Editing Donkey Kong Goes Home

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{{quote2|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}}

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. In the track "The Climber", it is revealed 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 less 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.

==Track list==

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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 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 their own story to form a narrative.<ref name=DigitalTrends /> The team produced the album without any creative control from Nintendo.<ref name=DigitalTrends />

*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 [https://www.mariowiki.com/File:DK_Arcade_Flyer_Front.jpg American flyer].