POPULAR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT VINYL RECORD COLLECTION
90 catalogued albums, sets, singles and other record entries
Varied collection of popular music, jazz, folk, easy listening, Broadway cast recordings, movie soundtracks, spoken word, educational recordings and keyboard entertainment. Artists include the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter, Paul and Mary, Richie Havens, Perry Como, Roger Whittaker, Guy Lombardo, Mantovani, Henry Mancini, Art Tatum, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the Ahmad Jamal Trio, Stéphane Grappelli and the Swingle Singers.
Titles include Rubber Soul, Twist and Shout, September of My Years, Sit Down Young Stranger, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, The Music Man, Hair, Cats, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Thomas Crown Affair.
The numbers below match the accompanying album-cover collage and inventory spreadsheet. Each album, set or single counts as one entry; 90 is not a verified count of individual discs. Identifications are based on the photographed covers and catalogue information. Individual disc counts, set completeness and playing condition have not been verified from the photographs. Uncertain identifications and provisional category assignments are noted below.
ALBUM LIST
#1: Guy Lombardo: The Sweetest Sounds of Guy Lombardo. Cover indicates a two-record set.
#8: Sons of the Pioneers: Wagons West.
#9: Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma! Motion-picture soundtrack.
#14: Living Strings: Melody of Love.
#15: Erich Kunz: German University Songs, Vol. 5. Volume number appears to be 5; not fully confirmed.
#16: The Mantovani Orchestra: The Legend.
#22: Siobhan McKenna: Siobhan McKenna — Spoken Arts recording. Exact programme/title unconfirmed.
#28: Performers not shown: German Drinking Songs.
#32: Mantovani and His Orchestra: Gems Forever…
#33: Rex Harrison; Julie Andrews; music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner: My Fair Lady. Original Broadway cast recording.
#36: The Gene Lowell Chorus: Halls of Ivy.
#37: The Norman Luboff Choir: Greensleeves.
#39: The Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen: Time for Reflection. Sermons: Blessed Mother; Divine Sense of Humor.
#43: The Melachrino Strings and Orchestra: Something to Remember You By.
#44: The Melachrino Strings and Orchestra: Rendezvous in Rome.
#45: The George Shearing Quintet: San Francisco Scene.
#46: Paul Whiteman: Paul Whiteman, Volume 1.
#62: Mary Martin; Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of Music. Stage cast recording featuring Mary Martin.
#69: Katia and Marielle Labèque: Gladrags.
#94: The Swingle Singers: Going Baroque.
#98: Various ensembles; individual credits not fully legible: Dalmacija pjeva. Complete performer credits unconfirmed.
#99: Marie-Claire Pichaud: Marie-Claire Pichaud. Sélect mono issue with a blue abstract cover. Exact programme unidentified; category provisional.
#128: Various artists; songs by Lennon and McCartney: All This and World War II. Original soundtrack.
#137: Frank Sinatra; Gordon Jenkins: September of My Years.
#138: Johnny Guarnieri; Harry Warren: Jim Taylor Presents Johnny Guarnieri Playing Harry Warren.
#139: Rostal & Schaefer; Ron Goodwin; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: The Beatles Concerto. Beatles arrangements.
#141: Max Morath; Joan Morris; William Bolcom: These Charming People.
#145: Claude Dupras: Interface. Yamaha FX-1 recording.
#149: Vladimir Yakovlev; Osipov Balalaika Orchestra; Victor Dubrovsky: Music for the Domra.
#152: Arthur Fiedler; Boston Pops: Play the Beatles.
#154: Art Tatum: The Tatum Solo Masterpieces. Volume number unconfirmed.
#168: Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Columbia Symphony; Jerold Ottley: When You Wish upon a Star: A Tribute to Walt Disney.
#169: Rodger Niznik; Ron Greco: Back to Back.
#175: Dave Brubeck Quartet: Take Five. 7-inch 45 rpm single. Reverse-side programme not shown.
#177: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins: Little Demon. 7-inch 45 rpm single. Reverse-side programme not shown.
#199: Don Shirley: The Gospel According to Don Shirley.
#205: Ken Stanley: Ken Stanley Plays Charlie Kunz.
#206: Carmen Cavallaro; Duke Ellington: Cavallaro Plays Ellington.
#208: Lawrence Welk; Bob Ballard: Lawrence Welk Presents Great American Composers.
#211: John F. C. Richards: Essentials of Latin, Volume V: Basic Constructions and Review. Prepared and read in Latin.
