[78-L] Wizard of Oz in hidef

Mike Murray recrdman at dreamscape.com
Tue Aug 11 05:29:43 PDT 2009


The Decca 78 rpm set of "Wizard of Oz" was actually a "studiotrack" 
(not "soundtrack"), recreated after the film was released. It was 
later reissued on both 10" and 12" Lps as well. However, as Cary 
notes, the Decca 78 set is a nice (and fairly expensive)collectible.


At 01:35 PM 8/10/2009 -0700, Cary wrote:

>Incidentally, the Decca 78rpm album set, which was issued in 1940, 
>fetches hundreds of dollars on hoo-Ha, whenever it is listed. This 
>was the only "soundtrack" version available until MGM finally took 
>the soundtrack itself and issued on LP in 1956.





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