Posted by Aubrey 5/18/24
Updated 6/9/24
The most recent interstitial music in the Golden Horseshoe Saloon seems to have been playing since at lease 2022 (per observations by pixelated). This loop appears to be a very close relative of the Walt Disney World Frontierland 1975 loop, which has been partially pieced together via fragmented recordings [1]. By association, this loop also played at a Chip and Dale Meet and Greet in the central plaza near Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante in the mid/late 90s [2]. When compared with the WDW 1975 Frontierland loop, it matches all of the identified tracks besides the replacement of “Bile ’em Cabbage Down” with the unreleased CBJ Stoneman Family track “Home on the Range”.
Many of the tracks in this loop appear to come from the Capitol Records production music libraries, specifically two records in the Media Music line [3]. I was able to track these down via some sleuthing and my preexisting familiarity with the behemoth of Media Music 😛 They can be found on three records in the Media Music Line:
Some tracks from the first and third albums were released on the OGM Music album CD-MMXM-104 - Travel The World/Country/Western [4] which was released on Ole Georg Music's The Professional Line as Compact Disc 5. Are you confused yet??
There is one unknown track. It is a particularly lonely duet of a harmonica and accordion. I have excised the track for convenience. A close mic of the speaker or a live recording of the louder speaker downstairs would prove very useful in identification efforts, as it’s a fairly quiet track.
UPDATE: This track has been identified as a presumed Stoneman Family track associated with the Country Bear Jamboree / Mile Long Bar. It remains unnamed; see below. The track is likely "Come Back Paddy Reilly." Farewell To The Mountain from the Davy Crockett series (thanks to Chris Lyndon!).
DL - Frontierland - Golden Horseshoe Saloon Unknown A.flac
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In order to ID the loop I put several live recordings together to make it easier to hear. I did record the entirety of the loop in one sitting but I attracted a ton of interference in my recorder as I had placed it on a table for most of the duration, so I made the new version where I limited the interference sounds where possible. It’s not great but certainly works for a reference.
DL - Frontierland - Golden Horseshoe Saloon (mixed recordings).flac