Screen Gems (album)
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| Studio album by Elkie Brooks | ||||
| Released | October 1984 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | traditional pop music | |||
| Label | A&M/EMI | |||
| Producer | Tony Clark | |||
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Screen Gems is a 1984 album by Elkie Brooks comprising Brooks' interpretations of songs from the movies from the 1920s and 1930s the album's title references all of the selections being introduced or prominently featured in mid-20th century movie releases.
Screen Gems had its release October 1, 1984 on CD being the first CD formatted album release manufactured in the UK: vinyl and cassette versions of the album were issued a month into its release. Brooks' label A&M Records assigned marketing of Screen Gems to EMI who had recently set up a "television exploitation" department, a national televised advertising campaign commencing at the end of October 1984 when the album had its release in vinyl and cassette formats. It was anticipated that Screen Gems would "prove Brook's biggest seller to date"; however the album failed to chart until December 1984 and was not one of Brooks' most successful albums with a #35 peak - matching that of Brook's precedent album release Minutes - during an 11-week chart run. With Screen Gems Brooks' association with A&M who had released all of her seven albums would end. The original CD version of Screen Gems is now a collectors' item due to its rarity, selling on eBay for prices in excess of £50.
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