Voice of Firestone Transcription Recordings
In the Vassar Music Library Collection
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Recording no.:
78-17
sleeve no. -- contents.
1-4. Commercial Recording (not Voice of Firestone)
5. "Nutcracker Suite" Toscanini conducting on "NBC Symphony", 11/17/51, NBC, 6:30-7:30pm; speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (sides 1-6)
6. Wash. Post March, Sousa (?) The Voice of Firestone Rehearsal Oct. 1, 1951, 2:00-4:00 PM. UCT 11439 ; NBC Reference Recording. (side 1 only)
7-10. "Symphony #3, Saint-Saëns" Toscanini Conducting "NBC Symphony" 11/15/52, NBC, 6:30-7:30pm; speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (sides 1-8; side 6 omitted and side 8 duplicated)
11-12. "Overture & Bacchanale (Tannhauser)" NBC Symphony, Toscanini Conducting, 11/8/52, 6:30-7:30pm; speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (sides 1-5)
78-19
1-7. Commercial Recording (not Voice of Firestone) or empty jacket.
8-11. George London as "Boris Godunoff", 10/20/52. Speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (sides 1-13)
12. "The S...[?] That She Wears for You [?]" (side 1) and "Freddie[?] V...[?] Fiddle...[?]……cho" (side 2) [handwritten labels]. 9/22/52; speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
78-20
1. "The Juniper Tree," [stamped: COPY]. Date and time: unspecified. Speed unspecified; Rockhill Recording. (10" disc; side 1)
2. "Caravan" Russ Case and Orchestra [stamped: COPY]. Date and time: unspecified. Speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (10" disc; side 1)
3. "Tis An Irish Girl I Love and She's Just Like You" John McCormack. Date and time: unspecified. Speed unspecified; Rockhill Recording. (10" disc; side 1)
4. "Carnevale of Venice" Frederick Wilkins for "Voice of Firestone", 11/3/51 [stamped: COPY]. [handwritten note: "After Thomas ; Clea[r?] 3:00"]. Speed unspecified; Rockhill Recording. (10" disc; side 1)
5. "Love Me Tonight" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 11/12/56. [barely legible handwritten note: "Sop & Ten[?]; clea[r?] 1:15 ; vagabond king [?]; Romberg[?]"]. Speed: 78; Rockhill Recording. (10" disc; side 1)
6-8 [7: empty jacket]. Vivaldi "Concerto Grosso." NBC Symphony Orchestra, 3/14/54, WNBC, 6:30-7:30pm; speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (sides 1-3)
9. "Close As Pages in a Book"; "Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 4/11/55 [illegible handwritten names] (side 1) and "Blue Room"; "Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 4/11/55 [illegible handwritten name] (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
10. "Ciri Biri Bin"; Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 4/18/55 (side 1) and "You and the Night and the Music"; Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 4/18/55 (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
11. "España Waltz" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, WABC, 3/26/56 (side 1, disc 1) [handwritten: "3:13"] and "Adamastor" Aria, Robert Merrill [handwritten note: "L'Africaine - Re dell onde Profonde [?] ; Meyerbeer"]. Speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (side 1, disc 2)
12. "Introduction & Persian Dance" from "Indian Ballet" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 4/16/56 (side 1, disc 1) and "Spring Medley" on Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, WABC Line, 3/5/56 [handwritten note: "Springtime[?] USA; 19 May [?] 1956"] (side 1, disc 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
78-25
1. Voice of Firestone - label lost - unknown (label in jacket - perhaps - "Reco, Reco" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 9/12/55 [handwritten note: "1:20"]. Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
2. "Voice of Firestone Reh." [handwritten: "PEANUT VENDOR ; clear 2: … [illegible]"] CT# 11439 October 9, 1950, 2:00-4:00 PM. (side 1) and "Voice of Firestone Reh." [handwritten: Football Medley"] CT# 11439 October 9, 1950; 2:00-4:00 PM; speed 78; NBC Reference Recording. (side 2)
3. "Voice of Firestone Reh." [handwritten: "Football Medley"] CT# 11439 October 9, 1950; speed 78; NBC Reference Recordings. (side 1 only; appears to be continuation from sleeve 2, side 2)
4. "Make Believe" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal [handwritten note: "clear 2:30"], ABC Line, 12/5/55 (side 1) and "Adeste Fidelis" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 12/5/55 [handwritten note: "1:05"] (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
