From 1939: GULLIVER'S TRAVELS- Antique Decca No. 100 Album with 4 X 78 RPM: EX+

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From 1939: GULLIVER'S TRAVELS- Antique Decca No. 100 Album with 4 X 78 RPM: EX+

From Cartoon Research, writer Greg Ehrbar has assembled this information about this antique Gulliver's Travels release (Note- the photos below are stock photos. The photos of the actual copy of Gulliver's Travels offered are shown above):

"My, my… the Fleischer version of Gulliver’s Travels was a musical giant, resulting in popular hit parade tunes and several fascinating recordings that span over 50 years.

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
The Complete Musical Score
Victor Young and His Orchestra and Max Terr’s Choristers
Decca Records Album #100 (4 Discs / 10” 78 RPM / Mono / 1939 / 22 minutes)

Singing Voices: Clarence Badger (Gabby); Harry Stafford (King Little); Wynne Davis (Princess Glory); Bob Stevens (Prince David); The Modernettes.
Speaking Voice: Ernest Newton (Gabby).
Songs: “All’s Well,” “We’re All Together Now,” “Bluebirds in the Moonlight (Silly Idea),” “Faithful,” “Forever,” “Faithful Forever,” “I Hear a Dream” by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin; “It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day” by Al J. Neiburg, Sammy Timberg and Winston Sharples.

Until that golden day, the Decca album is the best of the bunch. Never reissued on LP, the 78 rpm set contains all the songs, conducted by Victor Young, who was nominated for an Oscar for Gulliver’s “atmospheric music.” (Note: Gulliver's Travels was nominated in the 1940 Academy Awards for 2 Oscars: Best Original Song, and Best Original Score. But Alas, it was the year of "Gone with the Wind"...). The songs are re-orchestrated to stand on their own individually. All the songs had some degree of success, with “It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day” becoming a Famous Studios cartoon staple. But neither Paramount nor Fleischer had the infrastructure for marketing their movie songs that Disney did.

Florida-born Ernie Newton, who does the speaking lines for Gabby, also sang for Boo-Boo in Hey There’s It’s Yogi Bear and voiced Pierre in Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. Record collectors may also know his appearances on Decca’s weird Seven Dreams LP and as the “second cast” singer for Walter Brennan’s character on Disneyland’s One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (DQ/STER-1316)."

THE SHELLAC : All four of the offered records are lightly played, with minimal spindlewear, clean grooves, and retain their original black lustre. They have been carefully (and seldom) played, and are in exceptional investment-grade condition. There are no chips or cracking.

I did a play grade as well as a sight grade to all eight sides. The audio is strong. There are some light and shallow marks (small scuffs and some scratches) on the shellac surface, and are represented by the condition grades below :

Decca 2950 : EX+

Decca 2951 : EX : Side A has 3 inch mark, but it is shallow and I did not hear it during the play grade.

Decca 2952 : EX+

Decca 2953 : Side A is EX+, and Side B is EX.


To protect these conditions, we have placed each record into a plastic sleeve, inside each one of the Album Cover's four original manila inner sleeves.

Note : Please examine the label photos for tracklist and personnel information. You will also see that some of the record labels have a silver star affixed.



THE SET COVER : EX+ : Exceptionally well-stored over these 7 + decades. Bright, colourful vintage cartoon artwork on the front and back cover / present is some minor edgewear, and corner wrinkles on the opening side / all of the seams, including the spine, are original and intact / the four manila inner sleeve are securely attached to the spine / no writing dirt, stains, paper tears or paper loss.


This is a great opportunity to acquire an uncommon, Art Deco Era music set from one of the first feature-length animation films ever made, Gulliver's Travels: all original, complete and in investment-grade condition.


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RECORD GRADING DESCRIPTION:

THIS RECORD IS SIGHT-GRADED ONLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, ACCORDING TO THESE DEFINITIONS:

SEALED: RECORD IS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC & UNOPENED.

NM-: RECORD HAS LITTLE OR NO INDICATION THAT IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.

EX: MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE (LIGHT SCRATCHING/PAPER SCUFFS), BUT IN ALL A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN WELL-CARED FOR.

VG+: LESS CARE THAN EX, LIGHT SCRATCHING OR SCUFFING IS MORE EXTENSIVE. STILL VERY PLAYABLE & WILL LIKELY PROVIDE A QUALITY SOUND.

VG & BELOW: WHILE PLAYABLE, THIS RECORD HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK. OBVIOUS SIGNS OF WEAR & SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN A LOW GRADE. A RECORD GRADED BELOW VG MAY HAVE A VALUE BASED UPON ITS RARITY OR UNIQUENESS.

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