This digital only set was released for download and streaming by Master Classics Records in 2011. Eighteen different radio shows are included, one divided into two parts, on the set: 1) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life (Part 1), May 8, 1949 2) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life (Part 2),…
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Yogi Berra’s Favorite Baseball Radio Shows
This is a 20-CD set, featuring 18 baseball related shows. It was issued by Radio Spirits (40092) in 2004. The Lux Radio Theatre production of The Stratton Story, starring Jimmy Stewart was included. The program had originally been broadcast on February 13, 1950. Stewart’s photo, as well as a listing of all the shows included…
June Allyson – The Vintage Radio Shows
This digital only set was issued for downloading and streaming in 2010 by Master Classics Records. The first track in the set was the Lux Radio Theatre version of The Stratton Story which starred Allyson and Stewart. It was originally broadcast on February 13, 1950. The show has been edited for this release and runs…
Great Western Radio Shows (CD)
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…
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…
