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ABOUT THE DISC & RECORDINGS:

This is the first volume of a new series of "homemade" albums compiled and remastered by myself with some help from friends of The Judy Room.  All volumes will be complete albums of previously unavailable soundtracks.  Some will be expanded editions of soundtracks that were previously available, but not in a complete format. 

Each volume will be done in the style of those 1970s M-G-M Records "Those Glorious MGM Musicals" double LP record sets that so many of us enjoyed, and will focus on two or three films.  Other volumes will be themed compilations.  In each case, we’ll include as much material as possible.

What if M-G-M Records had expanded their popular “Those Glorious MGM Musicals” soundtrack series to include complete soundtracks to musicals previously unreleased by the label?  M-G-M Records released their first soundtrack album in 1947, well after many of the studio’s greatest musicals had been made.  This left a void in their catalog.  Some tracks from those pre-album films popped up on various compilation albums over the years, yet the label did not produce any complete soundtracks.  When Rhino Records took over the catalog in the 1990s, they did provide several previously unreleased soundtracks, to the delight of soundtrack lovers everywhere.  Even so, several films still didn’t make the cut and after some “glory years” Rhino Records ceased production of this series.

ABOUT THE RECORDINGS

Not all of the pre-recordings survive for both Ziegfeld Girl and Presenting Lily Mars, but luckily most do. This gives us the chance to flesh out the missing tracks by using a variety of sources including the soundtracks to the films themselves and radio promotional records.  Due to the fact that MGM recorded their music in an early form of multi-track recording, what they termed “stems,” many recordings can now be presented in true stereo.  In some instances, not all of the stems survive.  In other instances, the stems survive for only some sections of the recordings.  We have used all of these sources to provide the best possible presentation of these classic soundtracks. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Images from the collection of Scott Brogan.


Check out The Judy Room's Spotlight on Ziegfeld Girl

Check out The Judy Room's Spotlight on Presenting Lily Mars

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