Minty The Judy Garland Show Live 1955 Long Beach Benefit 3 LP Frank Sinatra,Dean

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Stunning minty three LP press with minty records and minty cover and has the very rare Judy Garland show with the rat pack including Sinatra, Martin and Davis.

three double sided LPS in sleeves(no covers)that make up the complete performance by Judy in Long Beach.Frank Sinatra had the show recorded and later gave copies to his friends that attended.I don't know how many copies of these discs are still around but I would guess not many were even pressed. 1. Let's Have a Party 2. The Man that Got Away 3. Carolina in the Morning 4. While We're Young (with the Hi-Los) 5. A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow 6. Medley: You Made Me Love You, For Me and My Gal, The Boy Next Door, The Trolley Song 7. Rockabye Your Baby 8. Chatter 9. After You've Gone 10. A Couple of Swells 11. Over the Rainbow 12. Chatter 13. Liza 14. Swanee 15. Frank Sinatra Introduces Rat Pack 16. Marie- Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Singing as Jerry Lewis 17. Judy's Closing Remarks On July 11, 1955, Judy Garland and her road show performed at the Municipal Auditorium in a benefit for the Long Beach Exceptional Children's Foundation.Crowds mobbed the celebrity bus as it arrived at the Auditorium. Frank Sinatra had chartered a bus and loaded it with a well stocked bar,celebrities and stars.Needless to say they were a little drunk when they arrived.Nearly 100 seats were purchased by celebrities such as Jimmy Stewart, Jack Warner, Ronald Reagan, David Niven, Gary Cooper, Lana Turner, Betty Grable, Jerry Lewis, Harry James, Edgar Bergen, Donald O'Connor, Art Linkletter and many others.Dean Martin was one of the celebrities that rode the bus.The show netted at least $15,000 for the children. Judy's finale was "Somewhere over the Rainbow" followed by a standing ovation and four encores. She then asked the audience if they would like to meet some of her friends and brought up Frank Sinatra who then brought up Humphrey Bogart who brought up Lauren Bacall. Soon after they were joined by Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fischer, Betty Hutton, Dick Powell, June Allyson, Sammy Davis Jr. Dean Martin and several others.Dean and Sammy performed a Martin and Lewis song with Sammy imitating Jerry. She had been nominated for an Academy Award for her starring role in 1954's remake of A Star is Born, her first film since leaving MGM in 1950 and it was considered her comeback. She was 33. Initially she had not planned on staging her show anywhere in the LA area but only did so when approached to do the benefit for the local foundation. It was a cause that she had always considered a pet project and was in the process of incorporating her own foundation for exceptional children