Sing-Along and Stories

Sing-Along and Stories (titled Sing-Along Songs and Stories in the opening) is a US VHS/DVD featuring two fourth series episodes narrated by George Carlin, one song from the third series, and all six songs from the fourth series. This was distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1997, reissued in 2002 and released on DVD in 2006 and rereleased in 2009 with a fifth series song. In all releases since 2009, the DVD has been renamed Hop on Board: Songs and Stories.

2002 VHS
PEEP! PEEP! Life on the Island of Sodor is extremely busy for the engines. While Thomas and his friends are hard at work, they like to listen to music and sing-along.

Now you can join in on all the fun with this collection of Thomas and Friends music videos. Follow the bouncing steamcloud to read the words and sing-along to Thomas' Anthem, Let's Have A Race, Gone Fishing and 4 other Sodor favorites. Also included on this video are two classic stories starring Thomas, Percy, Peter Sam and the rest of your Island friends.

So hop on board for toe-tapping fun with Thomas & Friends Sing-Along & Stories.

2006 DVD
PEEP! PEEP! Life on the Island of Sodor is extremely busy for the engines. While Thomas and his friends are hard at work, they like to listen to music and sing-along.

Now you can join in on all the fun with this collection of Thomas & Friends music videos. Follow the bouncing steamcloud to read the words and sing-along to Thomas' Anthem, Let's Have a Race, Gone Fishing and 4 other Sodor favorites. You'll also enjoy two classic Thomas & Friends episodes as well as a bonus sing-along which proves why "It's Great to be an Engine."

So hop on board for toe-tapping fun with Thomas and Friends Sing-Along & Stories.

2009 DVD
Life on the Island of Sodor is extremely busy for the engines. While Thomas and his friends are hard at work, they like to listen to music and sing along. Now you can join in on all the fun with this collection from Thomas & Friends! Follow the bouncing steam cloud to read the words and sing-along to "Thomas' Anthem," "Let's Have a Race," "Gone Fishing" and four other Sodor favorites. You'll also enjoy two classic Thomas & Friends episodes as well as a bonus sing-along which proves why "It's Great to Be an Engine." So hop on board for toe-tapping fun with Thomas & Friends Songs and Stories.

Songs

 * 1) Thomas' Anthem
 * 2) Let's Have a Race
 * 3) Gone Fishing*
 * 4) Toby
 * 5) Don't Judge a Book By its Cover*
 * 6) The Island Song
 * 7) Really Useful Engine**
 * 8) It's Great to be an Engine  (from Make Someone Happy)

* Followed by a story.

** Followed by a bonus song

Episodes
* Followed by a song
 * 1) Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady* - Peter Sam becomes forgetful when he rushes to make his connection.
 * 2) Bulldog* - Percy is eager to rush out and show off his new coat of paint, but Thomas warns him to slow down.

Bonus Features

 * Really Useful Engines game from New Friends for Thomas
 * Sodor Superstars Hall of Fame from Percy's Chocolate Crunch

Trivia

 * The 2009 release contained a bonus audio CD featuring the following songs:
 * Engine Roll Call
 * Let's Have a Race
 * Toby
 * The Island Song
 * Really Useful Engine
 * On the front cover of the 1997 VHS release, a cutout image from Saved from Scrap is used.
 * On the back cover of the 1997 VHS release, an image from Sleeping Beauty is used.
 * On the front cover of the 2002 VHS and 2006 DVD releases, a promotional image from Thomas and the Magic Railroad is used.
 * On the back cover of the 2002 VHS and 2006 DVD releases, images from Bulls Eyes and Make Someone Happy are used.
 * Even though the original release was called Sing-Along and Stories, the title card says "Sing-Along Songs and Stories."
 * Some of the 1997 Anchor Bay Entertainment VHS tapes do not have the Video Treasures logo, and start off with the Britt Allcroft logo.
 * The 2009 DVD re-release is titled "Hop On Board Songs and Stories" when inserted into a computer's DVD-ROM drive.
 * This was the final US and Canadian VHS released during Wilbert Awdry's lifetime.
 * Some versions of the 2002 VHS cover are in a darker yellow than others.
 * This VHS was released before Train Stops Play meaning the Canadian may not know about Caroline's appearance during the nameboard sequences.
 * This is the last release to feature Duncan's nameboard sequence.

Goofs

 * On the DVD, when The Island Song starts, the beginning is out of sync. This problem is fixed in the James Goes Buzz Buzz DVD.
 * The 2002 VHS label reads 46 minutes when it should be 36.
 * On the 1997 version, the description for Bulldog does not have anything to do with Thomas and Percy in it, outside of Thomas telling Percy the story.
 * On the front cover of the 1997 VHS, 2002 re-release VHS, and 2006 DVD, Thomas' eyes are wonky.
 * While the back cover of the 2002 VHS refers its contents as "Our Song Tracks Are..." the 2006 DVD's back cover refers to them as "Our Story Stops Are..."

DVD Packs

 * Totally Thomas Volume 5