PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY,',DECEMSER 7s 1934 ?AG~ SiX THE 1WICHTGAN flATLY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7.1954 I ~ 29 1 SM3 V-*'a V51 VIM ' X Lta -"161A, LITERATURE, FILM MUSIC: Varied Records Available for Gifts 4, Gifts for Christmas Sleds, Toys and Flashlights Hockey and Figure Skates Electrical Appliances Glass Work and Houseware Items FISCHER HARDWARE NO 2-3295 --219-223 E. Washington What better Gift? than a CLOCK RADIO. History on Wax .., THE POPULARITY of dramatic recitals instead of full-fledged productions has also gone into the record field in full force. Ranging from the documentary to the complete play to poetry and prose read by the authors, some of the great moments in theater and literature can now be heard. Still one of the most popular records is Edward R. Murrow's three part, I Can Hear It Now, tracing American history via the voices of the men who helped to shape it. Speeches by the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt are re- presented on FDR Speaks. Some of the other more inter- esting records of this category are pre-war broadcasts, Prelude toPearl Harbor, Hitler's Inferno, and a more recent selection, parts of the Kinsey Report. Among the novelty group can be found Milady, Your Figure, Parakeet Lessons, and cousin-ger- maine to it, Salty Sailor and Ro- mantic Phrases. Recorded Gold Lessons by Sam Snead can be given those who still shoot in the 100's and Sounds of the Sea to those who " .. . must go down to the sea again." Other sound records include those of animals, the American Southwest and the South Amer- ican Rain Forest. Hi-Fi enthus- iasts can be "sent" by various test records like Adventure in High Fidelity, Sounds of Frequen- cy, and High Fidelity Demonstra- tion. It the Theater.. . HEATER LOVERS can now listen to their favorite lines delivered by some of the greats of the drama world. Older plays such as Dryden's All for Love, several Moliere plays (in French) up to the more modern period such as Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman are covered. Well represented are the works CHARLES LAUGHTON ... Don Juan in Hell of Shakespeare. Selection from Hamlet are offered by Sir Laur- ence Olivier, John Gielgud and John Barrymore. Complete of- ferings of Macbeth with Alec Gui- ness, The Tempest with Raymond' Massey, A Midsummer Night's Dream with Moira Shearer and Robert Helpmann, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar with Orson Welles and Othello are available. Selections and scenes by Barry- more are given from Twelfth Night, Richard II and Richard III. Authors who are considered as the founders of the modern drama can be heard in a variety of pieces. Ibsen is interpreted in his A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler with Eva Le Galliene, The Master Builder and Ghosts. Chekov's The Sea Gull and Un- cle Vanya, Wilde's The Import- ance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Lady Winde- mere's Fan; and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac are 19th century se- lections. Works of recent times include, among others, Fry's The Lady'sj Not for Burning, Jeffers' Medea with Judith Anderson, Eliot's The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral, Agnes Moorehead in her thriller Sorry, Wrong Number' and a hit of the Broadway season two years ago, The World of Sho- lem Aleichem. Also complete in one album is Arthur Miller's award winning play "Death of a Salesman" with Thomas Mitchell, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock included in the cast. Successful rivals of older works may be heard in Shaw's Don Juan in Hell with Charles Laugh- ton, Charles Boyer, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Agnes Moorehead, and in Benet's epic poem John Brown's Body with Tyrone Power, Judith Anderson and Raymond Massey. Both of these were pre- sented in Ann Arbor within the past two years with almost the same casts. A little more novel in this field is Noel and Gertie-Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence-in some scenes from his plays that they have made famous. Authors Read.. .. RECENT TIMES have seen a rising popularity in poetry and poetry readings, and the record companies have taken advantage to record many great literary works, sometimes with authors doing the reading. American Storytellers, ANTA (American National Theater Aca- demy) Album of Stars, Bible Read- ings by Charles Laughton and Ful- ton Oursler, Anthology of Negro Poets, Golden age of the Thea- ter, and French poetry in the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries and of the 19th Century are among the larg- er collected works. Included in the list of poetry readers presenting their own works are Katherine Anne Porter, Tennessee Williams, E. E. Cum- mings, Dylan Thomas. Ogden Nash, Gertrude Stein, Edith Sit- well, Osbert Sitwell, Carl Sand- burg, T. S. Eliot, Archibald Mac- Leish and Marianne Moore. Reading their own prose are Sean O'Casey, Colette, William Faulkner and Bertrand Russell. A collection of famous persons and their ideas may be found in the well-know This I Believe record. For the more enthusiastic and energetic people language records are available for most of the commoner tongues. Those in- clude French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian. The record comanies have not forgotten those afflicted with ul- cers or those well on their way to getting them. A choice of two records would seemingly do the trick: Relaxation by Sugges- tive Therapy or How to Relax and Live. -Harry Strauss June Christy JUNE CHRISTY is one of the few feminine singers accepted by the adherents to the more advanced forms of jazz. Her latest album, "Something Cool," Capitol Rec- ords, gives some indication why. Few of the numbers in this al- bum have much perceptible melody or what popular singers would call "commercial value." This is not a hindrance to Miss Christy. It is ac- tually an advantage because in such pieces she can use her rare talents to a greater degree. Many times these talents are hidden in New Films .. . ALONG with an increase in rec- ord sales in the past few years has come a great interest in film