Rare 1962 Radar Eddie Carmel "The Jewish Giant" Tallest Man-Diane Arbus 45 LP
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- Rare 1962 Radar Eddie Carmel "The Jewish Giant" Tallest Man-Diane Arbus 45 LP
- Pre owned, in excellent condition, I am not a record grader, but looks great, couple very very light surface scratches.
- This 45 was made by the famous "Eddie Carmel", He was listed in the Guiness book of Records as the tallest man in the world. You can read more about him below or on his Wikipedia page.
- This was the only record he produced in limited quantity, I do not even know how many copies remain. He was made famous be Diane Arbus's photography photo.
- He has an amazing obscure story, This lp would be an amazing addition to any record lovers collection.
- See pics above for condition
- Located on Shelf
Eddie Carmel, born Oded Ha-Carmeili (Hebrew: עודד הכרמלי) (March 16, 1936 – August 14, 1972) was an Israeli-born entertainer with gigantism and subsequent acromegaly resulting from a pituitary adenoma. He was popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," and "The World's Biggest Cowboy." Carmel was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as 9 feet (274 cm) tall, and billed at the heights of 8 ft 9 in (268 cm) and 9 ft 0.625 inches (276 cm) tall, though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 3 tall. He was variously a mutual funds salesman, carnival sideshow act, film actor, rock and roll band singer, and stand-up comedian. He was made famous by photographer Diane Arbus' picture Jewish Giant, taken at Home with His Parents in the Bronx, N.Y. in 1970, a print of which sold at auction for $421,000 in 2007 ($519,000 in current dollar terms). At the time of his death at age 36, he had shrunk several inches, due to kyphoscoliosis.
He formed and played with a rock and roll band, Frankenstein and the Brain Surgeons.[8][3] Carmel also recorded two novelty 45 records, “The Happy Giant” and “The Good Monster,” and the single "The Happy Monster's Song".[3][8][13]
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