Our Common Heritage
| Our Common Heritage – Great Poems Celebrating Milestones in the History of America | ||||
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| Studio album by Bing Crosby and others | ||||
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Original 78 album: 1947 12” LP DL9072: 1959 |
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| Recorded | 1943–1946 | |||
| Genre | Poetry | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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Original 78 album: 1947
Our Common Heritage – Great Poems Celebrating Milestones in the History of America is a Decca Records album of phonograph records by various artists celebrating American ideals and patriotic themes. The album was edited, with notes, by Louis Untermeyer; original music and sound effects were composed by Victor Young and Lehman Engel with the Jean Neilson Verse Choir. Artists reading are Brian Donlevy, Agnes Moorehead, Fredric March, Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, and Bing Crosby.
Howard Taubman, writing in The New York Times heralded the release of the album. “With considerable beating of the drums, Decca has issued an album called “Our Common Heritage” (eight 10 inch records). It contains sixteen poems commemorating “milestones in the history of America.” Jack Kapp, president of Decca is keynoting the campaign for this album [and writes] “Who else but Bing Crosby, who symbolises America to the world, should read The Star-Spangled Banner? And who else should make it a living experience, read as we believe Francis Scott Key felt it?” Who else, indeed? Unless of course, it should occur to you that you could read it for yourself....If it makes American ideals shine more brightly for them to hear Bing Crosby, Pat O’Brien and the others dramatize them, only a bounder would disagree with Mr. Kapp.”
These songs were featured on an 8-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-536.
Disc 1: (40030)
Disc 2: (40031)
Disc 3: (40032)
Disc 4: (40033)
Disc 5: (40034)
Disc 6: (40035)
Disc 7: (40036)
Disc 8: (40037)
The album was re-released as a 12” LP (DL 9072) in 1959.
SIDE ONE
SIDE TWO
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