HEAR THEM AGAIN! 122 Great Songs 89 Great Singers

Hear Them Again! Readers Digest Collectors Edition 10 Vinyl LP 33RPM Record set

a Readers Digest Collectors Edition Box Set containing 10 LP 33RPM Vinyl records

Vintage 1968 set of Original Recordings by the All-Time Popular Singing Stars!
Hear Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Eddy Arnold, Ella Fitzgerald, Enrico Caruso, Harry Belafonte, Kate Smith, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Mario Lanza, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney.

The box set also comes with a nice booklet containing info on the artists and songs.

If you who love recorded music from the 1900s through the 50s, this box set is well worth getting for your collection.
If you've already gotten RCA's 2 lp set "60 Years Of Music America Loves Best", this 10 lp box set covers the same era featuring a lot of recordings released on RCA Victor's different labels before 1960. So if you'd like to get your hands on a collection that offers more music than the 2 lp set "60 Years Of Music America Loves Best", this set is highly recommended!

The 122 songs on Reader's Digest's 1968 box set are from RCA's Bluebird, Red Seal and Victor archives. LP labels claim these are reprocessed stereo.

Each record has one or two "themes." The set's deluxe box-in-a-box storage case is apparently designed to last centuries. Heavy stock paper disc sleeves are lined with plastic and have graduated notches cut in the upper right corner to make locating a specific record easy (when they're in 1 to 10 order). A 32-page album-sized booklet offers numerous photos, plus detailed paragraphs for each artist and song.

RANDOM TRIVIA
The one-minute orchestral intro of "I Surrender Dear" has been edited out. "The Song is You" is from Frank Sinatra's only solo RCA session. His later association with arranger/conductor Axel Stordahl originated during the waxing of this track and three others. "I Love Luisa" was pressed on experimental 33-1/3 discs that had 78-sized grooves. There's a full page essay and plot synopsis for "Porgy & Bess." Jim Reeves' second RCA single, "Bimbo" was a C&W #1 hit. Twenty-year-old Teddy Wilson is pianist on Satchmo's 1935 recording of "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues."

"Goodnight My Love" is one of the rarest 78s. It was recalled soon after release because uncredited singer Ella Fitzgerald was under contract to Chick Webb and DECCA. Hoagy Carmichael wrote "Rockin' Chair" for Mildred Bailey after he heard her bemused comment about getting stuck "in an old rocking chair." Pianist on "Holiday For Strings" is Lou Busch, later the musical director/arranger of Allen Sherman's song parody LPs. Blind vocalist Joe Mooney ("Nina Never Knew") played piano/organ/accordion and arranged for several bands before joining the Sauter-Finegan group.

TRACK LIST:
RECORD 1 They Made Such Beautiful Music
Side 1
  1. Perry Como– Prisoner Of Love
  2. Mario Lanza– The Loveliest Night Of The Year
  3. David Rose & His Orchestra– Holiday For Strings
  4. Gisele MacKenzie– Unchained Melody
  5. Buddy Clark (3), Wayne King And His Orchestra– We Could Make Such Beautiful Music
  6. Jeanette MacDonald And Nelson Eddy– Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
Side 2
  1. Andy Russell (2)– Besame Mucho
  2. The Three Suns– Don't Take Your Love From Me
  3. Caterina Valente– You Stepped Out Of A Dream
  4. Don Cornell, Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra– It Isn't Fair
  5. Frankie Carle, His Piano And Orchestra*– Nice Work If You Can Get It
  6. 6 Tony Martin (3)– La Vie En Rose
RECORD 2 It's Still A Grand Night For Singing
Side 1
  1. Robert Merrill– Gigi
  2. Gladys Swarthout– I'll See You Again
  3. James Melton– It's A Grand Night For Singing
  4. John Charles Thomas– The Green-Eyed Dragon
  5. Robert Merrill, Patrice Munsel– If I Loved You ("Carousel")
Side 2
  1. Jan Peerce– Bluebird Of Happiness
  2. Nelson Eddy– Stouthearted Men
  3. Morton Gould And His Symphonic Band– Yankee Doodle
  4. Ezio Pinza– September Song
  5. Risë Stevens– My Hero
  6. 6 Robert Merrill– They Call The Wind Maria
RECORD 3

