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…
Yearly Archives: 2017
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…
Made for Each Other (Soundtrack)
Made for Each Other is one of the Stewart films for which we have not been able to locate recordings for any of the songs specifically written for the soundtrack. We still haven’t. But, we have found that there was sheet music printed for the song Made for Each Other and the sheet music has…
Bing Crosby Show (Home Made)
The ability for the home radio enthusiast to record material off the radio has changed tremendously over the years. Wire recordings gave way to reel-to-reel tape. Then cassettes and 8-tracks. Eventually, most people converted all of these to CD’s. Then came the digital age with .wav, .mp3, and others forms of recordings. You now needed…
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…
Flophouse Sends Jimmy Stewart to Jail
In 1992, a rock group called Flophouse released an album titled Undaunted (Harp-0007). On that album was a song called Jimmy Stewart Goes to Jail (J.C. Hopkins/ T. Rojas). The song’s lyrics mention several Stewart films, including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Harvey. There’s…
Holiday Western Radio Theater Collection
This 6-CD set has just recently been released by YourRadioShows.com. Each disc in the set features one 30-minute radio show with a Christmas theme. One of those included is Britt Ponset’s Christmas. This program was originally broadcast on December 20, 1953, on Stewart’s The Six Shooter series. Also included are shows from Roy Rogers and…
La Conquete De L’Ouest (French Soundtrack)
Just in case you’re not up on your French, the title is, of course, How the West Was Won. This CD was issued in 2013 by RDM Edition (CD734). Unlike most other releases of this soundtrack, this one does not feature any of the stars on the cover…
Vertigo Soundtrack – Picture Disc
Picture discs have always provided a special niche for the record collector. From the Vogue 78 RPM’s of the 40’s to the heyday of the genre in the 80’s and 90’s, many collectors have sought these out as prizes to add to their collections. Now there’s finally one for Stewart collectors as well. The soundtrack…
Vertigo Soundtrack (Mercury SRI 75117, The Netherlands)
When released in The Netherlands, the packaging for the Vertigo soundtrack was very much different than that of most other countries. Most releases around the world utilized the iconic swirl design like the example below. However, the Dutch used a completely different design. The reverse of the jacket had information about each song. Like the…
