Somehow I missed seeing The Aristocats in the theater as a kid---I did not see it until it debuted on VHS for the first time. I did grow up listening to this old record.
Imagine my shock when I saw the movie for the first time and the songs from my record were different from the movie! I no longer have a record player, so I can't listen to this, but I vividly remember these songs---they are VERY 1970s.
Like pretty much all my records, this is scratched up beyond belief. I also somehow managed to deface all my early books and records by drawing or writing on them.
I have other records like this, including The Jungle Book (with different versions of the songs) but the sleeves are missing. However, I just finally found the sleeve for The Aristocats, so maybe I'll find the others someday, too.
A lot of my childhood records had different recordings/versions of the songs too. I guess it was cheaper for them to rerecord the songs than to pay royalties to the original artists?
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I bet you are correct---I think Peggy Lee sued for royalties for Lady and the Tramp (and I do remember hearing different versions of Lady and the Tramp songs, too).
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