FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS 2 12" 78 RPM REC. E QUEEN OF THE NIGHT ACETATE, BOOKLET
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FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS IS ONCE AGAIN IN THE NEWS THANKS TO THE NEW MOVIE STARING MERYL STREEP AS THE NEW YORK HEIRESS WHO DREAMED OF BECOMING AN OPERA SINGER. HER SINGING LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED BUT HER ENTHUSIASM WAS BOUNDLESS. SHE WAS TRULY A LEGEND.
FOR SALE ARE TWO OF THE SIX RECORDINGS PRIVATELY PRODUCED BY THE MELOTONE RECORDING STUDIO (YOUR PORTRAIT IN SOUND). A LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES WERE PRESSED AS THEY WERE INTENDED AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO MEMBERS OF HER CLUB (THE VERDI CLUB). THEY BECAME POPULAR AND Mme, JENKINS SOLD THEM TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THOUGH NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE IN STORES EXCEPT THE GRAMMOPHONE STORE IN NYC.
12" ACETATE 78 RPM ACETATE RECORDING OF "QUEEN OF THE NIGHT" FROM MOZART'S "THE MAGIC FLUTE" TYPED LABEL RECORDED 5/30/40. PROBABLY THE INSTANTANEOUS RECORDING DESCRIBED IN THE BOOKLET. SIDE B "SERENTA MEXICANA"WRITTEN FOR Mme. JENKINS BY COSME McMOON. RECORDED 5/30/40. SECOND RECORD 12" SHELLAC PRESSING "ADELE'S LAUGHING SONG" FROM "FLEDERMAUS" BY STRAUSS. SIDE B "BIASSY' (RUSSIAN WORDS BY PUSHKIN) BASED ON PRELUDE XVI - BACH. ALL FOUR SELECTIONS ARE SUNG BY FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS AND ACCOMPANIED BY COSME McMOON. BOTH RECORDS HAVE BEEN CLEANED WITH A VPI RECORD CLEANING MACHINE AND ARE IN E CONDITION. 11 PAGE BOOKLET "FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS" AN APPRECIATION BY MILTON BENDINER PUBLISHED BY THE MELOTONE RECORDING STUDIO IN 1946, INCLUDES JENKINS 78 RPM DISCOGRAPHY AND QUOTES FROM THE NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, NEW YORK POST, NEW YORK SUN, NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN, TIME AND ESQUIRE MAGAZINES AND INTERNATIONAL RECORDS AGENCY 1941 - 1946. ORIGINAL BOX MAILED TO MRS. M. WEINSTOCK DIRECTOR AT MELOTONE RECORDING STUDIO'S. MAILING BOX AND PACKING CONTENTS FROM ALLIED RECORDING PRODUCTS COMPANY.
THESE RECORDS ARE FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION STARTED IN 1936. I HAVE INDICATED PRIORITY MAIL AND INSURANCE. THE RECORDS WILL PACKED CAREFULLY.
