[Download] Seven Songs and a Story
Tumblr glitched and deleted this journal the last time I tried to queue it. I’m backing it up before I submit it this time and will post it manually on the day if needed. :)
I have something nice to talk about for once! And a gift for everybody! I dunno, think of it as a New Year’s gift I guess.
G1 MLP did not have a very strong continuity. The TV series, movies, toy line, UK comics, and everything else were all separate and had nothing to do with each other. There’s very little information to build a coherent personality for any of the G1 characters beyond a single gimmick such as “Applejack is a clumsy oaf who knocks everything over”. But why would the guy making a pony AU care about that, hmm…
That said, the UK got a limited-edition disc in 1985 that was simply titled My Little Pony Picture Disc and which was almost lost to time. The more modern name for it is Seven Songs and a Story.
It’s actually eight songs, but #8 is a reprise of #1. They’re united together by a narrative about ponies so stupid they may as well be dead and their gradual meandering towards some brainless birthday party or another. Every time a new doofus shows up, the corresponding song plays.
The G4 fandom is undoubtedly familiar with song #2.
My Little Ponies (reprise)
Indeed, #8′s title does not match the title of #1. Hasbro has never been very good about keeping names consistent, especially when they license other producers to make pony stuff.
Anyway, I found a relatively clean Youtube upload of the entire disc (link) and took the liberty of chopping it up, one file per song, with the vast majority of the narration cut out.
All song files are in MP3 with filled-out tags.
Disc and track number (1 disc, 8 songs)
Song title as printed on disc
Album: Seven Songs and a Story
Album Artist: Bullseye Music
Publisher: Bullseye Music
Comment field on all songs reads:
Uploader: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBfpL8GFUVQ65BvRMJqpD_A
Editor: Summersong / FibS
Cherries Jubilee’s Song normally fades in and out and overlaps the narration. I had to edit it in order to remove this and make it sound OK stand-alone. The apparent “skip” near the end of this song was in the original Youtube upload and, so far as I know, is how it played on the disc.
My favorite song on the disc is Posey’s Song, by the way. The biggest ear worm is Cherries Jubilee’s Song.
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