Disney Read-Along

Appears as "Collection Disneyland" on French releases (not different from Little Long-Playing Records). Read-Along Book and Records / Tapes are the second generation of illustrated books for children, with accompanying recordings of the books being read. These Read-Alongs, book-and-record sets, were introduced by Disneyland Records (now Walt Disney Records); several hundred titles have been produced. The books were typically adaptations of popular Disney movies, cartoons, and other stories, running 24 pages. Sometimes there would be adaptations of non-Disney stories (such as generic fairy tale adaptations, or even certain non-Disney properties), stories based on Disneyland theme park attractions, and original stories featuring Disney's characters. Until 1991, the books always contained the tag line "SEE the pictures, HEAR the story/record/tape, READ the book." The first editions typically had this introduction: "This is a Walt Disney/Disneyland original Little Long-Playing Record, and I am your story reader. I am going to begin now to read the story of [insert title here]. You can read along with me in your book. You will know it's time to turn the page when Tinker Bell rings her little bells like this: [sound of 'chimes' ringing]. Let's begin now." These second editions (released beginning in 1976), and new titles released thereafter (beginning with the Little Golden Book and Record/Cassette sets), typically had the following introduction (since the second editions were also released on cassette), and still do to this day: "This is the story of [insert title here]. You can read along with me in your book. You will know it is time to turn the page when you hear the chimes ring like this: [sound of chimes ringing]. Let's begin now." Introduced in 1976, the records started to be pressed with the yellow "rainbow" labels seen on all of their LP albums beginning at that point. The cassette tapes were typically red with a white label, though some of the Golden read-along cassettes were yellow. Beginning in the late 1980s, white cassette tapes were utilized; in the early 1990s, magenta cassette tapes were utilized.