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New stereo recording of the Sigmund Romberg operetta. It had been filmed several times, but never with Mario Lanza (1921-1959).
Apparently by this point in his career they did not put photographs of him on his albums anymore, indeed, the line at the bottom of the rather lush cover suggests he had already died when this was released. Actually the painting sort of looks like him, it's hard to tell.
This also sort of reminds me of a Morton Gould orchestral album cover, Moon, Winds, and Stars.....
Lanza also did not appear in another Romberg operetta remake filmed prior to his death, MGM's The STUDENT PRINCE, though his voice was used on the soundtrack. British actor Edmund Purdom played the prince and did a convincing job of lip-synching Lanza's pre-recorded tracks.
Excerpt from an Amazon review of the CD reissue (with Student Prince):
Romberg's The Desert Song concludes the CD. While vocally not in the same class as The Student Prince, there are a few highlights: the haunting One Alone; Azuri's Dance; and the formidable One Flower Grows Alone In Your Garden, with its difficult tessitura. The Desert Song was Lanza's final recording, made less than two months before his death in October, 1959. Astonishingly, the album was recorded at a time when the tenor was enduring a bout of double pneumonia (in addition to numerous other ailments). Tired though he understandably is here, the magnificent voice is still intact. But for Lanza at his romantic best, buy this CD for The Student Prince selections alone.
DJ McGovern "Derek McGovern" (Busan, South Korea)
Scores for the Films of FELLINI - Colonna Sonoria Originale - Original Soundtracks - reissue circa 1978
Vintage mash-up image of two iconic 1967 album covers by the Beatles (Sgt. Pepper’s) and The Rolling Stones (Their Satanic Majesties Request). A great look back. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille.
Boston Symphony, Charles Munch, conductor - One of a line of high-end RCA Victor "Soria" classical LPs. Each included a deluxe booklet of liner notes about the music and period. Painting: Fernand Léger
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Two-LP Live Album, 1970, edited from a 1970 tour
From Wikipedia:
The Doors' producer and longtime collaborator Paul Rothchild painstakingly edited the album from many different shows to create one cohesive concert. For example, the best part of a song from the Detroit show may have been spliced together with another part of the same song from the Boston show, trying to create "the ultimate concert." Rothchild has said, "I couldn't get complete takes of a lot of songs, so sometimes I'd cut from Detroit to Philadelphia in midsong. There must be 2,000 edits on that album."
I now am the proud to have my 1st Ricky in my collection. A great friend gifted me Ricky and Fluffy 💕
From my personal collection.
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Science nerd Rufus - a genius in the laboratory, unfortunately also a tad ditzy and scatterbrained.
Voted 'Girl most likely to make miraculous scientific breakthrough... or leave the zombie cage door open'.
Originally Dynamite Girls 'Vintage Vinyl' Rufus Blue
Includes narration and a few original voices from the film: Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont,
The film was released in 1953.
Plastic spiral binding was unusual for this series.
Original price: $3.10 for two records and illustrated book with which children could follow the printed narrative of the recorded story.
The crocodile ticked to let them know when to turn the pages.
A "Little Nipper" Story Book Album - Nipper was the trademark RCA Victor "His Master's Voice" dog.
Gavin, Sooki, Reese and Rufus Blue. I didn't love the promo photos, but got them anyway and I love them! The new sculpts are wonderful and so are the new legs! The new shoes are really cute but I do wish the pumps would stay on better. Cannot pick a favorite!