Name: Academy award winners, volume one 1934 - 1950
Brand: Pickwick
SKU: PWKS655
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Academy award winners, volume one 1934 - 1950 (Tony Baker and his orchestra)

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Picture of PWKS 655 Academy award winners, volume one 1934 - 1950 by artist Tony Baker and his orchestra from the BBC records and Tapes library

Picture of PWKS 655 Academy award winners, volume one 1934 - 1950 by artist Tony Baker and his orchestra from the BBC records and Tapes library

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Picture of PWKS 655 Academy award winners, volume one 1934 - 1950 by artist Tony Baker and his orchestra from the BBC records and Tapes library

BBC records label code
Label
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Release details

Detail			Value
Catalogue number			PWKS 655
Title			Academy award winners, volume one 1934 - 1950
Artist(s)			Tony Baker and his orchestra
Cover condition			Near mint
Record condition			Near mint
BBC records label code			-
Item deleted?			Yes
Released			1989
Distributed / printed by			Pickwick
Country of origin			UK
Media type			Primary
Media genre			Films View all other tracks listed as Films.
Run-off codes / Shop bar codes			S PWKS 655 01
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Number have			1
What type of seller was used?			Physical shop
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Label

Side & track	Track and Artist	Length
Tracks Below is a list of tracks for this release.
A1	The continental (from the RKO film 'The gay divorcee' [Magidson / Conrad]	3.25
A2	Lullaby of Broadway (from the 1st National-Vitaphone film 'The golddiggers of 1935')	2.43
A3	The way you look tonight (from the RKO film 'Swing time') [Kern / Fields]	3.51
A4	Sweet Leilani (from the Paramount picture 'Waikiki wedding') [Harry Owens]	3.19
A5	Thanks for the memory (from the Paramount picture 'The big broadcast of 1938') [Robin / Rainger]	3.32
A6	Over the rainbow (from the M-G-M film 'The wizard of Oz') [Harburg / Arlen]	2.55
A7	When you wish upon a star (from the Walt Disney's 'Pinocchio') [Harline / Washington]	3.11
A8	The last time I saw Paris (from the M-G-M film 'Lady be good') [Hammerstein / Kern]	2.35
A9	White Christmas (from the Paramount picture 'Holiday Inn') [Irving Berlin]	2.52
A10	You'll never know (from the 20th Century Fox film 'Hello, 'Frisco, hello) [Gordon / Warren]	3.55
A11	Swingin' on a star (from the Paramount picture 'Going my way') [Burke / Van Heusen]	2.44
A12	It might as well be spring (from the 20th Century Fox film 'State fair') [Rodgers / Hammerstein]	4.12
A13	On the Atchinson, Topeka and the Sante Fe (from the M-G-M film 'The Harvey girls') [Warren / Mercer]	2.52
A14	Zip a-dee-doo-dah (from Walk Disney's 'Song of the south') [Gilbert / Wrudel]	2.06
A15	Buttons and bows (from the Paramount picture 'The paleface') [Livingston / Evans]	3.08
A16	Baby, it's cold outside (from the M-G-M film 'Neptune's daughter') [Loesser]	2.58
A17	Mona Lisa (from the Paramount picture 'Captain Carey U. S. A.' ('After midnight') [Livingston / Evans]	2.58
Total length of media 53:16.

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
With the vital breakthrough in the making of motion pictures - the advent of the talkies - it was obvious, right from the beginning of this new and exciting era that the use of music was going to be a most important adjunct to the speech and action of all kinds of onscreen stories; and of course, there would be endless possibilities for Hollywood to create its own music-based projects (including the remaking of stage musicals in celluloid form). Fascinating then, that the very first of the talkies was the Jolson starrer, The Jazz Singer (even though it contained only sporadic dialogue plus a handful of songs.) Certainly though, soundtrack music, of all kinds, continued to grow in importance and scope through the succeeding years - and with the appearance of the full-length Hollywood musicals, that process was accelerated. For one thing, there was the often lengthy-plus ''background'' music, as supplied by such masters as Steiner, Tiomkin, Korngold, et al. There were, Jolson apart, internationally-renowned musical artists such as Crosby, Astaire, Garland and Merman - and it was inevitably these kind of legendary performers for whom special material continued to be written over many years by the likes of the Gershwins, Kern, Berlin, Porter ..... The importance of the individual song was soon recognised by Hollywood's backroom boys. Only six years after the installation of the Oscar awards (for acting, directing, producing and such) - with effect from 1934 to be exact - it was decided to add a separate category to the annual event; Best Film Song of the year. For the gifted, hard - working songwriters, it was indeed a richly-deserved tribute. The results of the first seventeen years of this particular division of the Academy Awards - seventeen outright winnres, covering the years 1934-1950 - can be heard yet again, within this package. Each number performed with sympathy, and loving care by Tony Baker and his Orchestra. STAN BRITT 'Music Week' 1989.
Further information
You will find all the US Pickwick label versions linked at the parent company Pickwick International, Inc. Pickwick Records quickly established itself as the market leader in budget-price LPs thanks to its innovative business practices. It was the first UK company to put in place exclusive licensing deals with the major record companies (for many years it was the official budget reissue outlet for labels such as RCA - since 1973 - and CBS.)