The Carwardine Colony Carousel (music CD series)

The Carwardine Colony Carousel is a series of music CDs from 2000-present that showcase the music of the Carousel at Carwardine Colony. Nearly all of the music featured is performed by Ian Monteil.

The series is well received due to people saying that Ian achieves a better “Fairground Organ-esque” sound for the Carwardine Colony Carousel than Disney does for Prince Charming’s Regal Carrousel (aside from the subtle string-like pad).

Volumes
(Note: Certain songs might move from one CD to Another)


 * Volume 1 (2000)
 * Volume 2 (2001)
 * Volume 3 (2002)
 * Volume 4 (2003)
 * Volume 5: Christmas Edition (2003)
 * Volume 6: The Carousel Goes 80's (2004)
 * Volume 7: Carousel Classic Rock (2005)
 * Volume 8: Carousel Hip-Hop (2006)
 * Volume 9: Spooky Edition (2006)
 * Volume 10: Christmas Edition II (2006)
 * Volume 11: Rollercoaster Tycoon Edition (2007)
 * Volume 12: The Carousel Goes 90's (2007)
 * Volume 13: Spooky Edition II (2008)
 * Volume 14: The Carousel Goes 80's II (2009)
 * Volume 15: Spooky Edition III (2010)
 * Volume 16: One-Hit Wonders (2011)
 * Volume 17: Carousel Hip-Hop II (2011)
 * Volume 18: 2012's Biggest Hits! (2012)
 * Volume 19: Carousel Classic Rock II (2013)
 * Volume 20: The Best of the Carousel (2014)
 * Volume 21: 2013-14's Biggest Hits! (2014)
 * Volume 22: 2014-15's Biggest Hits! (2015)
 * Volume 23: Nostalgia Go Round (2016)
 * Volume 24: Carousel Hip-Hop III (2017)
 * Volume 25: One-Hit Wonders II (2017)
 * Volume 26: Christmas Edition III (2017)
 * Volume 27: Gamer’s Edition (2018)
 * Volume 28: The Carousel Goes 70’s (2018)
 * Volume 29: Merry Go Retro (2019)
 * Volume 30: 2010’s Pop Celebration! (2020)
 * Volume 31: Carousel Party! (2021)
 * Volume 32: All New Original Tunes! (2021)
 * Volume 33: Christmas Edition IV (2021)
 * Volume 34: Carousel Hip-Hop IV (upcoming; 2022)
 * Volume 35: Carousel Classic Rock III (upcoming; 2022)
 * Volume 36: Carousel Party! II (upcoming; 2022)
 * Volume 37: The Carousel Goes 70’s II (upcoming; 2023)
 * Volume 38: Carwardine Fun Mix (with songs never heard on TCCC CDs before!) (upcoming; 2023)

Trivia

 * They are only available for sale at Carwardine Colony, Carwardine Studios and the Carwardine Parks website.
 * The first three volumes were re-released in 2020. The fourth was re-released in 2021.
 * All of the volumes are on Spotify since 2019.
 * They were originally distributed by EMI/Captiol Records, but are now distributed by UMG.
 * Volume 1 is planned to be released on vinyl December 2021.
 * Originally, Ian used a mixture of E-mu Proteus and E-mu Emulator II settings (with a Roland S-50 used as a controller for the Proteus) to replicate the "fairground organ" sound, with additional percussion and horns being provided by local marching bands from the Hampton Roads and Richmond areas. By Volume 7, he had largely switched over to freshly-recorded samples of fairground organs from Verbeeck, Wurlitzer, Gavioli, and more. (One of the patches he still uses is a synthesized string-like pad to provide subtle chord accompaniment in a high register, sort of sounding like what the composer of the music for the Carousel at the Phoenix Zoo did)
 * Volume 1 was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA in 2019.