This has always been one of my favorite Disneyland items! The first one I ever saw was framed in a shop and cost over $200! This was pre-ebay. I now have two copies, and they are actually slightly (only slightly) different.
It looks like one of those extra streets around Main St. might be the "International Street" that was billed as a future attraction, but then never built. I like the covered bridge leading to Snow Hill!
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
Bandeman said...
Yes, this was a great early Disneyland item. I owned two of them when I was 12 or 13 years old. One was used...the records being cut out and played, and the cut out figures being cut out and assembled. The other unused one was donated to the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Fancisco in 2007.
Here's a set of recordings of all five records, restored with no pops or clicks..
http://www.nametagmuseum.com/yttd.zip
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
Anonymous said...
I have the full set records are still in plastic and cardboard figures have never been punched out still in perfect condition.
Sunday, 30 October, 2011
Anonymous said...
I also have this Disney set,i would love to sell any ideas where i would go to sell on line
Thursday, 24 November, 2011
Anonymous said...
I just came across this in a box of old 78's and 45's I had gifted to me. Pretty cool indeed.
Saturday, 19 December, 2020
It’s time for an audio-visual Disneyland souvenir. This one goes way back to 1955 (or maybe 1956), "Your Trip to Disneyland on Records” is a neat souvenir that took advantage of a newly developed process to manufacture playable records on micro-plastic pressed onto cardboard. The record portions of this Mattel souvenir were actually made by Rainbo Records which still in business today (link)!
The first two images are from a super website “THE INTERNET MUSEUM OF FLEXI / CARDBOARD / ODDITY RECORDS” (link) which is worth a visit just for its oddness alone. I’ve got the Panorama map and the records, but I’m missing the cover and a couple more pieces.
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Several sources claim this souvenir is from 1956, if that’s the case, they used an outdated and unrealistic map.
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The Panorama Map is huge; my large format scanner could only capture 1/3 at a time. The “Island” is sporting the Landmarks theme, I wonder if that would have worked out? Want a higher resolution scan – Link29mb
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Main Street has more streets and no backstage! High-res Link – 34mb
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Double tunnels, just like Walt Disney World. High-res Link – 33mb
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An “Education Toy” – really?
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Each of the records has some nice artwork, oddly the “Introduction” record has some of the least original artwork of the bunch.
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Time has not been kind to the “micro-plastic” these little records were made from, not to mention my copies appear to have been played at least a few times. I did my best to capture what’s left, but honestly it’s a pretty rough listen. I had to weigh down the tone arm and basically hold it by hand to get it to play. You can hear a clearer copy of the intro from the Museum of Flexi–Records here: (Real Audio link).
The Frontierland record was unplayable; it must have been juniors favorite.
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Tomorrowland has the coolest artwork of the five.
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Too bad the Tomorrowland record is barely playable, it skips and slides, but you get the idea. Again a clearer copy of the Tomorrowland record from the Museum of Flexi–Records here: (Real Audio link).
Fantasyland, forget it – just enjoy the artwork…
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Adventureland has some fun artwork too; did anyone notice in 1955 that Adventureland had only one attraction? There was a “Saloon”?
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Only the last portion of the Adventureland record was playable.
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Close this window Jump to comment formOther than posters, this was the first vintage Disneyland item I ever bought for my collection. Super-cool item.
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
WOW!!! I am totally blown away by this as I had no idea this ever existed. SUPER UBER WOW!!!
I have to share this on Twitter!
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
This has always been one of my favorite Disneyland items! The first one I ever saw was framed in a shop and cost over $200! This was pre-ebay. I now have two copies, and they are actually slightly (only slightly) different.
I love that crazy map!
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
It looks like one of those extra streets around Main St. might be the "International Street" that was billed as a future attraction, but then never built. I like the covered bridge leading to Snow Hill!
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
Yes, this was a great early Disneyland item. I owned two of them when I was 12 or 13 years old. One was used...the records being cut out and played, and the cut out figures being cut out and assembled. The other unused one was donated to the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Fancisco in 2007.
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
Here's a set of recordings of all five records, restored with no pops or clicks..
http://www.nametagmuseum.com/yttd.zip
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011
I have the full set records are still in plastic and cardboard figures have never been punched out still in perfect condition.
Sunday, 30 October, 2011
I also have this Disney set,i would love to sell any ideas where i would go to sell on line
Thursday, 24 November, 2011
I just came across this in a box of old 78's and 45's I had gifted to me. Pretty cool indeed.
Saturday, 19 December, 2020