The Hollywood Collectables

The Hollywood Collectables in a single CD manufactured in Italy by Dejavu (DVRECD 27) in 1989. According to the booklet notes, the 25 songs on the CD were recorded for various films by a number of Hollywood stars. The films for which the songs were recorded are also listed. But, for a few of the…

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Bing Crosby and the Rhythm Boys + Jimmy Stewart

In 1988, this album was issued in Canada by the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (Arcadia 5001). The main purpose of the album was to spotlight a new radio recording from 1930 made by Bing Crosby and the Rhythm Boys. In fact, the full title of the LP is Bing Crosby and the Rhythm…

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Day After Day – Round Three

Day After Day may be very hard to find as a 78 RPM recording, but it has been released many times on various compilation albums and CD’s. There have already been two posts detailing some of these sources…here’s the third. The three CD sets to be discussed here were issued in various European countries and…

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Day After Day – A Trip to the Recording Studio

As most Stewart fans know, he was a member of the Triangle Club, a theatrical troupe, at Princeton University. Each school year, the club produced an original student written musical and took it on a national tour. For the 1931-1932 school year, that musical was Spanish Blades. In the play, Stewart played the role of…

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