This 10-CD set was issued by Radio Spirits (48172) in 2005. Just one Jimmy Stewart show is included on the set, Jenny, the first broadcast of The Six Shooter, aired September 20, 1953…
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You’re the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930’s
Jimmy Stewart appears on one track on the 3-CD boxed set, You’re the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930’s (Koch International Classics KIC-CD-7136), which was released in 1992. The set was also available on three cassettes (KIC-MC-7136). The boxed set also includes a 128-page booklet. The CD’s were produced by Susan Elliot, Robert Kimball and…
Christmas in the 40’s
This 6-CD set was issued in 1995 (GSC Music 19222; the individual discs had separate numbers, with the Stewart-Reed disc being #18200). The material found on the CDs is very varied as can be seen from the listings below: The version of It’s a Wonderful Life included here is from the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast…
Legends of Radio: Radio’s Greatest Christmas Shows
This 10-CD set was released by Radio Spirits (47122) in 2003. It is interesting to note that the only Stewart show on the set was originally broadcast on March 10, 1947, two and a half months after Christmas. As seen by the dates on the jacket, all others shows were broadcast in December, most close…
The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century Selected by Walter Cronkite
This special 20-cassette/CD boxed set was issued by Radio Spirits in 1999 (4412). Two Jimmy Stewart shows were included on the set. The first was the December 20, 1953, Six Shooter broadcast of Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol. The second show was We Hold These Truths, which had originally been broadcast on December 15, 1941. …
Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Sung by Jimmy Stewart and Bing Crosby
The CD, The Christmas Collection, was released in 1988 (Déjà Vu 5080-2). It was also issued as a cassette (Deja Vu 5080-4): It features a very short (40-second) rendition of Baby, It’s Cold Outside sung by Bing Crosby and Jimmy Stewart. While probably not a song you would think of as a Christmas melody, it…
The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection
Released on CD in 1998, The Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection (Déjà vu 5079-2) looks like a good source for a rare Jimmy Stewart song. Unfortunately, in this case, looks can be and are very deceiving. Not only isn’t the Stewart track included on the CD, but there are only eleven tracks, not the fourteen listed…
The Bing Crosby Christmas Collection
This CD was released in 1992 (Déjà vu 5-126-2). The CD actually has three different titles, depending on what portion of the packaging you look at. The front says “Gift Collection,” the CD itself says “Gold Collection” and the spine says “Christmas Collection.” It was also issued on cassette (Deja Vu 5-126-4): One of the…
Jimmy Stewart – A Christmas Reading
At some point in the early 1990’s, Jimmy Stewart was recorded reading Luke 2: 10-14 from the Bible. This recording has been used on several CD collections of Christmas music which have been sold for the benefit of the City of Hope and the Children’s Miracle Network. Michael Lloyd is listed as the executive Producer…
How Glenn Found His Sound (CD)
The CD, How Glenn Found His Sound (Sounds of Yesteryear DSOY918), was released in England in 2012. As you can see from the cover, there are some excerpts from The Glenn Miller Story included. There are sections from two songs, I Know Why and Moonlight Serenade, as well as a scene from the film. Heard…
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