Author: RAYMOND, JACK
Title: Show Music on Record : From the 1890s to the 1980s
Description: New York, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co Inc. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0804457743) Hard Cover, 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Previous owner's neat bookplate on reverse of half-title page. No other inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with bad tear to front and chip/tear to top of spine. 253pp. This book is a treasure for devotees of the American musical, on stage, or television or in film. It is a comprehensive listing of commercial recordings plus composer performances ranging from Robin Hood in 1891 to the musicals of the 1980s. It includes nearly 4000 show and musical films, English and foreign. It indexes these in a number of ways for ease of use and includes over 100 photographs, many showing actual recording sessions, sheet music covers and Playbill covers. A fascinating book for the enthusiast. Near Fine/Fair.

Keywords: Films, Movies, Stage, Television, 0804457743


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