music. Particularly popular are al- bums "recorded directly from the sound track." Sound Track recording is not a new thing; it gained some atten- tion in the 1940's. However, most film music was previously recut on wax, songs in the standard two- chorus rendition, and background music in excerpt form. The present trend seems to be more andmore toward complete sound track recordings. A Star Is Born, a new 12-inch LP Capitol re- lease, is a fairly standard sound track album. Like most otherre- leases in its field, it has some ex- cellent advantages and the usual difficulty of trying to make music, which has been conceived and or- chestrated to accompany visual movements, listenable. A further handicsap is that the songs,sung by Judy Garland, are integrated into the film's plot, ad- vancing or elaborating upon the story. On records, such numbers as the Born In A Truck song se- quence and the Someone At Last pantomime - parody seem bewil- dering, seemingly moving in no particular direction. But the excite- ment and color of Miss Garland's performances, which range from blues to bounce to ballad, is won- derfully captured. One new release that is very lis- tenable is the Carmen Jones (Dec- ca) album. The singers, all un- 810 See our selection from 29.95 up to keep you up to date and on time. .a. "LOSE THAT LONG FACE"-Judy Garland goes into a buck-and- wing in "A Star Is Born," the new musical-drama. Miss Garland's sound track performances are available in a newly released Capi- tol album. Business (Decca) album. The lat- ter will be an "almost sound-track album." Delores Gray will re-re- cord Marilyn Monroe's numbers, since Miss Monroe is committed by contract to sing only for Victor Records. Collectors' Items ... MISS SADIE THOMPSON has re- ceived a novel, though rather dull, treatment by Mercury. The front side of this 10-inch IMP con- tains songs taken from the pic- ture and musical orchestrations played during the screen credits. Although Rita Hayworth is listed as the vocalist, the recorded voice actually belongs to Jo Ann Greer. Miss Greer gives an interesting rendition to the plaintive Blue Pa- cific Blues and does a rollicking version of The Heat Is On. The flip side contains the first "continuous track" recording from a film. Composed of dialogue and mood music, it makes rather poorj listening on the second or third spin. MGM Records, an early pioneer in the sound track field, has a wide variety of albums available of mu-j sic from musical films. In addition to the newly released records, al- bums of songs from such recent pictures as Bandwagon, An Ameri-' can in Paris, Lili and Singin' in the Rain may be purchased easily in most record shops. Allowing time for ordering and delivery from New York, sound track albums may be obtained from older musicals, such as Easter Parade, Words and Mu- sic, Till The Clouds Roll By, Good News and Nancy Goes to Rio. Background Music ... BACKGROUND music has sel- dom been released in sound track albums. Salome, one of the few exceptions, contains mood mu- sic and dialogue from the film about the veiled nautch dancer. However, the score is the usual Biblical material that Hollywood turns out regularly. Previously to Salome, most back- ground music was re-recorded in the form of symphonic siites. The Lost Weekend, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Golaen Earrings are ex- amples. This process has recently been revived and many new pic- tures are being given this treat- ment. The Egyptian, The Robe and The Wild One have recently been recorded. For band devotees there is the sound track album from The Glenn Miller Story (Decca), with music played by the Universal Studio or- chestra. The late Glenn Miller's band may be heard on sound track recordings reissued from two old Miller films of the 40's, Sun Valley Serenade and Orchestra Wives. Collectors interested in film mu- sic have an almost unlimited sup- ply of records from which to choose. --Ernest Theodossin 1t-e JJic Cet, Just West Hill Auditorium 300 S. Thayer NO 8-7200 or NO 2-2500 I It's Christmas Time at BALFOUR'S Our gift selection is complete, and prices are the lowest in town . . . Crested and Seal Jewelry, Badges, Rings, Rhinestone Necklaces, Bracelets, Cigarette Lighters . .. Jewel Boxes Animal Novelties . . . 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Upcoming record releases include the Deep In My Heart album, sung by an all-star MGM cast, and the There's No Business Like Show 4 Whether your Mom and Dad are "of the old school" or "modern" they will appreciate gifts from the shop of k JOHN LEIDY 537 East Liberty 0 NO 8-6779 .......W~~~~~~~~~~~~'~ ,Y W 'Y W ' W ~ lr ~ . r ~ - '. rr ~ w. . . s 'Cool' Album Reviewed MEN will appreciate gifts from RABIDEAU-HARRIS this Christmas it's a joy to give gifts from RABIDEAU-HARRIS Because they're so warmly received! , va ^-..,--"^asrm,+a,--- .r_," "--,-. ..gORly .. ., "rrrm ;. m - a 'rt7 ' ! With her, however, it is not the crude loud-mouthed thing it is with so many of today's singers. It is a more reserved and therefore in- triguing quality which is neverthe- less easy to detect. "SOMETHING COOL" succeeds in expressing itself more than any of the other six numbers in the album. This is the piece she did last year at Hill Auditorium in Kenton's "American Festival of Jazz." The casual motions of the willowy blond warbler did add to resembles Kenton's band for which Rugolo used to arrange and write. Miss Christy needs a group of su- perior musicians supporting her in order to bring out her best abili- ties. This need was fulfilled during her long stay with Kenton and it seems to be satisfied in this al- bum. Rugolo's orchestra is neither as full nor as boisterous as Ken- ton's but it fills the need here for accompanying a vocalist. -Robert Polley To make your selection easy, We suggest gifts of great reputation SUITS - TOPCOATS -OVERCOATS by DON-RICHARDS- WORSTED-TEX- ROCK-KNIT- her more "commercial" produc- the song but the recording certain-- .om om o.oto tions like "My Heart Belongs to ly does it justice. Ony ou hih ad hehi p-"Midnight Sun" is also intrig- SPE CIA L rade a couple of years ago a uing. 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