We just came into possession of this record a week ago and it is a great one. We covered lots of film promos with our blogs, but we’ve never seen one like this before. As you can see from the labels below, this is a preview record to be played during intermissions or before or…
Category Archives: 7-inch single
Alfred Newman Conducting the M.G.M. Studio Orchestra
In England, M-G-M released this single with two songs from the film, How the West Was Won. Neither side charted. How the West Was Won Cheyennes …
How the West Was Won – New Soundtrack Single
We recently came into possession of this 7-inch EP which was issued in Spain in 1963 (Barclay SBGE 83088). As you can see, the picture sleeve utilizes a photo of James Stewart from the film. The music is performed by Marc Taynor and His Orchestra. A rough translation of the song titles is included on…
Moonlight Serenade/In the Mood in Stereo for the First Time
In May of 1985, as part of a special tribute to actor James Stewart, the Cannes Film Festival presented the world premiere of the Dolby stereo version of The Glenn Miller Story. The film soundtrack was originally recorded in stereo, but was released initially on mono. The soundtrack album was re-issued in stereo around the…
Bob Rumbaugh ‘N’ Basketcase
In 1984, Rumbaugh released a song he called Movie Stars on 33 1/3 (Beatles Medley) (Rumba Records). It is a 7-inch, small hole record which plays at 33 1/3 RPM. The song was arranged by Jimi Henry and Rumbaugh was his own producer. As the title suggests, this is a medley of Beatles’ songs as…
Bandolero – Radio Spots
When Bandolero was released in 1968, 20th Century-Fox also issued a 7-inch, 45 RPM disc featuring two different radio spots for the film. The four stars of the film – Jimmy Stewart, Dean Martin, George Kennedy and Raquel Welch – are mentioned in both spots; however, none of their voices appear on the recordings. 60-second…
Winnie the Pooh – The Singles
Only two of the Pooh stories read by Stewart were issued as singles. Like the Upside-Down books, both were issued as 78 RPM and 45 RPM discs. The first record was of Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump Parts 1 & 2 (RCA Victor BY-48 (78 RPM)/WBY- 48 (45 RPM). Both were issued in a…
Winnie the Pooh – Upside-Down Books
Jimmy Stewart recorded four different Winnie the Pooh stories for RCA Victor – Kanga and Baby Roo, Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. Through the years, these have been released in several formats – Upside-Down books, singles and albums. We will look at each…
Saturday Evening Post – Jimmy Stewart Sales Promotion
When I saw this record come up for sale on Ebay, I was very excited. We knew that a five part story on Stewart had appeared in the Saturday Evening Post beginning on February 11, 1961 (Vol. 234, No. 6) through March 11 (Vol. 234, No. 10). Stewart’s name appeared prominently on the record label…
Rolling Stone – Stewart and Fonda at Their Best?
The film Cheyenne Social Club, starring Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda and Shirley Jones, was released in the summer of 1970. If you were told there was going to be a song released from the film, you would probably guess that it would be sung by Shirley Jones, but you’d be dead wrong. Instead, the single…
