[78-L] the Road less traveled

[Bud Black]

I have had this Decca recording, and as I recall the flip side was "Ain't Got A Dime To My Name," from the same movie.

Bud

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On Aug 4, 2013, at 12:18 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> There IS a soundtrack version, but not issued for sale..an abbreviated version 
> of the song is on the 16-inch "Air Trailer" transcription issued to radio 
> stations. As well, Paramount often sent 78s of songs from current pictures out 
> for promotional purposes. I don't know if Road to Morocco might have been one 
> of them.
> 
> dl
> 
> On 8/4/2013 12:08 PM, Harold Aherne wrote:
>> ROAD TO MOROCCO was filmed from 25 Feb. to 23 Apr. 1942 (per the AFI catalogue), so the Decca recording was indeed made after the movie was finished.
>> 
>> A lot of Paramounts from the 1940s were in production many months before they were actually released--e.g. LADY IN THE DARK, shot from December 1942-March 1943, not released until February 1944; BLUE SKIES, filmed from July-September 1945, not released until October 1946, etc. and so forth.
>> 
>> -HA
>> 
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