#212: Moses Hadas: Introduction to the Latin Language. Commentary and readings in Latin and English.
#213: Thomas Mann: Thomas Mann Reading in German. Specific text unconfirmed.
#214: Moses Hadas; Virgil: The Story of Virgil’s Aeneid. Commentary and narrative in English.
#217: Derek & Ray; Marty Gold: The Two Piano Sound of Two Different Worlds.
#218: Dan Smith: When the Seed Is Planted. Programme/genre unconfirmed; category provisional.
#224: Kiowarini: Kiowarini chante Le dernier souffle de sa nation.
#229: Rex Harrison; Julie Andrews; Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady. Cast recording; separate entry from #33.
#231: Guy Lombardo: Your Guy Lombardo Medley! (volume to confirm). Volume number unconfirmed.
#232: Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus: Dear Heart and Other Songs About Love.
#233: Mantovani and His Orchestra: Film Encores.
#234: Norman Luboff Choir: Songs of the West. Back cover shown in the collage.
#244: Yehudi Menuhin; Stéphane Grappelli; jazz ensemble: Fascinating Rhythm: Music of the Thirties, Album 2. Jazz standards by Gershwin, Porter and Kern.
#251: George Gershwin; soundtrack performers: Porgy and Bess: An Original Sound Track Recording. Samuel Goldwyn motion-picture soundtrack; individual vocal credits unconfirmed.
#267: Irving Fields Trio: Dance Date.
#268: Irving Fields: The Fabulous Fingers of Irving Fields.
#269: Roy Budd; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Concerto for Harry.
#275: Geoff Bastow: Tomorrows World.
#280: Richie Havens: Mixed Bag.
#281: Jerry Goldsmith: A Patch of Blue. Original motion-picture soundtrack.
#282: Henry Mancini: Encore! The Great Sound of Henry Mancini.
#283: Unidentified artist: Unidentified album (green cover, portrait). Name and title obscured by glare and a sticker. Identification and category provisional.
#284: Stéphane Grappelli Quintet; Bill Coleman: Les grands classiques du jazz. Cover sticker states two discs.
#285: The Beatles: Twist and Shout.
#286: Claude Léveillée: Claude Léveillée. No separate album title visible.
#287: Michel Legrand: The Thomas Crown Affair. Original motion-picture soundtrack.
#288: Merv Griffin: A Tinkling Piano in the Next Apartment.
#289: Various performers (unconfirmed): With Love from Paris.
#290: The Beatles: Rubber Soul.
#291: Various performers (unconfirmed): Hootenanny!
#292: Ron Harrison: Canadian Establishment Theme and Other Original Canadian TV Themes.
#297: Gershwin; Ralph Grierson; Rete Keane: ’S Wonderful.
#299: The Sound Stages; Rodgers & Hammerstein: Favorite Songs from The Sound of Music.
#301: Meredith Willson; Robert Preston; Barbara Cook; original Broadway cast: The Music Man. Original Broadway cast recording.
#363: Richard M. Sherman; Robert B. Sherman; Dick Van Dyke; Sally Ann Howes; Lionel Jeffries; Irwin Kostal: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Original cast soundtrack.
#364: Ahmad Jamal Trio: At the Pershing: But Not for Me.
#367: Swingle Singers; J. S. Bach: Bach’s Greatest Hits. Jazz vocal arrangements of Bach.
#388: Waldo de los Ríos: Sinfonías. Popular arrangements of classical themes.
#418: Original Broadway cast: Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Original Broadway cast recording.
#419: Vic Franklyn: Shangri-La.
#420: Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits.
#421: Vic Franklyn: After All Is Said and Done.
#422: Gordon Lightfoot: Sit Down Young Stranger.
#423: Various performers: On Wings of Song, Record 3. Reader’s Digest sleeve numbered 3; individual performers unconfirmed.
#424: Perry Como: I Think of You.
#425: Cast unidentified: Cats. Cast and production edition unconfirmed.
#426: Roger Whittaker: Roger Whittaker — 12 nouvelles chansons. French-language release; no other album title clearly visible.
#427: Roger Whittaker: Live in Canada. Two-record set, counted as one entry.
#439: Peter, Paul and Mary: Peter, Paul and Mary.
#444: Various performers; Yamaha: National Electone Festival Live!! Yamaha Electone festival recording. Programme and individual performers unconfirmed; category provisional.
#452: St. Theresa's High School Glee Club, Midland, Ontario; Sr. Bonaventure: Best of Broadway. Selections from My Fair Lady, State Fair, West Side Story, The Sound of Music and The King and I.
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