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Artist:
Perrey & Kingsley
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Album:
Cafe Apres-midi meets Disney
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Track:
Main Street Electrical Parade

This is yet another wonderful compilation of tunes from the good folks at Cafe Apres-midi. This time the focus is on Disney tunes. It was released in 2002. It's a great mix of Japanese samba covers, Brazilian covers, jazz covers, and original music from Disney movies. I got really sentimental listening to this album. My family started a video store in 1977 and there were Disney movies aplenty when I was little. We pretty much had everything across the spectrum and I watched all of it religiously over and over again. Even if it was something dumb like Boatniks or Gus. The cover songs are pretty sweet. I could do without the original "Under The Sea" song from The Little Mermaid. The covers of the Beauty and The Beast songs are so good that I don't mind that I hate the originals. I was thoroughly pleased that they included "It's Not Easy" and "Boo Bop Bopbop Bop (I Love You, Too)" from Pete's Dragon. Loved that movie. It also has the original songs "Love" and "Oo-De-Lally" from Robin Hood. I got a little teary eyed over "Love". A special treat is the "Main Street Electrical Parade" theme by Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley. The whole thing really brought me back to my childhood. Great album. If you can find it get it. Why must Cafe Apres-midi albums be so ridiculously hard to find?! If I could I would franchise a coffee shop just so I could get the CD's. I like them that much. You can find a very comprehensive track listing of the album "HERE":http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicHall/4793/cafeapresmidi_disney.html.
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