Village Haus Restaurant BGM

Status: Retired. Heard from 05/25/1983 through ca. 2017.

Running time: ~59:24

Playlist

<3.9 sec. silent gap>

01. Obervazer-Schottisch [4]

02. Gruss Milano (Salute to Milan) [4]

03. Uf Em Grätli (Up On the Cliff) [4]

04. Lusbübe-Ländler (Naughty Boy Ländler) [4]

05. Beim Augustfeuer (By the Bonfire) [4]

06. Urner-Polka [4]

07. S' Kantönlilied [2]

08. Frohsinn (Schottisch) [2]

09. Am sunnige Egge [2]

10. Frühlingsfreuden [2]

11. Alpenjodel [2]

12. Heigh-Ho / Whistle While You Work [3]

13. En Heimelige [2]

14. Jodel-Polka [2]

15. Liechtensteiner Polka [1]

16. Die Fischerin Vom Bodensee [1]

17. Mi Freud [2]

18. Am Hinterrhein (At the Source of the Rhine) [4]

19. Mitenand Gaht's Besser [2]

20. Aelpli (Schottisch) [2]

21. Läbeslust [2]

22. De Würzegrübler [2]

23. "Obe abe - une ufe" [2]

[1] Accordion In Gold by Horst Wende (Polydor 249 306, 1970)

[2] Holiday in Switzerland by Various Artists (Elite Special PLPS 30150, 1973)

[3] A Musical Souvenir of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom by Various Artists (WDP, 1972)

[4] A Visit to Switzerland by Various Artists (Capitol ST-10264, 1959)

Notes

Playlist compiled by pixelated, Foxx Nolte, and wedroy1923 with contributions from many others. pixelated recorded the loop at Disneyland in 2017.

As per Foxx Nolte on Passport to Dreams Old and New: "For decades, a 60-minute loop has been floating through the Disney music diaspora called 'Fantasyland West.' Trying to identify the tracks in this loop has always been an absurd nightmare of yodeling, brass bands, and alphorns - after even just a few minutes, all of the yodeling begins to bleed together and my eyes would begin to roll back into my head."

Further: "Most of the really early Magic Kingdom music loops were really odd lengths. But even if Disney had wanted to replace the Skyway / Village Haus loop as early as, say, 1975 - when both Main Street loops got filled out to a full hour - it's hard to imagine them having a good incentive to pay Jack Wagner to do the same work over again. In the early 80s, Disney was moving to standardize the length of all of their BGM loops to exactly 60 minutes thanks to emerging digital formats, a standard that holds even today.

What makes more sense to me is that Jack prepared the 60-minute loop as part of his commission to prepare the music for Tokyo Disneyland. Many of his loops for TDL are interesting expansions and variations of his earlier loops at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom, and all of them are a rock solid hour in length. It also makes sense that Disneyland would use the same loop as part of their New Fantasyland project, which saw the addition of a German-style Village Haus of their own."

Last updated 12/07/2022.