Disney's New York World's Fair Box Set

Wow, do I feel old. Took a bus with my brother from CT to NY to the 1964 World's Fair - I was 8. Remember being in awe of the attractions- a picture phone; IBM's huge theatre- I think it was called an Info Machine that showcased computers (as a kid, it seemed like something out of Star Trek); an underworld city; and Michaelangelo's Pieta, sitting on a lighted stage. Pretty amazing stuff for it's time.

"(In New Jersey)"
That explains it

Hey, thanks for posting this. My wife is going to go absolutely crazy when gets these cds.

WOW - thanks a lot. I always loved Disney's scores and this rare stuff will get a special place in my collection.

Any way to get some more infos - especially about the involved composers?

pls let us know when your tracker is back up. right now there are no known sources.

The tracks appear to be all mixed up. Every track is composed of small clips from every other track on the album. It's almost like bittorrent didn't reassemble the pieces correctly!

Is anyone else having this problem?

I was 9 yrs old then. Went to the WF many times during '64 & '65 (including some pre-season dates courtesy of GAF). Remember almost every one of those tracks. Everything seemed so "up" back then.

I have the same problem, using the PC version of BitTorrent. Lots of scrambled MP3s. Rats.

About the BT-Problem. Sounds like you don´t have the complete file downloaded already. Because of this BT just fills the gaps in the files with temporary stuff taken from anywhere from the file.

Just start your client again and keep on downloading. And please let it open until you´ve seeded at least 2 times the ammount of data you downloaded - this way others also will be able to get these wonderful files. :)

still no known sources. does someone else want to seed these files that was able to download it? if so post your torrent link here.

Okay, I was patient and once the download was complete they _do_ all sound fine (with no more mixing of the MP3s). Yes, this is the first time I've used BitTorrent.

I'll see if I can figure out this whole "seeding" thing to allow other folks to grab ahold of these very cool files (strange that BitTorrent wasn't mentioned in the Carousel of Progress!).

can anyone make an alternate way to download this stuff? i keep getting an error message of some kind. zip maybe? i guess anything would work fine. if that is not viable, does anyone know how i can eliminate the problem i'm having?

oh, the message says

"problem connecting to tracker- (7, getaddinfro failed')>

it says

problem connecting to tracker-
urlopen error 7, getaddinfro failed

boingboing i guess

kyle - just be patient and let the file run in the background overnight. Sometimes it takes some time to connect to the seeds and sometimes theres no free slot at any seed and you get into a waitingline. Killing the programm then will obviously push you to the back end again. :)

kyle - just be patient and let the file run in the background overnight. Sometimes it takes some time to connect to the seeds and sometimes theres no free slot at any seed and you get into a waitingline. Killing the programm then will obviously push you to the back end again. :)

will it still download though, even with the error? does it take some time before the download begins?

i'll try that

if for some reason this client does not work either on this crap pc, is there anyone willing to put the files on a cd for me? i could send you a couple bucks. i'd really like to have this stuff. i intend to sample it and create, well who knows what. thanks.

This is awesome for Disney collectors, thank you!

Can I recommend another website for everyone while the subject is up? http://www.soundofmagic.com has a great collection of "park" music, including the background on all of it. Excellent site for semi-rare stuff.

Thanks Cassandra. What a great link - exactly what I was looking for since ages. :)

nevermind, it worked today. rad.

Yes, you were right. I just needed to wait until the download was finished, and then the mp3s played fine. Very sorry. I'm a bit new to bittorrent myself.

Thanks!

Oh DAMN! The MOTHERLODE! I love vintage Disneyland soundtracks and a lot of these I've never heard before. Thanks so much for posting these!

BRAVO! Finally someone found the old stuff from the fair...and thensome!!

I can't seem to get the it to down load for me. If some one has been able to get it work, and wouldn't mind coping it to a CD-R from me,that would be great. Please contact me and I will mail you a CD-R and a SASE to mail it back to me.

You can also get 18 hours of 1964 World's Fair audio from Ray Dashner, who recorded it with a reel-to-reel machine. There's a post about it on my blog, with more info:

http://tinyurl.com/2xdb5

For anyone having trouble with the standard bitTorrent client, check out Shareaza! Once installed, whenever you download a .torrent file, it takes care of the rest - very simple user interface.
http://www.shareaza.com/ side bonus: supports Gnutella 1&2, and eDonkey p2p networks

Thanks so much for finding this compilation and hosting a torrent!

Wow I just downloaded the entire file in under 45 mins with an average DL speed of around 145kb/s... I have to say that is the fastest I've ever downloaded a file this large. Thank you very much to whoever the ONE seed was who hooked me up! And thanks to Andy for setting up the tracker.

BTW I use Azureus 2.1.0.4 and it really seems to kick Shareaza's a$$ for Bittorrent downloading (I've used dozens of other programs, including Shareaza for a long time)

Thanks, another satisfied customer!

Thanks for the great memories! I still remember the drives from Wantagh to Astoria every weekend to visit my Grandmother, and seeing the fair rise up out of nothing. The one thing I remember the best from the expressway was the giant tire (was it Uniroyal?) Ferris Wheel.
Inside the grounds aside from the vartious pavillions, I best remember the amphibious car, and the guy with the rocket pack on his back. Now THAT blew me away!
I kissed my first girl 3 years later at the 'Hall of Science.'
Tom

Hi!

Will someone Pleeease re-seed the World's Fair audio files so I can download them? Really want to listen to them.

Thanks

Arlen

Thanks ever so much to the 3-4 seeders that made sure I got this. I realize it was initially posted 29 Mar 04 and I sure do appreciate y'all seeding this.

I started out running a Google on ["Bit Torrent", tracker] and ended up seeing WAXY.ORG/BT . Huh? What's this? And then finding a gem like this.

Andy, again, thanks for Waxy.org and for this torrent.

i was told that the 64 worlds fair box was never released due to licensing problems with the FORD motor company . (I could be wrong , but this is what i was told) the set is complete and correctly tracked at my site ... www.1313southharborblvd.com also a few other issues with the attraction itself . hence the people mover , portions of the magic skyway (The Diarama from the disneyland railroad) were brought to the park . ill try to dig into this issue a bit if you'd like .

Gary

Is there any chance someone can start seeding again, I'd like to download it.

Torrent still working, downloaded it in half hour :) Thank you whoever it was:)

I can't believe there are seeders out there still for this after all this time. Thank you so much.

Just a heads-up...

This is finally being officially released by Disney with an additional 5th disc later this month.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EQUESC

You might want to stop seeding, just to be safe. Although if Disney's lawyers haven't sent a nastygram by now you're probably fine!

Would a model of progressland still in the disney wood crate be interesing to anyone?

You can hear many of these tracks -- and current music, sound effects, and area music -- from Disneyland/World attractions at subsonicradio.com.

Maybe,
I host it on Rapidshare and publish it on my Blog in the next couple of days/weeks.
If i do that??? You can download it here:
http://jasperp-jasperp.blogspot.com/2010/01/walt-disney-and-1964-worlds-fair.html

Could you compose some articles or reviews for us. The scribbling style is really amazing.