[6] Made in July 1939 specially for Decca,[5] which Garland was under contract to,[7] this recording was the primary choice for buying songs from the movie,[citation needed] until in 1956 the actual Wizard of Oz soundtrack was released on LP by MGM.

[9] The vocals on "Munchkinland", "If I Only Had a Brain", "If I Only Had a Heart", "The Merry Old Land of Oz", "We're Off to See the Wizard" were sung the Ken Darby Singers.

[10][24] Billboard reviewed the LP in its issue from 10 November 1956, giving it 85 points out of 100 (which indicated an "excellent" rating) and writing: "M-G-M has produced a sound track version, but this, too, will come in for plenty of attention, in spite of lacking the other original cast artists.

Cuttings were made by Decca at the time of the original release of the pic and they have a comparatively high quality of sound, considering.

Flip side rates attention, too, with its group of selections, also featuring a much younger Miss Garland on songs from Pinocchio.