ABOUT THE DISC & RECORDINGS:

This special promotional CD was released by Rhino Movie Music to promote their new series of CD soundtracks "from grand musicals to sweeping epics to heart-pounding suspense, the Turner Entertainment Company's library of classic films from the M-G-M, RKO, and Warner Bros. studios encompasses the most important and beloved films in Hollywood's history. Now, the soundtracks to those landmark films are being released through Turner Classic Movies Music and Rhino Movie Music." (quote from the inside of the booklet).

This promotional CD compilation was sent out to various CD buying outlets as well as radio stations, and came packaged in a special black box just as a piece of jewelry would be, although it's obviously the size of a CD. The actual CD is where the "jewelry" would be. The top of the box is pictured above. The accompanying booklet (housed in the top portion of the box) is pictured to the right.

The Garland CDs featured are: "Mickey & Judy" (the four-CD set, #71921); The Wizard Of Oz (Deluxe Edition, #71964); "That's Entertainment! The Ultimate Anthology Of M-G-M Musicals" (six-CD set, #72182); Meet Me In St. Louis (#71958); Easter Parade (#71960); & Ziegfeld Follies (#71959). Listed as "coming soon" are: Cabin In The Sky; For Me And My Gal; The Harvey Girls; & King Of Kings. Plus "deluxe reissues" of: An American In Paris; Rhapsody In Blue (this was never released - unless they mean what eventually became the "George And Ira Gershwin In Hollywood" 2-CD set); Gigi (this was eventually released as a single CD rather than a "deluxe reissue"; Ben-Hur; Gone With The Wind; "and dozens of others!"

The sound quality of the tracks on this CD sound better than they do on the actual soundtrack CDs. Possibly they've been punched up a little for promotional purposes.

For the "Fascinating Rhythm" listing in the booklet, Girl Crazy is erroneously listed as being released in 1941 - it's been corrected in the track listing below. Likewise, Frances Langford is listed as "Francis" Langford. The liner notes also list "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" as winning the Academy Award that year (1944) for Meet Me In St. Louis, which unfortunately it was not the winner that year.

All images on this page from the collection of Scott Brogan.