Oh, my, I had a too productive lunch. Since Anthony is on Long Island right now I made a stop at Academy CDs. 6 CDs later I am back at work about to play some of my finds. I got a CD of Annie Dinerman's music. She wrote Child in Me Again, The Lady Down the Hall and other pieces. We met her at a party and she's very nice.
Annie DinermanI got a CD with Miss Gracie Fields. We have lots of GF but there are things on this CD that we don't have, including Christoper Robin Saying His Prayers and Roll Along Prairie Moon. For those of you unfamiliar with the lovely Gracie (affectionately called "Our Gracie" by our British brethren) you can check out some quick facts here:
Gracie FieldsI now have a complete collection of the Capitol Sings series. I actually did have all 20 thanks to former DR Jay who burned a copy of the Johnny Mercer disc for me. I had 19 of the store bought discs (purchased at various used CD places) and 1 burned by Jay. Well, what was in the vocals bin today but the Johnny Mercer disc. For only $6.00 It's now mine. I will put it with the collection and bring the disc Jay burned for me to the office. I now feel complete
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I found a 2-CD set of Ruth Draper monologues. Yesterday we were talking about Miss Draper over dinner with a friend who had actually met her. She was a family friend and he only knew her as Miss Draper or as Aunt Ruth. Later, when he began his performing career, he found out who she was and her fame as a "monologuist". More information about Miss Draper can be found here or at many other sites:
Ruth DraperI also have the new PS Classics release Charles Sings Strouse. It's a continuation of the series done by the Library of Congress. Other discs include
Irving Sings Berlin,
Sammy Sings Fain (two volumes),
Cole Sings Porter,
Frank Sings Loesser,
"Yip" Sings Harburg, and
Hugh Sings Martin. There are 7 composers so far.
My final purchase is the original, original cast of Salad Days. I have a copy of the revival cast, thanks to DR Rodzinski, but there it was, the original 1954 cast, just waiting to be picked up and caressed and listened to with fervent attention. Thank you
Must Close Saturday Records (in England).
For lunch I had vanilla yougurt mixed with fruit and
Grape Nuts.
With that I must get back to work.