RARE 1933 RUDY VALLEE FLEISCHMANN YEAST HOUR RADIO SHOW 12 INCH DISCS GERSHWIN
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May 3, 2021 Sold Date
Apr 26, 2021 Start Date
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These are rare, one of a kind discs recorded for Rudy Vallee by The Scully Recording Studio.   
These discs came directly from the estate of Rudy Vallee

There are a total of 8 discs containing some rare radio material

1 Disc containing "The Fleischmann Yeast Hour" radio program of August 31,1933.  This disc features the first 18+ minutes of the show.  Contents include: Intro "My Time Is Your Time" Rudy Vallee, "There's No Harm In Hoping" Rudy Vallee, Willie & Eugene Howard comedy spot, "Shadows On The Swanee" Rudy Vallee, "Blue Danube Waltz" played by pianists Vera Brodsky & Harold Triggs

3 Discs containing "The Fleischmann Yeast Hour" radio program of September 7, 1933.  These 3 discs contain 43+ minutes of the show.  Appears to be parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 of 7.  Contents include: Intro "My Time Is Your Time" Rudy Vallee, "Dinner At Eight" Rudy Vallee, George Beatty comedy spot, "Love Is The Sweetest Thing" Rudy Vallee, "The Constant Lover" play with Geoffrey Kerr & Rosalie Ames, "By A Waterfall" Rudy Vallee, Fleischmann Commercial, "Moonlight Down Lover's Lane" Rudy Vallee, Dave Apollon spot, "Dinner At Eight" Rudy Vallee, closing announcement  

3 Discs containing "The Fleischmann Yeast Hour" radio program of October 26, 1933.   These 3 discs contain 43 minutes of The Fleischmann Yeast Hour from October 26, 1933.   Appears to be parts 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of 7 (the last 43 minutes of the show).  Contents include: "You've Got Everything" vocal Alice Faye, Deems Taylor spot, "London Dairy Air" played by cellist Felix Salmond, Fleischmann Commercial, "Medley: Let's Do It / Deep Night / A Little Kiss Each Morning / Sposin" vocals Rudy Vallee, Giersdorf Sisters?", Heywood Broun spot, "The Green Pastures" dramatic spot with The Hall Johnson Choir, "Anchors Aweigh", short George Gershwin spot (where Gershwin is introduced by Vallee as "The Young Man Who Wrote Rhapsody In Blue & I Got Rhythm), Medley: I'm Just A Vagabond Lover / If I Had A Girl Like You / If You Were The Only Girl In The World / When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba / Goodnight Sweetheart / Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries / Let's Put Out The Lights And Go To Sleep" vocal Rudy Vallee, unidentified female vocal, closing announcement.   There is a defect in one of the sides of the disc that effects the first medley above - there was one skip but lots of thuds during this portion.  On the back side of the last disc there is the last 7+ minutes of a radio program titled "Del Monte Ship Of Joy" featuring Captain Hugh Dobbs and Meredith Willson.  The disc begins during the song "Home On The Range" and includes the song "Ship Of Jazz" and a commercial for Del Monte Ortho-Cut Coffee -  Very rare material!


1 Disc containing "The Fleischmann Yeast Hour" radio program of November 23, 1933.  This disc contains the first 21 1/2 minutes of the show.  Contents include: introduction, "My Last Year's Girl" Rudy Vallee, Cecil Lean & Cleo Mayfield comedy spot, "You're Going To Lose Your Gal" Alice Faye, "What More Can I Ask" Rudy Vallee, interview of Ernest Lubitsch by Apela Rogers St. John, "When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba" Rudy Vallee

I'm not exactly sure of the composition of this discs, it is very lightweight and is possibly a coated, very heavy cardboard composition.   The sound is good or better, and with exception to the one spot mentioned above, the discs play with no skips

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