Editing Donkey Kong Goes Home

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{{album infobox
|title=Donkey Kong Goes Home
|image=[[File:Vinyl dkgh.jpg|250px]]
|composer=Pat McBride, Dana Walden
|publisher={{wp|Kid Stuff Records}}
|release={{flag list|Canada|1983<ref name="Discogs">{{cite|title=Donkey Kong (2) – Donkey Kong Goes Home|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1034473-Donkey-Kong-Donkey-Kong-Goes-Home|publisher=Discogs|language=English|accessdate=January 4, 2025|archive=http://archive.today/2025.01.04-202538/https://www.discogs.com/master/1034473-Donkey-Kong-Donkey-Kong-Goes-Home}}</ref>|USA|1983<ref name="Discogs"/>}}
|format=Cassette / 12" Vinyl
|track=7
|length=
|catalog={{flag list|Canada|KSS-5037|USA|KST-4037 (cassette)|USA|KSS-5037 (vinyl)}}
}}
{{quote|Everyone in [[Gamesville]] turns out to welcome [[Donkey Kong]] to the circus. What a day for excitement!! However, things don't quite turn out as they are planned. Donkey Kong becomes homesick for his old home at the zoo. He breaks out of his cage! Will his old friend [[Mario]] be able to help? Will Donkey Kong run away? We'll find out when 'Donkey Kong Goes Home.'|Back of album cover}}
'''''Donkey Kong Goes Home''''' is an children's music album released through {{wp|Kid Stuff Records}} in 1983,<ref name="Discogs"/> under license from [[Nintendo]].<ref name=DigitalTrends>Colantonio, G. (July 24, 2023). [https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/donkey-kong-goes-home-retrospective/ This forgotten 1983 vinyl made Mario history, but it could never be created today]. ''Digital Trends''. Retrieved July 25, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230724111957/https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/donkey-kong-goes-home-retrospective/ Archived] July 24, 2023, 11:19:57 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> Available on both vinyl and cassette in the United States and on vinyl only in Canada,<ref name="Discogs"/> it features songs performed by Rena Jones, Leon Reeder, and Dana Walden. They were written and produced by Pat McBride and Dana Walden.

==Story==
Apart from the first track, ''Donkey Kong Goes Home'' narrates an original story at the start of each song written by the composers that explains the events of the [[Donkey Kong (game)|original game]].<ref name=DigitalTrends />

In the track "No More Zoo For You," the narrator (voiced by Rena Jones)<ref name=DigitalTrends /> explains that [[Donkey Kong]] once used to live in [[Gamesville]]'s zoo since he was a baby, located next to her candy shop and [[Mario]]'s pizza parlor. She, Mario, and his delivery girl [[Pauline]] used to visit Donkey Kong every day to bring him food. However, the zoo closed and all animals, including Donkey Kong, were sold to the circus, which visits the city only once a year. The track "The Climber" reveals that the old zoo site is now a [[Construction Site|construction site]]. Donkey Kong, feeling homesick, breaks out of his cage and heads to the construction site. In the track "On Top Of The World," [[Jake the Watchman|Jake]], the watchman of the construction site, calls Mario (voiced by Pat McBride)<ref name=DigitalTrends /> for a pizza, and Pauline heads to the site to deliver it. Donkey Kong sees Pauline, and, remembering her from his days at the zoo, he grabs her and climbs the construction site. In the track "Jump Up," the narrator tells Mario to save Pauline, after which he starts to climb the building. While he does so, Donkey Kong throws [[barrel]]s of oil at him. In the track "Mario Delivers," Donkey Kong starts throwing fewer barrels as Mario gets closer, eventually fully stopping once he remembers him, and Pauline is rescued, which makes the city celebrate Mario. In the last track, "Donkey Kong Theme (Reprise)," Mario says that Donkey Kong is not actually dangerous and that he is just homesick, and everyone agrees to create a Donkey Kong Zoo in the top 20 floors of the building under construction.

==Tracklist==
{|class="wikitable"
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! #
! Track title
! Audio sample
! Length
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| 1. || Donkey Kong Theme || [[File:Donkey Kong Goes Home 01.wav]] || 2:13
|-
| 2. || No More Zoo For You || [[File:Donkey Kong Goes Home 02.wav]] || 3:05
|-
| 3. || The Climber || [[File:Donkey Kong Goes Home 03.wav]] || 3:25
|-
| 4. || On Top Of The World || [[File:Donkey Kong Goes Home 04.wav]] || 2:26
|-
| 5. || Jump Up || [[File:Donkey Kong Goes Home 05.wav]] || 2:32
|-
| 6. || Mario Delivers || [[File:Donkey Kong Goes Home 06.wav]] || 2:42
|-
| 7. || Donkey Kong Theme (Reprise) || [[File:Donkey Kong Goes Home 07.wav]] || 0:24
|}

==Production==
In 1983, Kid Stuff Records obtained the license from Nintendo to produce an album based on ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''.<ref name=DigitalTrends /> McBride, Walden, Jones, and Reeder, who previously collaborated on children's albums based on ''{{wp|Pac-Man}}'' featuring a narrated story, were given the job.<ref name=DigitalTrends /> As the original game did not have a story that could be used for a full album, the team had to create its own story to form a narrative.<ref name=DigitalTrends /> The team produced the album without any creative control from Nintendo.<ref name=DigitalTrends />

==Trivia==
*The front cover of the vinyl is based on the original game's cabinet art, but with Mario's head redrawn to more closely resemble his appearance on the game's {{media link|DK Arcade Flyer Front.jpg|American flyer}}.
*This marks the first time Mario is given an Italian accent, which would eventually become a defining trait of the character once [[Charles Martinet]] started portraying him.

==External links==
*[http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/kidstuff.html?SystemID=2600 Atari Age]
*[https://www.discogs.com/master/1034473-Donkey-Kong-Donkey-Kong-Goes-Home Discogs]
*[https://vgmdb.net/album/118047 VGMdb]

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