Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for the classic Mary Poppins as the label’s second release in the Legacy Collection series. The 3-disc set includes the songs and score from the film composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, as well as behind-the scenes recordings and new recordings of The Lost Chords. Also included are excerpts from the P.L. Travers story meetings with Don DaGradi and the Sherman brothers, plus the Hollywood Spotlight Microphone 1965 post-premiere interviews and a 1989 interview with the Sherman brothers.The release coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the movie and will be available on August 26, 2014. The pre-order link will be added to this page soon. A 50th Anniversary Mary Poppins Blu-ray and DVD edition is now available on Amazon.
Here’s the album track list:
Disc 1:
1. Buena Vista Fanfare
2. Overture
3. One Man Band
4. Sister Suffragette (Lead Vocal: Glynis Johns; Vocals: Hermione Baddeley and Reta Shaw)
5. The Life I Lead (Vocal: David Tomlinson)
6. The Perfect Nanny (Vocals: Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber)
7. Air Mail • Admiral Boom • The Not-So-Perfect Nannies • Mary Poppins Arrives
8. A Spoonful of Sugar (Vocal: Julie Andrews; Whistling: Julie Andrews)
9. Pavement Artist (Vocal: Dick Van Dyke)
10. Jolly Holiday (Lead Vocals: Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke; Additional Vocals: Bill Lee, Ginny Tyler, Paul Frees, Marc Breaux, Marni Nixon and Thurl Ravenscroft)
11. Jolly Holiday (Reprise) (Lead Vocals: Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke; Penguin Waiters: Daws Butler, Peter Ellenshaw, Dal McKennon, J. Pat O’Malley, Richard Sherman and David Tomlinson; Kazoo: Richard Sherman)
12. Penguin Dance (Belly Slap Soft Shoe: Irwin Kostal; Kazoo: Richard Sherman)
13. The Carousel Horses
14. Supercailfragilisticexpialidocious (Lead Vocals: Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke; Pearlie Chorus: Richard Sherman and J. Pat O’Malley)
15. Pavement Artist (Reprise) (Vocal: Dick Van Dyke)
16. Stay Awake (Vocal: Julie Andrews)
17. Trouble at Uncle Albert’s
18. I Love to Laugh (Vocals: Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke)
19. A British Bank (The Life I Lead) (Vocals: David Tomlinson and Julie Andrews)
20. Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) (Vocal: Julie Andrews)
21. Father’s Footsteps
22. Fidelity Fiduciary Bank (Lead Vocals: David Tomlinson and “Nackvid Keyd”; Banker Chorus: Arthur Malet, Bill Lee, Thurl Ravenscroft, Allan Davies, William R. Cole)
23. Panic at the Bank
24. Chim Chim Cher-ee • March Over the Rooftops (Vocals: Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber)
25. Step in Time (Lead Vocals: Dick Van Dyke, The Chimney Sweep Chorus and Cast)
26. A Man Has Dreams (The Life I Lead/A Spoonful of Sugar) (Vocals: David Tomlinson and Dick Van Dyke)
27. Mr. Banks Is Discharged
28. Let’s Go Fly a Kite (Lead Vocals: David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke and the Londoners)
Disc 2:
Pre-Demos
1. The Perfect Nanny – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
2. Jolly Holiday – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
3. The Pearly Song [Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
4. Stay Awake – Performed by Richard M. Sherman
5. Chim Chim Cher-ee – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
6. I Love to Laugh – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
7. Tuppence a Bag [Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman
8. Let’s Go Fly a Kite – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
The Lost Chords of Mary Poppins
9. Mary Poppins Melody [Pre-Demo] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
10. Mary Poppins Melody [New Recording] – Performed by Kate Higgins
11. Admiral Boom [Demo] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman
12. Admiral Boom [New Recording] – Performed by Randy Crenshaw, Jeff Gunn and Dennis Kyle
13. The Right Side [Pre-Demo] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
14. The Right Side [New Recording] – Performed by Juliana Hansen
15. The Chimpanzoo [Demo] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman
16. The Chimpanzoo [New Recording] – Performed by Bob Joyce, Jeff Gunn, Randy Crenshaw and Dennis Kyle
17. The Land of Sand [Pre-Demo] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
18. The Land of Sand [New Recording] – Performed by Kate Higgins, Juliana Hansen, Jeff Gunn and Bob Joyce
19. The North Pole Polka [Pre-Demo] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman
20. The North Pole Polka [New Recording] – Performed by Jeff Gunn, Bob Joyce, Richard M. Sherman, Kate Higgins and Dennis Kyle
21. The Eyes of Love [Pre-Demo] – Performed by Richard M. Sherman
22. The Eyes of Love [New Recording] – Performed by Juliana Hansen
Bonus Track
23. Overture [Album Version]
Disc 3:
1. – 21. The Mary Poppins Story Meetings
22. Hollywood Spotlight Microphone
23. The Sherman Brothers Reminisce About Their Work on Mary Poppins
