[78-L] Slightly off the beaten pathŠ.

Bud Black banjobud at cfl.rr.com
Wed Jul 3 08:11:21 PDT 2013


I clearly recall seeing this album for sale in a Bossier City, Louisiana music store in 1954.

Bud

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On Jul 2, 2013, at 9:43 PM, "Thomas Stern" <sternth at attglobal.net> wrote:

> 
> THE CONFEDERACY
> Columbia SL 220
> Columbia UPC:  07464 4 71232 2
> Columbia Records Proudly Presents The Confederacy (Based on Music of the South During the Years 1861-65) by Richard Bales was
> produced by Goddard Lieberson. Featuring the National Gallery Orchestra, Richard Bales Conductor, Cantata Choir, Lutheran Church
> of the Reformation Florence Kopleff, Mezzo-Soprano: Thomas Pyle, Baritone and Reverend Edmund Jennings Lee as Narrator with essays
> by Bruce Catton and Clifford Dowdey was recorded at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. in 1954. To Read 32 pages which
> include the Introduction, The Confederate Legend, Lee at Appomattox and The Songs and their Origins plus numerous pictures
> courtesy of National Archives Record Group III and the Library of Congress. To Hear 10 songs from a 33 1/3 long playing record
> which includes, 1-General Lee's Grand March, 2-All Quiet Along The Potomac Tonight, 3-The Bonnie Blue Flag, 4-Lorena, 5-The Yellow
> Rose of Texas, 6-Somebody's Darling, 7-We All Went Down To New Orleans For Bales, 9-General Robert E.Lee's Farewell Order To The
> Army Of Nothern Virginia, Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 10, 1865, The Conquered Banner and 10-Dixie Land with Quickstep
> and Interlude: Year of Jubilo.
> 
> allmusic:  ?????????
> originally released in 1964, as part of the activities commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Civil War.
> state-of-the-art mono sound
> reissued on CD by Sony Music Special Products in a handsome box, with its artwork and booklet intact in 1991, in the wake of the
> success of Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS
> 
> 
> 
> THE UNION
> I see various catalog numbers and dates for this album
> COLUMBIA  SL243 SL 244 1958
>         DL 244 (1964)
>   1991 (probably CD reissue)
>  possibly keying errors, or were they reissued with different prefix, or by CSP ????
> 
> 
> 
> THE REVOLUTION
> Columbia Legacy LL/LS 1001    1960
> The American Revolution
> Interpretative essays by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., Marshall B. Davidson, Robert Graves, Larry Rivers, and the composer, with
> introduction by Goddard Lieberson (58 p. illus., ports., facsims., maps) bound in container
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 4:16 PM
> To: ToastOfNewYork at yahoogroups.com; 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Slightly off the beaten pathŠ.
> 
> 
> 1954 for The Confederacy, according to this:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Records-The-Confederacy-1861-1865/dp/B002Y6AYFY
> 
> "Yellow Rose of Texas" became popular as a result of this album, no?
> 
> dl
> 
> On 7/2/2013 3:55 PM, David Weiner wrote:
>> Hey,
>> 
>> Does anyone know the approximate release dates of the Columbia Legacy sets 
>> THE REVOLUTION, THE CONFeDERACY and THE UNION  and if any of them were
>> issued in stereo?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Dave Weiner
>> 
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