VA — Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection: Mary Poppins (2014)

FLAC (tracks+booklet) / MP3 320 kbps | Soundtrack, Interview, Dialogue, Musical | 3h 22 min | 883 / 506 MB

Prior to their 14-song score for Mary Poppins, songwriting brothers Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman were best-known for the Top Ten hits \»Tall Paul\» by Annette Funicello and \»You\’re Sixteen\» by Johnny Burnette. Mary Poppins changed all that. It won the brothers Academy Awards for best original musical score and best song — for \»Chim Chim Cher-Ee\» — and the soundtrack album won them a Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Show, as well as winning Best Recording for Children. The album also topped the Billboard LP chart for 14 weeks and reportedly sold 2.3 million copies in its first year of release. Of course, all this success could not be the sole result of the brothers\’ writing ability, as also expressed in memorable songs like \»A Spoonful of Sugar,\» \»Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,\» and \»Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag).\» A great deal of it could be credited to the many unnamed talents at the Disney studio, and not a little to Julie Andrews, who embodied the character of Mary Poppins so perfectly that she never really escaped it. But Mary Poppins had a lot of songs for a movie musical, no less than 13 separate numbers, and they were all very good, from Mrs. Banks\’ (Glynis Johns) declaration of \»Sister Suffragette\» to Mr. Banks\’ (Dave Tomlinson) transfiguration, \»Let\’s Go Fly a Kite.\» The brothers had clearly paid attention to Andrews\’ stage triumph My Fair Lady, and not just to learn how to craft songs for her. They wrote what might have been a new song for that show\’s Henry Higgins character in Mr. Banks\’ statement of purpose as a self-satisfied British male in \»The Life I Lead.\» But their primary influence was the popular music of the period in which the story was set, Edwardian England, specifically the British music hall style of the pre-World War I era. That gave them the buoyancy and glee of many of the numbers, but the wonderful melodies of songs like \»Chim Chim Cher-Ee\» and \»Feed the Birds\» were their own. And they benefited from an excellent cast that included Johns, Tomlinson, and Ed Wynn in minor parts, and Dick Van Dyke (sporting an awful, but nevertheless entertaining Cockney accent) in a major one. Best of all, of course, was Andrews, simultaneously warm and proper, brig out the best in the material.
Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection: Mary Poppins provides a musical experience like no other. This beautiful book-bound three-disc collectible set features the enchanting music from the film, Mary Poppins Lost chords and excerpts from the P.L. Travers Story Meetings with Don DaGradi and The Sherman Brothers. Plus, this piece includes newly illustrated artwork by Lorelay Bove. Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection: Mary Poppins is a musical piece of art that every music collector should own and enjoy.
CD1
[0:08] 1. Irwin Kostal — Buena Vista Fanfare (Instrumental)
[2:58] 2. Richard M. Sherman — Overture (Instrumental/Soundtrack Version)
[0:57] 3. Richard M. Sherman — One Man Band (Instrumental)
[1:43] 4. Glynis Johns — Sister Suffragette (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[2:01] 5. David Tomlinson — The Life I Lead (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[1:38] 6. Karen Dotrice — The Perfect Nanny (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[3:07] 7. Richard M. Sherman — Air Mail/Admiral Boom/The Not-So-Perfect Nannies/Mary Poppins Arrives (Instrumental)
[4:07] 8. Julie Andrews — A Spoonful of Sugar (From \»Mary Poppins\» / Soundtrack Version)
[1:53] 9. Dick Van Dyke — Pavement Artist (From \»Mary Poppins\» / Soundtrack Version)
[5:36] 10. Julie Andrews — Jolly Holiday (From \»Mary Poppins\» /Soundtrack Version)
[1:12] 11. Julie Andrews — Jolly Holiday (Reprise) (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[2:20] 12. Richard M. Sherman — Penguin Dance (Instrumental)
[4:18] 13. Richard M. Sherman — The Carousel Horses (Instrumental)
[2:01] 14. Julie Andrews — Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[1:02] 15. Dick Van Dyke — Pavement Artist (Reprise) (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[1:43] 16. Julie Andrews — Stay Awake (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[1:40] 17. Richard M. Sherman — Trouble At Uncle Albert\’s (Instrumental)
