i finally saw the new "alice in wonderland" last night and was surprised how good it was. beautiful visuals and a much closer representation to the lewis carroll story than disney's first offering. the "alice" story has since been widely mined by everyone from jefferson airplane to the creators of "lost".
one of the key story elements employed is the dreamworld the main character enters where impossible things take place and bizarre characters come to life. and here in that theme is "rusty in orchestraville" from 1946 capitol records.
in the two stories on this record a little boy is having difficulty staying with his piano lessons (from the same teacher) and falls into a sleep which transports him into another world. side one - rusty in orchestraville features the sonovox, new at the time, it has a very peter framptonesque quality. both stories feature some pretty great selections of music as both boys learn the tough lesson of just how important sticking to your piano lessons can be. (and one has to wonder if psychotropics had anything to do with it)
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