Roger Williams (October 1, 1924 – October 8, 2011) was an American popular music pianist. He had numerous singles and copious amounts of album releases. Don’t worry, I had never heard of him either until I saw this album cover! But if it helps, in 1955 he recorded ‘Autumn Leaves’, the only piano instrumental to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s popular music chart. And later in 1966 he had another Top Ten hit with the song ‘Born Free’ from the motion picture soundtrack of the same name.

This album was released in 1969 and features a rather striking Disney-ish image. Could this cover picture really be from the Disneyland Matterhorn Bobsleds?

We know that the Matterhorn Mountain was added to Disneyland in the big 1959 expansion of Tomorrowland. So there would be ten years between the opening of the attraction and the snapping of this cover pic.

Did the bobsleds really look like this, or could this be a knock-off ride? Lets have a close look at some of the original bobsleds from Disneyland:

So the shape, colour, and track configuration (steel rail) is authentic to Disneyland. But notice that the numbering and crest is missing in the album picture. This is likely to avoid a direct connection to Disney. With a little photo shop magic, Kapp Records could avoid problems with copyright infringement and the necessity to pay Disney for the use of their intellectual property.

Either way, it’s a fun little piece of history that preserves a fun attraction… wherever it may have been located. But it was located in Disneyland. It is the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Yup.