ELECTRIC BRUNSWICK SET #38: SHOWBOAT SELECTIONS (KERN-HAMMERSTEIN) (1932)
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ELECTRIC BRUNSWICK ALBUM SET No. 38 (1932)
B-20114/7: (4 RECORD SET) MANUAL SEQUENCE
SHOWBOAT (JEROME KERN- OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II)
SOLOISTS: HELEN MORGAN (S), OLGA ALBANI (S), JAMES MELTON (T), PAUL ROBESON (BS)
BRUNSWICK ORCHESTRA- VICTOR YOUNG (C)
RECORD CONDITION '2' .
IN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH ALBUM FROM 1930s, RECORDS AND ALBUM (BINDING REPAIRED WITH BLACK TAPE, REPAIRED RECORD SLEEVES.) IN FAIR SHAPE.
INCLUDES 10 X 12 INCH PROMOTIONAL PHOTO OF HELEN MORGAN (PHOTO ISSUED BY BRUNSWICK WITH THIS SET)
SET ISSUED AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST BROADWAY REVIVAL OF 1932.
LEGENDARY SET. ORIGINAL 1927 SHEET MUSIC ART USED AS ALBUM COVER. Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. The musical contributed such classic songs as "Ol' Man River", "Make Believe", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".
HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND RARE ISSUE- LAST OF THE BRUNSWICK ALBUM SERIES ISSUES.
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