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This article is from the Disney's Haunted Mansion FAQ, by Don Bertino bertino@netcom.com with numerous contributions by others.

20. Can I get a copy of the music from the Haunted Mansion and where was it recorded? (Disney's Haunted Mansion)

There are a few Haunted Mansion records out there. The best by far, is
ST3947, an LP w/ 12 page book. It features Thurl Ravenscroft as the narrator
Pete Rendouet as the Ghost Host, and Ron Howard as a teenager who (along with
his girlfriend) are forced to spend a night in the Haunted Mansion. This does
not have an orange cover though, it is blueish, with lots of ghosts and the
mansion on it. One big plus about this album is you get to hear Madame
Leota's complete poem.

The only thing you will find on CD is the Haunted Mansion song "Grim Grinning
Ghosts". It's on various Disney CDs.

DQ1257  Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of a Haunted House
        1964    Disneyland Records      Format: LP
  
ST3947  The Haunted Mansion
        1969    Disneyland Records      Format: LP, gatefold cover, 12 page book
        (featuring Thurl Ravenscroft and Ron Howard)
  
LLP339  Walt Disney presents The Haunted Mansion
        19??    Disneyland Records      Format: 45 and book

Also, a couple of possibly interesting bits of info: According to Russell
Brower, Buddy Baker told him that the actual pipe organ used for the
recording of the HM music was located at MCA Whitney studios in Glendale,
CA (right around the corner from WED) but the building is now gone. (Russell
remembers seeing it once, but did not know at the time it was THE organ
:( ....) It was a huge theater organ with lots of stops and effects. Buddy
Baker went on to say that the Grand Hall organ solo (ballroom) was an
improvisation, and he told the organist to get wilder and wilder with it
each time he played it.

 

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