RPM  single, but they were later included as part of the 1940 album. This  was not really a soundtrack recording at all, despite what some  websites say, although it did contain the films songs. It was,  instead, a sort of "cover version" featuring Garland (this procedure  was common practice at a time when there really was no such thing as  a record album made directly from a movie soundtrack). The other  songs on this 1940 Decca album were all sung by the Ken Darby (qv)  Singers, and in some songs in which Dorothy is featured another  vocalist substituted for Garland. It was not until 1956 that an  official soundtrack album (featuring the films cast, of course) was  issued. This 1956 MGM Records album featured extensive dialogue from  the film (enough for listeners to follow the story), and was taken  directly from the movies final printed soundtrack, which meant that  it also featured the films sound effects. In 1994, the original  pre