We found one additional recording from the Bell, Book and Candle film. It’s kind of a strange one in that it was just released in 2016. The 7-inch vinyl single was issued in the UK by Finders Kreepers (KREEP05). It came with a picture sleeve featuring a photo of Stewart’s co-star, Kim Novak. Some sleeves…
Category Archives: Soundtrack Recording
Bell, Book and Candoli
After discovering the Spanish Bell, Book and Candle EP by the Candoli Brothers, we did a little searching and found that the brothers had also issued an album in the U.S. with a connection to the film. The 1962 album was titled Bell, Book & Candoli and was released on the Dot label (3168). The…
Bell, Book and Candle – The Brothers Candoli (Spanish EP)
Several new soundtrack items from the Jimmy Stewart-Kim Novak film, Bell, Book and Candle, have recently come to our attention. The first of these items to arrive is a 7-inch, 45 RPM, Spanish EP (Colpix 17.067). The EP features six, rather than the normal four tracks usually found on such discs. The performers are Pete…
How the West Was Won (24-Bit Remastered Limited Edition)
In 2017, the Soundtrack Factory (606376) issued this 2-CD set featuring the entire soundtrack of the film. The wrapping enclosing the CD had this sticker to draw attention to the new release. The potential buyer could quickly see that the album had been remastered, it came with a 16-page booklet, that the booklet had photos…
How the West Was Won – New Japanese Single
We recently tracked down a copy of a Japanese 45 RPM recording from the soundtrack of How the West Was Won (MGM LL 2179). The single featured How the West Was Won by Alfred Newman and the MGM Studio Orchestra on one side and Debbie Reynolds’ Home in the Meadow on the other side. The…
Alfred Hitchcock’s Movie Soundtracks by Bernard Herrmann
This 4-LP set was issued in 2010 on the Doxy Label (DOY 003LP). The three soundtracks included were Vertigo, The Wrong Man and North by Northwest. The jacket was a deluxe 4-fold gatefold design featuring extensive sleeve notes about each score and pictures of the original movie posters. The albums were all pressed on HQ…
Rose Marie – Soundtrack CD
In 2016, Vintage Music, a Spanish company, issued 100 film soundtracks on CD. One of those, The Glenn Miller Story, was the subject of an earlier blog. Soundtrack number 081 in the series is for the film Rose Marie, in which Jimmy Stewart was featured. The CD was issued in a cardboard holder, made to…
The Glenn Miller Story (Soundtrack – Belgium)
It seems like just about every country in the world had its own release of The Glenn Miller Story soundtrack. Not to be left out, here’s a look at the one from Belgium. The cover shows Jimmy with Louis Armstrong…
The Glenn Miller Story (Soundtrack – South Africa)
A 10-inch album of the soundtrack for The Glenn Miller Story was released in South Africa (His Master’s Voice JDLP 1024). It was very similar to the British release but didn’t have the Louis Armstrong songs included…
Vertigo (French CD)
This French CD version of the Vertigo soundtrack was released in 2012 by Editions Milan Music (399 446-2). Here are scans of the front and back of the insert. The insert opened to revel this information. The back of the CD listed the song titles and other information. The disc itself was printed with a…