Side 1 The Great Bands Play Again
  1. Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra With The Pied Pipers– There Are Such Things
  2. Helen Forrest, Artie Shaw And His Orchestra– Day In - Day Out
  3. Perez Prado And His Orchestra– Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
  4. Jack Leonard, Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra– All The Things You Are
  5. Jo Stafford, Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra With The Pied Pipers– Embraceable You
  6. The Modernaires, Glenn Miller And His Orchestra With Marion Hutton And Tex Beneke– Juke Box Saturday Night
Side 2 The Unforgettable Blues
  1. Dinah Shore– Blues In The Night
  2. Artie Shaw And His Orchestra– I Cover The Waterfront
  3. Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines And His Orchestra– Stormy Monday Blues
  4. Duke Ellington And His Orchestra– Solitude
  5. Lena Horne– St. Louis Blues
  6. Morton Gould And His Orchestra– Limehouse Blues
RECORD 4 The Great Rhythm Singers
Side 1
  1. Connee Boswell* And The Original Memphis Five– All Of Me
  2. Johnny Mercer, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra– Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today
  3. Cab Calloway And His Orchestra– Minnie The Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song)
  4. Lee Wiley, Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra– An Ace In The Hole
  5. Joe Mooney, The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra*– Nina Never Knew
  6. Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra– Goodnight, My Love
Side 2
  1. Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra– I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
  2. Maxine Sullivan, Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra– Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
  3. Fats Waller And His Rhythm*– It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
  4. Mildred Bailey– Rockin' Chair
  5. Jack Teagarden, Paul Whiteman And His Concert Orchestra*– Ain't Misbehavin'
  6. Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw And His Orchestra– Any Old Time
RECORD 5
Side 1 The Movie Stars Sing Again
  1. Maurice Chevalier– Mimi
  2. Marilyn Monroe– You'd Be Surprised
  3. Fred Astaire– Something's Gotta Give
  4. Nelson Eddy And Jeanette MacDonald– Indian Love Call
  5. Eleanor Powell– You Are My Lucky Star
  6. Allan Jones (5)– The Donkey Serenade
Side 2 Remember Them?
  1. Helen Kane– I Wanna Be Loved By You
  2. Russ Columbo– Auf Widersehen, My Dear
  3. Paul Whiteman And His Concert Orchestra*, Henry Busse– When Day Is Done
  4. Gene Austin– Ramona
  5. Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)*– Me And My Shadow
  6. Beatrice Kay– She's More To Be Pitied Than Censured
  7. Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees– Stein Song
RECORD 6  The Big Popular Singers
Side 1
  1. Tony Martin (3)– There's No Tomorrow
  2. Frank Sinatra– The Song Is You
  3. Lena Horne– Stormy Weather
  4. Melachrino And His Orchestra*– With A Little Bit Of Luck
  5. Andy Williams– Now I Know
  6. Eddie Fisher– Any Time
Side 2
  1. Perry Como– Tempation
  2. Gogi Grant– Why Was I Born?
  3. Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra*– The Carioca
  4. Bing Crosby– I Surrender Dear
  5. Dinah Shore– Yes, My Darling Daughter
  6. Dick Haymes, Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra– Daybreak
RECORD 7
Side 1 Great Moments From Broadway Musicals
  1. Alfred Drake– So In Love ("Kiss Me Kate")
  2. Jane Powell And Robert Merrill– The Heather On The Hill ("Brigadoon")
  3. The Melachrino Strings And Orchestra*– The Sweetest Sounds ("No Strings")
