)
  18. 18 The Merry Old Land of Oz (1:38)
  19. 19 Surrender Dorothy (1:44)
  20. 20 If I Were King Of The Forest (3:25)
  21. 21 The Great And Powerful Oz (2:53)
  22. 22 The Wicked Witch Takes Her Prisoner (3:27)
  23. 23 March of the Winkies (1:14)
  24. 24 Escape From The Witch (0:57)
  25. 25 I'm Melting (1:13)
  26. 26 Oz Unmasked (5:51)
  27. 27 Dorothy And The Wizard (2:02)
  28. 28 The Return Of Glinda (2:53)
  29. 29 There's No Place Like Home (2:41)
  30. 30 End Title (0:19)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Judy Garland Vocals, Track Performer
Ray Bolger Vocals, Track Performer
MGM Studio Orchestra Track Performer
Bill Burke Track Performer
Debutantes Track Performer
Bert Lahr Vocals
Herbert Stothart Conductor
Billie Burke Vocals
Singer Midgets Vocals
Margaret Hamilton Vocals
Jack Haley Sr. Vocals
Frank Morgan Vocals
Technical Credits
Harold Arlen Composer
Hugh Brown Art Direction
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg Composer
Doug Schwartz Engineer
George Feltenstein Producer
Herbert Stothart Composer, Musical Adaptation
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