Title: The Marvelous Land of Oz
By: L. Frank Baum
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Usage: Public Domain
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Tip slipped away from the girls and followed swiftly after the Soilder with the Green Whiskers. The invading army entered the City more slowly, for they stopped to dig emaralds out of the walls and paving-stones with the points of their knitting-needles. So the soilder and the boy reached the palace before the news had spread that the City was conquered...

Intro by: Gail Nobles
Cover Art by: Gail Nobles
Story by: Gail Nobles

Do you remember the studio album Meco Plays the Wizard of Oz? It was released in 1978 by Meco. I remember the 45 record Over the Rainbow-We’re Off To See The Wizard disco medley. You could hear the voices of the record from the 1939 movie the Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland. You could hear the wicked witch and the cowardly lion.

Witch: I'll get you my pretty!
Lion: Put em up! Put em up!

If any more Wizard of Oz movies are made, I think they should include Meco’s disco medley. The song could be used at the end. There are 14 Oz books written, and in my opinion, the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz is still the best. Someone with a great imagination could do lots more. L. Frank Baum wrote plenty of stories.

Remember Meco has a whole studio album with songs from the Wizard of Oz that got transformed into a disco album. There are 15 tracks when I heard Meco’s Over The Rainbow-We're Off To See The Wizard disco medley, I thought he was a genius.

I'm Gail Nobles. Today’s topic: Meco Wizard of Oz

Title: The Marvelous Land of Oz
By: L. Frank Baum
Recording: By http://librivox.org/
Usage: Public Domain
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/
Photo credit: Wikipedia/Public Domain
Downloaded from: Archive.org

Cover Art by: Gail Nobles
Story by: Gail Nobles

Hello! I'm Gail Nobles, and I hope you're enjoying the story The Marvelous Labd of Oz by L Frank Baum. Todaay I want to talk to you about the witches & wizards. Get out from among the witches & wizards. The bad witches & wizards. Sometimes we fight forces in life, and we don't know where they come from. It may seem like no matter what you do in life, you have to fight. You may look around and see everybody else is making it but you. You might see that you can make it, but it doesn't happen. Sometimes you're being protected when there's a miss opportunity, and sometimes it's an evil force around you. It can hear and see through the eyes and ears of others that don't want you to make it. You’ve got to keep things a secret and get out from among the witches & wizards.

When people see that you're trying to get somewhere, they will try to discourage you from getting there. They are always telling you that your plan won't work. They are always there to put you down and laugh at your ideas. You’ve got to break free from that bondage. I will say it again. Get out from among the witches & wizards. They have fear that you will make it and try to curse you. They try to put fear in you so you won't make it.

Title: The Marvelous Land of Oz
By: L. Frank Baum
Recording: By http://librivox.org/
Usage: Public Domain
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/
Photo credit: Wikipedia/Public Domain
Downloaded from: Archive.org

I suppose every reader of this book knows what a scarecrow is; but Jack Pumpkinhead, never having seen a creation, was more surprised at meeting the remarkable King of the Emerald City than by any other one experience of his brief life. ..

Title: The Marvelous Land of Oz
By: L. Frank Baum
Recording: By http://librivox.org/
Usage: Public Domain
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/
Photo credit: Wikipedia/Public Domain
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At daybreak Tip was awakened by the Pumpkinhead. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes, bathed in a little Brook, and then ate a portion of his bread and cheese. Having this prepared for a new day …..

The Marvelous Land of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
Public Domain
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The Saw-Horse finding himself alive, seemed even more astonished than Tip. He rolled his knotty eyes from side to side, taking a first wondering view of the world in which he had now so important an existence. ….

Song: The Tin Man
Song by: America
Photo credit: Public Domain

Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles
Story by: Gail Nobles

Keyboard player: Gail Nobles
Today’s topic is The Tin Man Song

The Tin Man was written by Dewey Bunnell. When I was listening to some of the songs like, “You Can Do Magic”, and 'The Tin Man”. I was wondering if the songs were inspired by The Wizard of Oz. Dewey Bunnell said that The Wizard of OZ was his favorite movie as a kid.

The song "Tin Man" is a 1974 song and performed by the pop rock band America. It was written by band member Dewey and produced by George Martin, who also plays the piano part on the recorded version.

When I listen to the song The Tin Man, it sounds like a song that is more than a song about the Wizard of Oz. The song sounds like a song with more meaning. The Tin man was a hit. Other ideas probably came to Dewey to write the lyrics.

Back in the 70’s, when I first heard the song on the radio, The Wizard of Oz was the first thing that came to my mind not knowing anything about the group America. Today, since I’ve been doing the podcast "The Marvelous Land of Oz" and reading about the character Tip; making an experiment with magic, America’s song “You Can Do Magic” hit my mind. It led me to find out more about the Tin Man.

Song title: You Can Do Magic
Song by: America
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Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles
Keyboard player: Gail Nobles

I hope that you're enjoying The Marvelous Land of Oz: Tip Makes An Experiment In Magic. He sprinkled some magic Powder of Life upon the body of a saw-horse. The saw-horse moved. It stretched it's legs. It came alive.

(Singing)
You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire
Magic, and you know
You're the one who can put out the fire.

You remember the song, "You Can Do Magic" by the folk rock duo group America. The song was recorded as a 1982 single from their album, "View From The Ground". As I read about Tip and his magic powder, I think of the song, "You Can Do Magic". And you can do magic. If you believe a good thing with a good heart and it happens, that's magic.

"You Can Do Magic" is an unforgettable song that fits the storybook of The Marvelous Land of Oz. The song can fit any storybook about Magic. And it's perfect for the Marvelous Land of Oz. I'm Gail Nobles. The Marvelous Land of Oz podcast will continue .....

The Marvelous Land of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
Public Domain
librivox.org