In 2016, the Spanish company, Vintage Music, issued 100 film soundtracks on CD. Each was issued in a cardboard holder, made to look like a miniature album jacket. Number 0466 in the series is The Glenn Miller Story. The CD itself was made to look like a vinyl record, with both sides black in color…
Bing Crosby and the Rhythm Boys + Jimmy Stewart
In 1988, this album was issued in Canada by the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (Arcadia 5001). The main purpose of the album was to spotlight a new radio recording from 1930 made by Bing Crosby and the Rhythm Boys. In fact, the full title of the LP is Bing Crosby and the Rhythm…
Rudd Young
For his 2013 album, Let’s Go Kill Us a Christmas Tree, Rudd recorded a song titled It’s a Wonderful Life. The song is basically a re-telling of the story of George Bailey’s life in song…
The Glenn Miller Story – Soundtrack (Austria)
The soundtrack for The Glenn Miller Story was issued in Austria on the His Master’s Voice label. The release number on the jacket is given as VDLP 1024, while on the label it is given as VDLP 302. This is a 10-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record…
The Glenn Miller Story – Soundtrack (Sweden)
In Sweden, two EP’s were issued in 1955. They were both very similar in design to the American EP’s. Volume 1 (Decca ED 2124; Labels say BME.9001) Volume 2 (Decca ED 2125) Vol 1 was later reissued with a slightly different look (Decca ED-2124) . …
How the West Was Won – Soundtrack (Australia)
The original soundtrack album was issued in Australia in 1963 (MGM SO2 7591). In 1986, it was re-issued as Volume 11 of the Hollywood Collection (CBS HOL 11)…
Same Time, Same Station
Same Time, Same Station is a weekly old-time radio program hosted by Larry Gassman. He is also often joined by Walden Hughes and Patricia. On his May 28, 2017 program, Gassman played two Stewart shows – Child, Save My Fireman (Silver Theater, January 5, 1941) and Jenny (The Six Shooter, September 20, 1953). Possibly of…
This is Glenn Miller Volumes 1 & 2
These two EP’s were issued in Japan. Both carry photos of Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson from the film, The Glenn Miller Story. The songs included on the EP’s were, in fact, heard in the film. However, these are the original versions as recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Volume 1 (Victor EP-1004) Volume…
The Glenn Miller Story – Soundtrack (Germany)
The word plethora more than applies to the number of releases and re-releases of The Glenn Miller Story in Germany. Let’s begin in 1955 with the release of the 10-inch, 33 1/3 RPM album, Die Glenn Miller Story (Brunswick 86 027 LPB). The album was released three times with slightly different colored jackets. The first…
The Glenn Miller Story – Soundtrack (France)
As in most countries, The Glenn Miller Story soundtrack was first issued in France as a 10-inch album. The cover of the French album was different than that used in other countries. An EP was also issued in France…
