The History of Radio – Great Western Radio Shows was released in 2004 by Topics Entertainment (CA-217). The 3-CD boxed set had two shows of each of the following programs – Gunsmoke, Hopalong Cassidy and The Six Shooter. There were no photos of the stars of the first two shows, but a Jimmy Stewart photo…
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Commitment Bells sing “Jimmy Stewart”
In 2012, the Commitment Bells released an album titled Time Will Fix it All. One of the songs on the album was Jimmy Stewart. If you listen closely to the lyrics, you’ll hear “rope the moon, pull it on down, call me Jimmy Stewart.” The Commitment Bells are Julia Murphey, Charlie Murphey, Hitoshi Yamaguchi and…
V.I.P. Radio – V.I.P. Promos
V.I.P. Radio was a 1950’s radio subscription service whereby Stars International Inc. would provide various celebrity announcements to local radio stations to help them promote their stations. Mr. Stewart appeared on many of these recordings. On this particular disc, V.I.P. Promos (32-AX), the stars simply identify themselves and remind the listener that they are listening…
Music from Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl was a 1937 film in which Stewart had a non-starring role. The stars were Janet Gaynor and Robert Taylor. The title song was written by Herbert Stothart, Edward Ward and Gus Kahn, and was recorded and released by no fewer than four artists. Decca 802 – Jan Garber with vocal by Lew…
SortingHatten – James Stewart
SortingHatten is actually Canadian musician Jared David, who uses the famous Hogwarts’ sorting hat from the Harry Potter series as his logo. On his James Stewart, we hear several clips of Stewart from It’s a Wonderful Life over a background of electronic music…
Legends: The Best of the Larry King Show, Volume 2
Released in 1993, Legends: The Best of the Larry King Show, Volume 2, was a single cassette audio released in 1993 by Simon & Schuster. The cassette came housed in an approximately 4 x 7 inch box. You can see that the back of the box listed the six stars who appeared on the tape…
James Stewart – The Ultimate Collections of His Radio Work (#2)
This is one of four identically titled sets of Mr. Stewart’s radio shows issued by Radiorevisited.com. There are nine discs in this set, featuring 16 different programs. Included are a Good News of 1938, a four-part Silver Theater program, two different Lux Radio Theatre broadcasts, a Sealtest Variety Theater program, a Screen Directors’ Playhouse, a…
The Philadelphia Story – Soundtrack
No soundtrack album has been officially released for this 1940 film, but selections can be heard on releases. The first release was on the 1974 album, Sunset Boulevard – The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman. There also was a 4-page booklet inserted into each album jacket. This booklet included a photo from The Philadelphia…
It’s a Wonderful Life – BB Cooper & Drey Shepperd
This four-song digital release was issued in 2010 by Artfield. Cooper had been commissioned by Dan Brambilla of Canada’s Stage By Stage to write four songs for a musical based on the film, It’s a Wonderful Life. She in turn invited Drey Shepperd to add the lyrics to her music. The show had its premier…
The Best of Classical Christmas Radio Shows
The Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life, made the transition into the digital age with ease. In 2008, it was part of a set titled The Best of Classical Christmas Radio Shows put together by Stardust Records and was made available on most of the popular download sites. This particular release included…
