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20 perpetual portrait (Continued from Page 19) stinted praise. It is for the critically qualified to listen and adjudge the inescapable qualities and inequalities abundantly available in imperishable presence. No excessive laying-on of portamento in the later years eludes recognition; — no carrying through of limpid cantilena in the lyric decade is lost. Those who have had word of his supreme conception of the romanza, "Cielo e mar" will do well to seek the 1905 version, with piano, rather than the one made after the brio had been supplanted by the spreading of the focus resultant from too -many adventures with Rhadames and Canio and Samson and Jean de Leyden. There is an Una furtiva lagrima available today which is in no wise comparable to the two-part version done in 1904 and withdrawn from circulation a generation ago, the hearing of which invites destruction of the later matrix. To be sure, certain of the items made during the latter half of Caruso's career merit the highest praise. Crucifixus from Rossini's Stabat Mater (his very last address to the recording horn) is a lesson in classical singing. So with Lully's Bois Epais sung at the same session. And there are others. V It is to his records that Caruso owed not only a substantial portion of his income but also a fame which, until the advent of radio, was known by actual living example to more people than that enjoyed by any other individual since the world's first musical tone was uttered. It is to Caruso, through these records, that we owe much of our understanding and appreciation of the heights to which vocal art can rise and, God willing, will rise again. He has bequeathed to a fortunate posterity his Testament of Beauty and it will continue to recreate itself for the benefit of humankind so long as there are those who will listen and receive its message. CAT-I-CATURES Trade Mark by BOPPY CEED Your favorite Jazzmen caricaturized in 5" x 7" suede paper pictures ready for framing! Diz, Louis, Goodman, King Cole, Ellington, Harry James, now available. $1.00 ea. ($1.25 outside U. S. A.) $5.00 set of 6 ($6.00 outside U. S. A.) Send to — BOPPY CEED 2660 So. Franklin DENVER 10, COLORADO A decent respect for the great man's memory requires that his future auditors be exposed only to that work of his which is a just representation of the best he had to give. It therefore behooves a seasoned complement of judges to act, by painstaking process of elimination, for the permanent removal of such items as might be entered as damning evidence against his reputation, and to ensure the preservation and the propagation of some of his glorious moments in our midst. RECORD COLLECTORS Now Available! THE BENNY GOODMAN RECORD GUIDE The Book All Benny Goodman Fans Have Waited For • Every Record issued since 1928 to 1948 • Separate Sections for all the Small Groups • All Records listed Chronologically • Original Labels and Issue Numbers • Complete Matrix Numbers all Sides • Foreign Label Issues and Numbers • Complete Alphabetical Index of all Sides with Type Group Recorded — Label — Issue Number — Reverse Side • Index of all Albums Issued Featuring Goodman • Section Listing Classical Records by Goodman • All records and titles easily found • Handsomely printed in convenient pocket size ■ Space allowed for new records Issued truly A MUST For All Goodman Collectors BE SURE TO SEND NOW FOR YOUR COPY PRICE POSTPAID ONLY $2.00. SORRY NO COS). ORDERS. SEND YOUR CHECK OR MONEY ORDER NOW AND IT WILL BE MAILED WITHOUT DELAY. ORDER FROM BENNY GOODMAN RECORD GUIDE 793 BROADWAY — NEWARK 4, NEW JERSEY Lee Wiley . . Don Byas . . Sidney Bechet . . Helen Morgan . . Harry Parry . . Jack Hylton — i a o_ I (Book. o£. {BooJlSl, i t 1000 & ONE BEST RECORDINGS 1,000 and One Best Recordings offers the better doings of tj U. S. A. and Continental Artists. Only the cream 1920 to £ g, 1949. ^ | THIS IS ROMANCE JAZZ IN TEMPO | w Beat of My Heart — Ray Noble Lonesome Road — Muggsy Spanier. g » HMV B649 1 Europe— 1934. BB 10766 U. S. A. Roll up the S o? A Staccato Rhythmic Beat. carpet, push back the chairs and Unusual Arrangement — Vocal, Al dance this one with your best Bowlly. girl. DANCING MOOD SHADES OF BLUE " -§ SUPER SHOWMANSHIP HIGHWATER BING z i 12" MASTERPIECES LIBRARY BUILDERS g. Eliminates purchasing worthless discs. Takes the guess work 3 out of buying, selling, trading. (A real money saver.) Representatives: England and France S COLIN C. POMROY 5' % TEMPO RECORD SHOP jf o 42 THURLOW ST., S. KENSINGTON S. W. 7, LONDON ^ o List Price $1.65 Postpaid -S Lots of 10 or more to dealers $1.05 Postpaid. Send Check, Postal Jr Note, Etc. 8 Choice of Colors: Chinese Red, Polar Blue, Gloss Black, Yellow Lettering, Pages in Pastels. ^ £ RICHARD MELLOR ] g 23 CHARLES ST., AUBURNDALE 66, MASS. Nat Gonella . . Bud Freeman . . Stan Kenton . . Lew Stone . . Glen Gray . . Earl Hines