5. "O Susanna" and "Across the Wide Missouri" (side 1) and "When You Wish Upon a Star" (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
6. "Winter Wonderland" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 11/21/55 (side 1) and "Winter Song" [handwritten note: "Bulla[r?]d"] Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 11/21/55 (side 2)
7. "Tonight We Love" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 10/10/55 [handwritten note: illegible; clear 1:37"]. Speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (side 1)
8. "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 4/30/56 [handwritten note: "2:15"] (side 1) and "Moonlight and Roses" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 4/30/56 [handwritten note: "2:25"] (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
9. "Cielito Lindo" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 1/16/56 [handwritten note: "choir[?]"] (side 1) and "Lovely to Look At" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, WABC Line, 1/16/56 (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
10. "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, WABC Line, 2/27/56; speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (side 1)
11. "Sweet and Low" Voice of Firestone, WABC Line, 4/9/56 [handwritten note: "2:31 ; 1x = 1:10 [?] ; Burnby[?]"] (side 1) and "Pumpkin Eaters - Little Fugue" [handwritten note: "McBride [MeBride?]" ] Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, WABC Line, 4/9/56 (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
12. "Bacchanale" from "Samson and Delilah" The Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 2/20/56 [handwritten note: "2:43"] (side 1) and "Dance of Priestesses" "The Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 2/20/56 [handwritten note: "2:00"] (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
78-26
1-2. "Martucci's Concerto in B Flat Minor" The NBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Arturo Toscanini, 1/17/53, NBC, 6:30-7:30pm; speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (sides 1-8)
3. "Pizzicatti" from Sylvia "Voice of Firestone". Speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (side 1 only)
4. "I'll Take Romance" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 9/19/55 [handwritten: "clear 2:50"] (side 1) and "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" "Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 9/19/55; [handwritten: Revised with choir ; clear = 2:20] (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
5. 1. "18th Century Drawing Room" 2. "Moonlight & Roses" (Short) "Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 5/7/56 (side 1) and "Moon Love" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
6. "The World Is Mine Tonight" "The Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, 2/20/56, ABC- Line (side 1, disc "3") and "La Dansa" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 1/30/56 (side 1, disc unspecified). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
7. "Three Loves Have I" "Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 10/31/55 (side 1) and "It's A Big Wide Wonderful World" "Voice of Firestone", ABC Line, 10/31/55 (side 2; label loose). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
8. "It's A Most Unusual Day" "Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 10/17/55 [handwritten: "2:15"] (side 1) and "I'm Free" "Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 10/17/55 (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
9. "Allah's Holiday" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 11/14/55 (side 1) and "Huguette Waltz" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 11/14/55 (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
10. "Broadway Melody"" and "Seventeen, Come Sunday" [handwritten: "R.V. Williams"] "Voice of Firestone" Rehearsal, ABC Line, 12/12/55; speed 78; Rockhill Recording. (side 1 only)
11. "All At Once You Love Her" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 12/19/55 (side 1) and "Shadow Waltz" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 12/19/55 [handwritten: "2:30 clear ; 1x2"] (side 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.
12. "Il Bacio" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal [handwritten: "clear 3:23"] (side 1, disc 1) and "My Reverie" Voice of Firestone Rehearsal, ABC Line, 4/30/56 [handwritten: "2:10"] (side 1, disc 2). Speed 78; Rockhill Recording.