[2:43] 18. Ed Wynn — I Love to Laugh (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[2:07] 19. David Tomlinson — A British Bank (The Life I Lead) (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[3:49] 20. Julie Andrews — Feed The Birds (Tuppence A Bag) (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[1:17] 21. Richard M. Sherman — Father\’s Footsteps (Instrumental)
[3:31] 22. Dick Van Dyke — Fidelity Fiduciary Bank (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[3:22] 23. Richard M. Sherman — Panic At The Bank (Instrumental)
[5:12] 24. Dick Van Dyke — Chim Chim Cher-ee/March Over The Rooftops (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[8:42] 25. Dick Van Dyke — Step In (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[4:27] 26. David Tomlinson — A Man Has Dreams (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
[4:45] 27. Richard M. Sherman — Mr. Banks Is Discharged (Instrumental)
[1:49] 28. David Tomlinson — Let\’s Go Fly a Kite (From \»Mary Poppins\»/Soundtrack Version)
CD2
[1:12] 1. Richard M. Sherman — The Perfect Nanny (Pre-Demo)
[2:06] 2. Richard M. Sherman — Jolly Holiday (Pre-Demo)
[1:31] 3. Richard M. Sherman — The Pearly Song (Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious) (Pre-Demo)
[1:34] 4. Richard M. Sherman — Stay Awake (Pre-Demo)
[2:40] 5. Richard M. Sherman — Chim Chim Cher-ee (Pre-Demo)
[2:07] 6. Richard M. Sherman — I Love To Laugh (Pre-Demo)
[2:56] 7. Richard M. Sherman — Tuppence A Bag [Feed The Birds (Tuppence A Bag)] (Pre-Demo)
[1:46] 8. Richard M. Sherman — Let\’s Go Fly A Kite (Pre-Demo)
[1:08] 9. Richard M. Sherman — Mary Poppins Melody (Pre-Demo)
[2:07] 10. Kate Higgins — Mary Poppins Melody
[1:16] 11. Richard M. Sherman — Admiral Boom (Demo)
[1:57] 12. Randy Crenshaw — Admiral Boom
[2:27] 13. Richard M. Sherman — The Right Side (Pre-Demo)
[2:37] 14. Juliana Hansen — The Right Side
[1:07] 15. Richard M. Sherman — The Chimpanzoo (Demo)
[2:00] 16. Bob Joyce — The Chimpanzoo
[1:35] 17. Richard M. Sherman — The Land Of Sand (Pre-Demo)
[2:33] 18. Jeff Gunn — The Land Of Sand
[1:44] 19. Richard M. Sherman — The North Pole Polka (Pre-Demo)
[2:12] 20. Bob Joyce — The North Pole Polka
[2:46] 21. Richard M. Sherman — The Eyes Of Love (Pre-Demo)
[3:32] 22. Juliana Hansen — The Eyes Of Love
[4:07] 23. Richard M. Sherman — Overture — Mary Poppins (Instrumental)
CD3
[0:23] 1. P.L.Travers — Cherry Tree Lane (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[0:29] 2. Don DaGradi — Mr. Banks Decided To Hire A Nanny Himself (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[1:03] 3. Don DaGradi — The Children Write Their Own Advertisement (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[1:45] 4. Robert B. Sherman — The Line Of Applicants And Mary Poppins Arrives (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[0:39] 5. P.L.Travers — Notes On Mary Meeting The Banks (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[2:44] 6. P.L.Travers — Up To The Nursery (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[3:46] 7. Robert B. Sherman — Bert And The Talking Pictures (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[1:18] 8. Richard M. Sherman — A Carousel Horse Ride To The Seashore (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[1:52] 9. Robert B. Sherman — The Return Home (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[2:09] 10. P.L.Travers — The Next Morning We Meet The Sweep (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[1:26] 11. Robert B. Sherman — Uncle Albert\’s (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[2:20] 12. P.L.Travers — A Change In The Wind And An Adventure With Admiral Boom (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[2:02] 13. P.L.Travers — The Bird Woman (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[2:59] 14. P.L.Travers — Mr. Banks And The Compass (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[3:33] 15. P.L.Travers — The Compass Sequence: Timbuktu (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[2:06] 16. Richard M. Sherman — The Compass Sequence: The Land Of Sand (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[1:30] 17. P.L.Travers — The Compass Sequence: Tea In China (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[2:02] 18. P.L.Travers — The Compass Sequence: The North Pole (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[3:09] 19. P.L.Travers — The Return Home (Finale) (Finale)
[1:58] 20. P.L.Travers — Everyone Descends On Cherry Tree Lane (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[2:04] 21. P.L.Travers — Mary Departs (Story Meeting Excerpts)
[17:27] 22. Julie Andrews — Hollywood Spotlight Microphone
[16:08] 23. Richard M. Sherman — The Sherman Brothers Risce About Their Work On Mary Poppins