  4. Mary Martin– My Heart Belongs To Daddy ("Leave It To Me!")
  5. Fred Astaire– I Love Louisa ("Band Wagon")
  6. Helen Morgan– Bill ("Show Boat")
  7. Ethel Merman– I Got The Sun In The Morning ("Annie Get Your Gun")
Side 2 Porgy And Bess
  1. Eleanor Steber– Summertime
  2. Lawrence Tibbett– I Got Plenty O' Nuttin
  3. Helen Jepson– My Man's Gone Now
  4. Lawrence Tibbett And Helen Jepson– Bess, You Is My Woman
  5. Lawrence Tibbett– It Ain't Necessarily So
RECORD 8
Side 1 Country And Western At Its Best
  1. Eddy Arnold– Bouquet Of Roses
  2. Sons Of The Pioneers*– Cool Water
  3. Chet Atkins– Galloping On The Guitar
  4. The Browns (3)– The Three Bells
  5. Roy Rogers (3)– Don't Fence Me In
  6. Jim Reeves– Bimbo
Side 2 The Golden Voices Of Radio
  1. Lanny Ross– The Last Time I Saw Paris
  2. The First Piano Quartet– Malagueña
  3. Jessica Dragonette– Songs My Mother Taught Me
  4. Kenny Baker (2)– A Wandering Minstrel I
  5. Morton Gould And His Orchestra– Old Devil Moon
  6. Kate Smith (2)– Lazy River
  7. Dennis Day And Quartet*– Clancy Lowered The Boom
RECORD 9
Side 1 The Immortals
  1. Richard Crooks (2)– Because
  2. Grace Moore– Ciribiribin
  3. Enrico Caruso– O Sole Mio
  4. José Iturbi– Polonaise In A-Flat
  5. John McCormack (2)– I Hear You Calling Me
  6. Marian Anderson– Deep River
  7. Lauritz Melchior– Serenade ("The Student Prince")
Side 2 The Big Entertainers
  1. Jimmy Durante Assisted By Helen Traubel– The Song's Gotta Come From The Heart
  2. Sophie Tucker– Some Of These Days
  3. Fanny Brice– My Man
  4. Alec Templeton– Sousa And Strauss In Reverse
  5. Eartha Kitt– C'est Si Bon
  6. Spike Jones And His City Slickers, Carl Grayson– Cocktails For Two
RECORD 10 Your All-Time Hit Parade
Side 1
  1. Perry Como– Till The End Of Time
  2. Harry Belafonte– Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
  3. Artie Shaw And His Orchestra– Dancing In The Dark
  4. Vaughn Monroe– Ballerina
  5. Kitty Kallen– Little Things Mean A Lot
  6. The Ames Brothers– You, You, You
Side 2
  1. Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra– Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) Written By – Stanley Davis Jones
  2. Rosemary Clooney– Just Because
  3. Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra*, Eddie Heywood– Canadian Sunset
  4. The Ames Brothers– The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
  5. Kay Starr– Rock And Roll Waltz
  6. Eddie Fisher– Wish You Were Here

Please refer to all photos as they are part of the description and stated condition.
Sale is for described item only. Props seen in photos are not included. If uncertain, please ask before ordering.

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Used
Vinyl Records are EXCELLENT without scratches or significant scuffs. They were either barely listened to are taken very good care of. The box shows age but in good condition.

Data sheet

Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
UPC
Does not apply
Type
Box Set
Features
Original Inner Sleeve
Material
Vinyl
Style
1950s
1960s
Jazz
Music Hall
Singer-Songwriter
Traditional/Vocal
Artist
Various
Format
Record
Language
English
Case Type
Cardboard Sleeve
Genre
Jazz
Pop
Record Label
Readers Digest
Release Year
1968
Release Title
Hear Them Again!
Edition
Collector's Edition
Compilation
Era
1930's and 1940's
Record Size
12"
Speed
33 RPM
Record Grading
Excellent (EX)
Instrument
Accordian
Acoustic Guitar
Bass Guitar
Cello
Clarinet
Double Bass
Drums
Electric Guitar
French Horn
Guitar
Horn
Keyboard
Organ
Percussion
Piano
Saxophone
Tambourine
Trombone
Trumpet
Viola
Violin
Voice
Sleeve Grading
Good (G)

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