When the film Shenandoah was released in 1965, Garrison System Ltd. issued Universal Pictures Presents “Interview-Specials” with the Stars of Shenandoah (U-565-USA), a special 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc featuring interviews with three of the stars of the film. The record was pressed on red vinyl. On the A-side of the record (375) James Stewart,…
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Shenandoah Radio Spots
When Shenandoah was released in June of 1965, Universal Pictures also issued a special 7-inch, 45 RPM disc featuring seven radio spots of varying lengths to help advertise the film. The disc was pressed on red vinyl. Included were four 60-second spots, the third of which featured some dialogue from the film, including Stewart’s voice…
Jimmy Stewart on NBC Monitor #1
Mr. Stewart appeared on the NBC weekend program, Monitor, many times. Several of these have been preserved and detailed in our book. The first surviving segment is from the broadcast of May 22, 1965. Like most Monitor segments, it received very little notice in the newspaper: Stewart was interviewed by Hobart Lewis in Yuma, Arizona,…
The Shenandoah Soundtrack
One of the more popular soundtrack albums for a Stewart film was 1965’s Shenandoah. Decca DL-9125 (mono)/DL7-9125 (stereo) The soundtrack was also issued as a reel-to-reel tape: Decca ST74-9125 (stereo) Except where noted, all of the music was composed by Frank Skinner and conducted by Joseph Gershenson. Charles “Bud” Dant produced the album. The tracks…
