We found one additional recording from the Bell, Book and Candle film. It’s kind of a strange one in that it was just released in 2016. The 7-inch vinyl single was issued in the UK by Finders Kreepers (KREEP05). It came with a picture sleeve featuring a photo of Stewart’s co-star, Kim Novak. Some sleeves…
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Bell, Book and Candle – The Brothers Candoli (Spanish EP)
Several new soundtrack items from the Jimmy Stewart-Kim Novak film, Bell, Book and Candle, have recently come to our attention. The first of these items to arrive is a 7-inch, 45 RPM, Spanish EP (Colpix 17.067). The EP features six, rather than the normal four tracks usually found on such discs. The performers are Pete…
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…
Vertigo – Soundtrack
When the film Vertigo, released in 1958, a soundtrack album featuring the music of Bernard Herrmann was also issued (Mercury MG-20384). The album cover carried a photo of the film’s stars, James Stewart and Kim Novak. You can see that Stewart, Novak and Alfred Hitchcock are also mentioned on the record label, as well as…
The Singing Film Critic – Vertigo
The Singing Film Critic is singer-songwriter Matt Farley. In 2011, he released the digital only album, 64 Movie Review Songs on his own Motern Media label. The sixth song is Vertigo, in which he reviews the Alfred Hitchcock film starring Stewart and Kim Novak. His singing review is a good one, but he does have…
1960 Cancer Crusade
We listed the 1960 American Cancer Society Cancer Crusade disc in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but could add no further information about it because the disc was not available to us at that time. Since then, we have been able to locate a copy of the original 16-inch transcription disc and add it to…
American Cancer Society – “This Is…” Announcements
For the 1959 American Cancer Society Crusade, Stewart appeared along with Clark Gable, Jane Wyman and Betsy Palmer on a spot which ran about 19 seconds. It was Band 11, on a special 16-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc. Three or four celebrities appeared on each track. The first two or three, including Stewart on his…
Brickhouse-Hubbard Show
In late 1958, Jimmy was on his way from Washington, DC, back to his California home. Along the way he stopped off in Chicago to promote the opening of his new film Bell, Book and Candle. While in Chicago, he appeared on the Brickhouse-Hubbard Show on WGN-AM. Jack Brickhouse and Eddie Hubbard hosted the daily…
Bell, Book and Candle – Soundtrack
Bell, Book and Candle was a 1958 film starring Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs. The soundtrack music was written and conducted by George Dunning. The music has been released several times through the years, beginning with an album in 1958 (Colpix CP-502). The tracks were: Main Title Pyewacket-Queenie-Gil Send Me Nicky Way…
