01 · Working out the show

The piano rehearsals

This first section is, I believe, a recording made during the early planning sessions for the Vacation Hoedown. There are two men and one piano on these files, and one of the men is explaining to the other the basic concept for each of the songs, while playing and singing (rather badly… hehe) the songs being explained.

If you know who the men are in these recordings, please email me so that I can add that information to this page.

1. Rehearsal track 1

   1:31 minutes

2. Rehearsal track 2

   0:51 minutes

3. Rehearsal track 3

   1:10 minutes

4. Rehearsal track 4

   1:28 minutes

5. Rehearsal track 5

   1:28 minutes

6. Rehearsal track 6

   2:47 minutes

02 · Inside the recording studio

The backing tracks

The second section is from a little later on in the process, after all the songs have been finalized and the musicians have all been assembled in the studio to record the backing tracks over which the vocalists will sing. These are basically karaoke tracks (Country Bear karaoke, what a concept), and the vocals were recorded later and added on top to create the tracks we eventually heard in the completed show. The only catch here is that some of these backing tracks never made it into the final product…

1. Backing track 1

   1:42 minutes

2. Backing track 2

   2:26 minutes

3. Backing track 3

   1:35 minutes

4. Backing track 4

   1:02 minutes

5. Backing track 5

   1:58 minutes

6. Backing track 6

   1:10 minutes

7. Backing track 7

   1:05 minutes

8. Backing track 8

   0:14 minutes

9. Hoedown medley

   2:08 minutes

03 · From the archives

The original demos

The final section contains some original demo tracks that were recorded for the Mineral King Resort complex that Walt Disney wanted to build in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. When you are done listening here, please be sure to visit “Mineral King — The Resort Walt Never Built.”

1. Alternate version

   Bear Band Serenade

   1:03 minutes

2. Unused demo

   Cuddlesome, Bubblesome Bear

   1:19 minutes