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The Longines Symphonette Bing Crosby\u0027s Treasury - The Songs I Love
1966 6x Vinyl, Box Set
Vocal
Swing
Musical
Big Band
Easy Listening

Main image
Longines Symphonette Society
illustration George Gross
Track A2 - Writer Paul Dresser is spelled Dressar on release
Track A5 - Music by Pierre Norman (uncredited)
Track B1 - Lyricist Jack Strachey is listed as Strather on the release; Holt Marvell was an alias for Lyricist Eric Maschwitz
Track B7 - Original Spanish Lyrics by Francia Luban (uncredited); English Lyrics by Al Stillman (uncredited)
Track C2 - Music By Ray Henderson (uncredited)
Track D6 - Music by Dave Dreyer (uncredited)
Track D7 - Composer Harry Woods is credited as Wood on the release
Track E5 - Music was also by Erwin Roeder Schmidt (uncredited) and Loyal B. Curtis (uncredited)
Track E6 - Lyricist Creamer is spelled Kramer on release
Track E7 - Composer Moises Simons is spelled Simmons on release
Track F1 - Music by Harold Arlen (uncredited), Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (uncredited)
Track G1 - English Lyrics by Albert Gamse (uncredited)
Track G3 - Composer Harry Woods is spelled Wood on release
Track G5 - Song is also known as Confessin' and I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) ; Composer Dougherty is spelled Duogherty on release ; Composer Ellis Reynolds is cited as Ellis on release ; Lyrics By Al J. Neiberg (uncredited)
Track H4 - Composer Lacalle is spelled LaCelle on release
Track I4 - Composer Ernesto Lecuona is spelled Lecuona on release ; Spanish title is Andaluza from the Andalucia Suite
Track J2 - Full Title is Oh My Darling, Clementine
Track J3 - Alternate Title of Nita, Juanita
Track J4 - Full Title is Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
Track J7 - Title should be Mr. Meadowlark ; Lyricist Mercer is spelled Minor on release
Track K3 - Also written by Elmer Schoebel (uncredited)
Track L4 - Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (uncredited)

First use of Wheat Sheave motif on record labels.

LWS-218, -220 and -221 have record number designations above the Catalog Number/Stereo indicator, all others have no record number and the side designator above 'Longines Symphonette Recording Society'.

Initial release of this Box Set was heavily promoted by Longines in Print advertisements in papers throughout the country. Purchases of the Box Set directly from Longines Symphonette Recording Society included a Free Bonus Album Bing Crosby's All Time Hit Parade

This is the first of 2 releases. The first set had fewer tracks vocalized by Bing Crosby. The second was released in 1968 with more vocal tracks.

There is no catalog number on the Box Set packaging
Matrix / Runout: LWS-218-A SiDE-1 RE-2 scribbled-W s-ribbon (Side A, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-218-B SiDE-2 RE-1 LW 2110 s-ribbon (Side B, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-219-A SiDE-1 RE-5 (Side C, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-219-B SiDE-2 RE-1 LW 111 s-ribbon (Side D, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-220 A SiDE-1 LW 4 s-ribbon (Side E, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-220-B SiDE-2 RE-2 336 (Side F, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-221-A SiDE-1 RE-3 [15 scratched out] 125 s-ribbon (Side G, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-221-B SiDE-2 RE-5 scribbled-W (Side H, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-222-A SiDE-1 123 LW s-ribbon (Side I, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-222-B SiDE-2 RE-1 LW 1113 s-ribbon (Side J, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-223A SiDE-1 RE-2 123 (Side K, Runout)
Matrix / Runout: LWS-223-B SiDE-2 RE-1 LW 113 s-ribbon (Side L, Runout)
Other: LWS-218 (Record 1 Catalog Number)
Other: LWS-219 (Record 2 Catalog Number)
Other: LWS-220 (Record 3 Catalog Number)
Other: LWS-221 (Record 4 Catalog Number)
Other: LWS-222 (Record 5 Catalog Number)
Other: LWS-223 (Record 6 Catalog Number)



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