BING CROSBY / LEARN TO CROON 1933 RADIO TRANSCRIPTION

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BING CROSBY sings LEARN TO CROON,
Moonstruck, a bit of Please etc..
COLLEGE HUMOR AIR TRAILER
1933  STUDIO TRANSCRIPTION - B
DEAD WAX # 68472
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CONDITION: VG+  background hiss (on my cheap modern player) but way below music no scratches only a couple of tiny surface lines
It is a thick one sided disc the back has VICTOR embossed in big letters.

This is a studio disc / radio / transcription used for in theater & radio promotion of the 1933 movie COLLEGE HUMOR  from the personal library of Nat Finston who was the Orchestra conductor on & general Music Director for films from Paramount & MGM between 1928 & 1945. (He is  prominent on this record leading the orchestra and talking with Bing Cosby) It is from his daughter Beatrix Padway's estate.

OF THE APPROX. 100 TRANSCRIPTIONS I GOT FROM THE NAT FINSTON ESTATE THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE.

WHAT IS ON THIS
IT STARTS WITH THE SOUND OF THE TRAIN THE ANNOUNCER TELLS US  WE ARE HEARING BING CROSBY ON HIS WAY TO HOLLYWOOD ON  TO DO HIS LATEST FILM COLLEGE HUMOR WITH BURNS & ALLEN ETC. &  WHERE HE IS MET BY FANS WHO GET BING TO SING A BIT OF PLEASE.  THEN BING GOES THROUGH THE GATES OF PARAMOUNT "PAST THE DRESSING ROOMS OF MARLENA DIETRICH, MAURICE CHEVALIER, CLAUDETTE COLBERT, MAE WEST, SYLIVA SYDNEY AND OTHER STARS." THE ANNOUNCER THEN FOLLOWS BING INTO THE "INNER SANCTUM SANCTORUM, WHERE CAMERAS, LIGHTS AND MICROPHONES ARE BEING MADE READY. HERE'S NAT FINSTON LEADING THE PARAMOUNT RECORDING ORCHESTRA SPENDING IT'S FINAL MOMENT S REHEARSING, LISTEN."

?- "HERE WE ARE BING ALL READY FOR YOU."
BING-"WELL IT'S CERTAINLY GREAT TO BE BACK AGAIN."
?- "WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THIS NEW NUMBER THAT SAM JOHNSTON AND ARTHUR COSLOW HAVE WRITTEN FOR YOU."
BING- "WHAT DO YHEY CALL IT."
? - "THEY CALL IT LEARN TO CROON."
BING- HEY, THAT SOUNDS ALRIGHT I THINK THATS REALLY GOT IT.
NAT FINSTON- HELLO BING. HOW DO YOU LIKE IT.
BING- I'M RARIN TO TRY IT NAT.
NAT- ALRIGHT BOYS IN THE KEY OF A.
BING- LET HER GO
THEN BING SINGS LEARN TO CROON

HE HAS A LITTLE MORE INTERPLAY WITH NAT THEN BING STARTS SINGING MOONSTRUCK (TELL ME AM I ONLY MOONSTRUCK OR IS THIS REALLY LOVE) THE ANNOUNCER COMES IN AFTER 15 OR TWENTY SECONDS AND WHILE BING WHISTLES AND TALKS OVER HIM PROMOTES COLLEGE HUMOR.

THIS IS ONE GREAT TRANSCRIPTION AND JUST A WONDERFULL CROSBY COLLECTABLE. AND NOT ONLY IS IT FROM NAT FINSTONS PERSONAL COLLECTION BUT ON THIS ONE I AM INCLUDING ONE OF THE RECORD SLEEVES NAT FINSTON INITIALED AND THE ODDS ARE PRETTY GOOD THAT IT IS HIS WRITING ON THE LABEL. NOT THAT NAT FINSTON'S INITIALS ARE VALUABLE BUT IT IS COOL!!

Of course I combine auctions for cheapest shipping.

PLEASE CHECK THE OTHER RARE STUDIO TRANSCRIPTIONS, TEST PRESSINGS & ACETATES I'LL BE LISTING