Alan Menken – Pocahontas (1995) Original Pressing [FLAC]

Offered here for posterity is the, now rare, original pressing of the soundtrack to Pocahontas. After the album was released, there were complaints about the song "Savages (Part 1)", specifically the lyrics "What can you expect/ from filthy little heathens?/ Their whole disgusting race is like a curse!" Many people felt these lyrics were too offensive, and they were changed to "What can you expect/ from filthy little heathens?/ Here’s what you get when the races are diverse!" as well as "dirty redskin devils" being changed to "dirty shrieking devils". The new version of the disc was given the same catalogue number as the original and the film was changed before wide release, almost as if these original lyrics never happened! In addition, the instrumental first half of "Savages (Part 2)" was re-scored, making this disc something that I’ve sought after for quite some time.

Tracklist:

1. The Virginia Company – Chorus
2. Ship at Sea
3. The Virginia Company (Reprise) – Mel Gibson & Chorus
4. Steady as the Beating Drum (Main Title) – Chorus
5. Steady as the Beating Drum (Reprise) – Jim Cummings
6. Just Around the Riverbend – Judy Kuhn
7. Grandmother Willow
8. Listen with Your Heart I – Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
9. Mine, Mine, Mine – David Ogden Stiers, Mel Gibson & Chorus
10. Listen with Your Heart II – Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
11. Colors of the Wind – Judy Kuhn
12. Savages (Part 1) – David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus
13. Savages (Part 2) – Judy Kuhn, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus
14. I’ll Never See Him Again
15. Pocahontas
16. Council Meeting
17. Percy’s Bath
18. River’s Edge
19. Skirmish
20. Getting Acquainted
21. Ratcliffe’s Plan
22. Picking Corn
23. The Warriors Arrive
24. John Smith Sneaks Out
25. Execution
26. Farewell
27. Colors of the Wind (End Title) – Vanessa Williams
28. If I Never Knew You (End Title) – Jon Secada & Shanice

Download at MEGA (https://mega.co.nz/#!fFRUDISQ!hZYAGw2CtBTKA5aE9o4PIvzzMq46ZCGYZHe_JU9 E370)

Truly incredible. Thanks.

amazing. thank you very much! 🙂

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I never knew they changed the lyrics for that song 🙂 Thanks!

For those who, like myself, prefer to order their albums in chronological film order the tracks go as follows:

1. The Virginia Company – Chorus
2. Ship at Sea
3. The Virginia Company (Reprise) – Mel Gibson & Chorus
4. Steady as the Beating Drum (Main Title) – Chorus
15. Pocahontas
5. Steady as the Beating Drum (Reprise) – Jim Cummings
6. Just Around the Riverbend – Judy Kuhn
7. Grandmother Willow
8. Listen with Your Heart I – Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
18. River’s Edge
16. Council Meeting
17. Percy’s Bath
9. Mine, Mine, Mine – David Ogden Stiers, Mel Gibson & Chorus
10. Listen with Your Heart II – Linda Hunt & Bobbi Page
20. Getting Acquainted
11. Colors of the Wind – Judy Kuhn
22. Picking Corn
23. The Warriors Arrive
21. Ratcliffe’s Plan
24. John Smith Sneaks Out
19. Skirmish
14. I’ll Never See Him Again
12. Savages (Part 1) – David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus
13. Savages (Part 2) – Judy Kuhn, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings & Chorus
25. Execution
26. Farewell
28. If I Never Knew You (End Title) – Jon Secada & Shanice
27. Colors of the Wind (End Title) – Vanessa Williams

The Latin American version is also very offensive, but nobody gave a damn:

What can you expect
from filthy little heathens?
Their whole disgusting race is like a curse!

�Qu� puedes esperar
de �stos animales?
�Su aspecto y su color son un horror!

Which, translated to english would be:

What can you expect
from this animals
their looks and color are a horror

Thanks!!! 🙂 x

Wow! Ive been looking for the original version of the song so Thank You!

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Thanks for this rare gem

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Thank you for sharing this ToTheLastShot. I didn’t know about this interesting story.

The comparison of the tracks (http://pastebin.ca/2642027) of this original and the corrected version I had shows that the only different streams are #12 and #13 (as you said, Savages I & II). It’s a nice surprise that there is not a single bit shifted or modified in the rest,
// Edited:
so it is safe to keep this set and just the two different tracks from the newer version (or the other way round) to have the exact lossless sound of both. (…)

// 3rd edit:

I located a source for the tracks #12 and #13 in a set shared in ed2k, initially by an asian user. Like these two, all the tracks in that set have increased volume in a couple of dB and fading in the topmost frequencies (although they are not the usual lossy-to-flac encoding), compared with the rest of this set or with the revised version I have. They also present some DC offset (http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/DC_offset) (and a few pops as a result, like the two at the end of this set’s track #13), which might suggest analog processing in their more recent history, and is something one would expect to be absent from an official release.

So, summing up:
To the fans of accuracy: the tracks of this set come from two different sources and the source for tracks #12 and #13 had a "worse" editing history.
To other users: even with those differences, the mentioned two tracks are the main value of this set and have good sound to enjoy. Please warn about the mixed tracks/quality if you reshare it.
To TotheLastShot: thanks again for sharing it.

Apparently this is the version I’ve had and I didn’t know it. Could somebody post lossless versions of the revised tracks? I’d love to hear the difference.

Apparently this is the version I’ve had and I didn’t know it. Could somebody post lossless versions of the revised tracks? I’d love to hear the difference.

Here are mine: Pocahontas revised tracks 12&13.zip (http://ulozto.net/xn3pUL76/pocahontas-revised-tracks-12-13-zip) (21.1 MiB)

Thank you kooke.

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Thanks for sharing!

uncensored disney is always great to have *hehe*

thanks for making this release available to us 🙂

Thank you very much for share!

Interesting, for posterity as you said. Thank you!

Thanks a lot!!

If anyone still cares, can confirm this particular 2006 European version is uncensored so it’s not that uncommon or rare.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Pocahontas-Original-Soundtrack/release/1600536

Edit: Also can confirm the audio is not boosted as in the first post. Savages (Part 1) is quite literally the same as the revised edition (sans the slight offset at every censored splice).

I can’t believe this is still available!!!
Thank you so much for this. I’ll maybe add it to The Legacy Collection version, haha.